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He says the group initially came together to perform benefit concerts for the Little Traverse Bay’s emerging youth orchestra, which is now at Crooked Tree Arts Center.
The musicians enjoyed playing in these benefit concerts so much that they decided to create a more permanent orchestra in the region.
In October 2001, the newly minted Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra gave its first official concert.
Pattengale says some of the early concerts were sparsely attended. Sometimes we would get 25 people, and sometimes we’d have more players in the orchestra than we had in the audience, he says.
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Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine, the flagship publication of MyNorth Media, a Traverse City, Michigan company dedicated to sharing stories and photos about vacations, restaurants, wineries, the outdoors and more from Traverse City to Sleeping Bear Dunes and up to Mackinac Island.
MyNorth.com is the online home of
Traverse, Northern Michigan’s Magazine, the flagship publication of MyNorth Media, a Traverse City, Michigan company dedicated to sharing stories and photos about vacations, restaurants, wineries, the outdoors and more from Traverse City to Sleeping Bear Dunes and up to Mackinac Island.