Music

Welcome spring with the final concert of the Troy Public Library's Sunday Series featuring the chamber music repertoire and warmly blended sound of the Adventure Club Cello Quartet. This ensemble is comprised of four area cellists: Naomi Levine, David Levine, Irina Tichkhonova and Debra Shuster. While several of the performers have delighted Library audiences at previous Sunday Afternoons with the Arts events, this is their first visit as a grouping of four cellists.

The performance is free of charge and sponsored by the Friends of Troy Public Library. Go to the Library's program calendar to register beginning March 15. 

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Sunday Afternoons with the Arts at the Library  will feature music of the balalaika with Gennady Zut on December 13, at 3 pm in the Library's Meeting Room.

Enjoy works played on the balalaika, a triangular stringed instrument well-known to audiences through Lara's Theme from the film, Doctor Zhivago. Gennady Zut will perform with his wife, pianist Tatyana Zut. Gennady and Tatyana moved to the United States from Russia in 1992.

An acclaimed virtuoso in his native Russia, Gennady Zut now shares the magic of the balalaika with audiences in America and Europe... Critics hailed him as "a truly communicative stylist who made the impossible seem easy..."

 "When I first heard Gennady Zut play the balalaika... I immediately invited him to perform with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra... Mr. Zut is an outstanding virtuoso... His sensitive, emotional playing demonstrates the truly wonderful expressive qualities of the balalaika with taste and style. Mr. Zut also performs in a duo with his wife Tatyana, who is an excellent pianist..."

Neeme Jarvi, Music Director Emeritus, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Library concerts are sponsored by The Friends of the Troy Public Library and are free of charge with open seating to the room's capacity. No reservations are necessary. Come early for a good seat. Contact Barbara Schaich at 248.524.3568 for additional information.

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2009 is Motown's 50th birthday, and the party's on at the Troy Public Library.

Check out the display near the New Books in the Adult Services area for titles on the made-in-Detroit record company and its many artists past and present.  Included, too, are books on other significant African-American music genres, notably jazz and blues.  Don't forget to stop by our CD collection to sample that marvelous Motown sound.

For a more hands-on experience, consider a visit to the Motown Historical Museum and the adjacent Hitsville U.S.A., Motown's original recording studio.  Call 313.875.2264 for visitor information.

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You will be jumping when you join us at the Troy Library for music and fun, demonstrated by Margaret Matthes and Melissa Beyer of Margaret's Music Studio. There will be 15 minutes tastes of Kindermusik for children newborn to 18 months, 18  to 36 months, and 3 to 5 years of age.

Register online using our Youth Programs Calendar for the November 4 or 20 programs.