Meadow Brook Music Festival

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The Meadow Brook Music Festival started at Oakland University on July 23, 1964. In the Howard C. Baldwin Memorial Pavilion, nestled in a ravine on the Meadow Brook Estate, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra offered symphonic concerts. Programming evolved over the years to include contemporary music and popular artists.

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Meadow Brook Music Festival 1964
(1964) Oakland University
Detroit Symphony Orchestra , Sixten Ehrling ,conductor , Gordon Staples , violinist, Italo Babini , Violoncellist , Mary Costa , soprano , Leonard Pennario , pianist
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1965
(1965) Oakland University
Detroit Symphony Orchestra , Sixten Ehrling , conductor , Issac Stern , violinist , Phyllis Curtain , soprano , Claudio Arrau , pianist , Robert Shaw , conductor , Mischa Kottler , pianist , Saramae Endich m soprano , Florence Kopleff , contralto , Blake Stern , tenor , Kenneth Smith , bass- baritone , Sylvi Lin , pianist , Jermone Hines , bass
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1966
(1966) Oakland University
Detroit Symphony Orchestra , Sixten Ehrling ,conductor , Robert Shaw , conductor , Henryk Szeryng , viloinist , Maureen Forrester , contralto , Van Cliburn , pianist , Eugene Istomin , pianist , Leonard Rose , violoncellist , Isaac Stern , violinist , Ella Lee , soprano , John McCollum , tenor , Raimund Herincx , bass- baritone with The Meadow Brook School of Music Meadow Brook Chorus and The Boys' Choir of Christ Church, Grosse Pointe , Edgar Billups , choirmaster , Benjamin Britten - War Requiem , Charlene Peterson , soprano , Doralene McNelly Davis, soprano , Florence Kopleff , contralto , Seth McCoy, tenor , Ara Berberian , bass , Susan Lutz , alto , Russell Hammar , tenor , Roger Jamison , bass with the Meadow Brook School of Music Youth Chorus , J.S. Bach - Mass in B Minor
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1967
(1967) Oakland University
Detroit Symphony Orchestra , Sixten Ehrling , conductor , Misha Dichter , pianist , James Oliver Buswell IV, violinist , Jane Marsh , soprano , Van Cliburn , pianist , Allen Chase , trombonist , Nicole Henroit - Schweitzer , pianist , Gordon Staples , violinist , Itzhak Perlman , violinist ,Charles Munch , guest conductor , Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist , Janice Harsanyi , soprano , Jon Humphrey , tenor , Yi-Kwei Sze , Bass , Florence Kopleff , contralto , John McCollum , tenor , Thomas Paul , bass , Jan Peerce , tenor ,Arthur Krehbiel , french horn
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1968
(1968) Oakland University
Detroit Symphony Orchestra , Sixten Ehrling , conductor , Camilla Wicks , violinist , Vladamir Ashenazy , pianist , Andre Kostelanetz , guest conductor , Eugene List , pianist ,Judith Raskin , soprano , Anna Moffo , soprano , Philippe Entremont , pianist , Leonard Rose , cellist , Alexis Weissenberg , pianist , American Ballet Theatre , Danses Concertantes , Edith Peinemann , violinist , Gergor Piatigorsky , cellist , Nathan Gordon , violinist
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1969
(1969) Oakland University
Detroit Symphony Orchestra , Sixten Ehrling , conductor , Van Cliburn , pianist , Cynthia Raim , painist , Itzhak , Pearlman , violinist , Myung-Wha-Chung , cellist , Maurizo Pollini , pianist , Henry Lewis , guest conductor , Marilyn Horne , soprano , Roger Wagner , guest conductor , Nancy Tatum , soprano , Thomas Paul , bass , Nedda Casei , mezzo - soprano , John McCollum , tenor with The Meadow Brook School of Music Chorus , Vladimir Ashkenazy , pianist , America Ballet Theater , Julius Rudel , guest conductor, Michael Rabin , violinist , Geza Anda , pianist , Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, soprano , New York Philharmonic , Karel Ancerl , conducting , Byron Janis , pianist , Seiji Ozawa, conducting , Andre Watts , pianist
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1970
(1970) Oakland University
Detroit Symphony , Sixten Ehrling, conductor , Gary Graffman, pianist , Janos Starker, cellist , Vladimir Ashkenazy, pianist , Christa Ludwig , mezzo soprano , American Ballet Company , Andre Previn , conductor , Jeanne- Marie Darre , pianist , Antal Dorati , conductor , Itzhak Perlman , violinist , Peter Serkin , pianist , Sarah Vaughn , Les Elgart Orchestra , Ramsey Lewis , Nina Simone , Clark Terry Quartet , Herbie Mann Quartet , Modern Jazz Quartet , Al Hirt, with Pee Wee and the Young Set , The Guess Who , Buffy Sainte- Marie , The Open Window , Beverly Sills , soprano , Arthur Fielder , conductor , The Paratore Brothers , duo pianists , Meredith Wilson , conductor , Mattiwilda Dobbs, soprano , William Justus , baritone , Everett Lee, conductor Yusef Lateef Quartet , Gyorgy Sandor , pianist , Gordon Staples, violinist
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1971
(1971) Oakland University
B.b king , John Sebastian , Poco , JERRY Riopelle , Podipto , Stevie Wonder , Judy Cillins , Herbie Mann and Air , Detroti Symphony , Royal Winnipeg Ballet , Pete Fountian , Dave Brubeck , Duke Ellington and his orchestra , John Gray , Ella Fitzgerald , Errol Garner , Roger Williams , Primo People , Thelonious Monk , Anita O'Day , The Newport Jazz , Festival All Starts, Sixten Erling , conductor , Andre Watts , pianist , Richard Tucker , tenor , Vladimir Ashkenazy ,
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1972
(1972) Oakland University
Ella Fitzgerald , Pete Fountain , Count Basie and his Orchestra , Ferrante & Teicher, duo pianists , Pete Nero and his Trio , Preservation Jazz Hall Band , Ray Charles , Mel Torme with Woody Herman and his Young Thundering Herd , Doc Severinsen and his Now Generation Brass with Today's Children , Pennsylvania Ballet , Detroit Symphony , Erick Hawkins , Dance Company , Buffy Sainte- Marie , Arlo Guthrie , Mary Travers , John Denver , Sixten Ehrling, conductor , Itzhak Perlman , violist , Eugene Istomin , pianist , Eric Hawkins dance Co , Whittemore & Lowe duo pianists , Alfred Brendel, conductor , Verdi's "Aida" in concert , Aaron Copland , conductor , William Justus , baritone , Bruno Maderna , conductor , Earl Wild , pianist , New York Philharmonic , Erich Leinsdorft , conductor , Jorge Bilet , pianist , Jerome Hines , bass , Kyung Wha Chung , violinist , Joann Freeman , pianist , Mitch Miller, conductor , Paul Freeman , conductor , Phyllis Diller , pianist , Skitch Henderson , piano soloist and conductor , The World of Gilbert & Sullivan , Meredith Wilson , conductor , Rita Reichman , pianist , Andre Kostelanetz , conductor , Christopher Parkening , guitarist
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1973
(1973) Oakland University
Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band , Rufus Krisp- Progressive ,Colorado Bluegrass , Helen Reddy , Bobby Goldsboro , Galley , Mac Davis , Mary Travers , Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Gerry Mulligan with Darius Brubeck Ensemble , John Sebastian , Detroit Symphony Orchestra Sixten Erling, conductor , Van Cliburn, pianist , James McCracken , tenor , Sandra Warfield , mezzo-soprano , Andre Previn , conductor , John Browning pianist , The National Ballet "The Sleeping Beauty" , Also Ceccato , conductor , Lawrence Foster , Edo de Waart , conductor , Ruggiero Ricci , violinist , Kazimierz Kord, conductor , Misha Dichter, violinist , Hiroyuki Lwaki, conductor , Philippe Entremont , pianist , Duke Ellington and his Orchestra , Ella Fitzgerald , Benny Goodman Sextet featuring Benny Goodman , Preservation Jazz Hall , Sarah Vaughn , Patti Page , Music Made Famous By Glenn Miller starring Beneke , Eberle , Modernaries , Kelly , Pete Fountain , Van Cliburn, pianist , Radu Lupu , pianist , Arthur Fielder , conductor , Algeria Arce , pianist , "Gala" , "Cinderella" , Mitch Miller, conductor , Andre Kostelanetz , conductor , Leonard Pennario , pianist , Morton Gould, conductor , Carlos Montiya, flamenco guitarist , Richard Hayman , conductor , Victor Borge with Marylyn Mulvey
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1974
(1974) Oakland University
Detroit Symphony Orchestra , Sixten Ehrling,condutor , Gary Graffman, Pianist , Kazimierz Kord,conductor , Lorin Hollander , pianist , The National Ballet , Stanislaw Skrowaczewski,conducting , Eugene Istomin,pianist , Yuri Ahrinovitch,conducting , Jerome Lowenthal,pianist , Aldo Ceccato,conducting , Ruggiero Ricci, violinist , Antal Dorati, conducting , Isle von Alpenheim,pianist , Andre Kostelanetz , conductiong , Anna Moofo,soprano , Ramsey Lewis Trio featuring Ramsey Lewis , Tony Bennett, Torrie music director In concert with Woody Herman and his Orchestra , George Shearing Quintet featuring George Shearing , Benny Goodman Sextet featuring Benny Goodman , Al Hirt and his Jazz Group , A Nostalgic Night of Glenn Miller Music featuring Ray Mckinley , Ray Eberle and the Modernaries with Paula Kelly , Earl "Fatha" Hines Trio , plus Marva Josie and Dizzy Gillespie Quartet , The Anne Murray Show and The Richard Band , Special Pops Show Count Basie an dhis Orchestra with special guest star Barbara MacNair , Buddy Rich and his sextet starring Buddy Rich , Michel Beroff,pianist , "The Ragtime Years" featuring Max Morath , Arthur Fielder, conducting , Jack Benny, violinist , Morton Gould,conductor , Michael Dominico, tap Dnacer , John Green , conducting , Karan Armstrong, soprano , Richard Fredricks , baritone , Roger Williams Virtuoso Popular Pianist , Franz Allers, conducting , Louise Russell, soprano , Vahan Khanzadian, tenor , Andre Kostelantez, conductiong , David Bar- Illan, pianist , Preservation Hall Jazz Band
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1975
(1975) Oakland University
Detroit Symphony Orchestra , Aldo Ceccato,conductor , John Browning, pianist , Susan Starr,pianist , Stephen Kates,cellist , Theo Alcantara,conducting , Yong Uck Kim, violinist , The Pennsylvania Ballet , Stansislaw Skrowwaczewski,conductor , Rudlof Firkusny, pianist , Peter Maag,conductor , Daniel Heifetz,violinist , Meadow Brook Festival Chorus , Paul Paray,conductor , Paul Freeman,conductor , Martina Arroyo ,soprano , Eduaro Mata,conductor , Lorn Hollander,pianist , Geogre Shearing Quintet , Sarah Vaughn , A Nostalgic Night of Glenn Miller , Marian McPartland Trio , Preservation Jazz Hall Band , Benny Goodman Sextet , Woody Herman , Two Generations of Brubeck including Sky King , Roger Williams , Jessye Norman, soprano , Theo Alcatara,conducting , Jose Iturbi,pianist , James Colon,condutor , Van Cliburn,pianist , Tchaikovsky Marathon , Richard Hayman , New England Conservatory , Ragtime Ensemble , John Dankworth , Cleo Laine, jazz vocalist , Peter Nero Trio , Margaret Harris,conducting , Cy Coleman, pianist , Ferrante & Teicher ,pianist , Vixctor Borge , Malyn Mulvey , Carlos Montoya , Mitch Miller,conducting
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1976
(1976) Oakland University
Bobby Short , Johnny Rodriquez , Barbi Benton , Gordon MacRAE , David Bender , Gordon Munford, conductor , Detroit Symphony Orchestra Richard HAYMAN,conductor , Ravi Shankar,sitar , Yoshimi Takeda, conductor, New England Conservatory , Ragtime Assemble , Andre Kostelanetz, conductor , Theodore Bikel, conductor , Aldo Ceccato, conductor , Beethoven Marathon , Up With People , Frederick Waldman , Eugene Istomin , Musica Aeterna Orchestra , Otto-Werner Mueller , Lar Lubovitch Dance Company , Sixten Ehrling, conductor , Eugene Fodor, violinist , Irene Gubrud, soprano , Eduardo Mata, conductor , Paul Paray, conductor , Laura De Fusco, pianist , Joesph Goldman, violin , Ezio Flagello , Henry Grossman, tenor , Jessye Norman , soprano , Nicanor Zabaleta , Lorin Hollander, pianist , BARRY Manilow , Bob Eberly , Helen O'Connell , Tex Beneke , Oscar Peterson , Benny Goodman , Chuch Mangione with Ester Satterfield , Cleo Laine with John Dankworth , Tony Bennett , Woody Herman Orchestra , Preservation HALL Jazz Band , Maynard Ferguson , The Ballet Repertory Co.
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1977
(1977) Oakland University
Eight Soloist from The Royal Danish Ballet , Kris Kristofferson with Rita Coolidge , Preservation Hall Jazz Band , Micheal Tilson Thomas,conductor , Mahler: Symphony of a Thousand , Aldo Ceccato,conductor , Misha Dichter, pianist , Martha Argerich, pianist , Neville Marriner, conductor , Andre Watts, pianist , Meadow Brook Festival Chorus , Sixten Ehrling,conductor , Janos Starker, cellist , Krzystof Penderecki, conductor , Kenneth Jewell Chorale , Detroit Symphony Chamber Orchestra Otto-Werner Mueller, conductor , Garrick Ohlsson , Elena Obraztsova, Mezzo-soprano , Musica Aeterna Orchesta Frederic Waldman, conductor Gary Graffman, pianist , Ella Fitzgerald , Count Basie & His Orchestra , Oscar Peterson , Dizzy Gillespie , England Dan , John Ford Coley with Mary Mac Gregor , The Four Freshmen , Stan Kenton & His Orchestra , Chuck Mangione , Gordon Mac Rae , Rosemary Clooney , The Four Labs , Lionel Hampton & Quartet , Marian McPartland & Trio , Wolverine Classic Jazz Orchestra , Maynard Ferguson & Buddy Rich & His Killer Force , Tex Beneke , Helen O'Connel , Bob Eberly , Helen Reddy , Grace Bumbry, soprano , Franco Gulli, violinist , Gordon Staples, violinist , Italo Babini, cellist , Itzhak Perlman, violinist , Philippe Enremont, conductor , Albet Markov, violinist , Andy Williams , Judith Raskin,soprano , Flavio Varani, pianist , Detroit Symphony Pops , PDQ Bach with Peter Schickele , Philip Greenberg, conductor , Up With People , Morton Gould, condutor , Miryo Park, pianist , Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians , Karl Hass, conductor , Jane Powell , Istvan Jaray, conductor , Detroit Concert Band , Leonard B. Smith, music director , Earl Wrightson, baritone , Lois Hunt, soprano , Roberta Peters, soprano , Meadow Brook Country Western Night , Conway Twitty , Crystal Gayle , Jean-Pierre Rampal, flutists , Bobby Short
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1978
(1978) Oakland University
Bobby Vinton , Leo Sayer , Preservation Hall Jazz Band , Klaus Tennstedt,conductor , Vladmir Ashkenzy,conductor and pianist , Micheal Tilson Thoma,conductor , Malcolm Frager,pianist , Kazuhiro Koizumi,conductor , Ruggiero Ricci, violinist , Sixten Ehrling,conductor , Eugene Istomin, pianist , Ballet Repertory Company Richard Englund,director , Leslie Browne , PATRICK Bissell , Neville Marriner , peter Serkin,conductor , Peter Serkin, pianist , Anthony and Joesph Paratore in Recital , Mostly Mozart Nite , Musica Aeterna Orchestra , Frederic Waldman,conductor , Leonard Rose,cellist , Ella Fitzgerald , Tony Bennett Sings music director Torrie Zito , Oscar Peterson , Joe Pass, Fabulous Fours; The Four Lads , The Four Freshman , The Pied Pipers , The Four Ink Spots , Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians , Arlo Guthrie & Pete Seeger , Chuck Mangione Quartet , Cleo Laine, John Dankworth , Helen Reddy , Dionne Warwick , Mark Zeltser,pianist , Diana Hoaglund, soprano , Claudine Carlson,alto , Lorin Hollander,pianist , Yo Yo Ma, cellist , Theo Alcantra,conductor Silivia Marcovici, violinist
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1979
(1979) Oakland University
Lionel Hampton All-Star Band , Marian McPartland , Bill Cosby , Herbie Mann and the New Family of Mann , Dizzy Gillespie , Mel Torme , Buddy Rich and his Orchestra , Joan Baez , Maynard Ferguson and his Orchestra , Victor Borge , Tex Beneke and hid Orchestra , Ray Eberle and The Modernaires with Paula Kelly, Jr. , Preservation Jazz Hall Band , Neil Sedaka , Benny Goodman Sextet , "Heavy Organ" Virgil Fox with David Snyder's Revelation Lights , Della Reese , Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd , Count Basie and his Orchestra , Oscar Peterson , "4 Girls 4" , Rosemary Clonney , Helen O'Connell , Rose Marie , Margaret Whiting
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1980
(1980) Oakland University
Al Hirt, Detroit Symphony Pops, Neville Marriner, conducting, Robert Gladstone, double bass, Borodin Trio Recital, Maynard Ferguson and His Orchestra, Mary Travers, Kingston Trio, Detroit Concert Band Leonard Smith, conducting, Chuck Berry, Jan and Dean, Jazz Jamboree, Lionel Hampton, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Detroit Symphony Pops, Peter Nero, conductor and pianist, Blood, Sweat, & Tears, Loretta Lynn and The Coal Miners plus Johnny Russell, Detroit Symphony Pops, John Covelli, conductor and pianist, Martin Mull and Steve Goodman, "Stars of the American Modern Dance" Peter Sparling, Peggy Lyman, Elisa Monte, David Brown, Jane Gallagher, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Lotte Goslar's Pantomine Circus, Joan Morris and William Bolcom, Bill Cosby and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Pops, John Addison, conducting , "Music from the Great Motion Pictures" The Dirt Band, Doc Severinsen, Detroit Symphony Pops, Richard Hayman, conducting, Rita Coolidge wsg "Booker T." Jones, David Bromberg Band, "Salute to Big Bands", Tex Beneke, Helen Forrest, Johnny Desmond & The Modernaires, Ferrante & Teicher, Stephen Stills, Nancy Wilson and the Persuasions, Minnesota Orchestra Pops Neville Marriner, conducting, Garrick Ohlsson, pianist "Last Night at the (Meadow Brooke) Proms", Detroit Concert Band, Leonard Smith, conducting, Children's Concerts
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1981
(1981) Oakland University
Cleo Laine & James Galway , Detroit Symphony Pops Richard Hayman,conducting , Jacks Jones , The Lettermen ,The Four Freshmen , Detroit Concert Band Leonard B. Smith,conducting , Victor Borge in Concert , Detroit Symphony Pops Ernie Jones, conducting , Tony Bennett , Kingston Trio , Barber Shop Quartet Champions , Rodney Dangerfield , Detroit Symphony Pops Kenneth Jean, conducting , Margaret Whiting , Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians (Farewell Tour) , Harry Belafonte , Preservation Hall Jazz Band , Barbara Mandrell , Detroit Symphony Pops Thomas Michalak, conducting , Louise Russell, soprano Jon Garrison, tenor "An Evening in Old Vienna" Kris Kristofferson wsg Billy Swan , New England Ragtime Ensemble Gunther Schiller, conducting , Tex Benke and his Orchestra , Helen Forrest , Johnny Desmond , The Modernaires , with Paula Kelley, Jr. "Big Band Sounds From The Summer of '42" , Glenn Yarbrough , Theodore Bikel , Tom Paxton , Detroit Symphony Pops , Miklos Rozsa, conducting "Music From the Great Motion Pictures" , Count Basie and his Orchestra , Dave Brubeck Quartet , Detroit Symphony Pops Neville Marriner, conducting , Flavio Varani, pianist , clement Barone,flutist "Last Night at the ( Meadow Brook ) Proms" , Loretta Lynn wsg Johnny Russell , Phil Donahue , Gala Season Finale! Labor Day Celebration , Detroit Symphony and Leonard B. Smith, conducting
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1982
(1982) Oakland University
Neil Sedaka wsg David Sayh, Cleo Laine, Detroit Symphony Pops John Dankworth, conducting , Kingston Trio, The (Irish) Rovers, The Four Freshmen, The Four Lads, The Inkspots, Meadow Brook Estate, Joan Baez, Benny Goodman, Victor Borge, Detroit Symphony Pops , Loretta Lynn wsg Randy Barlow, Ferrante & Teicher, Detroit Symphony Pops, Kenneth Jean, conducting , Chuck Mangione and Chuck Mangione Quartet , Buddy Rich and his band, Woody Herman and his Thundering Herd, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Doc Severinson, Detroit Symphony Pops, Newton Wayland, conducting , Kris Kristofferson wsg Billy Swan, Andy Williams, Tex Beneke and his Orchestra, Helen Forrest, Johnny Desmond, The Modernaires with Paula Kelly, Jr. "Big Band Sounds from the Summer of '42", Arlo Guthrie, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, Tom Paxton, Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians, Judy Collins wsg Steve Goodman, Pete Fountain, Al Hirt, Count Basie and his Orchestra, George Shearing, "Hooked On Classics" Louis Clark, conductor and arranger, " Mona, Mime, and Music, "Pastiche Wind Quintet The Mime Workshop, Patricia Roan-Judd, artistic director Mona from "Hot Fudge", The Oakland Youth Symphony Erv Monroe, conducting, "Other Things and Company" Carol Halsted artistic director
Meadow Brook Music Festival 1983
(1983) Oakland University
"Rumpelstiltskin" Piccolo Opera Company Marjorie Gordon, Artist Director, Detroit Symphony Pops Richard Hayman, conducting & Wendy Gartner-Bloom, soprano featuring "1812"Overture with Cannons and Laser Lights , Detroit Concert Band Leonard B. Smith, conducting , Roy Clark , The (Irish) Rovers , Tom Paxton , Jean- Pierre Rampal Recital , Meadow Brook Estate , Cleo Laine with the Detroit Symphony Pops , Harry Belafonte , Frank Valli and The Four Seasons with special guest Johnny Rivers , Pat Metheny , Tony Bennett with the Detroit Symphony Pops , The Oakland Youth Symphony Erv Monroe, conducting with Senator Jack Faxton, narrating Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" , Kris Kristofferson with special guest star Billy Swan , Glen Campbell , Tammy Wynette , Fred Waring , Chuck Mangione , Lou Rawls , Sammy Davis Jr. , Teresa Brewer , Frankie Lane , Andy Williams with the Detroit Symphony Pops ,Victor Borge with the Metropolitan Concert Band Ernie Jones and Martin Stella, conducting , Johnny Mathis , Preservation Hall Jazz Band , Little River Band with special guest Paul Davis , Al Hirt , Dukes of Dixieland , "Poemsicles" Other Things and Company Carol Halsted, Artistic Director , Air Supply , B.J. Thomas , Bill Cosby , Women's Committee Benefit Fashion Extravaganza , "Hooked on Swing" Larry Elgart and His Orchestra , Tri- County Orchestra Marathon , Sheena Easton , Manhattan Transfer , Detroit Concert Band Leonard B. Smith, conducting