Music Galleries

Copper Country Chorale December 2005 :

Copper Country Chorale December 2005

Updated: Dec 11, 2005 8:08pm PST

PMMF 2005 Hansel & Gretl : The last part of the 2005 Pine Mountain Music Festival featured the opera "Hansel & Gretl." Here are shots from the final performance on Sunday, July 16, 2005. Included are shots of the orchestra, the performance, the ending reception and a special ceremony at the end of intermission to acknowldege the retirement of long-time PMMF Executive Director Kathy Tompkins. All images are copyright 2005 Bill Fink Communications, LLC. Permission is granted for any one connected with this performance to use any images for such personal uses as publicity. You must credit Bill Fink Communications, LLC. Contact us for permission regarding for-profit publication or use. Please note that the images may be played as a slide show by selecting options, above. Although original images are not available for viewing here, the original sized images will be used for any prints ordered through this site. Visit the PMMF web site at www.pmmf.org for additional photos and other information about this wonderful music festival.

PMMF 2005 Hansel & Gretl

The last part of the 2005 Pine Mountain Music Festival featured the op ...

Updated: Jul 25, 2005 8:05am PST

MTU Choir/KSO April 2005 : The Michigan Tech Concert Choir and the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Milton Olsson, performed Stravinsky's "Symphony of Psalms" and Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" on Saturday, April 16, 2005 in the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, on the Michigan Tech campus.

MTU Choir/KSO April 2005

The Michigan Tech Concert Choir and the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, u ...

Updated: Nov 19, 2005 10:24am PST

PMMF - 2002 - Don Giovanni : These are rehearsal photos from Pine Mountain Music Festival's 2002 production of "Don Giovanni" at the Calumet Theatre.

PMMF - 2002 - Don Giovanni

These are rehearsal photos from Pine Mountain Music Festival's 2002 pr ...

Updated: Apr 14, 2005 2:50pm PST

Children of the Keweenaw Highlights : The original opera, "The Children of the Keweenaw," music by Paul Seitz, libretto by Kathleen Harris, was premiered in the Calumet Theatre, Calumet, Michigan in July, 2001. The story focuses on the life of "Big Annie" Clemenc, a labor activist in the Keweenaw during the early part of the 20th Century, and the events around the Italian Hall Disaster of Christmas Eve, 1913. During a Christmas party, someone shouted "fire" in the crowded second floor hall. There was no fire, but the ensuing stampede for the exits led to the deaths of about 70 people, most of them children. This gallery contains a number of rehearsal photos from this first, and thus far only, production of "The Children of the Keweenaw."

Children of the Keweenaw Highlights

The original opera, "The Children of the Keweenaw," music by Paul Seit ...

Updated: Apr 14, 2005 9:34am PST

Brahms Requiem April 06 : The Michigan Tech Concert Choir and the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Milton Olsson, presented the Brahms Requiem on Saturday, April 15, 2006. This performance was in the Rozsa Center for the Perfoming Arts at Michigan Tech, and was dedicated to the memory of Ted Rozsa, whose generous contribution helped make the center a reality. We've provided access to the original file images free of charge as a courtesy to fellow choir and symphony members. Note that you may also order high quality prints through this web site. You might enjoy clicking on the "slide show" option to view the entire selection of pictures. All images are copyright 2006, Bill Fink Communications, LLC. Personal, and non-profit duplication is permitted; contact us for commercial publication fees. Credit: Barry Fink, GalleryOnDaLine.com.

Brahms Requiem April 06

The Michigan Tech Concert Choir and the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, u ...

Updated: Apr 17, 2006 6:48am PST

PMMF - 2001 Highlights : The Pine Mountain Music Festival's 2001 season included the production of "Gianni Schicchi," "Cavalleria Rusticana," and the world premiere of "Children of the Keweenaw." This gallery contains highlights from the 2001 season, along with pictures of the Honors Orchestra Program.

PMMF - 2001 Highlights

The Pine Mountain Music Festival's 2001 season included the production ...

Updated: Apr 13, 2005 11:28am PST

Messiah 2004 : The Michigan Tech Concert Choir and the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Milton Olsson, performed Handel's "Messiah" in the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, December, 2004.

Messiah 2004

The Michigan Tech Concert Choir and the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, u ...

Updated: Apr 15, 2005 3:24pm PST

MTU Choir China Tour 2006 : From late July to mid August, 2006, the Michigan Tech Concert Choir toured China. The Choir performed in Beijing, Xian, Guilin, Nanjing and Shanghai. The concert bill was a wonderful mix of American music, intended to be one more nail in the bridge of friendship between our two cultures. Here is a selection of pictures from the tour, showing a few of the highlights of the sights we saw, along with our various concert venues and views of the group hard at work -- singing and touring. You may view these pictures as a slide show by clicking the button, above right. These images may be downloaded for you personal use. High quality prints can be ordered through this website as well. We've added $.01 to the price of each print for tracking purposes. All images are copyright 2006, Bill Fink Communications, LLC. Permission is granted for non-profit publication and use if credited to Bill Fink Communications, LLC. There is now a formal shot of the Choir in Nanjing, with indentifying text, at the end of this set of pictures. The "China Sights" gallery under the "Travel" category expands on the key sights and experiences of our tour. Also available in the "Travel" catgeory is an extensive selection of photos taken by Camus Leung, the AFCEA representative who accompanied our tour. Still to come in that category will be a selection of the pictures Sara took.

MTU Choir China Tour 2006

From late July to mid August, 2006, the Michigan Tech Concert Choir to ...

Updated: Aug 25, 2006 6:59am PST

Messiah Sing-a-long, 2006 : Members of the Michigan Tech Concert Choir and the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, under the conducting of Dr. Milt Olsson, MTU, led the public in the sixth annual Messiah Sing-a-long at the Calumet Theatre. The event took place Tuesday evening, December 5, 2006. A special highlight of the evening came when the Theatre's executive director, Jim Lowell, presented the prestigious John Cuddihy award to Dr. Olsson, in recognition of his many years of bringing fine music to the Keweenaw. For many students in the choir and orchestra, this was their first introduction to the historic Calumet Theatre, built in the early 1900s. Additional musical scores are loaned to members of the audience for their use during the performance.

Messiah Sing-a-long, 2006

Members of the Michigan Tech Concert Choir and the Keweenaw Symphony O ...

Updated: Dec 07, 2006 1:02pm PST

2007 Keweenaw Folk Festival : The 2007 Keweenaw Folk Festival was held at the Calumet Theatre on February 2, 2007. One of the traditions of this folk festival appears to be a strong snowstorm the evening of the show, and this year was no exception. Despite the weather, a good crowd came out and enjoyed a wonderful evening of music. Performers, in order of appearance and as seen here, were: Mike Labeau (guitar); Johnny Perona and Randy Seppala (spoons, bones, squeeze-box); Matt Watroba (guitar); Claudia Schmidt (dulcimer and guitar); and the four-person ensemble, Greensky Bluegrass. All pictures copyright 2007, Bill Fink Communications, LLC. 20% of the proceeds from the sale of prints and downloads through this site will benefit the Calumet Theatre.

2007 Keweenaw Folk Festival

The 2007 Keweenaw Folk Festival was held at the Calumet Theatre on Feb ...

Updated: Feb 16, 2007 2:05pm PST

White Water & Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra : On February 17, 2007, the family folk band, White Water, combined talents with the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra in the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts at Michigan Technological University. Hailing from Amasa, Mich, about 50 miles south of Houghton, the Premo family (Bette, Dean, Laurel and Evan)have kept alive traditional folk music, adapted and adopted more contemporary folk music of the Great Lakes, and composed their own memorable works as well. Visit their site (www.white-water-associates.com)for a more extensive introduction. Over the last decade and a half, their performances have given those of us who love their music the chance to watch Evan and Laurel grow up before our eyes. The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Milton Olsson, is one of the premiere small town orchestras in America. Few communities the size of Houghton can support a symphony orchestra, but we are proud we do. The evening started with the orchestra's performance of the informal U.P. "national anthem," "Finlandia" by Jean Sibelius. White Water, supported by the orchestra, performed such U.P. favorites as "Keweenaw Light" and "Windigo." A number of individual pieces followed. Evan was solo bassist for a piece with the orchestra, and then Evan took the baton to lead the orchestra in a piece he and Laurel wrote, "Woodsmoke on the Wind," with Laurel on the banjo. A few more joint pieces and this magical evening was complete. All images here are copyright 2007, Bill Fink Communications, LLC. Permission is granted for non-commercial editorial publication and personal duplication, and for commercial publication by White Water Associates, Inc. Please credit Bill Fink, GalleryOnDaLine.com. In keeping with our standard non-profit pricing policy, 20% of the proceeds from the sale of prints and downloads will be given to the MTU Department of Visual and Performing Arts for the support of the KSO and Concert Choir. Note that you may view the pictures as a slide show by clicking the box in the above, right of the screen. Please explore other galleries here at GalleryOnDaLine.com, capturing the life and times of the Keweenaw.

White Water & Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra

On February 17, 2007, the family folk band, White Water, combined tale ...

Updated: Feb 28, 2007 7:31am PST

KSO and Alan Parsons Live Project : Alan Parsons and his Alan Parsons Live Project, in conjunction with the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, performed in MTU's Rozsa Center for the Perfoming Arts on October 12 and 13, 2007. Parson's lead vocalist, PJ Olsson, once again shared the stage with his father, Milt Olsson, conductor of the KSO, to the delight of their home town audiences. This set of photos shows highlights of the Saturday night performance and the special backstage reception held after the performance. All images are copyright 2007 by Bill Fink Communications, LLC. Credit photos to: Bill Fink, GalleryOnDaLine.com. Non-exclusive permission is granted to Michigan Tech to publish the photos, if credited. Non-exclusive permission is granted to members of the band and orchestra to use the images for their personal and professional use, if credited. In keeping with our standard non-profit organization photo policy, 20% of the proceeds from any picture sales through this site will be given to MTU's Department of Fine Arts. Although viewing and downloading original sized images is restricted, any prints ordered will use the original sized images.

KSO and Alan Parsons Live Project

Alan Parsons and his Alan Parsons Live Project, in conjunction with th ...

Updated: Oct 16, 2007 6:44pm PST

MTU Choir -- Sony BMG Christmas Recording : The Michigan Tech Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Milt Olsson, had several recording sessions in late March and early April, 2008. The Choir recorded vocal tracks of several pieces of Christmas music for a new recording from Sony-BMG music, due out for the 2008 Christmas season. This album features arrangements and instrumental tracks composed by Milt and Milt's son, PJ Olsson. PJ is the lead vocalist for the Alan Parsons Live Project. These photos feature a behind the scenes look at the actual recording project, hosted by the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts at Michigan Tech. This gallery features photos taken with normal zoom lenses, a fish-eye lens and a special Lens Babies selective focus lens. All photos are copyright 2008 by Bill Fink Communications, LLC. Permission is granted for participants to print and publish the photos for personal and professional purposes. If published, credit must be given to Bill Fink, GalleryOnDaLine.com. Publication by for-profit organizations should result in gratuity payments to the Michigan Tech Concert Choir.

MTU Choir -- Sony BMG Christmas Recording

The Michigan Tech Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Milt Olsso ...

Updated: May 26, 2008 12:54pm PST

Michigan Tech Concert Choir, Nov. 2008 : The Michigan Tech Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Milt Olsson, presented its Fall 2008 Concert on November 16, 2008, in the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts. The program featured the music the Choir will perform in August, 2009 during its concert tour of Chile and Argentina. Here are pictures from the rehearsal and the concert. A nice way to enjoy all of the pictures is to select "Slideshow" in the upper right corner. All pictures are copyright 2008, Bill Fink Communications, LLC. Permission is granted for personal duplication and printing, and for non-profit use if credited to Barry Fink, GalleryOnDaLine.com

Michigan Tech Concert Choir, Nov. 2008

The Michigan Tech Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Milt Olsso ...

Updated: Nov 18, 2008 4:05pm PST

MTU Concert Choir -- Various : This is a rather eclectic mix of images from the various rehearsals and performances of the Michigan Tech Concer Choir, not otherwise shown in the other galleries in this section. All images are copyright 2009, Bill Fink Communications, LLC. Permission is granted for non-profit publication and personal use. If published, credit must be given as: Bill and Barry Fink, GalleryOnDaLine.com.

MTU Concert Choir -- Various

This is a rather eclectic mix of images from the various rehearsals an ...

Updated: Apr 08, 2009 9:00am PST

KSO & MTU Concert Choir, April, 2009 : The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra and the Michigan Tech Concert Choir, under the direction of Dr. Milt Olsson, gave their spring 2009 performance at the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday evening, April 18. Here are pictures from the rehearsal and the performance. The concert bill included a Mass, by Gustaf Gundlach, which Milt had fleshed out based on an unpublished manuscript from the composer, the grandfather of a long-time Houghton businessman. The other major piece in the concert was a Mass, composed by Dr. Olsson. This performance marked the retirement of Milt Olsson after a 33 year career at Michigan Tech. Among the honors announced, a musical scholarship in Milt's name was established. These pictures may be printed and published for personal and non-profit use. If published, credit must be given to Bill and Barry Fink, GalleryOnDaLine.com. All pictures are copyright 2009 by Bill Fink Communications, LLC. To view all the pictures at a leisurely pace, change the "Style" in the upper right to "Slide Show." To quickly search all of the pictures, change the "Style" to "All Thumbs," scan for the picture you wish to see, and then click on it to call it in to view.

KSO & MTU Concert Choir, April, 2009

The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra and the Michigan Tech Concert Choir, u ...

Updated: Apr 19, 2009 9:42am PST