The Fair Lane Music Guild is delighted to continue the season at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 17, 2016, with Protea, in a performance called Crossing the Equator. Hailed as a "new trio of top-drawer local musicians" (Detroit Metro Times), Protea is a wind trio known for their versatility, engaging repertoire, and collaborative spirit. Dennis Carter (flute), Lisa Raschiatore (clarinet), and Mariah Boucher (piano) focus on works that blend jazz, Latin, and contemporary music influences with classical woodwind standards. Their eclectic program at the Fair Lane Music Guild will take audiences on a musical tour throughout North and South America, including works by Villa-Lobos, Piazzolla, Connesson, Gabriela Lena Frank, Catherine McMichael, and Valerie Coleman's Portraits of Langston, featuring the poetry of Langston Hughes. The concert will include a dessert table sponsored by Park Place Catering of Dearborn. The season poster is sponsored by the Drusilla Farwell Foundation.

The Guild’s weeknight concerts continue with its popular format of café seating (which gives us the opportunity to offer dessert concerts). Doors will open and service will begin one half hour prior to the concerts.

All Fair Lane Music Guild concerts are held at the Henry Ford Estate- Fair Lane, on the campus of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, located at 4901 Evergreen Road. (The Henry Ford Estate is currently closed for renovations, but thanks to the generosity of the Historic Ford Estates and the University of Michigan-Dearborn, the Guild is being allowed to use the Pool Room for these concerts.) Tickets are $15/person, $14 for senior citizens and $9 for students. Free lighted parking. Doors open at 7 p.m. For more information about season tickets or individual concert ticket sales, please call the Fair Lane Music Guild at (313) 593-5330, or go to http://flmg.umd.umich.edu/