The Fair Lane Music Guild continues its 44th anniversary season at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, as the Guild welcomes siblings Gabe and Miriam Bolkosky back to its stage. This time, they will bring along a group of their very talented, stringed instrument playing friends for this special performance of the complete Brahms sextets. Miriam Bolkosky (cello) appears nationally as an orchestral and chamber musician. Miriam has held faculty positions at Northwestern, the Music Institute of Chicago, and the Cleveland Institute of Music. She currently freelances and teaches in Boston. Gabriel Bolkosky (violin) is the executive director and founding member of The Phoenix Ensemble in Ann Arbor. He maintains a strong interest across many musical genres and regularly performs in both classical and improvised settings. Cellist Debra Fayroian has performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe captivating audiences with her musical insight and beauty of tone. Ms. Fayroian became a member of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1976, has been solo cellist with Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings and appears as a guest soloist with many of Michigan’s orchestras. Canadian-born violist Andrew Duckles leads a diverse musical life as a recording artist, chamber musician, soloist and teacher. He began his orchestral career with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and appears regularly as a guest artist on a number of chamber music series throughout the United States and Europe. For over ten years, Mr. Duckles has been featured regularly as a recording artist on television and motion picture soundtracks. Violinist Anthea Kreston has received numerous awards for her chamber collaborations including honors at the Melbourne and Banff International Competitions. She tours actively with her piano trio, The Amelia Piano Trio. Ms. Kreston has won awards from Chamber Music America for her groundbreaking work with abused children and AIDS patients in Hartford, CT. John Madison is currently the Principal Violist of the Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra, plays regularly as an extra with The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and is the co-founder of The Cassini Ensemble. Mr. Madison regularly performs chamber music, recitals and concertos throughout the area. The concert will include a dessert table sponsored by University of Michigan-Dearborn Chancellor Daniel Little.

All Fair Lane Music Guild concerts are held at the Henry Ford Estate – Fair Lane. (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. Cash or check, please. 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/