July 14-22, 2018
All concerts free of charge;
general admission
Aitkin – Brainerd – Crosslake
Motley – Deerwood – Nisswa
Prelude Series
Program One
Saturday, July 14, 2018 | 7 p.m.
AITKIN
Butler Opera House
301 Minnesota Ave North
Sunday, July 15, 2018 | 2 p.m.
BRAINERD
Trinity Lutheran Church
1420 South Sixth Street
Sunday, July 15, 2018 | 7 p.m.
CROSSLAKE
Crosslake Lutheran Church
35960 County Road 66
Erika Blanco
ViolinLux String Quartet
A Southerner from the coast of South Carolina by birthright and Midwesterner by recent transplant, holds a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from Vander...
Stephanie Skor
ViolinLux String Quartet
After spending the last 15 years as a performing artist in Boston, violinist and St. Paul native Stephanie Skor has returned to her hometown. She performed ext...
Kirsti Petraborg
ViolaLux String Quartet
Kirsti Petraborg is a versatile chamber musician and a passionate teacher. Now the violist of Lux String Quartet, Kirsti refined her skills as a chamber musici...
Eric Graf
CelloLux String Quartet
Eric Graf is a performer and teacher based in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. He is the cellist of Lux String Quartet, and is a section cellist with the Duluth S...
Scott Lykins
CelloLakes Area Music Festival
South Dakota Symphony
Scott Lykins' career uniquely blends artistic performance as a cellist and pianist with administrative creativity as founding artistic & executive director of t...
John Taylor Ward
BaritoneJohn Taylor Ward performs regularly with the world’s finest baroque musicians and ensembles, including Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata, Paul O’Dette, St...
Program Two
Saturday, July 21, 2018 | 7 p.m.
MOTLEY
United Methodist Church
847 Third Avenue South
Sunday, July 22, 2018 | 2 p.m.
DEERWOOD
Salem Lutheran Church
21276 Archibald Road
Sunday, July 22, 2018 | 7 p.m.
NISSWA
Lutheran Church of the Cross
5064 County Road 13
Scott Lykins
CelloLakes Area Music Festival
South Dakota Symphony
Scott Lykins' career uniquely blends artistic performance as a cellist and pianist with administrative creativity as founding artistic & executive director of t...
Abigail Levis
HermiaDeutsche Oper Berlin
Named "Debut Artist of the Year" by the Joy in Singing Foundation, lyric mezzo-soprano Abigail Levis is emerging as one of the most exciting young singers today...
John Taylor Ward
BaritoneJohn Taylor Ward performs regularly with the world’s finest baroque musicians and ensembles, including Christina Pluhar and L’Arpeggiata, Paul O’Dette, St...