Forged in the white-hot creative crucible of Limerick University’s Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Goitse have graduated with a musical maturity worthy of the greatest.

As part of the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s Manitou Music Festival, local chamber ensemble Manitou Winds will present their annual Winter Songs & Carols performance on Friday, December 9, 7:30 p.m., at The Leelanau School in Glen Arbor.

“The Big Bands Never Left…the Audience Went Somewhere Else”. The first session of Mostly Music’s winter series is a lecture with recorded examples of the continuing metamorphosis of the jazz big band in American music.

This program features well known Traverse City pianist David Chown with Andy Evans on bass and Bob Foskett on drums as they explore, demonstrate and explain their approaches and interactions with jazz and popular standards.

Well known vibraphonist Jim Cooper, with Traverse City bassist Jack Dryden, and Bob Foskett will play jazz standards and originals. In addition each will discuss their individual styles of playing and why they chose to play jazz music among other topics.

The Manitou Winds presents its annual “Winter Songs & Carols” concert at the Leelanau School in Glen Arbor.