Lynne Marie Flegg     Oboe and English Horn

Join Lynne and the DSO for a week of patriotic concerts at the beautiful Greenfield Village from July 2-5. Sit on the lawn, have a picnic with friends and family, and enjoy the 16th Annual Salute to America.  This concert will feature American symphonic music and marches, and will conclude with the big finale: Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, accompanied by cannons and fireworks.

All of the concerts begin at 8:30pm at Greenfield Village in Dearborn. Visit this Greenfield Village website for more information, including ticket pricing, coupons, and maps: http://www.thehenryford.com/events/annualSalute.aspx

Note that the Greenfield Village grounds open at 6:00pm. Activities and events will happen prior to the 8:30pm concert. I’d recommend you get there early to enjoy the ambiance of Greenfield Village, get a nice seat on the lawn, and enjoy the prelude concert and events!

Posted in Performances on June 19th, 2008
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Join Lynne and Mark Flegg as they perform with the Flint Symphony Orchestra on July 18th. This fun free concert will feature Flash Cadillac, the iconic ’50s and ’60s rock-n-roll band.

Flash Cadillac is a band you might remember from their appearances on American Bandstand and Happy Days. They also appeared as “Herbie and the Heartbeats” in the classic film American Graffiti and performed “Suzie Q” in Apocalypse Now. Their website, http://www.flashcadillac.com/, has many fascinating stories about their experiences on film and TV.

The concert will be held outside at the Flint Cultural Center, behind the Sloan Museum. In the event of rain, the concert will move inside to Whiting Auditorium.

Map and directions to the Flint Cultural Center

ABC-12 Flint will broadcast this FSO Music in the Parks concert.

Admission to all Flint Music in the Parks concerts is free! Make sure to check out the entire concert lineup at http://www.thefim.org/musicintheparks.asp.

Posted in Performances on June 11th, 2008
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For the second time, Lynne will perform with the orchestra backing up the official tour band of Led Zeppelin to present The Music of Led Zeppelin: A Rock Symphony. This concert will be held at DTE Energy Music Theater (or, as all of us still call it, Pine Knob).

Tickets are $32.50 for pavillion and $10 for lawn seats, and can be purchased from the Palace Sports & Entertainment website.

Posted in Performances on June 1st, 2008
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Gretchko Elementary School in West Bloomfield holds a fun concert every spring, where First Grade students perform a musical created just for them. This year’s musical is based on the Brothers Grimm tale Stone Soup.

Lynne will join the orchestra to play many of her favorite opera arias from Puccini’s Turandot, as well as music from Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite. There will be three performances in the daytime for classes, and then two evening performances for the general public. For more information, contact Gretchko Elementary school.

Posted in Performances on May 20th, 2008
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The Adat Shalom Synagogue in Farmington Hills will present a concert featuring choirs, vocal soloists and the Michigan Sinfonietta orchestra. Lynne will perform on both oboe and English horn on this concert.

The concert will feature a variety of music, from opera to musicals to traditional Jewish songs.

Cantor Frank Lanzkron-Tamarazo and Soprano Lisa Lanzkron-Tamarazo will sing music of Gershwin, Weill, Ravel, and others. 

The Zamir Chorale, the Adat Shalom Choir, and the Adat Shalom Ruach Youth Choir will each present several selections at this concert, celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the independence of Israel.

Tickets are $10, and are available at the door or by calling ahead to Adat Shalom at 248-851-5100. Adat Shalom Synagogue is located at 29901 Middlebelt Road, just south of Northwestern Highway.

Map of Adat Shalom

Posted in Performances on May 13th, 2008
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Lynne will join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra for an exciting series of concerts in May. Concerts include the music of two great American composers and a symphony by Tchaikovsky, led by a great American conductor.


Maestro Andrew Litton leads the DSO in their performances of:

• Richard Danielpour’s Celestial Night
• George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Symphony Number 5

Lynne will play on the Tchaikovsky, where the woodwinds will all be doubled (two players on each part).

The concerts will be held at Orchestra Hall, in the Max Fisher Music Center in Detroit. Tickets are available by visiting the online DSO box office or calling (313) 576-5111.

Posted in Performances on April 26th, 2008
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The Michigan Sinfonietta will accompany the Plymouth Oratorio Society in their May 4th concert at the First United Methodist Church in Plymouth. The program includes several beautiful works for chorus and orchestra:

• Te Deum by Franz Joseph Haydn
• Five Mystical Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams 
• Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen

Plymouth First United Methodist Church is located at 45201 North Territorial Road (west of Sheldon) in Plymouth.

 Admission is free.

Posted in Performances on April 26th, 2008
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From April 19 - 26, Lynne will be performing Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Rondine with the Michigan Opera Theater orchestra, led by Maestro Stephen Mercurio.

In English, La Rondine translates to “The Swallow”. Dr. David DiChiera, General Director of the Michigan Opera Theater, provides a wonderful outline of the story and history of this opera at http://www.michiganopera.org/0708/rondine.html

Mark Stryker of the Detroit Free Press has also written an article that outlines the love story in La Rondine. Stryker’s article also reports how this once-overlooked opera is suddenly becoming recognized as a beautiful, substantial and interesting work: http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080416/ENT04/804160369

 MOT’s production of La Rondine is directed by Lofti Mansouri. The cast includes:

• soprano Pamela Armstrong in the role of Magda de Cirvy
• tenor David Pomeroy as Ruggero
• tenor Victor Ryan Robertson as Prunier

The opera will be performed in Italian with English supertitles above the stage.

The Detroit News has a terrific summary of the opera, written by Lawrence B. Johnson, here: Puccini’s Lesser Known La Rondine Grabs Attention

For the performance schedule, tickets, and directions to the Detroit Opera House, visit http://www.michiganopera.org/index.asp or call (313) 237-SING.

Posted in Performances on March 18th, 2008
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