Event
- Dates
- 2017-07-28 – 2017-08-06
- Kind
- Music festival
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- music-folklorecommunitytourism
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Baroque on Beaver presented its 16th season from July 28 through August 6, 2017. The organizer described a ten-day festival of orchestral, choral, chamber, and solo performances, with jazz, popular, Broadway, folk, and world-music elements, free-will donations for ordinary concerts, and ticketed benefit performances.
The forum program names the Community Center and Community School among the venues and shows the season reaching its scheduled final performance on August 6. A later apology addresses a communications dispute about event broadcasting; it is retained as context, not as a factual finding about either party.
Evidence limits
The held forum sources establish the organizer’s program, dates, and contemporaneous end-of-season context. They do not provide an audited attendance count, proceeds, or a complete independent review of every concert.
Sources
- Named festival organizer Matthew Thomas identifies the 16th season, dates, classical/chamber/choral/orchestral scope, crossover genres, free-will-donation model, and benefit-performance exception.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011953
- Organizer notices announce the July 28–29 gala evenings at the Community Center and correct the ticket pricing from an initial mistaken presentation to $50 per evening or $75 for both.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012017
- Forum program notice gives the final August 6 Community School performance; related July 21 program posts list the intervening venues and dates.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011965
- Post-season discussion includes an audience report calling the 2017 festival the biggest and best experienced by that participant, alongside a later organizer apology over a communications dispute. These are subjective/contextual responses, not attendance or quality measurements.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012075
- The festival organizer apologized for wording in an email dispute about broadcasting performances and thanked the island community, sponsors, and supporters. This preserves the organizer’s public statement; it does not establish fault, disrespect, or the underlying communications dispute as fact.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012089
- Baroque on Beaver, “Baroque on Beaver,” Northern Express, July 15, 2017.Web research capture provides independent context on the festival’s ten-day growth and 2017 organizational leadership; the captured page is not a held periodical scan. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.kb_research · festivals_web_research
- Baroque on Beaver organizers, detailed program notices, Beaver Island Forum, July 27–August 5, 2017.The detailed notices list the opening gala, benefit concert, movie night, and performances at CMU, the Christian Church, Community School, Whiskey Point Lighthouse, Holy Cross, and Beaver Island Studio & Gallery. They establish the announced program, not attendance or completion of each concert.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011954
- Baroque on Beaver organizers, detailed program notices, Beaver Island Forum, July 27–August 5, 2017.The detailed notices list the opening gala, benefit concert, movie night, and performances at CMU, the Christian Church, Community School, Whiskey Point Lighthouse, Holy Cross, and Beaver Island Studio & Gallery. They establish the announced program, not attendance or completion of each concert.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011955
- Baroque on Beaver organizers, detailed program notices, Beaver Island Forum, July 27–August 5, 2017.The detailed notices list the opening gala, benefit concert, movie night, and performances at CMU, the Christian Church, Community School, Whiskey Point Lighthouse, Holy Cross, and Beaver Island Studio & Gallery. They establish the announced program, not attendance or completion of each concert.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011956
- The organizer announced the August 1 CMU concert. This is a program notice, not attendance or completion evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011957
- The organizer announced the August 2 Christian Church program, including a tribute to Martin Maehr. This is a program notice, not attendance or completion evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011958
- The organizer announced the August 2 family concert at the Community School. This is a program notice, not attendance or completion evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011959
- The organizer announced the August 2 free outdoor brass-quintet program at Whiskey Point Lighthouse. This is a program notice, not attendance or completion evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011960
- The organizer announced the August 3 CMU concert, including Bach and Stravinsky works. This is a program notice, not attendance or completion evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011961
- The organizer announced the August 4 Holy Cross program. This is a program notice, not attendance or completion evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011962
- The organizer announced the August 5 Beaver Island Studio & Gallery program. This is a program notice, not attendance or completion evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011963
- The organizer announced the August 5 Community School concert. This is a program notice, not attendance or completion evidence.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011964
- A forum participant linked a Country Lines magazine article about Baroque on Beaver and Beaver Island. The post documents the existence of the linked media reference; the article itself is not treated as held or independently verified here.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 11 · t011892
- The organizer announced an August 4 presentation by piano technician Bill Schneider about the Mason and Hamlin concert grand purchased by the Beaver Island Cultural Arts Association. This is an event notice, not an independent instrument history or proof of attendance.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012029
- The organizer corrected the gala pricing to $50 for one performance or $75 for both nights. This is a first-party correction to an event notice, not a ticket-sales or attendance record.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012020
- The post announced a six-passenger GEM electric-vehicle shuttle for August 2 concerts and credited Fox Motors of Charlevoix for making it possible. This establishes an advertised transportation arrangement, not ridership or service completion.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012047
- Paradise Bay Coffee announced special 8–11 p.m. hours after Baroque on Beaver performances, with espresso drinks, baked goods, and live roasting. This documents an advertised visitor-service response around the festival, not sales or attendance.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 12 · t012036
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Beaver Island Archive, “Baroque on Beaver presents its 16th season, July 28–August 6, 2017”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/baroque-on-beaver-2017/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, “Baroque on Beaver: July 28 - August 6,” July 20, 2017. (and 12 further sources listed on the page).
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