Hudson Music Center

🎶 Be a Champion for Local Music! 🎶
Sponsor Our Saturday Night Stage Series

Hudson Music Center is excited to present the next three concerts in our Saturday Night Stage series — where local talent, from seasoned pros to rising amateurs, share the stage to bring you timeless classics and modern pop favorites.

🗓️ Upcoming Shows (All at 7:00 PM):
🎤 September 20 – Gordon Darr and Friends
🎶 October 25 – Pat Gerby and Friends
🎹 November 8 – Schirmer Volume 5: Easy Piano Compositions by Beethoven

We’re currently seeking sponsors and advertisers to support each performance and help us continue creating space for community-based music.

💼 Sponsor Benefits Include:
✔️ Your name or business prominently displayed (banner or sandwich board) at the event
✔️ Recognition in printed programs and flyers
✔️ Featured presence on our page and website
✔️ Verbal acknowledgment during the event
✔️ The satisfaction of supporting local performers and the arts in our community

👉 Interested?
Contact us at: [email protected] or (734) 255-1967

Let’s make music together — and make sure it’s heard.

June 14 Concert Recap: Richard Shao and the DCC Close the Beethoven Bicentennial Year in Style

On Saturday night, June 14th, a nearly-full house gathered at the Faber Piano Institute for a breathtaking celebration of Beethoven's genius—and what a way to close out Dexter’s Beethoven Bicentennial year!

Richard Shao, rising piano virtuoso from the University of Michigan, delivered a riveting performance of Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata, Op. 106. At over 45 minutes, the sonata is often described as Beethoven’s "Ninth Symphony for the keyboard"—a towering, transcendent work that reshaped the piano repertoire for all who came after. Shao’s interpretation was electric: full of fire, finesse, and fearless musical architecture. A number of audience members commented afterward that they'd never heard the Hammerklavier live—and may never again. It was that rare.

The night opened with Shao’s equally splendid interpretation of Chopin’s four Impromptus for Piano, followed by a touch of light-hearted fun, featuring the Dexter Community Chorale and their joyful and slightly funky rendition of “A Fifth of Beethoven”- a preview of their season-closing concert on June 28th, at Monument Park in Dexter. (We also had a little help from our life-sized Beethoven bust, whose stern expression was no match for the groove.)

Watch the full performance on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/live/_lsT5-sSmns?si=QmAY_avA_Lv3lJaj

HammerKlavier only
https://youtu.be/JvWbVb4Js4o?si=-IyCq5HKya2clQ7-

Attendance & Giving
We welcomed 50 attendees to the concert, with total donations reaching $237. All proceeds go toward keeping HMC events free or low-cost, joyful, and artistically excellent.

Looking ahead, we’re excited to announce a new audience challenge:
A generous donor has pledged $100 for every event where attendance exceeds 55 during the second half of 2025. So invite your friends, share our flyers, and let’s keep the music growing—together.

We want your feedback!
Did you attend the concert? Share your favorite moment on hecmusic.org/contact or https://www.facebook.com/hecMusic —we’d love to hear from you!

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, "Hammerklavier" // Richard Shao, piano Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Piano Sonata No. 29 in B-flat Major, Op. 106, “Hammerklavier”00:32 I. Allegro12:10 II. Scherzo. Assai vivace14:47 III. Adagio...