DeVos Performance Hall
Grand Rapids Symphony's exciting, new season will have you on the edge of your seat
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 09-16-2016 under NONPROFITS
The Grand Rapids Symphony will have you on the edge of your seat in anticipation over the arrival of its new Music Director Marcelo Lehninger. The Grand Rapids Symphony’s 2016-17 season gets underway today with George Gershwin’s wildly...
Grand Rapids Symphony's "Rhapsody in Blue"
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 09-01-2016 under
Pianist Ralph Votapek, Gold Medalist in the first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, joins Associate Conductor John Varineau and the Grand Rapids Symphony at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16-17, for the opening of the 2016... Grand Rapids Symphony's "Rhapsody in Blue"
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 09-01-2016 under
Pianist Ralph Votapek, Gold Medalist in the first Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, joins Associate Conductor John Varineau and the Grand Rapids Symphony at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16-17, for the opening of the 2016...
"Carmina Burana" closes Grand Rapids Symphony's season with a spectacular blowout
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 05-11-2016 under NONPROFITS
If you’ve never set foot in a concert hall, never heard a live, symphony orchestra performance, and have no clue who Carl Orff is, it’s still likely you’re familiar with some of his best work. If you’ve seen “Cheaper By...
Grand Rapids Symphony plays 'Star Wars & More,' film music of John Williams to close 2015-16 Fox Motors Pops Series
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 05-05-2016 under NONPROFITS
John Williams is the most successful film composer in the history of cinema. The facts speak for themselves. The composer for the Star Wars, Harry Potter and Indiana Jones franchises, as well as for films such as Jaws and E.T. The Extra-...
Grand Rapids native brings Broadway home for the holidays
by (Matt)
Submitted 01-09-2013 under OPINION
“It’s as if the stars aligned,” said Brian Martin, 22-year-old cast member of Broadway’s traveling production of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. “I’m the only one out of 60 production members who got to be...
Jane's Addiction's kinky theatre of rock
by (tylersteimle)
Submitted 03-26-2012 under OPINION
After a long intermission following the drums and guitar duo of opening act Black Box Revelation, the blue mood lights finally go dark and a low swirl of static hisses from the PA. Ferrell's voice breaks in, "I try to find some...
Uses, misuses and abuses of music: John Varineau at the January Series
by (Ken Ford)
Submitted 01-06-2012 under OPINION
Associate conductor John Varineau of the Grand Rapids Symphony demonstrated to the audience "The Uses, Misuses and Abuses of Music" this past Thursday at the January Series of Calvin College. After opening performance with Mozart's...
Toi, Toi, Toi! Love at the Opera for You!
by (Suzanna LaCroix)
Submitted 02-11-2011 under LOCAL LIFE
The classic head-over-heels love story transcends centuries. A man falls in love with a beautiful woman. The woman is passionate about the man. Yet the seduction of material luxuries and trickery by another man who can provide those...Bond, James Bond
by (Ken Tamke)
Submitted 10-02-2009 under LOCAL LIFE
Sept. 26 — The arts have exploded in downtown Grand Rapids much like the fall color does this time of year. Faced with a smorgasbord of choices for Friday night’s activity, no self respecting James Bond fan could pass up a chance at the Grand...