live music
Grand Rapids Symphony welcomes Spanish guitarist, Grand Rapids Ballet for a weekend of Spanish and Latin American Music
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Submitted 01-15-2019 under NONPROFITS
Astor Piazzolla, who is to the tango what John Philip Sousa is to the march, grew up in Argentina, playing tangos on the bandoneon, an instrument related to the accordion. Determined to become a serious composer of classical music, Piazzolla spent a...
Grand Rapids Symphony celebrates 89th birthday with music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven
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Submitted 01-08-2019 under NONPROFITS
In the 1920s, there really were only two ways to hear music. Commercial radio, which made its debut in the early 1920s, was still in its infancy. You could listen to 3 ½ minutes’ worth of music on a 10-inch 78 rpm record before you had...
Cirque stars celebrate the season in Grand Rapids Symphony's Cirque de Noel
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Submitted 12-18-2018 under NONPROFITS
Twinkling lights on evergreen trees with presents all around. Sleigh rides on new-fallen snow, partridges in pear trees, surrounded by ladies dancing while pipers pipe and drummers drum. When you think about it, Christmas not only is the most...
Grand Rapids Symphony's Holiday Pops is homegrown entertainment for a hometown audience, Thursday through Sunday
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Submitted 12-04-2018 under PLACE-MATTERS
The Grinch may be down on Christmas, but the voice that sings about the Grinch is anything but. Two years ago, Justin Hopkins, brought the house down in Grand Rapids with his version of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” at the Grand...
Grand Rapids Symphony's Mary Tuuk ready to make her passion for music her profession as President
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 11-27-2018 under NONPROFITS
Mary Tuuk has spent a long career in banking for Fifth Third Bank and in retail with Meijer, Inc. Away from the office, the greatest passion for the singer with the Grand Rapids Symphony Chorus has been music. Now, she’s about to make her...
Grand Rapids Symphony and Chorus perform music that's 'unfinished, unanswered and incomplete' Friday and Saturday
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Submitted 11-13-2018 under NONPROFITS
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart surely must have been in love with his wife. There’s little doubt he was afraid of his father. One of the greatest prodigies in the history of music, Mozart spent his childhood traveling across Europe, performing for...
Frank Sinatra's biggest hits come to Grand Rapids Symphony stage in 'Sinatra and Beyond,' Nov 9-11
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Submitted 11-06-2018 under NONPROFITS
Frank Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century as well as one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. Twenty years before fans screamed themselves hoarse at the sight of The Beatles, bobbysoxers worked...
Leonard Bernstein protege will lead Grand Rapids Symphony in 100th birthday celebration concert
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Submitted 10-30-2018 under NONPROFITS
Leonard Bernstein, a pianist, conductor, recording artist and larger-than-life personality, almost certainly is the greatest American-born musician the world has yet seen. He composed musicals such as “West Side Story,” operettas such as...
'Bach and Beyond' opens Grand Rapids Symphony's Great Eras series Friday and Saturday
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Submitted 10-09-2018 under NONPROFITS
Johann Sebastian Bach, of all the great composers of classical music, reigns supreme. Yet the composer that Beethoven called “the immortal god of harmony” had his favorite composers as well. When Bach happened upon a Concerto for Oboe...
Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet joins Grand Rapids Symphony for one of its greatest concerts ever
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Submitted 10-09-2018 under OPINION
DeVos Performance Hall, since it opened in 1980s, has seen many great performances by the Grand Rapids Symphony. Friday’s concert featuring pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet under Music Director Marcelo Lehninger surely will go down in history as one of...