live music
'Greatest Symphony of All Time' concludes Grand Rapids Symphony's 2016-17 season
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Submitted 05-16-2017 under NONPROFITS
Classical music fans, naturally, have their favorite pieces of music. So do musicians and conductors. When BBC Music Magazine last year invited world famous conductors to pick the very best symphonies ever composed, the field of 151 working...
Grand Rapids Symphony sees spectacular audience growth from new Symphony Scorecard program
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Submitted 05-10-2017 under NONPROFITS
When members of U.S. Military are deployed far from home, family and friends are concerned for their safety. The men and women in uniform, however, are just as concerned with the well-being of those left behind, and experiencing live music,...
Celebrate 50th anniversary of The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's' album with Grand Rapids Pops' live performance
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Submitted 04-25-2017 under NONPROFITS
The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band changed the course of rock music. Released on June 1, 1967, Sgt. Pepper spent 15 weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. charts, making it the soundtrack for the “Summer of Love.” The...
JoAnn Falletta, trailblazing female conductor, joins Grand Rapids Symphony for concerts in DeVos Hall
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Submitted 03-21-2017 under NONPROFITS
JoAnn Falletta, as a child, dreamed of growing up and becoming an orchestra conductor when girls weren’t supposed to think such thoughts. After all, there were none when the New York City native enrolled in Mannes School of Music in the early...
Grand Rapids Pops St. Patrick's Day celebration welcomes Irish singer Cathie Ryan from Detroit
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Submitted 03-14-2017 under NONPROFITS
Cathie Ryan teaches Irish myth and folklore and regularly leads tours of Ireland, which might come as a surprise since she’s a singer and songwriter. It might be even more of a surprise once you learn she isn’t from Dublin, she’s...
The Right Now returns to Founders Brewing to kick off eight show tour
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Submitted 03-03-2017 under LOCAL LIFE
The Right Now is an example of the collaboration of pop and soul music. TRN has been a band since 2008. Celebrating catchy songwriting with inspiring messages, TRN has been touring on and off since 2009 and released two acclaimed albums in that time...
Big voice of Lalah Hathaway, big sound of Grand Rapids Symphony, sell out 'Symphony with Soul' in DeVos Hall
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Submitted 02-23-2017 under OPINION
The Grand Rapids Symphony set out 15 years ago to do something it had never done before - fill the better part of DeVos Performance Hall with people who likely had never been to a symphony orchestra concert before. Fill it they did on Saturday,...
Marcelo Lehninger's 2017-18 season with Grand Rapids Symphony includes tour to New York City's Carnegie Hall with pianist Nelson Freire
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Submitted 02-15-2017 under NONPROFITS
When Marcelo Lehninger was appointed Music Director of the Grand Rapids Symphony, he made clear his intentions for the next five years. Grand Rapids Symphony would become an orchestra that not only plays great music for its audiences, it also would...
Grand Rapids Symphony's Marcelo Lehninger makes momentous debut in St. Cecilia Music Center
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Submitted 01-11-2017 under OPINION
A new artistic leader’s arrival in a new home is a series of firsts. There’s the first announcement, first public appearance, first performance and on it goes. January's first was Music Director Marcelo Lehninger’s debut in St...
Zelda, Halo, Final Fantasy and more at Grand Rapids Symphony's 'Video Games Live!'
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Submitted 01-03-2017 under NONPROFITS
You’ve spent countless hours playing Mario™, Zelda™, Halo®, and Final Fantasy®. You know every tip and every twist. The upcoming release of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has you waiting with baited breath. You...