Muskegon, Michigan, June 3, 2016 — With a concert named Classical Music for Everyone and a season that references the book “Classical Music for Dummies,” West Michigan Symphony’s 2016-17 concert series promises to be artistic, accessible and fun. When the second edition of the book “Classical Music for Dummies,” co-authored by WMS Music Director Scott […]
Muskegon, Michigan, April 26, 2016 – West Michigan Symphony’s May 20 concert at the Frauenthal Theater and its May 21 concert at The Block will feature famed jazz pianist Marcus Roberts. Friday night, the Marcus Roberts Trio joins Music Director Scott Speck and the West Michigan Symphony for its final concert of the 2015-16 season […]
Muskegon, Michigan, March 17, 2016 – West Michigan Symphony’s April 15 Broadway Gentlemen concert and its April 16 concert at The Block will feature actors from the Great White Way. The Broadway Gentlemen join the symphony for a pops concert that features favorite songs from Broadway musicals. Music Director Scott Speck will direct the symphony […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Feb. 9, 2016 – West Michigan Symphony’s March 4 Beethoven and Blue Jeans concert and its March 5 concert at The Block will feature guest pianist Conrad Tao. Friday, March 4, Tao joins the symphony for its popular Beethoven and Blue Jeans concert, which encourages the audience to join the orchestra in wearing […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Jan. 21 – The horn section of the West Michigan Symphony will present a musical history of the horn at The Block, West Michigan Symphony’s alternative performance venue, Saturday, Feb. 20. Titled “Bach to Bach,” this celebration of musical history is a program created by the West Michigan Symphony French horn quartet, comprised […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Jan. 11, 2016 —West Michigan Symphony presents Viva Italia! – an evening of classical music with an Italian flair featuring award-winning violinist Philippe Quint, Friday, Feb. 5, at the Frauenthal Theater in Muskegon. Music Director Scott Speck conducts evening’s opening piece, the overture to “The Italian Girl in Algiers” written by Italian composer […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Dec. 1, 2015, — Friday, Jan. 15, West Michigan Symphony joins renowned international Celtic recording artist and performer Cathie Ryan and her band for a spirit-lifting evening of Irish music, story, virtuosity and fun at Muskegon’s Frauenthal Theater. Cathie Ryan and her award-winning musicians will warm up West Michigan with heartfelt lyrics, beloved […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Nov. 9, 2015, —Friday, Dec. 11, Music Director Scott Speck conducts the West Michigan Symphony as it celebrates the season with a perennial favorite, the holiday pops concert. This year vocalists Diane Penning and Paul Langford and two local youth choirs will join the orchestra for a festive mix of holiday favorites. Soprano […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Oct. 7, 2015, — Friday, Nov. 6, West Michigan Symphony continues its 2015-16 concert season led by music director Scott Speck as they present American Music: Old and New at the Frauenthal Theater in downtown Muskegon. The concert opens with Mason Bates’ space-age composition, “Mothership.” Written in 2011, “Mothership” blends orchestra and electronica […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Oct. 2 –Clarinetist Jonathan Holden joins an ensemble of professional musicians to play an evening of classical music at The Block, West Michigan Symphony’s alternative performance venue, Saturday, Nov. 7. British born clarinetist Jonathan Holden is Principal Clarinetist of the West Michigan Symphony and assistant professor of Clarinet at Florida State University. Holden […]
