Muskegon, Michigan, May 10, 2017 — West Michigan Symphony’s 16-17 concert season closes May 19 with a concert titled Rachmaninoff no. 3. Conducted by WMS music director Scott Speck, the Friday evening concert brings the long-awaited Olga Kern to the Frauenthal stage to play Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor. Gold Medal winner of […]
Muskegon, Michigan, April 14, 2017 — Jazz vocalist Dee Daniels joins the West Michigan Symphony at Muskegon’s Frauenthal Theater for a pops concert titled “Great Ladies of Swing,” Friday, April, 28. Daniels’ program features jazz classics made famous by swing legends Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Peggy Lee and Sarah Vaughan, such as “Fever,” “Can’t Help Lovin’ […]
Muskegon, Michigan, April 2, 2017 – Wednesday April 12, downtown Muskegon will bustle with activity as the 1726-seat Frauenthal Theater is filled to capacity three times over in back-to-back concerts featuring over 4600 fourth-graders from area schools. West Michigan Symphony (WMS) is participating in its 13th year of bringing Link Up to its current count […]
West Michigan Symphony opens its 2016-17 masterworks season with a concert that features classic works by Respighi and Stravinsky, plus a new piece by its composer-in-residence, Austin Wintory. The Nov. 11 concert will open with “Epic!” composed by Austin Wintory and commissioned expressly for the West Michigan Symphony. A nod to film scores, the piece […]
West Michigan Symphony opens its 2016-17 season with a concert that features music from popular motion picture scores and a new composition based on the popular video game, “Assassin’s Creed, Syndicate.” Dubbed Heroes and Villains, the Sept. 30 concert celebrates the dark and bright side of storytelling via the soundtracks that accompany good and evil […]
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 […]
