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 […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Sept. 17, 2015 – The Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs has approved grants for 2016 totaling nearly $9.65 million in awards across the state. The grants were awarded to organizations in 55 Michigan counties of which Muskegon County garnered seven. MCACA stated it received 585 applications for funding and used the […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Sept. 15, 2015, — Friday, Oct. 16, West Michigan Symphony will present IGUDESMAN & JOO: AND NOW MOZART, at Muskegon’s Frauenthal Theater. If Trey Parker and Matt Stone played the violin and piano, if Penn and Teller performed music instead of magic, and if Seth MacFarlane had a twin, they would be the […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Sept 8, 2015 – The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company is coming to The Block Friday and Saturday Oct. 9-10 at 7:30 p.m. to perform “The School for Scandal,” a comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. The play is a precursor to the West Michigan Symphony orchestra’s performance of the Overture to “The […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Sept. 1, 2015, — Friday, Oct. 2, West Michigan Symphony begins its 2015-16 concert season with a concert titled East Meets West, at Muskegon’s Frauenthal Theater. West Michigan Symphony and Music Director Scott Speck unite music from three continents beginning with American composer Austin Wintory, then welcoming Chinese music to Muskegon with pipa […]
Muskegon, Michigan, Aug. 31, 2015 – Jazz vocalist Edye Evans Hyde will be appearing at The Block, West Michigan Symphony’s alternative performance venue, Friday, Sept. 25. This fall West Michigan favorite Edye Evans Hyde comes to The Block in downtown Muskegon. Hyde will deliver an evening of jazz favorites alongside her band which includes Terry […]
