Grand Rapids Symphony

The Grand Rapids Symphony is a regional orchestra located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. [cite news|publisher=The Arlington Advocate |title=Residents up for Grammy |author= Jennifer Mann|date= January 05, 2007|url= http://www.townonline.com/arlington/homepage/8999026099413319652] [citebook|title=Catholic Schools Then and Now |author=Mary Reardon|year=2004|publisher=Badger Books Inc.|pages=89|id=ISBN 1932542116|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=3GF2TDWvomgC&pg=PA89&ots=ek3g6F6RpT&dq=%22Grand+Rapids+Symphony%22&as_brr=3&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=3F6M_B4rkksRKzwhs4B5Uf_i4B0] [citenews|title=Grand Rapids Symphony|publisher= Michigan Chronicle |date= January 25, 2000|url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79465231.html?refid=gg_x_02] At the end of its 75th Anniversary Season, the Symphony made its debut in New York City’s Carnegie Hall on May 21, 2005. [citenews|title=The Journey of a Symphony and Its Entourage|date= 24 May, 2005|publisher=The New York Times|author=Bernard Holland|quote=The Grand Rapids Symphony came to Carnegie Hall on Saturday night and brought a good part of the city with it. |url= http://moreresults.factiva.com/results/index/index.aspx?ref=NYTF000020050524e15o001bw] [citenews|title=Carnegie Hall: Grand Rapids Symphony|publisher= American Record Guide|date= September 1, 2005 |url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/premium/0199/0199-4779679.html |quote=the Grand Rapids Symphony, celebrated its 75th anniversary by renting out Carnegie Hall ] The Symphony has presented concerts throughout Michigan and is heard on broadcasts by WBLV. In 2003, the Symphony performed in Detroit’s Orchestra Hall as part of inaugural activities for the remodeled Max M. Fisher Music Center. In 2000, the orchestra toured Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. The orchestra performed at Ferris State University, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Lake Superior State University, Northern Michigan University and Michigan Technological University, where the Symphony was the premier entertainment for the grand opening of the Rozsa Center for Performing Arts. [citenews|title=Weekend events|publisher=Muskegon Chronicle |date= February 15, 2007|url= http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grpress/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1171555000246600.xml&coll=6] The Symphony also sponsors the Symphony Chorus, Grand Rapids Symphony Youth Chorus, Grand Rapids Youth Symphony and Classical Orchestra and provides the orchestra for performances by Opera Grand Rapids and the Grand Rapids Ballet Company. [citenews|title=Rapidly getting grander Arts scene flourishes in Michigan's second city|publisher= Daily Herald|date=October 13, 2002|url= http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/ADHB/lib00057,0F6D23D0E8BFFB39.html|quote=Grand Rapids Symphony, Michigan's only professional ballet company] The music director is David Lockington and the associate conductor is John Varineau. [cite news|title=Sanderling may get second job|publisher=St. Petersburg Times |date=May 22, 2004 |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2004/05/22/Artsandentertainment/Sanderling_may_get_se.shtml |quote=Lockington is music director of The Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra] [citenews|title=Jazz band, symphony share swingin' night|publisher=Muskegon Chronicle |date=January 20, 2007|url= http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grpress/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-2/116927831690860.xml&coll=6 |quote=Associate conductor John Varineau led The Grand Rapids Symphony]

Each year the Grand Rapids Symphony collaborates with the local community to bridge cultures by presenting a concert titled “Symphony with Soul” featuring national and local African-American guest artists. A percentage of the proceeds from this event supports the Symphony’s “Young, Gifted & Black Scholarship Fund,” created in 2005 through a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The scholarship fund pays for instrument training for young African-American students in the Grand Rapids area.

Concert Series

The Grand Rapids Symphony presents eight concert series intended for young children through adults:
* The Richard and Helen DeVos Classical Series
* Pops Series
* SymphonicBoom Series
* Rising Stars Series
* Coffee Classics
* Lollipop Concerts
* Family Series
* Picnic Pops

Conductors

Discography

* 1993 "David Ott Symphony No. 2 and Symphony No. 3," Catherine Comet, Conductor
* 1995 "Donald Erb,” Three Concertos," featuring Richard Stoltzman, clarinet; Miriam Fried, violin; and Ava Ordman, trombone; Catherine Comet, Conductor
* 1995 "Happy Holidays with the Grand Rapids Symphony," John Varineau, Conductor
* 1996 "Grand Rapids Symphony Piano Pops" with Rich Ridenour; John Varineau, Conductor
* 1997 "Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 1 and Symphony No. 2," Catherine Comet, Conductor
* 1999 "Grand Rapids Symphony Piano Pops II" with Rich Ridenour; John Varineau, Conductor
* 2000 Aaron Copland, "American Images," David Lockington, Conductor
* 2005 "Live from Carnegie Hall!" David Lockington, Conductor
* 2006 "Invention and Alchemy," David Lockington, Conductor
* 2007 Adolphus Hailstork, "Symphony No. 2 and No. Symphony 3"

References

External links

* [http://www.grsymphony.org/ Grand Rapids Symphony] Official site
* [http://www.gryc.org/ Grand Rapids Symphony Youth Chorus]