• Six youngsters have holiday experience of a lifetime, guest conducting the Grand Rapids Symphony Holiday Pops Tuesday, Dec 10, 2019
  For many years, Grand Rapids Symphony ’s Holiday Pops have been a family tradition for West Michigander to celebrate the season in song. More than 10,000 guests were in DeVos Performanc...
• Grand Rapids Symphony renews Music Director Marcelo Lehninger's contract for 5 more years Saturday, Oct 26, 2019
  Grand Rapids Symphony concert goers came to DeVos Performance Hall on Friday for an evening of music by Wagner and Stravinsky. But along with the music came the unexpected surprise announcement that ...
• Live music doesn't get much better than Tchaikovsky and the Grand Rapids Symphony Saturday, Oct 5, 2019
  By Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk - As a composer, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was, and is, without equal. He was a Russian nationalist as well as an internationalist. His music sets scenes that are descript...
• Recap: Songs of Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner and more rock the hall with Grand Rapids Symphony's 'Queens of Soul' Saturday, Sep 28, 2019
  By Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk - Detroit’s own Aretha Franklin, whom Rolling Stone magazine dubbed the “Greatest Singer of All Time,” truly was the “Queen of Soul.” An evenin...

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