• 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...
• Recap: Community enjoys 'Symphony on the West Side,' Grand Rapids Pops' second FREE concert at John Ball Park Tuesday, Sep 24, 2019
  By Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk - Everyone loves music but not everyone is able to experience and enjoy live music. That’s what inspired the Grand Rapids Symphony to launch its Neighborhood Co...
• Recap: Breathtaking Beethoven opens Grand Rapids Symphony's 2019-20 season Saturday, Sep 14, 2019
  By Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk - For 90 years, the Grand Rapids Symphony has welcomed some of the greatest musicians of the past century to town. Cellists Yo-Yo Ma and Janos Starker, pianists Van...

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