Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00pm, the West MI Symphony invites you to the Frauenthal Theater for the Orchestra Rocks Family Concert! It rocks, it moves, it surprises! Be ready to experience how the orchestra rocks when the audience participates in the performance. Do you know how to play the recorder? Bring your recorder, and for […]
Friday, April 17 at 7:30pm, come to the Frauenthal Theater as the West Michigan Symphony presents “Mardi Gras Muskegon!” Celebrate the spirit of Mardi Gras with a night of hot, steamy New Orleans jazz. The good times roll with music of New Orleans natives like Fats Domino, Mahalia Jackson and Louis Armstrong. Join in the […]
Friday, June 5 at 7:30pm, come to the Frauenthal Theater as the West Michigan Symphony presents “Voices of Ressurection!” The choral forces for this great work are so large that the Orchestra will literally spill out into the audience! Mahler’s “Resurrection” is one of the greatest symphonic works of all time. Mahler: Symphony no.2 “Resurrection” […]
POSTPONED, NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED: Fareed Haque & Tony Monaco at The Block Saturday, June 6 from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm come to The Block for “Fareed Haque & Tony Monaco, guitar & organ jazz!” Virtuoso guitarist Fareed Haque returns with a new musical partner, acclaimed jazz organist Tony Monaco. A protégé of […]
Join us for the third program in the Click Clack Moosic Series! The Singing Sheep ask us to sing along to E-I-E-I-O and learn about Pitch! We read Dooby Dooby Moo; Doreen Cronin’s third book in our series. Come see what these crazy Click Clack Moosic animals do when they enter the county fair talent […]
Friday, July 10 at 7:30pm, come to the Frauenthal Theater as the West Michigan Symphony presents “Four Seasons, Two Hemispheres!” Vivaldi’s Four Seasons have inspired generations of concertgoers and more than a few composers. Three centuries later, the master of Argentinean tango, Astor Piazzolla, used them as the inspiration for his own Four Seasons of […]
Saturday, July 11 from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm come to The Block for “Chee Yun, classical violin!” Korean violinist Chee-Yun returns to Muskegon for a Friday night concerto appearance with West Michigan Symphony, followed by a rare solo appearance at The Block. She plays a 1669 Ruggieri violin rumored to have been buried with […]
From the sultry melancholy of Astor Piazzola and the burning Afro Cuban jazz of Tito Puente, to the rhythmic playfulness of jazz great Dave Brubeck and the pop strains of The Beatles, Mambo Kings will be your guide on a Latin jazz tour of the Pan American experience. Scott Speck: conductor Richard DeLaney: Musical Director […]
Join your friends and neighbors in this musical celebration of unity and hope for our country’s future, featuring three great American composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Still: Out of the Silence Copland: John Henry Torke: Sky (commissioned for Tessa Lark) Copland: Appalachian Spring Scott Speck: conductor Tessa Lark: violin This concert is only […]
He took West Michigan by storm during his fall 2017 WMS debut. The Cuban pianist is back for a Latin-infused program framing his own jazz and world-music influenced concerto. Piazzolla Tangazzo López-Gavilán Emporium Marquez Danzon no.4 Scott Speck conductor Aldo López-Gavilán piano This concert is only available for viewing through The WMS Virtual Concert Hall. […]