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See and hear 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial' like you've never seen it before with Grand Rapids Pops
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Submitted 11-03-2016 under NONPROFITS
Composer John Williams is the best-known film composer of modern times. Winner of five Academy Awards for films including "Jaws" and "Schindler’s List," Williams is that master at setting the scene for an epic battle...Grand Rapids Symphony's Pictures at an Exhibition
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Submitted 11-03-2016 under
Join Music Director Marcelo Lehninger as he conducts his last concert of the season along side guest Violinist Stefan Jackiw. Moravian-born Erich Korngold is best known for such epic film scores as The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn, and...Grand Rapids Symphony's The Baroque Concert: Respighi, Handel & Fireworks
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Handel, the German-born impresario who wrote Italian opera for English-speaking audiences, composed much-loved music that still speaks to listeners today. Guest conductor Patrick Dupré Quigley, an early music specialist, explores music of the...Grand Rapids Symphony's The Baroque Coffee Concert
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Submitted 11-03-2016 under
This one-hour Friday morning concert features selections from the February 24 Respighi, Handel & Fireworks GREAT ERAS concert. Free pre-concert reception with coffee and pastries begins at 9 AM.Grand Rapids Symphony's Symphony with Soul: Feat. Lalah Hathaway
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Submitted 11-03-2016 under
Save the date for our 16th annual celebration of African American musical expression, bridging cultures through the shared language of music. Tickets start at $18 for adults, $5 for studentsGrand Rapids Symphony's Mozart, Mahler & Marcelo
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Gustav Mahler's popular Fifth Symphony, with its sentimental, musical love letter to his wife, Alma, is in the spotlight with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 17, one of many he wrote for himself to play to dazzle the audiences...Harry Potter in Concert with the Grand Rapids Symphony
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Submitted 11-03-2016 under
Relive the magic of Harry, Ron and Hermione in the story that started it all. See the entire film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, on the big screen, in all its high-definition glory, while your Grand Rapids Symphony plays composer John...Grand Rapids Symphony's Peter and the Wolf
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Submitted 11-03-2016 under
Peter and the Wolf, the folktale of the young boy, Peter, who captures the wolf, returns to the Grand Rapids Symphony’s stage. Enjoy characters exquisitely illustrated in Prokofiev’s magical score that brings to life a bird, a cat,...
Grand Rapids Symphony's Marcelo Lehninger, with fire in his belly and a magic wand in his hand, makes debut as Music Director
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Submitted 10-31-2016 under OPINION
A new era begins for the Grand Rapids Symphony. Marcelo Lehninger, the new Music Director of the Grand Rapids Symphony, ascended the podium in DeVos Performance Hall for the first time to lead his orchestra. He descended to enthusiastic...Grand Rapids Symphony's Hits of Barbra Streisand
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Submitted 10-25-2016 under
Join Ann Hampton Callaway, an exquisite jazz singer known for her divine voice and depth of emotion in song, as she returns to the DeVos Performance Hall stage from January 20-22. Callaway will be performing famous hits from Barbra Streisand such as...