DeVos Performance Hall
Grand Rapids Symphony bids farewell to Rich DeVos to open 2018-19 season
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Submitted 09-18-2018 under OPINION
The Grand Rapids Symphony would not be the orchestra it is today were it not for Rich and Helen DeVos. Forty-five years ago, the DeVoses funded the first five full-time musicians in the Grand Rapids Symphony – two violins, a viola, a cello and a...
Blast of Beethoven kicks off Grand Rapids Symphony's exciting 2018-19 season
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 09-04-2018 under NONPROFITS
At the climax of the 2010 film “The King’s Speech,” King George VI overcomes the stutter he’s had since childhood to announce that Great Britain was at war with Nazi Germany. As Colin Firth, who portrays King George, addresses the British...
Grand Rapids Symphony set to return to New York City's Carnegie Hall with world-famous pianist, Brazilian music
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 04-10-2018 under NONPROFITS
The old joke about the world’s most famous concert hall begins, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” “Practice, practice, practice,” is the answer. You also roll up your sleeves and work hard to prepare a program,...
Grand Rapids Pops brings 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' to DeVos Performance Hall on Friday, Saturday
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 09-28-2017 under NONPROFITS
Harry Potter has a magic that resonates across locations and generations, and this weekend the magic will leap from movie theaters to DeVos Performance Hall in one flick of a wand. Last season, the Grand Rapids Pops brought the Harry Potter...
Grand Rapids Symphony opens season with celebrated violinist Sarah Chang and Ravel's Bolero
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Submitted 09-13-2017 under NONPROFITS
Violinist Sarah Chang is one of classical music's biggest and best-known soloists. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant followed by the Avery Fisher Prize in 1999, Chang became the youngest inductee to-date in Hollywood Bowl’s Hall of...
'Greatest Symphony of All Time' concludes Grand Rapids Symphony's 2016-17 season
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Submitted 05-16-2017 under NONPROFITS
Classical music fans, naturally, have their favorite pieces of music. So do musicians and conductors. When BBC Music Magazine last year invited world famous conductors to pick the very best symphonies ever composed, the field of 151 working...
Celebrate 50th anniversary of The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's' album with Grand Rapids Pops' live performance
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Submitted 04-25-2017 under NONPROFITS
The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band changed the course of rock music. Released on June 1, 1967, Sgt. Pepper spent 15 weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. charts, making it the soundtrack for the “Summer of Love.” The...
JoAnn Falletta, trailblazing female conductor, joins Grand Rapids Symphony for concerts in DeVos Hall
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Submitted 03-21-2017 under NONPROFITS
JoAnn Falletta, as a child, dreamed of growing up and becoming an orchestra conductor when girls weren’t supposed to think such thoughts. After all, there were none when the New York City native enrolled in Mannes School of Music in the early...
Grand Rapids Pops St. Patrick's Day celebration welcomes Irish singer Cathie Ryan from Detroit
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Submitted 03-14-2017 under NONPROFITS
Cathie Ryan teaches Irish myth and folklore and regularly leads tours of Ireland, which might come as a surprise since she’s a singer and songwriter. It might be even more of a surprise once you learn she isn’t from Dublin, she’s...
Grand Rapids Symphony brings magical world to life
by (ArtswriterGR)
Submitted 01-30-2017 under OPINION
Tales of good and evil, of heroes defeating villains, are timeless. Thanks to modern technology, entertainment through electronic media is growing at an exponential rate. Yet live entertainment continues to delight audiences. When you can put all of...