St. Cecilia Music Center
Community updates: Tuesday, Sept. 8
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 09-08-2020 under NEWS
City of Grand Rapids invests $64,000 in resident projects focused on pandemic resiliency, racial equity The City of Grand Rapids invested $64,000 in grants to projects by resident leaders that focus on COVID-19 resiliency and advance racial equity,...
Grand Rapids independent venues join day of action to support federal aid for endangered venues
by (Community Media...)
Submitted 07-27-2020 under NEWS
Nine of Grand Rapids’ independent entertainment venues have joined the National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) and other Michigan venues for a day of action that supports two federal bills ensuring the venues’ survival. Taking...
Multi-Award Winning Country Music Artist Lee Ann Womack Kicks Off St. Cecilia Music Center's 2019/2020 Concert Season - Thursday, October 3, 2019
by (St. Cecilia Mus...)
Submitted 09-09-2019 under NONPROFITS
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) in Grand Rapids will kick off their dynamic 2019/2020 concert season with the award-winning country music artist Lee Ann Womack on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. Womack has earned six Country Music...
Grand Rapids Symphony celebrates women with music composed by women, featuring a female trombone soloist
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 04-30-2019 under NONPROFITS
Casual fans of classical music sometimes wonder about such terms as “concerto.” Generally speaking, it’s a piece for a featured soloist plus orchestra. If you want to drill down a little further, it’s a showpiece for a...
St. Cecilia Music Center Features the Benny Green Trio with 24-year-old Rising Jazz Singer Veronica Swift on March 7, 2019, the Final Jazz Series Concert of the 135th Anniversary Season
by (St. Cecilia Mus...)
Submitted 02-28-2019 under NONPROFITS
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) features the Benny Green Trio with young rising jazz singer Veronica Swift on March 7 in the final Jazz Series concert of the 135th Anniversary season. Benny Green, a veteran of the jazz...
The Milk Carton Kids Perform with a full band at St. Cecilia Music Center on February 28 in the Popular Acoustic Café Folk Concert Series
by (St. Cecilia Mus...)
Submitted 02-22-2019 under NONPROFITS
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) is proud to bring the Milk Carton Kids and their band to Grand Rapids on February 28, 2019 for the popular Acoustic Café Folk Series. Two-time Grammy nominees and winners of The Best Duo Group of the...
St. Cecilia Music Center brings multi-talented Jazz musician Joey DeFrancesco and his Quartet "The People" to Grand Rapids February 7
by (St. Cecilia Mus...)
Submitted 01-17-2019 under NONPROFITS
St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) will bring Multi-talented Jazz Musician Joey DeFrancesco and his quartet “The People” to Grand Rapids on February 7, 2019. DeFrancesco is a four time Grammy®...
Grand Rapids Symphony celebrates 89th birthday with music of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 01-08-2019 under NONPROFITS
In the 1920s, there really were only two ways to hear music. Commercial radio, which made its debut in the early 1920s, was still in its infancy. You could listen to 3 ½ minutes’ worth of music on a 10-inch 78 rpm record before you had...
'Bach and Beyond' opens Grand Rapids Symphony's Great Eras series Friday and Saturday
by (GRSymphony)
Submitted 10-09-2018 under NONPROFITS
Johann Sebastian Bach, of all the great composers of classical music, reigns supreme. Yet the composer that Beethoven called “the immortal god of harmony” had his favorite composers as well. When Bach happened upon a Concerto for Oboe...
Grammy Award winning country swing band Asleep at the Wheel performs at St. Cecilia on April 12
by (St. Cecilia Mus...)
Submitted 04-03-2018 under NONPROFITS
St. Cecilia Music Center brings American Country Music Group Asleep at the Wheel to the Royce Auditorium stage on Thursday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. The band will arrive in Grand Rapids directly following six straight concert dates in...