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2008-2009 Season
CHASE Summer Park Concerts
Kalamazoo Barbershop Chorus
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Wednesday, July 9, 8:15 pm Sherman Lake YMCA
Sunday, July 13, 8:00 pm Kalamazoo
Monday, July 14, 8:00 pm Parchment
Wednesday, July 16, 8:00 pm Plainwell
Thursday, July 17, 8:00 pm Three Rivers
Friday, July 18, 8:00 pm Portage
Opening Night Dance
Friday, September 19, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
Christopher Ruud and Christiana Bennett, Ballet WestPrincipal Dancers
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Tchaikovsky Dance from The Oprichnik
Tchaikovsky “White Swan” from Swan Lake
Rachmaninoff Capriccio bohemien
Gershwin “The Man I Love” from Who Cares?
choreography by George Balanchine
Ravel Daphnis & Chloe Suite No. 2
Concertmaster Diana Cohen in Recital
Sunday, September 21, 2008, 4:00 p.m.
WMU Dalton Center
Fall Evening
Friday October 3, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, October 4, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Epic Theatre
Danzi Woodwind Quintet Op. 68, No. 1, A Major
Beethoven String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Perfect Purple Feather
October 11, 2008, 10:00 a.m.
Epic Center
Horacio Gutierrez
Friday, October 17, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
Horacio Gutierrez, Piano
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Debussy Sarabande
Debussy Petite Suite
Elgar In the South
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
The World of…Debussy
Sunday, October 19, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
Light Fine Arts Center
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Broadway Hits!
Saturday, October 25, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium
featuring Denene Mulay Koch and Jeremy Koch
Kalamazoo Singers, Thomas Kasdorf, Director
Kalamazoo Children’s Chorus, Fred Sang, Director
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Two by Seuss
Sunday, November 2, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium
with Maria Jette and Annie Kahane
Music by Rob Kapilow
Barry Ross, Conductor
Cirque de la Symphonie
Saturday, November 8, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
Scott Terrell, Conductor
Anthony Ross Returns
Friday, November 21, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
Anthony Ross, Cello
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Schubert Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished)
Rachmaninoff Symphony in D Minor (Youth)
Dvorak Cello Concerto
The World of…Rachmaninoff
Sunday, December 7, 2008, 3:00 p.m.
Light Fine Arts Center
David Peshlakai, Cello
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Concertmaster Showcase
Saturday, January 17, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
Diana Cohen, violin
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Kenji Bunch World Premiere
Commissioned to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth by the Michigan Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Committee and the KSO
Ives Symphony No. 3 (Camp Meeting)
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
Sibelius Symphony No. 5
Winter Evening
Friday, February 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 7, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Epic Theatre
Webern Langsamer Satz
Bozza Sonatine for Brass Quintet
Schumann Piano Quintet ( Raymond Harvey, Piano)
Valentine Hearts
Saturday, February 14, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium
Kathy Wagner, Vocalist
John Varineau, Conductor
Marimba Magic
Friday, February 27, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
Makoto Nakura, Marimba
Steven Smith, Guest Conductor
Wagner Tannhäuser: Overture and Venusberg Music
Pierre Jalbert Marimba Concerto
Schumann Symphony No. 3 (Rhenish)
Mole Music
March 14, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
Epic Center
Orchestra from Planet X
March 22, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium
with Magic Circle Mime Co.
Barry Ross, Conductor
Beethoven’s Ninth
Saturday, March 28, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
Susan B. Anthony, Soprano
Melissa Parks, Alto
Russell Thomas, Tenor
Anton Belov, Bass
Western Michigan University Grand Chorus, James Bass, Director
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
Rachmaninoff Cherubic Hymn and Lord’s Prayer (Op. 31)
Rachmaninoff Glory to the Mother of God (Op. 37)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9
The World of…Villa-Lobos
Sunday, April 5, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Light Fine Arts Center
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Terrence Wilson
Saturday, April 18, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
Terrence Wilson, Piano
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Michael Torke Javelin
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3
Strauss Don Juan
Rossini William Tell Overture
Spring Evening
Friday, April 24, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Epic Theatre
Mark Guthrie Vision for Percussion
Hindemith Kleine Kammermusik for Winds No. 2
Vaughan Williams String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor
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