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2009-2010 Season

2009 KSO Summer Park Concerts
Jennifer Lindsay, KSO Broadway Challenge Winner
Barry Ross, Conductor

Sunday, July 12, 8:00 pm Kalamazoo
Monday, July 13, 8:00 pm Parchment
Friday, July 17, 8:00 pm Portage


Turandot

Saturday, September 19, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
Irina Rindzuner, Turandot
Jinho Hwang, Calaf
Kalamazoo Singers, Thomas Kasdorf, Director
Raymond Harvey, Conductor

Puccini Turandot


The World of…Mendelssohn

Sunday, October 4, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Light Fine Arts Center
Raymond Harvey, Conductor


Motown Celebration

Saturday, October 10, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium
The Velvelettes, Special Guests
Raymond Harvey, Conductor


The Maestro Plays (Musical Storybook)

Saturday, October 24, 2009, 10:00 a.m.
Epic Center


Sacred Seasons

Friday, November 20, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
In collaboration with the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music
Diana Cohen, Edith Hines, Christopher Takeda, & Renata Knific, Violins
Raymond Harvey, Conductor

Prokofiev Overture on Jewish Themes

Bloch Three Jewish Poems

Vivaldi Four Seasons


The Nutcracker

Saturday, December 12, 2009, 2:00 & 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 13, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium
In collaboration with Ballet Arts Ensemble
Barry Ross, Conductor


Tchaikovsky's Fifth

Saturday, January 16, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
Nicholas Schwartz, Double Bass
2009 Stulberg International String Competition Gold Medalist
Raymond Harvey, Conductor

Nielsen  Helios Overture

Bottesini  Double Bass Concerto

Tchaikovsky  Symphony No. 5


Winter Evening

Friday, January 29, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 30, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Epic Theatre

Lansky Threads (percussion quartet)

Bohme Sextet for Brass

Barber String Quartet, Op. 11


The Music of QUEEN

Friday, February 5, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium

Jeans 'n Classics, featured rock band


Berlioz the Bear (Musical Storybook)

Saturday, February 6, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
Epic Center


Celebrating Strings

Friday, February 19, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Miller Auditorium
Yolanda Kondonassis, Harp
Mei-Ann Chen, Guest Conductor

Glinka  Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla

Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3

Hovhaness Harp Concerto

Debussy  Sacred and Profane Dances

Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings


Peter and the Wolf

Sunday, February 28, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium
In collaboration with Ballet Arts Ensemble
Barry Ross, Conductor
Bryan Zocher, Narrator

Prokofiev  Peter and the Wolf

Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik


Spring Evening

Friday, March 19, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 20, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Epic Theatre

Haydn String Quartet in D Major, Op. 71, No. 2

Ewazen Roaring Fork

Bergsma Four All:  Clarinet, Trombone, Cello, Percussion

Wolf  Italian Serenade


Gershwin & Ellington

Saturday, March 27, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 28, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium
Raymond Harvey, Piano & Conductor

David Baker Concertino for Cell Phones and Orchestra

Ellington Suite from The River

Gershwin Concerto in F
Raymond Harvey, Piano


Conductors' Festival

Saturday, April 17, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, April 18, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium

Beethoven Egmont Overture
Alejandro Gutierrez, Conductor

Mendelssohn Hebrides Overture
Peter Szep, Conductor

Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Ruben Capriles, Conductor

Brahms Symphony No. 1
Raymond Harvey, Conductor


The Gilmore Festival Concerts

Friday, April 30, 2010, 8:00 p.m., Dalton Center Recital Hall, WMU
Saturday, May 1, 2010, 8:00 p.m., St. Cecilia Music Center, Grand Rapids
Featuring members of the Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids orchestras with Music Directors Raymond Harvey and David Lockington

The Gilmore Gala

Saturday, May 8, 2010, 8:00 p.m., Chenery Auditorium
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
Featuring the 2010 Gilmore Artist


The World of…J. S. Bach

Saturday, May 15, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 16, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Light Fine Arts Center
In collaboration with Kalamazoo Bach Festival
Bach Festival Chorus, James Turner, Director
Raymond Harvey, Conductor