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Turandot

Saturday, September 19– 8pm
Miller Auditorium
(WMU Campus, enter from Howard, north of Stadium Parking is available in lots & covered garage)

Irina Rindzuner, Turandot
Jinho Hwang, Calaf
Kalamazoo Singers, Thomas Kasdorf, Director
Raymond Harvey, Conductor

Prelude talk by Maestro Harvey at 7pm

Puccini Turandot

CO-SPONSORSArcadia Investment Management   Miller Canfield
GUEST ARTIST SPONSOR:  Ardis Opera Decade


Sacred Seasons

Friday, November 20– 8pm
Miller Auditorium
(WMU Campus, enter from Howard, north of Stadium
Parking is available in lots & covered garage)

Diana Cohen, Edith Hines, Renata Artman Knific, and Christopher Takeda, Violins
Raymond Harvey, Conductor

Prelude talk by Maestro Harvey at 7pm

Prokofiev Overture on Jewish Themes

Bloch Three Jewish Poems

Vivaldi Four Seasons

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CO-SPONSORSClarion Hotel     First National Bank of Michigan     Sanford Financial Services
GUEST ARTIST SPONSOR:  Barry Ross Guest Violinist Fund


Tchaikovsky's Fifth
Saturday, January 16– 8pm
Miller Auditorium
(WMU Campus, enter from Howard, north of Stadium
Parking is available in lots & covered garage)

Nicholas Schwartz, Double Bass
Raymond Harvey, Conductor

Prelude talk by Maestro Harvey at 7pm

Nielsen  Helios Overture, Op. 17

Bottesini Double Bass Concerto

Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5

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MAJOR SPONSORWestern Michigan University
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GUEST ARTIST SPONSORKNI/Southwest Michigan Imaging Center          


Celebrating Strings

Friday, February 19 – 8pm
Miller Auditorium
(WMU Campus, enter from Howard, north of Stadium
Parking is available in lots & covered garage)

Yolanda Kondonassis, Harp
Mei-Ann Chen, Guest Conductor

Prelude talk by Maestro Chen at 7pm

Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3

Hovhaness Harp Concerto

Debussy Sacred and Profane Dances

Glinka  Overture to Ruslan and Ludmilla

Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings

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CO-SPONSORS:  Greenleaf Trust     Radisson
GUEST ARTIST SPONSOR:  TowerPinkster


Gershwin & Ellington

Saturday, March 27– 8pm
Sunday, March 28 - 3pm
Chenery Auditorium
(714 S. Westnedge)

Raymond Harvey, Piano & Conductor

Prelude talk by Maestro Harvey one hour before concert start (Sat & Sun)   

David Baker Concertino for Cell Phones and Orchestra

Ellington Suite from The River

Gershwin Concerto in F

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CO-SPONSORSFifth Third Bank    Miller Johnson Attorneys
GUEST ARTIST SPONSOR:  Alice Mullen Distinguished Pianists Endowment Fund


Conductors' Festival

Saturday, April 17– 8pm
Sunday, April 18 - 3pm
Chenery Auditorium
(714 S. Westnedge Ave.)

Prelude talk by Maestro Harvey one hour before concert start (Sat & Sun)

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

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CO-SPONSORSThe Wiser Financial Group     Bell's Brewery

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