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For the first time, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra will feature not one but two Gold medalists of the Stulberg International String Competition. At 7:30…

For the first time, the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra will feature not one but two Gold medalists of the Stulberg International String Competition . At 7:30

An interview with Nashon HOlloway and Rufus Ferguson. Ferguson says it was an easy "yes" to work with Holloway again, whom hes known for years. He also relished the opportunity to set music for orchestra, working  with Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra music director Julian Kuerti for around three months to finish the project. Holloways family history (and deep talent) guided her to a theme of Black Renaissance and Legacy for this program. She talks about how several of the songs have deep connecti...

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Conductor Daniel Brier says he and the Kalamazoo Symphony staff have learned many new skills and put in long hours to create a season of online concerts. In a conversation with Cara Lieurance, he says the final Digital Concert Hall performance makes him proud: Its Prokofievs Peter And The Wolf, featuring the orchestra, narrator David Little, and the Ballet Arts Ensemble of Kalamazoo. Little recorded the narration first, then the symphony recorded the music, then the dancers performed to the mus...

Credit Ballet Arts Ensemble of Kalamazoo Daniel Brier Credit Colin Howe / Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra Conductor Daniel Brier says he and the Kalamazoo Symphony staff have learned many new skills and put in long hours to create a season of online concerts. In a conversation with Cara Lieurance, he says the final Digital Concert Hall performance makes him proud:  Its Prokofievs  Peter And The Wolf, featuring the orchestra, narrator David Little, and the Ballet Arts Ensemble of Kalamazoo. Littl...

Rachel Miller and the KSO in rehearsal. Credit Matthew Schweppe / Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra The concert, which was recorded under COVID-19 guidelines at Comstock High School Auditorium, opens with an opera overture by the Chevalier de Saint-Georges, the son of a French nobleman and a Senegalese slave who became an accomplished violinist, composer, swordsman and military leader in 18th century France.  Rachel Miller, the KSOs principal harpist since 2018, is featured in  Debussys  Danses s...