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The Grand Rapids Symphony is a regional orchestra located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. For 85 years, the mission of the organization has been to share great music that moves the human soul. The Grand Rapids Symphony presents more than 400 performances each year, touching the lives of some 170,000. The organization also implements 16 education programs that benefit over 80,000 Michigan residents. At the end of its 75th Anniversary Season, the Symphony made its debut in New York City’s Carnegie Hall on May 21, 2005. The Symphony has presented concerts throughout Michigan and is heard on broadcasts by WBLV. In 2003, the Symphony performed in Detroit’s Orchestra Hall as part of inaugural activities for the remodeled Max M. Fisher Music Center. In 2000, the orchestra toured Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. The orchestra performed at Ferris State University, Interlochen Center for the Arts, Lake Superior State University, Northern Michigan University and Michigan Technological University, where the Symphony was the premier entertainment for the grand opening of the Rozsa Center for Performing Arts. The Symphony also sponsors the Grand Rapids Bach Festival, the Symphony Chorus, Grand Rapids Symphony Youth Chorus, Grand Rapids Youth Symphony and Classical Orchestra and provides the orchestra for performances by Opera Grand Rapids and the Grand Rapids Ballet Company. They provide the orchestra for Opera Grand Rapids and the Grand Rapids Ballet Company. The most recent music director, David Lockington, stepped down from the post in May 2015 to become music director laureate, the first in the Grand Rapids Symphony's history. Associate conductor is John Varineau, who is in his 31st season with the Grand Rapids Symphony as well as in his 28th season as conductor of the Grand Rapids Youth Symphony during the 2015-16 season. Each year the Grand Rapids Symphony collaborates with the local community to bridge cultures by presenting a concert titled “Symphony with Soul” featuring national and local African-American guest artists. A percentage of the proceeds from this event supports the Symphony’s “Young, Gifted & Black Scholarship Fund,” created in 2005 through a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. The scholarship fund pays for instrument training for young African-American students in the Grand Rapids area. ==Concert Series== The Grand Rapids Symphony presents eight concert series intended for young children through adults: * The Richard and Helen DeVos Classical Series * Fox Motors Pops Series * Nestle Gerber SymphonicBoom Series * Crowe Horwath MusicNow Series * Crowe Horwath Great Eras Series * Porter Hills Coffee Classics Series * DTE Energy Foundation Family Series * PNC Lollipops 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grand Rapids Symphony」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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