2024-25 Concerts
Romantic Masters
Saturday, March 1, 2025
7:30pm at Kaufman Auditorium
Piano Concerto in A minor - R. Schumann
featuring 2024 MSO Youth Concerto Winner Hyerim Lee, piano
Symphony No. 2 - Johannes Brahms
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Festive Folk
Saturday, April 12, 2025
7:30pm at Kaufman Auditorium
with featured guest Knockabouts
Festive Overture - D. Shostakovich
Symphony No. 2 - P. L. Tchaikovsky
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RECENT PERFORMANCES
Symphonic Broadway
with special guest vocalists
Kristen Beth Williams and James Ludwig
Saturday, January 18, 2025
4:00pm at Kaufman Auditorium
SOLD OUT
Stephen Sondheim’s
A Little Priest - from Sweeney Todd
Being Alive - from Company
Not a Day Goes By - from Merrily We Roll Along
Send In the Clowns - from A Little Night Music
Selections from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera
Phantom
Think of Me
Angel of Music
The Phantom of the Opera
All I Ask of You
The Music of the Night
A medley from Benny Andersson’s Mamma Mia!
Plus selections from Chicago, Porgy and Bess, and Fidler on the Roof
Sounds of the Holidays
SOLD OUT
Saturday, December 14, 2024
7:30pm at Kaufman Auditorium
Erin Colwitz and Matt Ludwig, guest conductors
Gloria Patri from Magnificat - John Rutter (with Marquette Choral Society)
Ave Maria - Javier Busto (MCS a capella)
Fantasia on Greensleeves - Vaughan Williams
In the Bleak Midwinter - Holst/arr. Robert W. Smith
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Suit for Orchestra - John Williams
Selections from Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer - Johnny Marks/arr. Richard Hayman
Winter Wonderland - arr. Robert Farnon (Tony Beacco, vocal soloist)
Silent Night - arr. Earle Hagen (Tony Beacco, vocal soloist)
Let It Snow! - arr. Michelle Weir (NMU Art Chorale a capella)
Glow - Eric Whitacre (with NMU Arts Chorale)
Variations on Jingle Bells - arr. Mark Hayes (with NMU Arts Chorale)
NEW - Matinee Encore Performance
Sounds of the Holidays
Sunday, December 15, 2024
2:00 pm at Kaufman Auditorium
Approximately one-hour show
Selections from Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
Fantasia on Greensleeves - Vaughan Williams
In the Bleak Midwinter - Holst/arr. Robert W. Smith
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Suite for Orchestra - John Williams
Winter Wonderland - arr. Robert Farnon (Tony Beacco, vocal soloist)
Silent Night - arr. Earle Hagen (Tony Beacco, vocal soloist)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - Johnny Marks/arr. Richard Hayman
12 Days of Christmas - Matt Catingrub
Latin Strings
Saturday, October 5, 2024
7:30pm at Kaufman Auditorium
With guest soloist JIJI, guitar
Estancia - A. Ginastera
Concierto de Aranjuez - Joaquin Rodrigo, with JIJI, guitar
Intermezzo from Goyescas - E. Granados
Capriccio Espangol - N. Rimsky-Korsakov
POPS! in the Park
Thursday, July 11, 2024
7:30pm at the Presque Isle Band Shell
FREE ADMISSION - Sponsored by Eagle Mine
William Tell - G. Rossini
Festival Overture on the American National Air “The Star-Spangled Banner” - Dudley Buck
Night on the Bald Mountain - Modest Mussorgsky
Beach Boys Medley - arr. Custer Calvin
America the Beautiful - Samuel Ward (arr. Alfred Reed)
Portrait of the Beatles - arr. Mancini, Henry
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
God Bless America - Irvin Berlin (arr. Kresa)
1812 Overture
REVISIT OUR EXCITING 2023-24 SEASON:
An Evening with Tim Kliphuis
Saturday, October 7, 2023
Violin Concerto in D minor "Ulysses" - Tim Kliphuis, violin
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World" - Antonin Dvorak
Tim Kliphuis - Jazz
Duets with Jimmy Grant
Sunday, October 8, 2023
*3:00pm at Reynolds Recital Hall
Free Admission, no tickets required!
Sounds of the Holidays
Saturday, December 9, 2023
Steve Grugin and Janis Shier Peterson, guest conductors
Kristen Beth Williams and Darrius Morton, guest vocal soloists
Sponsored by UP Health System-Marquette
Festive Fanfare - Brian Balmages
Around the World at Christmas Time - Arr. Bruce Chase
Sheep May Safely Graze - Arr. Matt Riley
Dreams of Fireflies - Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Star of Wonder - Mannheim Steamroller
O Holy Night - Adolphe Adam - with Darrius Morton, tenor
Christmas Tradition - Arr. Charles Sayre
A Children's Christmas Suite - Gordon Thornett
Polar Express Concert Suite - Arr. Jerry Brubaker
I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm* - Dean Martin
I'll Be Home for Christmas* - Kim Gannon & Walter Kent
How 'Bout a Hand for Mrs. Claus* - Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas* - Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane
Hanukkah Light - Zamir Bavel
Christmas on Broadway - Arr. John Higgins
* with Kristen Beth Williams, vocal soloist
Viola Master Class
with Julliard-trained Jay Julio
Friday, January 19, 2024
3:00pm at Reynolds Recital Hall
Free Admission!
Walton’s Viola Concerto
Saturday, January 20, 2024
Soloist Sponsorship by Arts Midwest and The Stephenson National Bank & Trust
Viola Concerto - William Walton feat. 2023 MSO Youth Concerto Winner Jay Julio, viola
Symphony No. 3 in C minor - Florence Price
Viola Recital at St. Paul’s Church
Sunday, January 21, 2024
3:00pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 201 E. Ridge St.
Free Admission, Donations Appreciated!
Scheherazade
Saturday, March 2, 2024
Conductor Sponsorship by Levata Sleep and Lilly Dermatology
Plein Air, Concerto for Viola and Orchestra - Griffin Candey feat. Debbie Carlson, viola
- Sponsored by John and Pauline Kiltinen
Scheherazade - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Soul Force
Saturday, April 13, 2024
Soul Force - Jessie Montgomery
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - W. A. Mozart
Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia from Spartacus Ballet - Aram Khachaturian
Pines of Rome - Ottorino Respighi
