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Thursday, July 18, 2024 — A Pinckney couple has provided five $2,500 scholarships to local high school seniors in support of their continued studies in music and other subjects at college. For the ninth year in a row, the Remedios Montalbo and A. Michael Young Scholarships were offered in collaboration with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (A2SO), recognizing and supporting highly motivated college-bound seniors at Pinckney and Ypsilanti Community High Schools. The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra is committed to playing an active role in the Southeast Michigan region through its Learning & C ..read more

Thursday, July 18, 2024 — Kathryn Marks, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra’s Director of Learning & Community, is among an international cohort of 36 orchestra and arts professionals selected to participate in Essentials of Orchestra Management, the League of American Orchestras’ premier leadership development program. The ten-day program, running from July 24-August 2, 2024 is presented in collaboration with Juilliard Extension and will take place in New York at Juilliard’s campus at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. “Essentials of Orchestra Management is one of the League’s most be ..read more

Tuesday, July 2, 2024 — The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra has officially welcomed four new members to its Board of Directors. Travel management owner Chris Conlin, academic researcher Rajani Bhat, realtor David S. Malcolm, and dentist Peter VanBeck were elected at the orchestra’s Annual Meeting on Thursday, June 20, 2024. “Our newest board members bring a wealth of insights and expertise to Ann Arbor’s resident symphony orchestra as we begin to prepare for our 100th anniversary in 1928”, A2SO Executive Director Sarah Calderini comments. “In addition to their experience, our board members’ fres ..read more

Monday, May 20, 2024 — For the second year in a row, the University of Michigan Credit Union and the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra will partner to collect used instruments for local school music programs. First unveiled in May 2023, Play It Forward gathered over 30 instruments and $1,000 in donations, and the success of this trial venture prompted the rapidly expanding credit union and nearly 100-year-old orchestra to partner for a second time.  Kicking off on May 15 as part of the opening festivities for UMCU’s newest branch on 340 E Huron St, Play It Forward will run through the month o ..read more

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 — The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (A2SO) recently wrapped up its first chamber music season in over four years, returning to venues in Southeast Michigan after a pandemic-induced hiatus. While the A2SO typically presents performances in large halls like Ann Arbor’s Hill Auditorium or the Michigan Theater, chamber performances offer opportunities to engage with audiences in an intimate and approachable way. Thanks to generous support from the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation (AAACF), the A2SO was able to present two free series of chamber performances to audiences in ..read more

Tuesday, April 23, (2024) — The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (A2SO) has announced their 2024/25 season, the 96th in the Symphony’s history. Designed from the ground up to showcase the unique qualities of the city named the best in the U.S. for quality of life (CNBC), the A2SO’s 24/25 season themes reflect the orchestra’s heritage of service throughout Southeast Michigan. From September 2024 through May 2025, the A2SO’s season will feature internationally acclaimed soloists, thoughtfully selected venues, dynamic and soul-nourishing programming, and exceptional performances from some of the Mid ..read more

Jeremy Reynolds is the classical music critic at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the editor of Opera America Magazine, and the program note annotator for about a dozen orchestras around the country, including the A2SO. He writes. About music. A lot. An Oberlin-trained clarinetist, Reynolds earned a master’s in journalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University and has written for national and international music publications including Opera, Symphony Magazine, Early Music America Magazine, Carnegie Hall: Beyond the Stage and too many others to list. (He’s also a fitness nut and a motorcy ..read more

Prior to conducting this Saturday’s all-Beethoven program at the Michigan Theater, Music Director Earl Lee shared four of his favorite Beethoven Symphony No. 5 recordings, all available for listening on YouTube or via your preferred streaming provider. Herbert von Karajan/Berliner Philharmoniker (Deutsche Grammophon – DG, 1963): https://youtu.be/5Ie88sLSGgo?si=IeACcnFYyImVVC1I Manfred Honeck/Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (Reference Recordings, 2015): https://youtu.be/icKeTON0a60?si=fW9qnXp6Cs9DzYUK Yannick Nezet-Seguin/Chamber Orchestra of Europe (Deutsche Grammophon – DG, 2022): http ..read more