Kevin RhodesMusic director

We were moved, thrilled, excited, entertained, mesmerized... in other words, blown away!! Bravissimo!

Bob JamesPianist/Composer

SponSorS 2015-2016 seAson

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all too good to miss

The 2015-2016 season will redefine your Traverse Symphony Orchestra and

redefine what it means to go to a concert!

Maestro Kevin Rhodes

2015-2016seAson TiCKeTs on sALe noWTraversesymphony.org | 231 947 7120

sunday, september 203 pm | Corson Auditorium

Kevin Rhodes conductor

hAL GRossMAn violin

vivaldi The Four Seasons

nielsen Symphony no. 2 (The Four Temperaments)

Acclaimed for his “vibrant tone” and “superb technique,” HAl GROSSMAn returns to perform Vivaldi’s ever-popular Four Seasons, a musical interpretation of the natural world — from winter’s chill to a captivating thunderstorm. nielsen’s stunning Symphony no. 2 broke the mold of traditional symphonic structure through a series of adventurous modulations.

I was so impressed by his musical and

technical work as well as his

gorgeous sound.

Gerard Schwarz Conductor Laureate

Seattle Symphony

COnCeRT SpOnSOR

sunday, october 18

3 pm | Corson Auditorium

Kevin Rhodes conductor and host

All-Brahms Program

Academic Festival Overture Symphony No. 4

COnCeRT SpOnSOR

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Join the TSO and MAeSTRO RHOdeS on an engaging tour of Brahms’ music. The ravishing Fourth Symphony ebbs and flows in lines of uncompromising splendor and stirring passion, the Academic Festival Overture overflows with a light-hearted sense of fun and a host of special guests will present chamber music, vocal music, and incomparable piano music. With visual elements to illustrate points along the way, everyone in the audience will get involved in the music making… no experience necessary!

sunday, november 22

3 pm | Corson Auditorium

Kevin Rhodes conductorPeTeR seRKin piano

Mozart piano Concerto in F Major Bach Keyboard Concerto in d Minor Ravel Le tombeau de Couperin

Called “one of the most perceptive and provocative pianists of his generation,” classical music legend and famed pianist peTeR SeRKin debuts with the TSO. Mozart’s piano Concerto in F Major is a challenging work that combines grace with vigor, while Bach’s Keyboard Concerto in d Minor is one of the composer’s most jubilant. The reflective and light-hearted Le tombeau de Couperin reaches the pinnacle of Ravel’s considerable orchestration skills.

In his hands, even the most formidable works

are fluid and expressive.

The New York Times

sPeCiAL GUesT ARTisT

international Piano Legend

plays

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Guest conductor OCTAViO

MáS-AROCAS takes the podium in a decked-out auditorium as the nMC Grand Traverse Chorale and Children’s Choir return for the Symphony’s festive annual holiday celebration that captures the spirit of the season.

Saturday, Dec 12 | 7:30 pm Sunday, Dec 13 | 3 pm

lars Hockstad Auditorium

oCTAvio Más-ARoCAs guest conductor

nMC GRAnd TRAveRse ChoRALe & ChiLdRen’s ChoiR JeffRey CoBB director

W. schuman Judith Choreographic poem

f. J. haydn Mass in C major (Missa in tempore belli; Mass in Time of War)

Kevin Rhodes conductor PeTeR sPARLinG dAnCe CoMPAny PeTeR sPARLinG choreographer Vocal soloists nMC GRAnd TRAveRse ChoRALe JeffRey CoBB director

Uniting video and dance with orchestral music, peTeR SpARlinG joins the Traverse Symphony Orchestra to pres-ent Judith: A Domestic Dance/Drama for Screen and Orchestra inspired by William Schuman’s powerful and dramatic score Judith, originally com-missioned by the great choreographer and Sparling’s mentor Martha Graham.

The nMC GRAnd TRAVeRSe CHORAle and vocal soloists present Haydn’s mas-terpiece Mass in Time of War, making an eloquent plea for peace invoking God’s grace.

sunday, March 203 pm | Corson Auditorium

sunday, April 17

3 pm | Corson Auditorium

Kevin Rhodes conductor and host

deLBeRT MiCheL artist

All-Beethoven program

Leonore Overture no. 3 Symphony no. 6 (Pastoral)

in a continuation of the FiReWORKS series, MAeSTRO RHOdeS celebrates the life and work of Beethoven with his heroic Leonore Overture no. 3 filled with fire and action and the beloved Pastoral Symphony — the very first symphony to depict a story in the form of a visit to the country — conveying a continuous sense of joy and wonder at the beauty in nature.

painter delBeRT MiCHel brings music to life inspired by the sounds of the orchestra with an improvisational visual experience created on the stage before your very eyes. Chamber music and the area’s most talented young pianists round out the program. COnCeRT

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saturday, June 4

7:30 pm | Corson Auditorium

Kevin Rhodes conductor BoB JAMes piano

James piano Concerto Copland Appalachian Spring stravinsky Firebird Suite

Two-time Grammy winner and recipient of numerous Grammy nominations and accolades, BoB JameS, a prominent artist in the jazz world, debuts his newly composed piano Concerto with the Traverse Symphony orchestra.

Copland’s Appalachian Spring, one of the most archetypically american works, captures a vast emotional world through irregular jazzy meters, playful rhythms and bold percussion orchestrations.

The TSo lights a musical fire with Stravinsky’s vigorous and exuberant Firebird.

COnCeRT SpOnSOR

For many of his fans, Bob James is to jazz what James Brown is to R&B — the music and the musician go hand in hand.

npR Music

KeVin RHOdeS AT THe pOdiUM is underwritten by Cherry Capital Cadillac Subaru and Traverse Motors

AndeRSOn WeAlTH MAnAGeMenT is partnering with the Traverse Symphony Orchestra to make musical education experiences accessible to people of all ages in the northern Michigan community.

fRee fAMiLy ConCeRTs are offered every season to introduce the entire family to symphonic music, instruments and musicians. Families can listen to classical music accompanied by visual elements such as dance, experiment in instrument petting zoos, create instruments, conduct small ensembles and enjoy hands-on activities.

directed by lynne Tobin, the CiviC PRoGRAM welcomes amateur string musicians of all ages and skill sets to join two community string orchestras — ChAMBeR sTRinGs and PReLUde sTRinGs. They meet for weekly rehearsals and free performances throughout the year. Two week-long Civic summer camps take place each year.

To learn more or become involved, call 231-947-7120 or visit TraverseSymphony.org/education-and-outreach.

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sunday, october 25

1 pm and 3 pm State Theatre

Kevin Rhodes piano

Maestro KeVin RHOdeS accompanies the cult classic silent film “phantom of the Opera” with his improvised score on piano and keyboard. Called one of the greatest silent horror films of the 1920s, lon Chaney is the quintessential phantom with his horrific, self-applied makeup as he haunts the paris Opera House.

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is underwritten by Cherry Capital Cadillac Subaru and Traverse Motors

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