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WELCOME BACK! The orchestra’s 2021-22 season celebrates community and the healing power of experiencing music together. We explore music from well-known and new composers during our 100th anniversary. Join us as we begin a new century of sharing lifelong musical experiences and learning throughout our diverse community.
For full concert details, visit us online at bit.ly/KSO-Events
SUPPORT THE SYMPHONYYou play a part! When you purchase concert tickets, donate, or volunteer with the symphony, you become a note within the soundtrack that connects and inspires our community.
Additional concerts may be announced throughout the season
Safety is our top priority, and the KSO is committed to following current venue, public health, and safety guidelines. Audience capacity will not be limited for these performances unless conditions and guidelines change. Masks will be required, based on Miller Auditorium and Chenery Auditorium guidelines. Concert repertoire and timing subject to change.
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SUBSCRIPTION BENEFITS Create your subscription now and save up to 20%! Select our
Masterworks subscription or create your own series by choosing three or
more concerts from our season.
Save 20% over single ticket prices
Priority and reserved seating
Free ticket exchanges
Pre-sale opportunities
Select the concerts that fit your interests and schedule
Maximum COVID-related flexibility
WELCOME BACK! The orchestra’s 2021-22 season celebrates community and the healing power of experiencing music together. We explore music from well-known and new composers during our 100th anniversary. Join us as we begin a new century of sharing lifelong musical experiences and learning throughout our diverse community.
For full concert details, visit us online at bit.ly/KSO-Events
SUPPORT THE SYMPHONYYou play a part! When you purchase concert tickets, donate, or volunteer with the symphony, you become a note within the soundtrack that connects and inspires our community.
Additional concerts may be announced throughout the season
Safety is our top priority, and the KSO is committed to following current venue, public health, and safety guidelines. Audience capacity will not be limited for these performances unless conditions and guidelines change. Masks will be required, based on Miller Auditorium and Chenery Auditorium guidelines. Concert repertoire and timing subject to change.
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LIVE MUSIC IS BACK!
1OO YEARSCELEBRATING
Julian Kuerti, Music Director
Raymond Harvey,
ConductorPICTURE YOURSELF AT THE SYMPHONY
EXPERIENCE THE SYMPHONY
SUBSCRIBE TODAY!
CREATE live musical experiences
EXPLORE new and old favorites
CONNECT with family and friends
Season presented by Zhang Financial
Treats abound at our annual Halloween family concert! Don your best costumes and celebrate Halloween with orchestral hijinks, bewitching music, and silly musical tricks and treats. Student tickets just $10!
MOVIEE.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL IN CONCERTFRI | FEB 18, 2022 | 7 p.m. Miller AuditoriumDaniel Brier, ConductorCompletefilmwithorchestra
Don’t miss Steven Spielberg’s cinematicmasterpiece E.T. The Extra- Terrestrial with John Williams’ Academy Award®- winning score performed live to picture, and experience the magic once more! ©A.M.P.A.S.®
FAMILY CONCERTSPOOKY SYMPHONY SUN | OCT 31, 2021 | 3 p.m.Chenery AuditoriumDaniel Brier, Conductor
SOUNDS OF THE SEASON FRI | DEC 17, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. SAT | DEC 18, 2021 | 3 p.m.Chenery AuditoriumJulian Kuerti, ConductorJun-Ching Lin, ViolinAdditional Guest PerformersOur annual tribute to the holiday season offers good cheer and holiday classics, along with the classic animated film, The Snowman, with the orchestra performing the score.
Daniel Brier, Resident Conductor
™ & © Universal Studios
$10STUDENTTICKETS
HOLIDAY TRADITION
FRI & SAT
Richard Goode, Piano Derrick Parker, Baritone James Ehnes, Violin
MASTERWORKS SERIES
STULBERG: BACH DOUBLEBACH, HOLLAND, & SHOSTAKOVICH SAT | JAN 22, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Daniel Brier, ConductorDongyoung “Jake” Shim, Violin, 2020 GOLD MEDALISTKeila Wakao, Violin, 2021 GOLD MEDALIST STULBERG INTERNATIONAL STRING COMPETITION
Shostakovich’s sardonically witty Ninth Symphony, a Flint native’s lively homage to Detroit, and the 2020 and 2021 Stulberg Gold Medalists performing together on Bach’s Double Concerto.
MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS COPLAND, DVOŘÁK, & SORO FRI | MAR 4, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Derrick Parker, Baritone
Celebrate romantic music from North and South America in this passionate and lively program with guest soloist Derrick Parker’s KSO debut performing Copland’s Old American Songs.
1OOTH ANNIVERSARY GALA SAT | JUNE 18, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.Miller Auditorium Julian Kuerti, Conductor Robert Whaley, Tuba
Join us to close the KSO’s 100th anniversary season with a journey through stories and symphonic highlights from our history. Longtime KSO musician Robert Whaley is featured as we honor the past and celebrate the century ahead!
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉRAVEL, MOZART, & STRAUSS FRI | APR 1, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Kalamazoo Bach Festival Chorus
Music from Mozart’s opera Idomeneo featuring one of the largest and most loved ballet scores ever written, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, with the Kalamazoo Bach Festival Chorus.
MASTERWORKS SEASON FINALE BRAHMS & PREVIN SAT | JUN 4, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller AuditoriumJulian Kuerti, Conductor James Ehnes, Violin
Our vivacious Masterworks Series finale, featuring the world
premiere of Andre Previn’s final concerto and world-renowned virtuoso James Ehnes on the epic Brahms violin concerto.
ANDREPR EVI N
W O R L D PREMIERE
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Subscribe Online
Subscribing online is safe, easy, and available 24/7.
1 Select your subscription•Go to this website:
bit.ly/KSO-Subscriptions •Choose your subscription type•Add individual concert tickets to your
subscription, if desired
2 Check out to complete your purchase•Click the “Check Out” button•Add a tax-deductible donation:
To help keep music alive in Kalamazoo, consider adding a $100 gift (or other amount) to your order
3 Complete your purchase•Click “Buy Now” to enter your payment
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Other Ways to Subscribe Mail form to
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra359 South Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 100Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Weekdays, call 269-349-7759
Visit us downtown in the Epic CenterNEW, starting Sept. 13: Community Box OfficeLocated in the Epic Center lobby359 South Kalamazoo MallM–F 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (closed 1:30 – 2)
OR: KSO Box OfficeIn the KSO’s Epic Center office359 South Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 100M–F, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
MASTERWORKS OPENING NIGHT MOZART, START, & DVOŘÁK SAT | OCT 16, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Richard Goode, Piano
We warmly welcome you back to the concert hall with the music of Dvořák, Mozart, and the world-renowned talents of Richard Goode.
RAYMOND’S RETURN BEETHOVEN & STRAVINSKY FRI | NOV 19, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Raymond Harvey, Conductor
KSO Music Director Emeritus Raymond Harvey returns to the podium with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Stravinsky’s The Firebird for a jubilant performance.
KEY SUBSCRIPTION DATES
AUG 24, 2021 Subscription sales open
SEPT 13, 2021 Single-concert ticket sales openOCT 16, 2021 First concert!
Julian Kuerti, Music Director
Treats abound at our annual Halloween family concert! Don your best costumes and celebrate Halloween with orchestral hijinks, bewitching music, and silly musical tricks and treats. Student tickets just $10!
MOVIEE.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL IN CONCERTFRI | FEB 18, 2022 | 7 p.m. Miller AuditoriumDaniel Brier, ConductorCompletefilmwithorchestra
Don’t miss Steven Spielberg’s cinematic masterpiece E.T. The Extra- Terrestrial with John Williams’ Academy Award®- winning score performed live to picture, and experience the magic once more! ©A.M.P.A.S.®
FAMILY CONCERTSPOOKY SYMPHONY SUN | OCT 31, 2021 | 3 p.m.Chenery AuditoriumDaniel Brier, Conductor
SOUNDS OF THE SEASON FRI | DEC 17, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. SAT | DEC 18, 2021 | 3 p.m.Chenery AuditoriumJulian Kuerti, ConductorJun-Ching Lin, ViolinAdditional Guest PerformersOur annual tribute to the holiday season offers good cheer and holiday classics, along with the classic animated film, The Snowman, with the orchestra performing the score.
Daniel Brier, Resident Conductor
™ & © Universal Studios
$10STUDENTTICKETS
HOLIDAY TRADITION
FRI & SAT
Richard Goode, Piano Derrick Parker, Baritone James Ehnes, Violin
MASTERWORKS SERIES
STULBERG: BACH DOUBLEBACH, HOLLAND, & SHOSTAKOVICHSAT | JAN 22, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Daniel Brier, ConductorDongyoung “Jake” Shim, Violin, 2020 GOLD MEDALISTKeila Wakao, Violin, 2021 GOLD MEDALISTSTULBERG INTERNATIONAL STRING COMPETITION
Shostakovich’s sardonically witty Ninth Symphony, a Flint native’s lively homage to Detroit, and the 2020and 2021 Stulberg Gold Medalists performing together on Bach’s Double Concerto.
MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS COPLAND, DVOŘÁK, & SORO FRI | MAR 4, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Derrick Parker, Baritone
Celebrate romantic music from North and South America in this passionate and lively program with guest soloist Derrick Parker’s KSO debutperforming Copland’s Old American Songs.
1OOTH ANNIVERSARY GALA SAT | JUNE 18, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.Miller Auditorium Julian Kuerti, Conductor Robert Whaley, Tuba
Join us to close the KSO’s 100th anniversary season with a journey through stories and symphonic highlights from our history. Longtime KSO musician Robert Whaley is featured as we honor the past and celebrate the century ahead!
Raymond Harvey, Conductor
DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉRAVEL, MOZART, & STRAUSSFRI | APR 1, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Kalamazoo Bach Festival Chorus
Music from Mozart’s opera Idomeneo featuring one of the largest and most loved ballet scores ever written, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, with the Kalamazoo Bach Festival Chorus.
MASTERWORKS SEASON FINALE BRAHMS & PREVIN FRI | JUN 4, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller AuditoriumJulian Kuerti, Conductor James Ehnes, Violin
Our vivacious Masterworks Series finale, featuring the world
premiere of Andre Previn’s final concerto and world-renowned virtuoso James Ehnes on the epic Brahms violin concerto.
ANDREPR EVI N
W O R L DPREMIERE
HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Subscribe Online
Subscribing online is safe, easy, and available 24/7.
1 Select your subscription• Go to this website:
bit.ly/KSO-Subscriptions• Choose your subscription type• Add individual concert tickets to your
subscription, if desired
2 Check out to complete your purchase• Click the “Check Out” button• Add a tax-deductible donation:
To help keep music alive in Kalamazoo,consider adding a $100 gift (or otheramount) to your order
3 Complete your purchase• Click “Buy Now” to enter your payment
information on a secure payment page
Other Ways to Subscribe Mail form to
Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra359 South Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 100Kalamazoo, MI 49007
Weekdays, call 269-349-7759
Visit us downtown in the Epic CenterNEW, starting Sept. 13: Community Box OfficeLocated in the Epic Center lobby359 South Kalamazoo MallM–F 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (closed 1:30 – 2)
OR: KSO Box OfficeIn the KSO’s Epic Center office359 South Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 100M–F, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
MASTERWORKS OPENING NIGHT MOZART, START, & DVOŘÁKSAT | OCT 16, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Richard Goode, Piano
We warmly welcome you back to the concert hallwith the music of Dvořák, Mozart, and the world-renowned talents of Richard Goode.
RAYMOND’S RETURN BEETHOVEN & STRAVINSKYFRI | NOV 19, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Raymond Harvey, Conductor
KSO Music Director Emeritus Raymond Harvey returns to the podium with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Stravinsky’s The Firebird for a jubilant performance.
KEY SUBSCRIPTION DATES
AUG 24, 2021 Subscription sales open
SEPT 13, 2021 Single-concert ticket sales openOCT 16, 2021 First concert!
Julian Kuerti, Music Director
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Free ticket exchanges
Pre-sale opportunities
Select the concerts that fityour interests and schedule
Maxim
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The orchestra’s 2021-22 season celebrates com
munity and the healing
power of experiencing music together.
We explore m
usic from well-known
and new composers during our 100th
anniversary. Join us as we begin a new century of sharing lifelong m
usical experiences and learning throughout our diverse com
munity.
For full con
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You play a part! When you purchase
concert tickets, donate, or volunteer with the sym
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the soundtrack that connects and inspires our com
munity.
Ad
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ann
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Safety is our top priority, and the KSO is com
mitted to following current venue, public health, and safety guidelines.
Audience capacity will not be limited for these perform
ances unless conditions and guidelines change. M
asks will be required, based on Miller Auditorium
and Chenery Auditorium guidelines.
Concert repertoire and timing subject to change.
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