Experience an evening of poignant beauty and lyrical brilliance. Prokofiev’s tender Seventh Symphony enchants with wistful melodies, sweeping orchestration, and quiet introspection—the composer’s final symphony, a luminous farewell filled with nostalgia and depth. Paired with Randall Goosby playing Florence Price’s radiant Violin Concerto No. 2, blending Romantic elegance with soulful spirituality and Jimmy López’s work […]

Join guest conductor Dr. Mark Douglass and the Royal Oak Symphony Orchestra in works by Dudley Buck, Saint-Saens, and Dvorak. Young Artist Competition winner violinist Isabell Johnson and soprano Emily Douglass are our featured soloists. Note that we are now starting our concerts 30 minutes earlier – 7:30 p.m.!

Detroit’s Alaina Brown, who wowed VAE audiences last year in the Ann Arbor Bicentennial Concert, rejoins the ensemble to perform Schubert’s Mirjam Siegesgesang (The Triumph of Miriam), a fiery and dramatic account of the Israelites’ escape from Egypt, written by Schubert in the last months of his life, for soprano, piano and chorus. The program […]

10-piece big band led by Chris Smith, specializing in hot jazz of the 1920s and 30s. Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Duke Ellington and other jazz legends are prominent in their repertoire. For listening or dancing.

10-piece big band led by Chris Smith, specializing in hot jazz of the 1920s and 30s. Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Duke Ellington and other jazz legends are prominent in their repertoire. For listening or dancing.

10-piece big band led by Chris Smith, specializing in hot jazz of the 1920s and 30s. Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Duke Ellington and other jazz legends are prominent in their repertoire. For listening or dancing.

10-piece big band led by Chris Smith, specializing in hot jazz of the 1920s and 30s. Jelly Roll Morton, King Oliver, Duke Ellington and other jazz legends are prominent in their repertoire. For listening or dancing.

Piano, Polka, & Pointe: Mozart, Strauss, and Tchaikovsky — Enrique Diemecke, conductor — Zhengyi Huang, piano —— Johann Strauss Jr. “Overture from Die Fledermaus” — • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Piano Concerto No. 21” in C Major — • Johann Strauss Jr. “Kaiser-Waltzer”, Op. 437 (Emperor Waltz) — • Johann Strauss Sr. “Radetsky March”, Op. 228 […]

Following her successful debut album release “Schumann: Diaries,” which has amassed over 10 million streams to date and charted at No.1 on Apple Music Classical across four continents in addition to the Billboard Charts (Traditional Classical Albums), classical pianist of the new generation Tiffany Poon invites you to join her next album journey in a […]

2025 Michigan Jazz Festival Auditions for musicians are now open. The deadline is March 1, 2025, 11:59 pm. The Michigan Jazz Festival is Sunday, July 20, 2025 at Schoolcraft College Vistatech Center, Livonia MI. This application is extended to Michigan residents or strongly connected Michigan-based Jazz groups, including artists from neighboring Toledo and Windsor. We […]