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Tchaikovsky Mini-Festival: Friday The Adrian Symphony presents our first every mini-festival. We’ll explore the music of Tchaikovsky in three distinct programs. We begin with the brilliant playing of Dominic Cheli as he shares a program of solo piano works by and inspired by Tchaikovsky. Saturday night, we’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s Russian songs for Mezzo-Soprano and piano, presented Kristin Boggs Clark accompanied by Phil Clark on piano. Our full orchestra wraps up this amazing weekend of music with favorite works by the master. Dominic Cheli will dazzle us through Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto—always a …

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Tchaikovsky Mini-Festival: Saturday The Adrian Symphony presents our first every mini-festival. We’ll explore the music of Tchaikovsky in three distinct programs. We begin with the brilliant playing of Dominic Cheli as he shares a program of solo piano works by and inspired by Tchaikovsky. Saturday night, we’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s Russian songs for Mezzo-Soprano and piano, presented Kristin Boggs Clark accompanied by Phil Clark on piano. Our full orchestra wraps up this amazing weekend of music with favorite works by the master. Dominic Cheli will dazzle us through Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto—always a …

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Tchaikovsky Mini-Festival: Sunday The Adrian Symphony presents our first every mini-festival. We’ll explore the music of Tchaikovsky in three distinct programs. We begin with the brilliant playing of Dominic Cheli as he shares a program of solo piano works by and inspired by Tchaikovsky. Saturday night, we’ll hear Tchaikovsky’s Russian songs for Mezzo-Soprano and piano, presented Kristin Boggs Clark accompanied by Phil Clark on piano. Our full orchestra wraps up this amazing weekend of music with favorite works by the master. Dominic Cheli will dazzle us through Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto—always a …

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The American West The Adrian Symphony opens this year with an all-American program of beloved favorites, old and new. Anchoring the program is everyone’s favorite American ballet, “Appalachian Spring,” but it’s joined by two fascinating works: one new and one old. Premiered just this past April, the new violin concerto “The Rose of Sonora,” is a spaghetti western set to a musical score that follows a narrative throughout this colorful story of the American west, bank robbery, a classic double-cross, and revenge. Guest artist Holly Mulcahy will shine as she brings “Rose” …

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Carmina Burana May 3, 2019 We close our orchestral season in Adrian with the spectacular oratorio, “Carmina Burana.” Featuring a chorus of more than 100 singers from a combination of several local choirs, this concert is sure to blow the roof of the auditorium. Prior to the intermission, we have a return visit of Conni Elisor, for a performance of her second concerto for Dulcimer, “Broad Bands of Light.”

Winds of Change Mar 22 – Mar 24, 2019 Great music for orchestral winds in the incomparable setting of Holy Rosary Chapel.

Harry Potter Goes to the Movies Feb 22, 2019 Celebrate John Williams with the this family friendly program of film for Harry Potter, Star Wars, and more!  

Home for the Holidays Dec 15, 2018 Holiday Tunes from the classic era of Christmas Music!

Romeo and the Gang Nov 11, 2018 We open the season in Adrian celebrating three different settings of the greatest love story ever told, “Romeo and Juliet.” We wrap up our year long celebration of Bernstein’s music with a perforance of selections from “West Side Story,” but also visit two other stunning settings, by Prokofiev (from his devestating ballet) and Tchaikovsky’s magnificent and compelling Fantasy Overture inspired by his reading of the play. Andrew Tyson makes his debut performance with the Adrian Symphony wow-ing our audience with his fun and frolicsome rendtiion …

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