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The Civic Experience
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will give a concert in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at Cass Technical High School for the entire student body on Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Acclaimed conductor Chelsea Tipton will guest conduct the DSO.
The Civic Experience offers a musical festival atmosphere, in which different Civic Youth Ensembles perform at staggered times. With one ticket, attendees can enjoy a variety of civic classical and jazz concerts. Concertgoers are invited to stroll to each performance of these incredible young performers. Please join us for our Winter Experience concerts on Mar. 3 and 4 from 1-4 p.m. in the Max M. Fisher Music Center. Tickets are available at www.dso.org.
Honda will sponsor 12 high school seniors from the Detroit School of Arts to travel to Atlanta, GA allowing them to participate in the Honda Battle of the Bands. The 12 band students will have the opportunity to audition for and possibly receive scholarships to Historical Black Colleges and Universities. During the trip, the students will attend a college fair, perform during the Honda Battle of the Bands VIP reception, tour Clark Atlanta University and Morehouse College and visit the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial.
Baroque Orchestra at University Prep High School This season, our newly formed Baroque Orchestra at University Prep High School (UPA) will perform on Orchestra Hall stage as an opening act for the Civic Orchestra. UPA Baroque Orchestra will be led by Mark Mutter. The Civic Orchestra will perform Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony and Petrouchka by Stravinsky. Charles Burke, Artistic Director of Civic Youth Ensembles, will conduct the Civic Orchestra. The concert will take place on Friday, March 2, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
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Tiny Tots
Civic Jazz Concert Band
Civic Chamber Music
Civic Creative Jazz Workshop
Music Learning Alliance
Civic Combo Program
MLK Concert
Honda Battle of the Bands
Allegro Civic String Orchestra
Saturday March 3rd Civic Youth Ensembles Winter Experience 1-4 p.m. in the Max M. Fisher Music Building 1 p.m. Music Box Jazz Concert Band and Combo C Tad Weed, conductor 2:15 p.m. Orchestra Hall Wind Symphony Dr. Ken Thompson, conductor 3:15 p.m. Orchestra Hall Philharmonic Dr. Ken Thompson, conductor Sunday March 4th Civic Youth Ensembles Winter Experience 1-4 p.m. in the Max M. Fisher Music Building 1 p.m. Music Box Creative Jazz Ensemble and Creative Jazz Workshop Rayse Biggs and Kurt Krahnke, conductors 1 p.m. Orchestra Hall String Ensemble Allegro Cecelia Sharpe, conductor 1:30 p.m. Orchestra Hall String Ensemble Presto Nick Karpinsky, conductor 2:15 p.m. Orchestra Hall Sinfonia Charles Burke, conductor 3:15 p.m. Orchestra Hall Concert Orchestra Tim Cibor, conductor
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