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  Detroit, Michigan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As of 2004, Detroit ranked as the United States' 11th most populous city with 900,198 residents; this is half of the peak population it boasted in the 1950s, and Detroit leads the nation in terms of declining urban population.
Detroit fell to British troops during the War of 1812 in the Siege of Detroit, was recaptured by the United States in 1813 and incorporated as a city in 1815.
Detroit was the former home of a round of the Formula One World Championship, which held the race on the streets of downtown Detroit from 1982 until 1988, after which the sanction moved from Formula One to Indycars until its final run in 2001.
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 Alexander Mishnaevski - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Alexander Mishnaevski is a Russian-born American violist, as of 2003 the principal violist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
From 1975 to 1985, Mishnaevski was principal violist of the Soviet Émigré Orchestra.
Presently, in addition to being principal violist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (with which he has also appeared as a concerto soloist), Mishnaevski is also principal violist of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, the Southfield Symphony Orchestra, the Grosse Pointe Symphony Orchestra and the Dearborn Symphony Orchestra.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alexander_Mishnaevski   (226 words)

  
 Lake Superior State University :: Detroit Symphony Orchestra :: The Ambassador String Quintet
She also coaches the viola section of the Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra, participates in the DSO summer residency at Interlochen and teaches young musicians at the DSO Summer Institute.
DSO Principal Cellist Robert deMaine was born into a musical family of French and Polish ancestry and began musical studies at the age of four with his mother and sister, both accomplished cellists.
Prior to joining the DSO in January 2003, deMaine served as Principal Cellist of the New York String Orchestra, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Hartford Chamber Orchestra, Connecticut Opera Orchestra, and the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra of Boston.
www.lssu.edu /dso/ambassadorquintet.php   (807 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / Music / Detroit Symphony Orchestra hires Parsons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has hired Anne Parsons, general manager of the New York City Ballet, as executive director, the Detroit Free Press reported.
DETROIT -- The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has hired Anne Parsons, general manager of the New York City Ballet, as executive director, the Detroit Free Press reported.
She was general manager of the Hollywood Bowl and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra at the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1991-98.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2004/04/23/detroit_symphony_orchestra_hires_parsons   (203 words)

  
 Symphony Orchestras - The Classical Music Beat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nowadays, the musicians are usually led by a conductor, although early orchestras did not have one, instead being led by the principal violinst or the harpsichordist.
The principal modern meaning of symphony is a sonata for the orchestra.
The orchestral symphony originated in the operatic overture, which in the middle of the 18th century began to assimilate the essentials of the sonata style.
music.searchbeat.com /symphony.htm   (1056 words)

  
 Three-quarters of top US orchestras in the red Detroit Symphony Orchestra faces $2 million deficit
A key element in mitigating the state’s funding cuts and turning around the orchestra’s financial difficulties in the 1990s was the launching of Orchestra Place, a $220-million urban expansion project in the heart of economically collapsed downtown Detroit.
Although the DSO purchased the plot for the “Max” from the city for $1, the orchestra is carrying about $76 million in long-term debt and a $54-million bond that financed the new music center.
Detroit leads the nation for loss of jobs and manufacturing, and yet more people are attending the symphony than at any other time in history.
www.wsws.org /articles/2003/dec2003/tdso-d19_prn.shtml   (1319 words)

  
 Metro Times Detroit - Musicians - : Detroit Symphony Orchestra
The DSO was fast becoming one of the finest and most prominent orchestras in the country.
Following this historic event, the Orchestra became the nation’s first official radio broadcast orchestra and was heard by millions of Americans on the Ford Symphony Hour national radio show until 1942.
The DSO is heard live by over 450,000 people annually in classical, pops, jazz, holiday festival, special events, educational and Young People’s concerts at Orchestra Hall, and other DSO venues including, Meadow Brook Music, Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, and northern Michigan’s Interlochen Center for the Performing Arts.
www.metrotimes.com /guide/musicians/artistprofile.asp?id=184   (502 words)

  
 Classical Music Concerts - Local Detroit Entertainment
A Detroit native, Laurence Liberson was principal clarinet with the Grand Rapids Symphony Orchestra for five years before his appointment as assistant principal clarinet and E-flat clarinet of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1981.
Prior to joining the DSO, he played for two years with the Syracuse Symphony and was the principal bass of the Florida Symphony Orchestra for two years.
Marcus Schoon was the principal bassoon of the Cleveland Ballet and Chamber Symphony, and second bassoon of the Ohio Chamber Orchestra and Cleveland Opera.
www.detroitchamberwinds.org /bios_main.html   (1793 words)

  
 classical music - andante - despite deficit, detroit symphony orchestra sees signs of a healthy new year
Detroit Symphony Orchestra ran a deficit of $1.1 million last year, but officials of the organization consider that a temporary setback thanks to their efforts to retire debt and because of skyrocketing subscription revenues, the Detroit Free Press reports.
Unlike other North American orchestras — notably the St. Louis Symphony and the Toronto Symphony — where the financial difficulties have raised the specter of bankruptcy, Detroit has enough money in the pipeline to cover its budget gap, meaning it will begin next season with a clean balance sheet, the newspaper says.
The orchestra still needs to raise $23 million to meet its $125 million goal before Orchestra Place opens and the slowing economy is making it increasingly hard for arts groups to secure donations.
www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=15485&highlight=1&highlightterms=&ls   (275 words)

  
 TWB V4.1: BASSOONS of the DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Detroit Symphony made some memorable recordings some years ago when the orchestra was under the direction of the French conductor, Paul Paray.
Before joining the Detroit Symphony as principal bassoon in 1947, he had already been first bassoon in the Pittsburgh Orchestra when Fritz Reiner was its conductor, and he had played with the Columbia Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra in New York.
To be the new Principal Bassoon Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
idrs.colorado.edu /Publications/TWBassoonist/TWB.V4.1/bassoons.html   (964 words)

  
 Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Home
The D.S.O. members Bradlin Scholarship Fund was started in 1984 by the family of the late Harry Bradlin.
Harry Bradlin was a lifelong Detroit Symphony Orchestra subscriber and passionate music lover who wished to offer financial assistance to individuals who are preparing for a career in music.
The DSO travels to Northern Michigan for its annual appearance at the Interlochen Center for the Arts.
www.detroitsymphony.com   (425 words)

  
 Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Symphony Orchestra) - Short History
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (= DSO) was founded in 1914 when ten young Detroit society women each contributed $100 and pledged to find 100 additional subscribers to donate $10 to support the symphony.
During the early 1920's, the DSO fast become one of the finest and most prominent orchestras in the country.
Following Gabrilowitsch's death in 1936, the DSO entered into a troubled time in which financial difficulties forced the orchestra to disband twice and move from Orchestra Hall to a succession of three different Detroit venues.
www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/DSO.htm   (582 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Berlioz: Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9; Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: Music: Hector Berlioz,Harold ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When Symphonie Fantastique premiered, she was in the audience and she was smart enough to realize that the symphony was really about her.
The symphony tells the story of a young artist and hopeless romantic, without a name, who falls in love with a beautiful and ideal woman (her signature theme is the idee fixe, which turns up in each of the movements).
The intense symphony encompasses the greatest elements of Romanticism in the 19th century.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000057M0?v=glance   (2327 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Lead administrator quits Detroit Symphony job
In a statement the symphony issued, Kang said, "With a new chairman and executive committee just taking over, I believe the timing is right for me to move on.
The orchestra celebrated the opening of the $60 million Max M. Fisher Center in October, but also ran a $1.8 million deficit in 2003, the third consecutive year it's been in the red.
The orchestra, which has played a key role in revitalizing downtown Detroit, now finds itself without a leader when it can least afford further mistakes.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,575038874,00.html   (249 words)

  
 American Symphony Orchestra League::Government Affairs
This is the first year of a three year outreach effort by the orchestra to underserved communities south of Detroit.
Concerts and educational outreach programs will be presented by the Arctic Chamber Orchestra, the orchestra's touring ensemble, in parts of the state that do not have access to the concert experience.
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra will tour with pianist Richard Goode and soprano Dawn Upshaw, and be in residence at University of California-Los Angeles and the Krannert Center at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.
www.symphony.org /govaff/fedefund/02access.shtml   (665 words)

  
 Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra - Jacksonville, Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Currently in his tenth season as the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra’s principal pops conductor, Michael Krajewski is known for his imaginative and entertaining programs and his delightfully wry sense of humor.
Born in Detroit, Michael Krajewski holds degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and furthered his training with studies at the Pierre Monteux Domaine School for Conductors.
He was a Dorati Fellowship Conductor with the Detroit Symphony and an artist intern with the Michigan Opera Theatre.
www.jaxsymphony.org /orchestra/conductors/krajewski.html   (224 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Syms: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
She is, though, influenced by the German symphonists of the latter end of the 19th century (and probably Dvorák, whom she greatly admired, as well).
The Barber symphony and overture are certainly worth hearing, but it is the Beach composition that really commends this recording, and it is certainly a worthy work.
She had the great power a symphony might have but sometimes she completely went off on aside tangents just as a slight climax was building up; a climax that would never be reached.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000AMV   (606 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Copland: Symphony No. 3; Harris: Symphony No. 3: Music: Aaron Copland,Roy Harris,Neeme Järvi,Detroit ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
What markedly differentiates this symphony from the earlier ones is that the influence of Stravinsky is not so apparent and Copland has found his own voice, one which the populous equates with rural Americana.
Roy Harris (1898-1979) premiered his Third Symphony in 1939, and it is by far his most famous piece, as well as one of the greatest symphonic works from an American composer.
The recording was made at Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall in October of 1996, and the sound is excellent.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000000AZL?v=glance   (1813 words)

  
 Anime News Network - Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
DETROIT, (July 6, 2005) — The incredibly popular video game Final Fantasy will come to life as the virtual world meets the classical one when the Detroit Symphony Orchestra presents its first-ever concert of innovative and magical video game music at the Max M. Fisher Music Center.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra is among the first American orchestras to present Final Fantasy concerts, following sold-out debut performances in Los Angeles and Chicago attended by young and enthusiastic audiences.
The show employs 10-by-14-foot screens flown above the orchestra and used to display scenes from the games as well as images of the orchestra during the performance to create a music-video effect.
skuld.animenewsnetwork.com /pressrelease.php?id=1138   (591 words)

  
 Chrysler Donates $2 Million To Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Chrysler Corporation Fund announced today it will donate a total of $2 million to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall (DSOH) as part of the Corporation's commitment to enhancing the cultural renaissance of the City of Detroit.
Half of the $2 million grant will go toward the DSOH's Orchestra Place development project, a historic alliance between the DSO, Detroit Public Schools and the Detroit Medical Center.
The announcement was made by Chrysler Corporation Chairman and CEO Robert Eaton, speaking at tonight's Opening Night of the DSOH, which features world- renowned violinist, Midori.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=105&STORY=/www/story/28356   (310 words)

  
 Lansing State Journal: Detroit Symphony Orchestra to perform tribute to civil rights legend Rosa Parks
DETROIT - For composer Hannibal Lokumbe, civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks always has been a symbol of inner strength in the face of tremendous odds.
The piece is at times mind-boggling in its complexity and has echoes of African drumming, jazz and blues, DSO resident conductor Thomas Wilkins said.
Joining the orchestra to perform Lokumbe's oratorio at the DSO's annual Classical Roots concerts on Saturday and Sunday will be a 200-person choir and three vocal soloists.
www.lsj.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050217/NEWS01/502170343/1001/news   (844 words)

  
 Columbus Symphony Orchestra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Orchestra from 1977 until he resigned in autumn of 1983.
In January 1989, Maestro Herbig and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, along with Gidon Kremer as soloist, toured Europe to critical acclaim.
Herbig then became the Music Director of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for five years, touring in the Far East in 1990, and Europe in spring of 1991, which marked his 37th international orchestral tour.
www.columbussymphony.com /meet/Bio_Herbig.html   (619 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Detroit orchestra does its part for Gulf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
DETROIT (AP) — Habitat for Humanity Detroit and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra are working together to help raise funds and generate awareness for disaster relief and rebuilding activities.
The project coincides with upcoming performances in Detroit scheduled for Sept. 29 by Harry Connick Jr.
The DSO also will donate a portion of proceeds from CDs sold at the Connick and Marsalis performances to Habitat Detroit.
www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2005-09-09-detroit-orchestra_x.htm?csp=34   (183 words)

  
 Campus Information Centers - Directions to Orchard Hall/Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO)
Orchestra Hall is the home of the world-class Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
The Symphony often plays in Ford Auditorium as well.
Orchestra Hall is located at 3711 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, about 50-60 miles from Ann Arbor and provides ample parking options.
www.umich.edu /~info/toorchhall.html   (176 words)

  
 Charity Navigator Rating - Detroit Symphony Orchestra
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) is heard live by over 450,000 people annually in classical, pops, jazz, holiday festival, special events, educational and Young People's concerts at Orchestra Hall, and other DSO venues.
Since its founding in 1914, the DSO has also been a leader in music education by bringing thousands of students each year to its annual educational and youth concerts at Orchestra Hall.
Today the Orchestra offers a variety of educational programs and resources, including free educational concerts for nearly 26,000 Detroit and metro-area public school children.
www.charitynavigator.org /index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/3620.htm   (273 words)

  
 Connorobrien.com [News]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
September 9, 2000: Connor has confirmed his upcoming concert dates singing with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, September 14-17 in Detroit, Michigan.
They will be performing four songs in a concert of approximately 20 pieces with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Detroit Symphony Orchestra web site for more details.
www.connorobrien.com /news/2000/09-09.asp   (137 words)

  
 Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Topix.net
In the mid-1980s, a pair of Detroit Symphony Orchestra musicians bought a roughly wedge-shaped lot in Northville Township that many considered an impossible site for a house.
Even though the Detroit Symphony Orchestra is still searching for its next music director, the orchestra has had its previous conductor cast in stone -- well, bronze.
The Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings is taking its show on the road this week, including a prestigious stop Thursday at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.
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 Amazon.ca: Sym 1/Intermezzo: Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The whole, massive one-movement symphony blossoms from one instrument's solo, a stupendously eerie trumpet phrase which, through wonderfully inventive developments (among them, a stunning funeral march) leads us to the shatteringly percussive climax.
If the live-recorded Chicagoans bring their special plus of virtuosity to the 2nd and 3rd, the Detroit Symphony matches them in the other two (I'd even say that they produce a more "viennese" sound).
Richly warm, well-detailed Chandos engineering, fuller in the Detroit studio recordings, Among the (too few!) Schmidt cycles currently on the market, this is surely the first choice but, if you can find it, also get the Gramophone Award-winner recording of the 4th by Franz Welser-Most and the LPO on EMI, it's really special.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000000AWL   (742 words)

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