Sunday, October 21, 2018 at 3:00 p.m.

Due to the renovation of the Macomb Center in the fall, the traditional October celebration of ethnicity will take place at the America-Polish Cultural Center at Dequindre and Maple (15 Mile Road.) Chopiniana has been the annual focus there for many years, but this year marks the 100th anniversary of Polish independence.

Beginning at 3:00pm, the Macomb Symphony will offer a concert of Chopin's music as arranged for orchestra in a suite entitled Les Sylphides. Following the orchestra's lead, virtuoso pianist Kazimierz Brzozowski will then present a recital of the music of the "Poet of the Piano"- Chopin.

The afternoon concludes with a marvelous dinner of Polish delicacies where all can indulge in the fine food and fostering friendships.

There are two options to consider before taking part: the two concerts alone for a $25 ticket OR the concerts and the evening meal for a cost of $50. General admission tickets are not available at the Macomb Center. You may obtain your tickets directly from the Macomb Symphony by calling (586) 286-2045 or from the Polish Center now through October. There are only about 450 seats available, so make your plans now! Once seats are filled, there will be no more room for more.



Sunday, December 9th, 2018  3:00 p.m.

Knowledge, insightful and entertaining are compliments we have heard when speaking of U. of D. Professor, Gregory Sumner, our resident movie maven. The holiday concert has assumed a theatrical atmosphere with the input from Greg, who has become "a movie star" himself since last season by being included in a documentary about Detriot.

Great movies without great musical scores are hard to imagine. Professor Sumner sets the stage for us by explaining the plot and history of a number of holiday movies, and then famous portions are projected over the orchestra. The MSO concludes each portion by playing "live" the music that helped make the movie great. There will be some old classics like White Christmas and The Christmas song (Chestnuts) as well as some more contemporary examples like Home Alone and Polar Express. There are classics that have become well known despite the movie being forgetten.These include the Parade of the Wooden Soliders and Carol of the Drum.

The annual concert of "early music" is always anticipated by our audience. The smaller sized orchestra offers an intimate listening experience not to be heard with the full symphony orchestra. If the names of Bach, Handel and Vivaldi whet your appetite, you'll find it here. This late winter concert will dispel whatever "Mother Nature" has to throw at us!

The highlight of this performance is sure to be a cantata (vocal piece) by J.S. Bach. He is known to have written almost 220 of them. Most are intended for the church, but not the Coffee Cantata, an entertainment that comes as close to being a mini-opera as Bach ever got. Soprano Claire Toupin and baritone Ronald Hirchberger will serve as father and daughter in this humorous exploration of generational differences of opinion.