December 12, 2022

Well yesterday was a blast…Holiday Pops with Lansing Symphony. We had a great turnout. I couldn’t see up into the balcony, but the main floor looked to be at, or near, capacity. All of us in the performing arts are keeping a close eye on concert attendance these days, so a nice full house was a very encouraging sign.
 
LaKisha Jones was our guest artist and she really delivered. She has sung with us before as part of a group of soloists, so this was her second appearance with the LSO, but her first as the headliner. The audience loved her! (and so did the orchestra!)
 
I am very excited about our January program coming up next. One of my favorite pianists and a good friend, Jon Nakamatsu joins us for Brahms epic Piano Concerto No. 2.  Also exciting is the First Symphony of Adolphus Hailstork, also on the program. Hailstork’s music is uniquely wonderful. His is a style that is vibrant, colorful, profound and immediately engaging…and, as and MSU alum, the Lansing area is his old stomping grounds. I am really looking forward to sharing his work with our audience.
 
NEXT UP
 
Lansing Symphony Orchestra
Jon Nakamatsu, piano
Wharton Center for the Performing Arts
January 13, 7:30 p.m.
 
STRAUSS         Serenade for Winds
HAILSTORK      Symphony No. 1
BRAHMS          Piano Concert No. 2
 
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