DSO offering three concerts at MCCC in 2024

MONROE — The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will begin another season of music at Monroe County Community College on Jan. 12.

The orchestra will offer three concerts this year in the Meyer Theater, La-Z-Boy Center at MCCC, 1555 S. Raisinville Road. Concerts are at 8 p.m. Jan. 12, April 19 and June 14.

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will perform Jan. 12, April 19 and June 14 at Monroe County Community College.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will perform Jan. 12, April 19 and June 14 at Monroe County Community College.

The first, two-hour performance is titled "Bach & Beyond."

"The DSO delights audiences with musical pairs: two works by Bach, one featuring the famous 'Air,' and the other a concerto for two soloists, featuring DSO principal oboe Alexander Kinmonth and associate concertmaster Kimberly Kaloyanides-Kennedy," the DSO said.

Kinmonth
Kinmonth
Kaloyanides-Kennedy
Kaloyanides-Kennedy

Musical selections will include Bach's "Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major"; Bach's "Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor"; Joseph Bologne's and Chevalier De Saint-Georges' "Symphony No. 1 in G major, Op. 11, No. 1"; and Haydn's "Symphony No. 82, The Bear."

Nicholas McGegan is the conductor.

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The William Davidson Neighborhood Series brings the DSO to neighboring cities. Other stops in the series this year are in Southfield and Beverly Hills.

Tickets are $30 for adults and $10 for children. For tickets, call the DSO Box Office at 313-576-5111 or visit dso.org.

— Contact reporter Suzanne Nolan Wisler at swisler@monroenews.com.

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