Opening Night! Percussion and Rachmaninoff
Tickets start at $18. 5-Concert Series as low as $73.
- BUY TICKETS Sep 21, 8:00 pm DeVos Performance Hall
- BUY TICKETS Sep 22, 8:00 pm DeVos Performance Hall
This opening night celebration is full of drama, visual interest and sweeping emotion. The striking first half, featuring GRS percussionists performing in ensemble with orchestra, is followed by the incredibly lush melodies of Rachmaninoff.
Berlioz
Overture to Benvenuto Cellini
Miki
Marimba Spiritual
Shannon Wood
Concerto for Section Percussion and Orchestra [Three Shades of Lyricism]
Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 2
David Lockington, Conductor
David Hall, Percussion
Eric Sooy, Percussion
William Vits, Percussion
Shannon Wood, Timpani
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Concert Sponsor:
I hope to show how percussion can be used in an energetic and dramatic, yet lyrical way.
— Composer Shannon Wood