Headlines
2008-09 Season Tickets now on sale!
Season Tickets for our 80th Anniversary Season are on sale now! If you haven't already purchased them, you'll want to do so by June 30th! That way you can ensure priority seating. You can download a PDF of the entire Season Brochure here. If you just want the Ticket Order Form, click here for Ticket Sales.
The Season features the following concerts, all found on our website right now:
08-09 CLASSICAL SERIES
> Roots – 9/20
> Music of the Northern Lights – 10/18
> Dances Sacred & Profane – 11/15
> Magic Flute – 1/24
> Midsummer in March – 3/21
> A Grand Affair – 4/18
08-09 FAMILY SERIES
> The Orchestra is Here to Play – 11/9
> Sing-Along with Santa – 12/6
> Mozart's Magnificent Voyage – 1/25
> The Planets – 3/22
Subscribers may choose from 5 different price ranges and may select all six Classical Series concerts or a mini-series of four. Family Series Subscribers may choose three or four of the concerts to create a subscription. Get your tickets now for a season you don't want to miss!
Congratulations Elizabeth!
Remember Elizabeth Kelly? She was the enormously talented composer who wrote the Cross Foundation-sponsored piece "Stop, Drop, and Listen" for our March Family Concert. Yours truly was the 'audience leader' for that piece which included coughing, program rattling, laughing, and cell phones.
Well, Elizabeth Kelly is one of the winners of the 2008 ASCAP/Morton Gould Young Composer Awards! ASCAP Foundation President Marilyn Bergman announced the recipients names on April 7th. The young composers were recognized at the 9th Annual ASCAP Concert Music Awards at The Times Center in New York on May 22, 2008.
We salute you, Elizabeth, and appreciate your contribution to our last season, and we wish you all the best as you pursue your dreams!
Chair Soirée a great success
Your Ann Arbor Symphony held an event on May 19th at the home of Rochelle Hanley and Shirish Shenolikar as a thank you to our current Chair Sponsors and to invite new members to become Chair Sponsors. In addition to cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, the 50 attendees enjoyed a performance of Beethoven duos with Maestro Arie Lipsky on the flute and A²SO Principal Cellist Sarah Cleveland on the cello. As a result of the event, we already have three new Chair Sponsors for this coming season.
We are so grateful to our Chair Sponsors because they ensure musical quality performances by helping attract and keep talented musicians of the highest caliber. If you have never taken part in this program, chair sponsorship is a great opportunity to give and experience a closer connection to your A²SO. For more information about participating in this exciting program and its benefits to you, your A²SO and your community, please contact Mary Steffek Blaske or Guy Barast at the Ann Arbor Symphony office at 734/994-4801.
Fifth Third Bank donates to the A²SO
Pictured (left to right): David Girodat, President, Fifth Third Bank--Eastern Michigan; Carolyn Gelpke, A²SO Board member, Letitia Bird, A²SO Board member; Guy Barast, Development Director, A²SO; Kathy Johnson, Community Development, Fifth Third Bank; Brigitte Maassen, A²SO Board member; Bill Hayes, A²SO Board member; Bob Gates, A²SO Board member; Remy Young, A²SO Board member.
Fifth Third Bank recently celebrated its annual "working holiday," also known as Fifth Third Day (fifth month, third day) all week long, April 28 – May 5. During Fifth Third's “Week of Giving,” the bank donated a total of $206,000 to local charitable organizations.
The Ann Arbor Symphony was the recipient of a gift of $2,500 in support of our programs that meet the needs of the community, in particular families, persons and areas that are low-to-moderate income. We are grateful for the generosity of Fifth Third Bank and its recognition that the performing arts are an important part of the well-being of our community.
Auditions for your Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
The A²SO will be holding auditions the week of September 13th for a variety of musician positions. We have posted those positions and scans of the required repertoire on our Audition Page. We are a professional orchestra, performing 11-15 concerts each year, including mainstage concerts, daytime youth concerts, family concerts and contract services (concerts booked by outside organizations).
For the 2008-2009 season we have the following openings:
The date and location of auditions will be announced later this summer. Be sure to check out our Audition Page for excerpts, updates, and audition requirements.
If you have additional questions, you may contact us at auditions@a2so.com.
Links
- 734-994-4801- Website- A²SO Blog- 08-09 Season Tickets on Sale!- Forward to a Friend |
|---|