Detroit, (March 8, 2012) – A Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) Neighborhood Chamber Recital will return to Planterra Conservatory in West Bloomfield Township, one of its most popular venues. Programmed by DSO musicians, the recital will feature selections by Haydn, Beethoven, Bach and more. The performance, part of the DSO’s Neighborhood Residency Initiative, will take place on Tuesday, March 19 at 7 p.m.

The recital will be preceded by the DSO student group, Civic Paray String Quintet performing Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C major.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

TICKET INFORMATION

Individual tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children under 18 and students. Tickets can be purchased by calling (313) 576-5111 or online at dso.org.  $30 tickets are available, which include reserved, prime seating and a complimentary bar voucher.

PERFORMANCE

Mozart Flute Quartet

Planterra Conservatory

7315 Drake Road, West Bloomfield

Tuesday, March 19 at 7 p.m.

Sharon Wood Sparrow, flute

Sheryl Hwangbo, violin

Shanda Lowery-Sachs, viola

David LeDoux, cello

FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN	Trio No. 1 in C Major, Hob. IV “London” for Flute, Ciolin, and Cello Allegro moderato Andante Vivace
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS	Assabio a Jato (The Jet Whistle) for Flute and Cello Allegro non troppo Adagio Vivo-poco meno
JOHAN HALVORSEN	Passacaglia for Violin and Ciola, adter G. F. Handel Passacaglia from Suite No. 7 in G minor for Harpsichord
CHRISTOPHER CALIENDO	Sincerita for Flute, Violin, Viola and Cello
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN	Serenade in D Major for Flute, Violin, and Viola Entrata. Allegro Tempo ordinario d’un Menuetto Allegro molto Andante con Variazioni Allegro scherzando e vivace Adagio-Allegro vivace e desinvolto
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH	Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major Sarabande Menuett
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART	Quartet for Flute, Violin, Viola, and Cello Allegro Adagio Rondeau

About the Neighborhood Residency Initiative

In October of 2011, the DSO introduced the Neighborhood Residency Initiative, aimed at making the orchestra more accessible across southeast Michigan in order to mean more to more people. Residencies have been established in six metro Detroit neighborhoods: Beverly Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Dearborn, Grosse Pointe, Southfield and West Bloomfield Township. The DSO is the first major American orchestra to establish long-term performance and education residencies across its own region.

The Neighborhood Residency Initiative (NRI) will expand the orchestra’s existing presence in these communities through new concerts, educational partnerships, chamber music recitals, and other programming. Neighborhood residencies are built within the orchestra’s schedule at Orchestra Hall, one of the most revered concert venues in America.

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(DETROIT, March 4, 2013) —After conducting an international search, with candidates arriving from Canada, Germany, Mexico and across the U.S., the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) announced the hiring of a Principal Trumpet with Michigan roots. Muskegon, Mich. native Hunter Eberly, a Grand Valley State University graduate, will begin this week as DSO Principal Trumpet as holder of the Lee and Floy Barthel DSO Principal Trumpet Chair. Eberly, 26, formerly Principal Trumpet of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, will perform his first concert in his new position on March 7 at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.

“I am deeply honored and excited to be joining the incredibly talented musicians of the DSO,” said Eberly. “My wife and I are thrilled to be moving back to our home state of Michigan and are excited to be closer to both of our families. I thank God for the opportunity that He has blessed me with, and I am looking forward to starting full-time with the DSO.”

Eberly is the 11th musician hired since the 2011-12 season. The other new arrivals include three violins, a French horn, English horn, two cellos, Principal Flute, Principal Percussion, and Yoonshin Song, concertmaster.

The DSO is in the final stages of Principal Timpani auditions, and is holding auditions for several other positions this season: Principal Second Violin, Second Clarinet, Assistant Concertmaster (fourth chair violin)/section violin, Assistant Principal Cello/section cello and Principal Bass.

Roster of new musicians

Joseph Becker, Principal Percussion

David Buck, Principal Flute

Monica Fosnaugh, English horn

Sheryl Hwangbo, violin

Rachel Harding Klaus, violin

David LeDoux, cello

Peter McCaffrey, cello

Yoonshin Song, Concertmaster

Johanna Yarbrough, French horn

Jing Zhang, violin

About Hunter Eberly

Hunter Eberly, a native of Muskegon, Michigan, started playing the trumpet at the age of 8 under the tutelage of his mother, who he studied with through high school.  He earned his Bachelor of Music degree at Grand Valley State University, where he studied with Richard Stoelzel. While studying at GVSU, Hunter won prizes at multiple competitions including first prize in the National Trumpet Competition Undergraduate Solo Competition, first prize in the National Trumpet Competition Trumpet Ensemble division, second prize in the International Trumpet Guild Mock Orchestra competition, and first prize at the GVSU International Trumpet Seminar Solo Competition. Hunter continued his education by attending The Colburn School in Los Angeles, where he studied with James Wilt, and earned a Professional Studies Certificate.

Prior to his appointment in Detroit, Hunter was Principal Trumpet of the Jacksonville Symphony.  He has also performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, The Grand Rapids Symphony, The Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra (China), and the Antalya Symphony (Turkey).  Hunter lives in Detroit with his wife Kimberly, dog Daisy, and chinchilla Buddy.

A Yamaha Performing Artist, Hunter plays exclusively on Yamaha instruments.

About the DSO

The internationally acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra, which celebrated its 125th anniversary in December 2012, is known for trailblazing performances, visionary maestros, collaborations with the world’s foremost musical artists, and an unwavering commitment to Detroit. Esteemed conductor Leonard Slatkin, called “America’s Music Director” by the Los Angeles Times, became the 12th Music Director of the DSO during the 2008-09 season and acclaimed conductor, arranger, and trumpeter Jeff Tyzik was appointed Principal Pops Conductor in November 2012. The DSO’s performance schedule includes Classical, Pops, Jazz, Young People’s, Neighborhood concerts, and collaborations with chart-topping musicians from Smokey Robinson to Kid Rock.  A commitment to broadcast innovation began in 1922 when the DSO became the first orchestra in the world to present a radio broadcast and continues today with the free Live from Orchestra Hall webcast series.  Making its home at historic Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, one of America’s most acoustically perfect concert halls, the DSO actively pursues a mission to impact and serve the community through music.  For more information visit dso.org or download the free DSO to Go mobile app.

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Performances star critically-acclaimed bass-baritone Eric Owens

DETROIT, (Feb. 12, 2013) – The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) will perform the world premiere of James Lee, III’s Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula as part of its 35^th Annual Classical Roots Celebration and concert. This much-anticipated black tie celebration raises awareness about the contributions of African-Americans to classical music and supports increased opportunities through special programs, such as the DSO’s African-American Orchestral Fellowship Program, a mentoring opportunity for young professional musicians. The Classical Roots Concerts take place on Fri., Mar. 8 at 10:45 a.m. and Sat., Mar. 9 at 8 p.m. The Classical Roots Celebration is presented by JPMorgan Chase.

The Celebration will honor widely-esteemed American conductor James DePreist, Director Emeritus of Conducting and Orchestral Studies at the Julliard School and former Music Director of the Oregon Symphony.

“Growing up, music always played an important role in my family, and I developed a passion for playing the piano and singing,” said Janice Cosby Bridges, chief marketing officer, Ascension Health Michigan and co-chair of the Classical Roots Celebration. “I am proud to be part of an event that opens the opportunity for African-Americans to celebrate classical music.”

The DSO will be led by DSO Music Director Leonard Slatkin, and will star award-winning bass-baritone Eric Owens performing Wagner’s “Wotan’s Farewell” from Die Walkure and “Die Frist ist um” from The Flying Dutchman. The concerts will also feature performances by the Brazeal Dennard Chorale, led by Augustus O. Hill and the Vanguard Voices, led by Kevin Dewey.

Co-chairing the Classical Roots Celebration are Janice Cosby Bridges and Herman B. Gray, M.D. with the support of more than 30 other Detroit-area citizens and corporate leaders committed to the Classical Roots mission.

The Celebration begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Max M. Fisher Music Center with a strolling dinner in The Music Box featuring performances by the DSO Civic Jazz Ensemble, followed by the “Classical Roots” concert at 8 p.m. in Orchestra Hall. Following the concert, guests are invited to a dancing and dessert afterglow in the Atrium and The Music Box featuring DJ Global.

About Eric Owens

Eric Owens has created an uncommon niche for himself in the ever-growing body of contemporary opera works through his determined tackling of new and challenging roles. He received great critical acclaim for portraying the title role in the world premiere of Elliot Goldenthal’s Grendel with the Los Angeles Opera and again at the Lincoln Center Festival, in a production directed and designed by Julie Taymor. Of Owens’ performance, The New Yorker’s Alex Ross raved, “His hefty, tonally focused, richly colored voice cut through the tumult of Goldenthal’s score, and his vital, naturalistic acting gave heart to a high-tech spectacle.” Eric Owens also enjoys a close association with John Adams, for whom he created the role of General Leslie Groves in the world premiere of Doctor Atomic at the San Francisco Opera, and of the Storyteller in the world premiere of A Flowering Tree at Peter Sellars’ New Crowned Hope Festival in Vienna. Adams has also conducted the American bass-baritone in his setting of Whitman’s The Wound Dresser in a live broadcast with the BBC Proms at Royal Albert Hall, and with the American Composers Orchestra at Carnegie Hall. Owens made his Boston Symphony Orchestra debut under the baton of David Robertson in Adams’ Nativity oratorio El Niño.

In addition to great popular and critical acclaim, Eric Owens has been recognized with multiple awards, including the 2003 Marian Anderson Award, a 1999 ARIA award, and first prize in the Plácido Domingo Operalia Competition, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions and the Luciano Pavarotti International Voice Competition. Other awards include first prize in the MacAllister Awards Voice Competition, first prize in New York’s Opera Index Career Grant Auditions, first prize in the Palm Beach Opera National Voice Competition, and first prize in the Mario Lanza Voice Competition. Owens was also an ARTS Award recipient in The National Foundation for Advancement in Arts’ 1988 Arts Recognition and Talent Search.

A native of Philadelphia, Owens began his music training as a pianist at the age of six, followed by formal oboe study at age eleven under Lloyd Shorter of the Delaware Symphony and Louis Rosenblatt of the Philadelphia Orchestra. He later studied voice while an undergraduate at Temple University and then as a graduate student at the Curtis Institute of Music, and currently studies with Armen Boyajian. He serves on the Board of Trustees of both The National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts and Astral Artistic Services.

About Leonard Slatkin

Internationally acclaimed American conductor Leonard Slatkin began his tenure as Music Director of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in September of 2008.  In addition to his post at the DSO, he has served as Music Director of the Orchestre National de Lyon, France, since 2011. He is also Principal Guest Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, a post that began in the fall of 2008, and is the author of a new book entitled Conducting Business.

Following a 17-year appointment as Music Director of the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Slatkin became Music Director of the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. in 1996. Other positions in the United States have included Principal Guest Conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, first Music Director of the Cleveland Orchestra’s summer series at the Blossom Music Festival, Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, and additional positions with the New Orleans Philharmonic and the Nashville Symphony Orchestra. In Great Britain he served as Principal Guest Conductor of both the Philharmonia Orchestra of London and the Royal Philharmonic, and was also Chief Conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

Since his debut with the New York Philharmonic in 1974, Slatkin has led virtually all of the world’s leading orchestras including those of Chicago, Boston, San Francisco, Cleveland, Minnesota and Philadelphia. European orchestras include the Berlin Philharmonic, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Czech Philharmonic, Bayerische Rundfunk and all the prominent ensembles in Paris and London. He has also appeared on podiums throughout the Far East and is a regular guest at major summer festivals such as Aspen, Tanglewood, Ravinia, and Saratoga.

Slatkin’s more than 100 recordings have been recognized with seven Grammy awards and 64 nominations. He has recorded with the symphony orchestras of Detroit, Saint Louis, Nashville and Chicago, as well as the New York Philharmonic, the Minnesota Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra, and all of the major London orchestras as well as those in Munich, Paris, Lyon, Prague, Stockholm and Berlin.

Tickets for the DSO’s Classical Roots Concerts range in price from $15 to $50 with a limited number of box seats available for $100. Tickets may be purchased at the Max M. Fisher Music Center box office (3711 Woodward Avenue, Detroit); by phone at (313) 576-5111; or online at dso.org. For group ticket information (groups of 10 or more), please contact Chuck Dyer at (313) 576-5130 or cdyer@dso.org.

Classical Roots Celebration tickets, which include the reception and strolling dinner, the Classical Roots performance and the post-concert dancing and dessert, start at $150. All tickets include valet parking. Sponsorship opportunities ranging from $1,000-$25,000 are also available. For further information about individual tickets and sponsorships or to make a reservation, please contact Caitlin Bush at 313.576.5494 or cbush@dso.org.

PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

CLASSICAL ROOTS:

Leonard Slatkin, conductor; Eric Owens, bass-baritone; Brazeal Dennard Chorale; Vanguard Voices

Fri., Mar. 8 at 10:45 a.m.

Sat. Mar. 9 at 8 p.m.

JOHNSON	Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing
JAMES LEE, III	Sukkot Through Orion’s Nebula
WAGNER	“Wotan’s Farewell” from Die Walkure
	The Flying Dutchman: Die Frist ist um
Intermission
BRAHMS	Academic Festival Overture
ADOLPHUS HAILSTORK	Earthrise

CLASSICAL ROOTS CELEBRATION

Max M. Fisher Music Center

Sponsored by JPMorgan Chase

Sat., Mar. 9

6:30 p.m. Reception and Strolling Dinner

8 p.m. Classical Roots Concert

10:30 p.m. Dessert & Dancing Afterglow

Black Tie Event

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Leonard Slatkin crafts adventurous collection of repertoire

DSO Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik programs season inspired by vintage music sensations

DSO Assistant Conductor Teddy Abrams crafts magical family series

Yo-Yo Ma and Lang Lang headline DSO Presents series

Absolutely no ticket price increases across all series

DETROIT, (February 10, 2013) – The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) announced programming today for its 2013-14 Orchestra Hall Classical, Pops, and Young People’s Family Subscription Series. The new season reflects absolutely no increases in individual ticket prices.

The DSO and Music Director Leonard Slatkin, entering the sixth season of a partnership that has been described as producing a “sweeping sonic landscape” by the Detroit Free Press, are putting forth an adventurous combination of major classical repertoire and an assortment of imaginative and technically demanding World Premieres of music by prominent contemporary composers from all around the world.

Ambitious recording projects will continue next season, expanding the reach of the Orchestra through innovative digital distribution. Live from Orchestra Hall, the DSO’s unprecedented series of live HD webcasts, will continue during 2013-14, bringing the best of the DSO Classical Series to a global audience. Stay tuned for a complete schedule.

A MESSAGE FROM MAESTRO SLATKIN TO PATRONS

“It is my privilege to present our 2013-14 season to you.  This is a year in which we see and hear both the old and new, the familiar and the unknown, as well as celebrating the diversity and artistry of our orchestra.

The DSO, our soloists, guest conductors and I will bring music by beloved composers such as Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Debussy, Tchaikovsky and so many more to life.  Returning to the standard repertoire is always welcome, both by the audience as well as the orchestra.

Coming back to Orchestra Hall are artists such as Gil Shaham, Hilary Hahn, Kathleen Battle, Leon Fleisher and Yefim Bronfman.  Many musicians from the orchestra will be front and center as well.

There are major premieres of works by David Del Tredici and Bright Sheng, among others. Outstanding young talent will be making debuts on our stage. And of course there is the great Detroit Symphony on each of the programs.

I hope you will take advantage of this season’s offerings and become among the first to secure your seat at the Max.”

MAJOR SYMPHONIC WORKS

The DSO will tackle a host of major symphonic repertoire during the 2013-14 season that will both feature key guest artists and showcase the talent of DSO musicians. The line-up includes Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5 (Oct. 10-12), Mahler’s Symphony No. 4 (Nov. 7-8), Bartok’s Concerto for Orchestra (Nov. 15-17), Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 (Dec. 6-7), Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4 (Dec. 12-13), Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 (Jan. 24-26), Orff’s Carmina Burana (Jan. 30-Feb. 2), Respighi’s Fountains of Rome (Feb. 13-15), Dvořák’s Symphony No. 6 (Feb. 20-22), Rimsky-Korsakov’s Scheherazade (March 21-23), Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 (April 4-6), Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 6 (April 25-27), Copland’s Appalachian Spring (May 16-18), Nielsen’s Symphony No. 4 (May 22-24), and Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 (May 30-31), among many others.

WORLD, AMERICAN AND DSO PREMIERES:

Slatkin’s penchant for new music by contemporary composers will be on display next season with a number of World and North American Premieres on the schedule at Orchestra Hall. The 2013-14 season opens with the first of two World Premieres of Chinese-American composer Bright Sheng’s music. Violinist Gil Shaham will premiere Sheng’s Violin Concerto on opening weekend (Oct. 4-6), and later in the season, Sheng’s Zodiac Tales will receive its world premiere on a program with Orff’s Carmina Burana (Jan. 30-Feb. 2). Building on the success of the DSO’s 2011-12 performance of David Del Tredici’s Final Alice, the Orchestra will perform the World Premiere of Del Tredici’s opera Dum Dee Tweedle (Nov. 30-Dec. 1), a setting of Chapter 4, “Tweedledum and Tweedledee” from Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll. DSO Principal Harp Patricia Masri-Fletcher will perform the World Premiere of Allan Gilliland’s Harp Concerto (March 27-29) on a program with seven other DSO soloists. The final World Premiere of the season will feature a work by Chinese-American composer Wang Jie (March 27-29), winner of the DSO’s sixth annual Elaine Lebenbom Memorial Award for Female Composers. The work is as yet untitled.

The DSO will also perform the North American premiere of Cyborg by Spanish composer Ferran Cruixent, who composed the piece in 2010 on a commission from the Staatskapelle Weimar in Germany.

The season will also feature a DSO premiere of Aaron Copland’s Hear Ye! Hear Ye! as part of the Orchestra’s ongoing project to record a complete set of Copland’s six ballets. Other DSO premieres next season include Mason Bates’ Violin Concerto, Piazzolla’s Sinfonia de Buenos Aires, John Williams’ Tuba Concerto and Carter’s Remembrance.

CLASSICAL DEBUTS & GUEST ARTISTS: World-renowned soprano Kathleen Battle to star in annual “Classical Roots” concert

Leonard Slatkin will conduct the orchestra in 13 of 21 classical concert programs, including the annual tradition honoring African American composers, “Classical Roots,” which will star soprano Kathleen Battle.  During the other weeks, the DSO will welcome back a number of conductors who have become both orchestra and audience favorites including Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Hans Graf, Andrew Litton, and Carlos Kalmar, while some newcomers, who have garnered great excitement and acclaim in recent seasons, will make their Detroit debuts:

Teddy Abrams (Oct. 25-27) is the DSO’s Assistant Conductor since the 2012-13 season and will lead the DSO for his subscription concert debut in a program celebrating 100 years since the birth of composer Benjamin Britten. The program includes Britten’s Piano Concerto, Wagner’s Overture to The Flying Dutchman, Sibelius’ The Oceanides, and Debussy’s La mer.

Giancarlo Guerrero, Music Director of the Nashville Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra, will make his DSO debut on Feb. 13-15 in a program featuring Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Respighi’s Fountains of Rome, and Piazzolla’s Sinfonia de Buenos Aires.

Swiss conductor Thierry Fischer (May 1-3) will make his DSO debut conducting a program starring Louis Lortie performing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Fischer is Principal Conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Chief Conductor of the Nagoya Philharmonic, and Music Director of the Utah Symphony Orchestra.

Music Director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Sinfonietta, Mei-Ann Chen (Dec. 12-13) will make her DSO debut alongside Marc-André Hamelin performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17. Also on the program are Mozart’s Overture to The Magic Flute, Mendelssohn’s Overture to Midsummer Night’s Dream and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 4.

The DSO will welcome exciting soloists from the world over, but many DSO musicians will take the spotlight as well. Concertmaster Yoonshin Song will perform Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 2 (Nov. 30-Dec. 1) and a special program of DSO solos (March 27-30) will feature Principal Flute David Buck performing John Williams’ Flute Concerto and Principal Tuba Dennis Nulty performing Williams’ Tuba Concerto, both for later release on Naxos; Principal Harp Patricia Masri-Fletcher performing the World Premiere of Allan Gilliland’s Harp Concerto; Principal Trombone Kenneth Thompkins performing Elliott Carter’s Remembrance; and violinists Sheryl Hwangbo, Rachel Klaus, Adrienne Rӧnmark and Hong-Yi Mo performing Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins.

Soloists making their DSO debut in 2013-14:

• British pianist Benjamin Grosvenor makes his DSO debut on Oct. 25-27 performing the Britten Piano Concerto, celebrating 100 years since the composer’s birth, conducted by DSO Assistant Conductor Teddy Abrams
• Moscow-born violinist Alexandra Soumm will make her North American debut Nov. 7-8 performing Sibelius’ Violin concerto, conducted by Leonard Slatkin
• Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers will perform the DSO premiere of Mason Bates’ Violin Concerto, a work that was written for her, on Dec. 6-7 with Leonard Slatkin conducting
• Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov will make his DSO debut performing Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini on Feb. 13-15 with Giancarlo Guerrero conducting
• Violinist Benjamin Schmid will make his DSO debut performing Korngold’s Violin Concerto on Feb. 22 with Hans Graf conducting
• Italian violinist Augustin Hadelich will make his DSO debut on April 25-27 performing the Beethoven Violin Concerto with Andrew Litton conducting
• Cellist Zuill Bailey will make his DSO debut on May 22-24 performing Elgar’s Cello Concerto, a piece he recently recorded with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra on the Telarc label

RECORDINGS

The 2013-14 season will see the continuation of two recording projects spearheaded by Leonard Slatkin. The DSO began a three-disc project last year with Naxos to record all six ballets by Aaron Copland, and the material for the second disc will be recorded in the new season.

An on-going endeavor to record a complete set of John Williams’ concerti featuring DSO Principal musicians will also continue in 2013-14 with performances of the Williams Flute Concerto and Tuba Concerto. Past releases have included John Williams Horn Concerto (2010) featuring DSO Principal Horn Karl Pituch, John Williams’ Violin Concerto featuring former DSO Concertmaster Emmanuelle Boisvert (2011), Williams’ Five Sacred Trees featuring DSO Principal Bassoon Robert Williams (2013), and the Williams Cello Concerto featuring DSO Principal Cellist Robert deMaine (2013). The concerti are direct-to-digital recordings on the Naxos label available to download via the DSO to Go mobile app, iTunes and Instant Encore.

Live recordings are scheduled for the following performances:

• Copland’s Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (Oct. 10-12), Three Latin American Sketches (Dec. 6-7), and Appalacian Spring (May 16-18), conducted by Leonard Slatkin for the second disc of the Copland ballet recording project
• John Williams’ Flute Concerto and Tuba Concerto (March 27-30), conducted by Leonard Slatkin for the Williams concerti project

The public is encouraged to attend live concerts to be a part of DSO history as it is made.

DSO POPS SEASON: Friday night pops series returns

New DSO Principal Pops Conductor Jeff Tyzik begins his three-year tenure with the Orchestra by programming a tour of the last century of Pops favorites, starting in the 1930s with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers classics. Audiences will enjoy music by John Williams and Ray Charles, a 100-year retrospective of Broadway favorites, lounge music reminiscent of the Mad Men Era, a tribute to Led Zeppelin, a flurry of patriotic anthems and a special orchestral celebration of cherished Looney Toons scores. A DSO tradition will also return to Orchestra Hall as Thomas Wilkins conducts the DSO patrons’ annual favorite, Home for the Holidays, in December. (See full listing of DSO pops programs at the end of this release).

YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERTS SEASON

Assistant Conductor Teddy Abrams has programmed thrills and surprises for young music lovers of all ages in his second YPFC season with the DSO. Beginning with a Halloween Mystery Party with the DSO, complete with costumes, the series will teach junior audience members how to recognize classical music in popular culture, link classical repertoire with music they are sure to recognize and present a musical portrait of a young Mozart, who wrote his first symphony at only 8 years old.

The Tiny Tots series, geared toward children 2-6, will feature the Candy Band, a group of rockin’ Detroit moms, a Dr. Seuss program starring jazz drummer Sean Dobbins, a performance by Abrams’ own Sixth Floor Trio, and a Caribbean adventure with the Gratitude Steel Band. (See full listing of DSO YPFC and Tiny Tots programs at the end of this release)

“DSO PRESENTS” SPECIAL SERIES:

The celebrity-packed 2013-14 series of “DSO Presents” special concerts features a wide variety of household names from Yo-Yo Ma (April 9) and Lang Lang (Sept. 28) to the Indigo Girls (Oct. 30), all performing with the DSO. Holiday specials include the Vienna Boys Choir (Dec. 2) and a one-night-only performance of Handel’s Messiah (Dec. 14).

SUBSCRIPTION PRICES

Subscription packages for classical, pops, and Young People’s Family series are on sale now.  The deadline to renew for all existing subscribers is March 28.  As part of the DSO’s Patron-Minded Pricing Program, classical subscription ticket prices continue to reflect up to a 50 percent reduction from 2009 levels. For both classical and pops subscriptions, patrons will receive at least one of their concerts free with every package, excluding Box Level classical subscribers.

Students of any age can attend any Orchestra Hall concert free all season long by purchasing a Soundcard for $25. More information is available at dso.org/soundcard.

2013-14 Classical Season Subscription prices

Subscription packages will be sold in groups of 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 21

• 7 concert series prices will be $90 for Upper Balcony, $150 for Mid-Balcony and Main Floor B, $300 for Main Floor A and Dress Circle and $490 for the Box Level.
• 8 and 9 concert series prices will be $105 for Upper Balcony, $175 for Mid-Balcony and Main Floor B, $350 for Main Floor A and Dress Circle and $800 for the Box Level.
• 12 concert series will be $150/$250/$500/$840
• 14 concert series prices will be $180/$300/$600/$1,400
• 21 concert series will be $240/$400/$800/$2,100

2013-14 Pops Season Subscription prices—Eight concerts for the price of seven!

Subscription packages will be sold separately in groups of 8 for Coffee, Friday night, Saturday and Sunday concerts

• Coffee Concerts – 8-concert series prices will be $128 for Upper Balcony, $208 for Mid-Balcony, $288 for Main Floor B, $320 for Main Floor A, $336 for Dress Circle and $448 for the Box Level.
• Friday nights, Saturdays or Sundays – 8-concert series prices will be $133 for Upper Balcony, $266 for Mid-Balcony, $336 for Main Floor B, $406 for Main Floor A, $476 for Dress Circle and $735 for the Box Level.

2013-14 Young People’s and Tiny Tots Subscription prices—Buy an adult YPFC subscription and your first child attends Free!

• YPFC Concerts for Adults (incl.one child) – 4-concert series will be $52 for Main Floor B, $72 for Main Floor A, $96 for Dress Circle and $120 for Box Level
• YPFC additional children (25% off) – 4-concert series will be $39 for Main Floor B, $54 for Main Floor A, $72 for Dress Circle and $90 for Box Level
• Tiny Tots Series (General Admission in The Music Box) –4-concert series will be $40 per person

Subscriptions can be purchased by visiting dso.org or calling the DSO’s Box Office at 313-576-5111.

ABOUT THE DSO

The internationally acclaimed Detroit Symphony Orchestra, which celebrated its 125th anniversary in December 2012, is known for trailblazing performances, visionary maestros, collaborations with the world’s foremost musical artists, and an unwavering commitment to Detroit. Esteemed conductor Leonard Slatkin, called “America’s Music Director” by the Los Angeles Times, became the 12th Music Director of the DSO during the 2008-09 season and acclaimed conductor, arranger, and trumpeter Jeff Tyzik was appointed Principal Pops Conductor in November 2012. The DSO’s performance schedule includes Classical, Pops, Jazz, Young People’s, Neighborhood concerts, and collaborations with chart-topping musicians from Smokey Robinson to Kid Rock.  A commitment to broadcast innovation began in 1922 when the DSO became the first orchestra in the world to present a radio broadcast and continues today with the free Live from Orchestra Hall webcast series.  Making its home at historic Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center, one of America’s most acoustically perfect concert halls, the DSO actively pursues a mission to impact and serve the community through music.  For more information visit dso.org or download the free DSO to Go mobile app.

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

2013-14 CLASSICAL & POPS SEASON CONCERTS & PROGRAMS

All concerts at Orchestra Hall at the Max M. Fisher Music Center unless otherwise indicated

Programs and artists subject to change

CLASSICAL SEASON

Opening Weekend: Gil Shaham

Friday, October 4, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 3 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Gil Shaham, violin

Rimsky-Korsakov – Russian Easter Overture

Bright Sheng – Violin Concerto (World Premiere)

Ravel – Rapsodie Espagnole

Ravel – Pavane for a Dead Princess

Ravel – Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No. 2

Tchaikovsky’s Fifth

Thursday, October 10, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, October 11, 2013 at 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 8p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Conrad Tao, piano

Copland – Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (DSO premiere)

Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1

Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5

Benjamin Britten Centennial!

Friday, October 25, 2013 at 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, October 26, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, October 27, 2013 at 3 p.m.

Teddy Abrams, conductor

Benjamin Grosvenor, piano

Wagner – Overture to The Flying Dutchman

Britten – Piano Concerto

Sibelius – The Oceanides

Debussy – La Mer

Mahler Symphony No. 4

Thursday, November 7, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, November 8, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Alexandra Soumm, violin

Ilana Davidson, soprano

Ferran Cruixent – Cyborg (North American Premiere)

Sibelius – Violin Concerto

Mahler – Symphony No. 4

Virtuoso Liszt

Friday, November 15, 2013 at 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, November 16, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 3 p.m.

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor

Kirill Gerstein, piano

Liszt – Les Preludes

Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 1

Bartok – Concerto for Orchestra

Wolfgang & Wonderland

Saturday, November 30, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, December 1, 2013 at 3 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Yoonshin Song, violin

Hila Plitmann, soprano

Scott Ramsay, tenor

Michael Kelly, baritone

WSU Symphonic Choir

Dr. Norah Duncan IV, choir director

Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 2

David Del Tredici – Dum Dee Tweedle (World Premiere)

Slatkin Conducts Brahms

Friday, December 6, 2013 at 10:45 a.m.

Friday, December 6, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Anne Akiko Meyers, violin

Copland – Three Latin American Sketches

Bates – Violin Concerto (DSO Premiere)

Brahms – Symphony No. 4

Mozart & Mendelssohn

Thursday, December 12, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, December 13, 2013 at 10:45 a.m.

Mei-Ann Chen, conductor

Marc-André Hamelin, piano

Mozart – Overture to The Magic Flute

Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 17

Mendelssohn – Overture to A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4

Hilary Hahn

Friday, January 24, 2014 at 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, January 26, 2014 at 3 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Hilary Hahn, violin

Beethoven – Overture to Consecration of the House

Nielsen – Violin Concerto

Schubert – Symphony No. 9

Carmina Burana

Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, January 31, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, February 2, 2014 at 3 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Kiera Duffy, soprano

Nicholas Phan, tenor

Hugh Russell, baritone

University Musical Society Choral Union

Ann Arbor Youth Chorale

Bright Sheng – Zodiac Tales (World Premiere)

Orff – Carmina Burana

Valentine’s Weekend: Ravishing Rachmaninoff

Thursday, February 13, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, February 14, 2014 at 10:45 a.m.

Friday, February 14, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, February 15, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor

Daniil Trifonov, piano

Gershwin – Cuban Overture

Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Respighi – Fountains of Rome

Piazzolla – Sinfonia de Buenos Aires (DSO Premiere)

Divine Dvořák

Saturday, February 22, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Hans Graf, conductor

Benjamin Schmid, violin

Webern – Im Sommerwind

Korngold – Violin Concerto

Dvořák – Symphony No. 6

Classical Roots

Saturday, March 8, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Kathleen Battle, soprano

Brazeal Dennard Chorale

Underground Railroad

Scheherazade!

Friday, March 21, 2014 at 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, March 22, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, March 23, 2014 at 3 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano

Gould – Spirituals

MacMillan – Piano Concerto No. 3 (DSO Premiere)

Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade

Orchestra Solos!

Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 28, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Hong-Yi Mo, violin

Adrienne Rönmark, violin

Sheryl Hwangbo, violin

Rachel Klaus, violin

David Buck, flute

Dennis Nulty, tuba

Patricia Masri-Fletcher, harp

Kenneth Thompkins, trombone

Vivaldi – Concerto for Four Violins

John Williams – Flute Concerto (DSO Premiere)

Wang Jie – Lebenbom Commission (World Premiere)

Allan Gilliland – Harp Concerto (World Premiere)

John Williams – Tuba Concerto (DSO Premiere)

Carter – Remembrance (DSO Premiere)

Britten – Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Leon Fleisher

Friday, April 4, 2014 at 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, April 5, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 3 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Leon Fleisher, piano

Druckman – Mirage

Ravel – “Left Hand” Concerto

Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10

Beethoven Violin Concerto

Friday, April 25, 2014 at 10:45 a.m.

Friday, April 25, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, April 27, 2014 at 3 p.m.

Andrew Litton, conductor

Augustin Hadelich, violin

Beethoven – Violin Concerto

Prokofiev – Symphony No. 6

Lortie Plays Chopin

Thursday, May 1, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 2, 2014 at 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, May 3, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Thierry Fischer, conductor

Louis Lortie, piano

Debussy – Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun

Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1

Berlioz – Excerpts from Romeo and Juliette

Bronfman Plays Beethoven

Friday, May 16, 2014 at 10:45 a.m.

Saturday, May 17, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, May 18, 2014 at 3 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Yefim Bronfman, piano

Krzysztof Penderecki – Jacob’s Dream

Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3

Copland – Appalachian Spring

Elgar Cello Concerto

Thursday, May 22, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Carlos Kalmar, conductor

Zuill Bailey, cello

Brahms – Variations on a theme of Joseph Haydn

Elgar – Cello Concerto

John Adams – Tromba lontana (DSO Premiere)

Nielsen – Symphony No. 4

Mahler’s Third Symphony

Friday, May 30, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Saturday, May 31, 2014 at 8 p.m.

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Elizabeth Bishop, mezzo-soprano

UMS Choral Union

MSU Children’s Choir

Mahler – Symphony No. 3

POPS SEASON

Opening Weekend: The Music of John Williams

Robert Bernhardt, conductor

Fri., Oct. 18 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Sat., Oct. 19 at 8 p.m.

Sun., Oct. 20 at 3 p.m.

Fred & Ginger

Teddy Abrams, conductor

Fri., November 1 at 10:45 a.m.

Sat., November 2 at 8 p.m.

Sun., November 3 at 3 p.m.

Ellis Hall is Ray Charles

Jeff Tyzik, conductor

Fri., November 22 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Sat., December 23 at 8 p.m.

Sun., December 24 at 3 p.m.

Home for the Holidays

Thomas Wilkins, conductor

Fri., December 20 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Sat., December 21 at 8 p.m.

Sun., December 22 at 3 p.m.

A Tribute to Led Zeppelin

Brent Havens, conductor

Fri., Jan. 17 at 8 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 18 at 8 p.m.

A Century of Broadway

Jeff Tyzik, conductor

Fri., February 7 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Sat., February 8 at 8 p.m.

Sun., February 9 at 3 p.m.

The Cocktail Hour: Music of the Mad Men Era

Steven Reineke, conductor

Fri., March 14 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Sat., March 15 at 8 p.m.

Sun., March 16 at 3 p.m.

Bugs Bunny on Broadway

Erik Ochsner, conductor

Fri., April 11 at 8 p.m.

Sat., April 12 at 8 p.m.

Sun., April 13 at 3 p.m.

Patriotic Pops!

Jeff Tyzik, conductor

Fri., May 9 at 10:45 a.m. & 8 p.m.

Sat., May 10 at 8 p.m.

Sun., May 11 at 3 p.m.

DSO PRESENTS SERIES

Lang Lang with the DSO

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Sat., Sept. 28, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Indigo Girls with the DSO

Wed., Oct. 30, 2013 at 7 p.m.

Vienna Boys Choir

Mon., Dec. 2, 2013 at 7 p.m.

Handel’s Messiah

Jean-Marie Zeitouni, conductor

Sat., Dec. 14, 2013 at 8 p.m.

Yo-Yo Ma with the DSO

Leonard Slatkin, conductor

Wed., April 9, 2014 at 7:30 p.m.

YOUNG PEOPLE’S FAMILY CONCERTS

A Halloween Mystery Party with the DSO

Teddy Abrams, conductor

Sat., Oct. 26 at 11 a.m.

Here, There and Everywhere!

Teddy Abrams, conductor

Sat., Nov. 23 at 11 a.m.

Rock! Sing! Swing!

Teddy Abrams, conductor

Sat., Feb. 8 at 11 a.m.

The Magical Life of Mozart

Teddy Abrams, conductor

Sat., May 10 at 11 a.m.

TINY TOTS CONCERTS

Rock O’Ween with the Candy Band

Sat., Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. in The Music Box

Sean Dobbins and Friends—Jazz Meets Dr. Seuss

Sat., Nov. 23 at 10 a.m. in The Music Box

Teddy’s Excellent Adventures Featuring the Sixth Floor Trio

Sat., Feb. 8 at 10 a.m. in The Music Box

Caribbean Fun Time!

Sat., May 10 at 10 a.m. in The Music Box

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Detroit, (January 15, 2013) – Break out the Brylcreem and poodle skirts and join the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) for a winter dance party led by Pops conductor Stuart Chafetz. Celebrating the pioneers of Rock and Roll, the only tribute show recognized by the Chicago Tribune as “Flawless!” will feature Ray Anthony as Richie Valens, John Mueller as the Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper’s son, J.P. Richardson, Jr. as the Big Bopper.

The show, endorsed by the estates of Valens, Holly and the Big Bopper and featuring hits such as “La Bamba”, “Chantilly Lace,” “That’ll Be The Day,” “Words of Love” and “Peggy Sue,” will take place on Friday, January 25 at 10:45 a.m.; Saturday, January 26 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, January 27 at 3 p.m. READ MORE

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Detroit, (December 3, 2012) – It’s a blast of holiday brass! Enjoy favorite carols, holiday hits, and more, all with the verve and virtuosity of The Canadian Brass, paired with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO). A Canadian Brass Christmas with the DSO will feature holiday favorites like “Winter Wonderland” and “Jolly Old Saint Nicholas,” as well as brass classics like Suite from Porgy and Bess. The performance takes place on Tuesday, December 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Orchestra Hall. This DSO Presents performance is sponsored by Greektown Casino Hotel and St. John Providence Health System. READ MORE

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DETROIT, (November 5, 2012) – The Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s (DSO) Mix @ The Max series continues with a performance by Project Trio, starring beat-boxing flute player, Greg Pattillo on Wednesday, December 12 at 7 p.m. Pattillo; Eric Stephenson, cello; and Peter Seymour, bass are pushing the boundaries of chamber music with a high-octane mix of classical, jazz, hip-hop, and rock.

Hosted in the intimate Music Box space within the Max M. Fisher Music Center, the performance features cabaret-style seating. Mix @ The Max, premiered in April to a full house, is composed of concerts targeting a new generation of patrons. Acts could include music of any genre, including classical, contemporary, jazz and more.

Additional entertainment includes:

• cash bar
• free photo booth
• holiday shopping bazaar
• complimentary snacks provided by local food and beverage vendors including Cliff Bell’s, B. Nektar Meadery and Gypsy Kitchen

Tickets to Project Trio are $25 in advance and $28 at the door, and may be purchased at the Max M. Fisher Music Center box office (3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit); by calling (313) 576-5111; or online at dso.org. Seating is general admission.

About Project Trio

Project Trio performs to enthusiastic audiences of all ages in concert halls, clubs, and classrooms around the world. Acclaim for the Trio and its members runs the gamut from Downbeat Magazine, which praises PROJECT Trio as “packed with musicianship, joy, and surprise” to the New York Times, calling beatboxing flutist Greg Pattillo “the best in the world at what he does.” The Wall Street Journal hails the group’s “wide appeal, subversive humor and first-rate playing.”

The Trio, now in its sixth year, was forged out of a collective love of performing high energy, top quality music to diverse audiences. They are drawing new audiences to classical music and reinvigorating existing fans of chamber music through their innovative performances, recordings, and their YouTube channel, which has over 71 million views and 78,000 subscribers, making PROJECT Trio one of the most watched instrumental ensembles on the Internet. The Trio, which performs over 70 concerts a year, plays to fans of all ages in venues around the world including Carnegie Hall, where they made their debut in 2010. In addition to their extensive performing schedule, the Trio is dedicated to arts education, inspiring a whole new generation of concert going music lovers.

Highlights of the Trio’s 2012-13 season include concerts with the Charlotte, Detroit, Milwaukee, and New Jersey Symphonies, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the Britt Festival, and the opening concerts of the Chicago Sinfonietta. The Trio will perform and lead masterclasses in schools, universities, festivals and other venues throughout the US, including New York, New Hampshire, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio, Oregon, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin. PROJECT Trio was selected by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, in partnership with American Voices, as one of the ensembles for their 2012-2013 season of American Music Abroad. Chosen for their musical excellence and educational capability, they will tour throughout the former Soviet Union to present original American music through public concerts, master classes, workshops, jam sessions with local musicians and media outreach. Other international engagements include a second tour of Germany in addition to a performance with the Neubrandenburg Philharmonic this fall.

In 2012, the Trio gave their first concert as Family Concert Artists in Residence with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, as part of a three-year residency. Other performances last season included the Saint Louis Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, and tours to France, Germany, Austria and Canada. The Trio has also toured Australia and Hong Kong.

PROJECT Trio’s discography includes five recordings and a DVD, PROJECT Trio: Live In Concert, all on the Trio’s own record label, Harmonyville Records. This fall PROJECT Trio released their fifth album When Will Then Be Now, which debuted at the top of both the Billboard classical and jazz charts. Their catalogspanning Random Roads Collection was released last spring on Tummy Touch Records and also immediately rose to the top of Billboard’s Canadian and US classical and jazz charts. Like all of the other PROJECT Trio’s recordings, both soared to the top of the iTunes charts upon their release. Their disc Project Trio was acclaimed by Jazz Review as “a glorious celebration of the music of our time.” This disc builds on the sound that is at the foundation of the group’s success, with heavy hitting originals such as Dr. Nick and Fast and reinterpretations of Sweet Child O’ Mine by Guns and Roses and Dave Brubeck’s Blue Rondo a la Turk. Their debut CD, Winter in June showcases the versatility of PROJECT Trio with 12 original compositions from

classical to jazz and hip-hop to experimental acoustic sounds. Their follow up disc Brooklyn collects well known staples from their live show, with covers and originals and even complete overhauls from the likes of Django Reinhardt, Duke Ellington, Theolonius Monk, JS Bach and Tchaikovsky, along with their own Brooklyn Suite, a collection of tone poems from the world they are surrounded by in the city of Brooklyn.

After meeting at the Cleveland Institute of Music, they quickly realized that there was no repertoire written for the unique combination of bass, flute and cello. This forced the members to compose and arrange their own music, which they publish on their Harmonyville label. Original compositions by the trio are influenced by the sounds of jazz, hip-hop, beatbox and rock. Their music can be heard in Nike and Smart Car commercials. Last year, the National Flute Association commissioned Pattillo to write “Three Beats for Beatbox Flute.” Greg Pattillo recently demonstrated his beatbox style for Jay Leno and performed with the Tonight Show orchestra. Dedicated to engaging today’s younger audiences, PROJECT Trio has performed and led workshops for over 100,000 students on three continents, including over 35 states in the US. PROJECT Trio is instantly recognizable to students of all ages as a result of their YouTube following and appearances on popular TV shows on Nickelodeon and MTV. Their educational programs are adapted to meet the National Standards for

Music Education, with specialized curricula for age groups from elementary students through college. They held their first summer camp at the Bay View Music Festival in Michigan this summer. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Pattillo, Stephenson, and Seymour founded PROJECT Trio in Boulder, Colorado in the summer of 2005. The group initially came up with the idea to do one week “projects” in different cities around the US, with each project including education/community outreach events and concerts of classical works and their own music. The Trio got its big break in 2006 when Greg Pattillo’s Beatbox Flute video went viral on YouTube, receiving millions of views in its first week. Reaching out to audiences of all ages through the Internet, live performances, and recordings, PROJECT Trio has since become one of the world’s most championed and exciting instrumental ensembles. For more information on PROJECT Trio, visit projecttrio.com.

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Detroit, (November 26, 2012) – The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) embarks on a monumental night as they premiere Bach/Davis’ Passacaglia and pianist Andrew von Oeyen performs Schumann’s romantic Piano Concerto. Under the direction of Lyric Opera of Chicago Music Director Sir Andrew Davis, the evening will also include Debussy’s Images. The performances will take place on Friday, November 16 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 18 at 3 p.m.

The performance will be webcast to a global audience on Sunday, November 18 at 3 p.m. via the DSO’s “Live from Orchestra Hall” series. Log on to dso.org/live to view the concert from your computer or mobile device anywhere in the world.

Prior each performance, the DSO invites all patrons to join DSO concertmaster Yoonshin Song and pianist Zhihua Tang as they perform the Debussy Violin Sonata. The performance will take place in Orchestra Hall one hour prior to each performance. READ MORE

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Detroit, (November 26, 2012) –The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) presents an evening of premieres, as they perform Aaron Copland’s complete  ballet, Rodeo and The Five Sacred Trees: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra for the first time in the Orchestra’s history. Featuring DSO Principal Bassoon Robert Williams, The Five Sacred Trees will be recorded as part of the DSO’s ongoing project to publish a complete set of John William’s concerti. Under the direction of Music Director Leonard Slatkin, the evening will also include Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 1. The performances will take place on Friday, November 9 at 10:45 p.m.; Saturday, November 10 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 11, 2012 at 3 p.m. Sunday’s performance will be a continuation of the orchestra’s three-disc, three-year recording project.

The performance will be webcast to a global audience on Sunday, November 11 at 3 p.m. via the DSO’s “Live from Orchestra Hall” series. Log on to dso.org/live to view the concert from your computer or mobile device anywhere in the world.

Prior to the November 10 and 11 performances, the DSO invites all patrons to join Assistant Conductor Teddy Abrams and DSO Principal Flutist David Buck as they perform Copland’s a duo for Flute and Piano. The performance will take place in Orchestra Hall one hour prior to each performance. READ MORE

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The Detroit Symphony (DSO) has accepted an invitation to perform a second program at the Spring For Music 2013 Festival, filling the Oregon Symphony’s vacated spot. Due to financial concerns, the Oregon Symphony announced last Thursday that it would not be able to return for the May 9 performance at the Spring For Music 2013 festival. While it is disappointing when necessity creates a cancellation, the Detroit Symphony has stepped in with flexibility, creativity and resilience. The Detroit Symphony and music director Leonard Slatkin are already scheduled to perform in Spring For Music 2013 on Friday, May 10, presenting Ives symphonies 1, 2, 3 and 4. They will now also be performing on Thursday, May 9, taking over the vacancy left by Oregon Symphony’s cancellation. The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will retain Kurt Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins performed with vocalist Storm Large and Ravel’s La Valse, previously a part of Oregon Symphony’s program. Beginning the program for the night will now be Caprice Bohemian and Isle of the Dead, both Rachmaninoff pieces.

“Presenting a second program at Carnegie Hall’s Spring For Music Festival is an honor.  Our program will include elements that were originally programmed as well as two works by Rachmaninoff,” said DSO music director Leonard Slatkin. “The latter is a composer I have long championed and the DSO has been recording much of his output.  We are delighted to be joined by Storm Large, who will bring a new perspective to the one-act opera by Kurt Weill.  La Valse makes a fitting close to this special evening.” READ MORE

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