Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra
Season 2005-2006
In chronological order

Fall Evening
Friday, September 16, 2005 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, September 17, 2005 at 8 p.m.
Epic Theatre

BRITTEN Sinfonietta
BEETHOVEN String Quartet , Op. 18 No. 1
MICHAEL DAUGHERTY Dead Elvis

Rhapsody in Blue
Friday, September 23, 2005
8 p.m. Miller Auditorium
Rich Ridenour, Piano
Raymond Harvey , Conductor

BARBER Overture to the School for Scandal
ELLINGTON New World A-Comin’
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue
SCHUBERT Symphony No. 9 “The Great”

The Maestro Plays
Saturday, October 1, 2005
10 a.m. Epic Center

The World of… MAURICE RAVEL
Sunday, October 9, 2005
3 p.m. Light Fine Arts Center
Raymond Harvey , Conductor

Mother Goose Suite
Don Quichotte à Dulcinée
Le Tombeau de Couperin

Celebrating Strings
Friday, October 21, 2005
8 p.m. Miller Auditorium
Jinjoo Cho, Violinist, 2005 Stulberg Gold Medalist
Raymond Harvey , Conductor

SHOSTAKOVICH Concerto No. 1, Op. 99
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7

Symphony Spooktacular
Sunday, October 30, 2005
3 p.m. Chenery Auditorium
Barry Ross , Conductor

Bernadette Peters
Saturday, November 5, 2005
8 p.m. Miller Auditorium
Raymond Harvey , Conductor
Marvin Laird, Ms. Peter’s Music Director  

Uncommon Women
Friday, November 18, 2005
8 p.m. Miller Auditorium
Susan B. Anthony, Soprano
Raymond Harvey , Conductor

AMY BEACH Symphony in E Minor
TCHAIKOVSKY Eugene Onegin: The Letter Scene
JOAN TOWER Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
WAGNER Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod

The Nutcracker
with Ballet Arts Ensemble
December 10, 2005 at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
December 11, 2005 at 2 p.m.
Chenery Auditorium
Ballet Arts Ensemble, Cathleen Huling, Director
Guest Dance Soloists
Barry Ross , Conductor

Holiday Pops with the Empire Brass
with The Kalamazoo Ringers, Jan VanValey, Director
December 17, 2005
8 p.m. Miller Auditorium
Scott Terrell, Conductor

Te Deum
Saturday, January 21, 2006
8 p.m. Miller Auditorium
Bach Festival Chorus, James Turner, Director
Raymond Harvey , Conductor  

BRAHMS Symphony No. 3
UGIS PRAULINS Te Deum Laudamus

Winter Evening
Friday, January 27, 2006 at 8 p.m. – SOLD OUT (call 349-7759 for waiting list status)
Saturday, January 28, 2006 at 8 p.m. – SOLD OUT (call 349-7759 for waiting list status)
Epic Theatre

PISTON Divertimento
MOZART String Quartet , K. 387
ELGAR Piano Quintet
Raymond Harvey , Piano

The World of… WOLFGANG AMADAEUS MOZART
Sunday, February 5, 2006
3 p.m. Light Fine Arts Center
Raymond Harvey , Conductor BUY TICKETS

String Quartet , K. 387 in G Major (excerpts)
Piano Quintet, K. 452 in Eb Major
Symphony No. 26, K.184 in Eb Major

Berlioz the Bear
Saturday, February 11, 2006
10 a.m. Epic Center

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Friday, February 17, 2006
Saturday, February 18, 2006
8 p.m. Miller Auditorium
Kalamazoo Civic Theatre
Raymond Harvey , Conductor BUY TICKETS
Text by William Shakespeare
Music by Mendelssohn
Complete play with incidental music

Jennifer Holliday
with NAEA Gospelfest Choir, Roland Sunkins, Director
Saturday, March 4, 2006
8 p.m. Miller Auditorium
John Varineau, Conductor BUY TICKETS

Classical Splendor
Friday, March 10, 2006
8 p.m. Miller Auditorium
Jeffrey Siegel, Piano
Alexander Mickelthwate, Conductor BUY TICKETS

ROBERTO SIERRA Alegría
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17 in G Major
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3 “Eroica”

Spring Evening
Friday, March 17, 2006 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 18, 2006 at 8 p.m.
Epic Theatre BUY TICKETS
program to be announced at a later date

The Mozart Experience
Sunday, March 26, 2006
3 p.m. Chenery Auditorium
Magic Circle Mime Co.
Barry Ross , Conductor BUY TICKETS

Season Finale
Saturday, April 8, 2006
8 p.m. Miller Auditorium
Igor Fedotov, Viola
Raymond Harvey , Conductor BUY TICKETS

BERLIOZ Harold in Italy
DEBUSSY La Mer
DUKAS The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Symphony Serenades
Sundays at noon – The Union Cabaret & Grill
December 18 Holiday Brass
February 12 Valentine’s Strings
May 14 Mother’s Day Winds

Watch for your KSO performing in the Gilmore International Keyboard Festival, Spring 2006. Information about the festival will be coming from the Festival office.