Big-time Beethoven
The Lansing Symphony Orchestra has hosted its share of world-class soloists in recent years, but London-based pianist Benjamin Grosvenor is in a class by himself.
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Rodney Page: He gives you more
The Lansing area is blessed with more than its share of top-notch musical talent, but violinist-composer-conductor-DJ-educator Rodney Page earned the title of Best Classical Musician in City …
A break from the arts tumult
Some people will do anything to get you off the couch and out of the house. They might even offer you the world.
Lansing Symphony Orchestra: ‘A couple of cherries on top’
Mozart, Haydn and Bach will have to hang up their wigs and chill out. The only way to give a proper sendoff to the Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s maestro of 20 years, Timothy Muffitt, is to kick things up to cosmic scale.
‘The hand we were dealt’
The Lansing Art Gallery dodged a dozen near-death experiences in its 60-year history, but it was still a shock when the real thing struck.
Jamming with two Jeffs
When galaxies collide, time tilts in all directions, past, present and future. Sound crumples into surprising forms and strange new frequencies.
‘We were always doing music’
As the 1950s jazz standard puts it, “Spring can really hang you up the most.”
‘Give it your all’
Few musicians dig deeper or glow brighter than New York-based bassist, composer, singer and bandleader Endea Owens, the special guest at this year’s MSU Jazz Spectacular. Owens is a proud representative of her hometown of Detroit and MSU, where she began her jazz education.
Schooled by the students
Whenever a student art exhibit comes along, many folks dismiss it, assuming the museum or gallery is just checking a box, dutifully fulfilling its educational mission.
‘Like a lion roaring’
Piano mastery and organ virtuosity are splendid things to witness, but Bobby Floyd only starts there.