22/23 Season KJSO Concert Schedule

Concert #1
Sunday, November 13th at 4:00 pm at Chenery Auditorium
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1
Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto, with Angeline Kiang, Stulberg 2022 Bronze Medalist
Florence Price: Symphony No. 3
Led by guest conductor Daniel Brier, former Resident Conductor of the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra

Concert #2
Sunday, February 19th at 4:00 pm at Chenery Auditorium
Paths to Dignity
Margaret Bonds: From Montgomery Variations
Lucas Richman: Paths to Dignity, Concerto for Violin, with Mitchell Newman, former violinist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (World Premiere)
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 2 “Ukrainian”

Concert #3
Sunday, April 30th at 4:00 pm at Chenery Auditorium
Meditations on Fate
KJSO 2022 Concerto Competition Winner, TBA
Alan Hovhaness: Symphony No. 2 Mysterious Mountain
Giuseppe Verdi: Overture to La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny)
*Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Fate)
*John Williams: “Duel of the Fates” from Star Wars, Episode I
*Featuring singers from the combined choruses of Vicksburg High School (Dustin Morris, director), Three Rivers High School (Alex Williams, director), First Congregational Church (Cindy Hunter, director), and First Presbyterian Church (Carl Witt, director).