Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Press Release Records

Guide to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra: PressRelease Records UR002872

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Guide to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Press Release Records UR002872

Table of Contents

Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3

Scope and Content ......................................................................................................................................... 3

Arrangement ................................................................................................................................................... 3

Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4

Controlled Access Headings .......................................................................................................................... 4

Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 5

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Summary Information

Repository: Walter P. Reuther Library

Creator: Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Title: Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Press Release Records

ID: UR002872

Date [inclusive]: 1976-1999

Physical Description: 4.5 Linear Feet (9 MB)

Language of theMaterial:

Material entirely in English.

Abstract: The Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) Press Releases are madeup of press releases pertaining to the organization's operation andperformances between the years 1977-1999.

Citation Style

"Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Press Release Records, Box [#], Folder [#], Walter P. ReutherLibrary, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University"

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Scope and Content

This collection contains press releases pertaining to operation and performances of the Detroit SymphonyOrchestra from 1977 through 1999.


Arrangement

Folders are arranged chronologically.

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Administrative Information

Publication Statement

Walter P. Reuther Library

5401 Cass AvenueDetroit, MI 48202URL: https://reuther.wayne.edu

Acquisition

This collection was deposited at the Walter P. Reuther Library by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra onJanuary 15, 2019.

Processing History

Finding aid reconfigured by Shae Rafferty on June 7, 2021. Previously processed as DSO.02 by theDetroit Symphony Orchestra Archives.

Access

Collection is open for research.

Use

Refer to the Walter P. Reuther Library "Rules for Use of Archival Materials."


Controlled Access Headings

• Symphony orchestras

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Collection Inventory

Title/Description Instances

1976 box 1 folder 1

Index, 1977-1978 box 1 folder 2

1977 April-June

Cabaret Pops Series Opens Next Week, 1977 May 1 box 1 folder 3 Item 1

Detroit Symphony Pops Concert Sunday, May 15 in Wyandotte,1977 May 8

Scope and Contents

the opening of "Downriver Summer Music Delight" with aperformance by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra on May15, 1977.

box 1 folder 3 Item 2

Detroit Symphony Pops Concert This Afternoon In Wyandotte,1977 May 15

Scope and Contents

the beginning of "Downriver Summer Music Delight"opening on Sunday May 15 with a concert by the DetroitSymphony Orchestra.


Cole Porter, Show Biz Tunes At "Cabaret Pops" This Week, 1977May 15


DSO Season Ticket Sales On Way To Record High, 1977 May 2 box 1 folder 3 Item 5

DSO Women's Association Annual Meeting Highlighted By GiftCheck And Election, 1977 May 4


Final Week Of DSO "Cabaret Pops" Features Karl Haas, DocSeverinsen, 1977 May 22


Annual Meeting Held By DSO Junior Women's Association, 1977May 17


DSO To Play Twelfth Annual Series Of In-School Concerts, 1977May 20


DSO Assistant Conductor Phillip Greenberg Wins InternationalConducting Competition, 1977 May 20

Scope and Contents

DSO assistant conductor Philip Greenberg's becoming thefirst American ever to win the Nicolai Malko InternationalOrchestra Competition for Young Conductors.


DSO Plays Second Week of In-School Concerts, 1977 June 5

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DSO Plays Free Outdoor Concerts This Week, 1977 June 12 box 1 folder 3 Item 12

Werner Torkanowsky Named DSO Guest Conductor AndAssociate To The Music Director, 1977 June 13


Officers And Board Members Elected At DSO Annual Meeting,1977 June 21


Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1977 Fund Raising Campaign --News Release, 1977 June 24


1977 July-September

Detroit Symphony Announces Fourth Upper Peniunsula MusicFestival, 1977 July 7


Sixten Ehrling Announces Program For "This Classic Night"Concert, 1977 July 20


Detroit Area Businesses Invited To Take A Client To TheSymphony, 1977 July 207

Scope and Contents

the launch of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's corporatesales campaign.


Detroit Symphony Tours Upper Peninsula This Week, 1977 July29

Scope and Contents

the conducting debut of Robert LaMarchina and announcingthe Detroit Symphony Orchestra's tour of Michigan's UpperPeninsula.


National Endowment For The Arts Awards Detroit SymphonyOrchestra Opportunity For $1 Million Grant, 1977 July 26


Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra Announces Audition Dates,1977 August 17


Paul Freeman Conducts New York Philharmonic In "CelebrationOf Black Composers" Festival, 1977 August 22


A Swedish Musical Odyssey, 1977 August 26

Scope and Contents

the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's participation in a culturaltribute to Sweden's entering into the America's Cup.


Want Symphony Season Tickets? Hurry -- Time Is Running Out!,1977 September 1


WJR/DSO Radio Marchathon To Be Broadcast October 8-9, 1977September 8


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DSO Plays Music of the Sea At Special Concert, 1977 September18

Scope and Contents

that the Detroit Symphony Orchestra will perform aconcert of sea music in a tribute to Sweden's entry into theAmerica's cup sailing race.


Detroit Symphony Opens 64th Season Friday Night, 1977September 18


Youth Orchestra Auditions Continue This Week, 1977 September18


Detroit Symphony Orchestra Announces Additional Concerts For'77-'78 Season, 1977 September 14


Januaryis, Macal Appear With DSO In Three Concerts This Week,1977 September 25


Famed Pianist Featured With DSO Thursday & Saturday;"Weekender Pops" Opens With Friday, Sunday Concerts, 1977September 23

Scope and Contents

that Zdeneck Macal would be performing with the DSO inaddition to the opening of the Weekender Pops shows.


Hal Youngblood Is New "Voice Of The Symphony", 1977September 27


Meet The Maestro/Artist Interviews To Precede DSO's NBDCoffee Concerts, 1977 September 27


Zukerman Is Soloist, Pretre Coducts Detroit Symphony ConcertsThis Week, 1977 September 30


Carol Channing Will Help DSO Launch Marchathon At Pre-Pledge Day Wednesday, 1977 September 30


1977 October-December box 1 folder 5

1978 January-March box 1 folder 6

1978 April-June box 1 folder 7

1978 July-September box 1 folder 8

1978 October-December box 1 folder 9

Public Service Announcement, 1978 February-April box 1 folder 10

Index, 1978-1979 box 1 folder 11

Public Service Announcements, 1979 box 1 folder 12

1979 January-March box 1 folder 13

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1979 April-June box 1 folder 14

1987 May 1-15

Scope and Contents

05 May - New Christy Minstrels Headline Weekender PopsSeason Finale

box 2 folder 1

1987 May 16-30

Scope and Contents

20 May - New Christy Minstrels Are Young People's ConcertFinale

box 2 folder 2

1987 September 1-15

September Calendar box 2 folder 3 Item 1

08 September - Detroit Symphony Opening Concert To SaluteU.S. Constitution Bicentennial


08 September - Detroit Symphony Season Opener Features TheJulliard String Quartet


09 September - Detroit Symphony Box Office Phone Number AndHours Changed For Saturday, September 19, To AccommadatePapal Visit


09 September - Mstislav Rostropovich Opens Great PerformersSeries


1987 September 16-30

16 September - Violinist William De Pasquale Debuts WithDetroit Symphony


21 September - Pianist Alicia De Larrocha Is Guest Soloist WithSymphony


21 September - Symphony Cancels Concerts Due To Strike box 2 folder 4 Item 3

29 September - Detroit Symphony Announces Ninth AnnualHudson-Metro Tour


29 September - Detroit Symphony Announced That NoAgreement Was Reached


29 September - Detroit Symphony To Perform At box 2 folder 4 Item 6

29 September - Hudson's Grant Supports Metro Tour box 2 folder 4 Item 7

30 September - Detroit Symphony Cancels East Coast Tour box 2 folder 4 Item 8

30 September - Italian Piano Prodigy Featured In DetroitSymphony Concert At Eastern Michigan University


1987 October 1-15

October Calendar

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06 October - Detroit Symphony Cancels Concerts Of October 8, 9,10, And 11


09 October - Detroit Symphony Continues National RadioBroadcasts


13 October - Detroit Symphony Cancels Concerts Of October 15,16, And 17


1987 October 16-31

20 October - Detroit Symphony Cancels Opener of Merrill LynchWeekender Pops Series


27 October - Detroit Symphony Reschedules Carnegie Hall,Hudson Metro Tour; Cancels Weekly Subscription Concerts


29 October - Detroit Symphony Cancels Dresden StaatskapelleConcert


1987 November 1-15

November Calendar box 2 folder 7 Item 1

03 November - Detroit Symphony Cancels Concerts Of November5, 6, And 7


03 November - Detroit Symphony Moves TeleMarchketingOperation


12 November - This Statement Was Issued By The DetroitSymphony Thursday, November 12 At 9:30 PM


13 November - Musicians Asked To Return box 2 folder 7 Item 5

14 November - Walter J. McCarthy Jr., Chairman Of The BoardOf The Detroit Symphony, Issued The Following StatementTonight:


1987 November 16-30

18 November - Symphony Postpones Annual Meeting ForMembers


19 November - Symphony Announces Financial Results For1986-87


25 November - Statement Issued To Press On Wednesday,November 25, 1987


26 November - Statement Issued To Press On Thursday,November 26, 1987


28 November - Statement Issued To Press On Saturday,November 28, 1987


1987 December

01 December - Detroit Symphony Cancels Christmas Festival box 2 folder 9 Item 1

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01 December - Suggestions For Symphony Ticket Holders box 2 folder 9 Item 2

09 December - Detroit Symphony Sets New Date For AnnualMeeting


11 December - Detroit Symphony Announces TentativeAgreement


1988 January 1-15

January Calendar box 2 folder 10 Item 1

04 January - Detroit Symphony Announces Thirteen AdditionalPerformances


04 January - Detroit Symphony Opens K Marcht Sunday SamplerSeries


04 January - Detroit Symphony Resumes Subscription Concerts box 2 folder 10 Item 4

12 January - Detroit Symphony Cancels Makeup Concert box 2 folder 10 Item 5

12-January - Detroit Symphony Holds Annual Meeting box 2 folder 10 Item 6

14 January - Detroit Symphony Hosts Grand Rapids Symphony box 2 folder 10 Item 7

1988 January 16-31

19 January - Barry Tuckwell Is Conductor And Soloist ForChamber Series


19 January - Orkidstra Launches Young People's Concert Series box 2 folder 11 Item 2

20 January - Sing Along With Mitch Miller And The Symphony box 2 folder 11 Item 3

25 January - Detroit Symphony Holds Second Meeting ForMembers


26 January - Jerzy Semkow Conducts Mozart's Mass In C Minor,The Great


29 January - Jerzy Semkow Conducts Tchaikovsky, Haydn box 2 folder 11 Item 6

1988 February 1-15

February Calendar box 2 folder 12 Item 1

04 February - Detroit Symphony Names Vice President ForDevelopment


09 February - Classical Roots Celebrates 10th Anniversary box 2 folder 12 Item 3

09 February - David Zinman Guest Conducts Detroit Symphony box 2 folder 12 Item 4

1988 February 16-29

16 February - Jerzy Semkow Concludes Appearances With theDetroit Symphony


23 February - Detroit Symphony Announces Schedule Changes box 2 folder 13 Item 2

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23 February - Detroit Symphony Welcomes Maestro Herbig AndMatt Haimovitz


1988 March

March Calendar box 2 folder 14 Item 1

02 March - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra Opens 1988Season


07 March - Landis and Company Bring Magic To Young People'sConcert


07 March - Pianist Tamas Vasary Debuts With Detroit SymphonyOrchestra


07 March - Pops Concert Features Richard Hayman And CrofutAnd Luxon


08 March - Kavafian Sisters Return Home For First DuoAppearance


14 March - Maestro Herbig Leads Symphony In First PerformanceOf St. John Passion


14 March - Pianist Annie Fischer Makes Detroit Symphony Debut box 2 folder 14 Item 8

1988 April 1-15

April Calendar box 2 folder 15 Item 1

05 April - Hartmut Haenchen Makes Detroit Symphony Debut box 2 folder 15 Item 2

06 April - Concertmaster's Club To Enjoy Tour Of Harbortown box 2 folder 15 Item 3

06 April - Haenchen Returns To Conduct DSO Chamber Concerts box 2 folder 15 Item 4

06 April - Von Schlanbusch And Kunzel Highlight Merrill LynchWeekend Pops


13 April - Detroit Symphony Announces Ninth Annual Hudson-Metro Tour


13 April - Hudson's Grant Supports Metro Tour box 2 folder 15 Item 7

1988 April 16-31

17 April - Detroit Symphony Announces 1988-89 DiamondAnniversary Series


17 April - Detroit Symphony Announces Merrill LynchWeekender Pops Series


20 April - Ashkenazy And Harrell Perform In Season Finale GreatPerformers Concert


20 April - Issac Stern To Perform With The Detroit Symphony box 2 folder 16 Item 4

20 April - 24 April - Ninth Annual Hudson-Detroit SymphonyMetro Tour


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22 April - Civic Orchestra Concert Features Concerto CompetitionWinners


22 April - Ravi Shankar To Perform In Student Benefit Concert box 2 folder 16 Item 7

24 April - Empire Brass Quintet Featured In Merrill LynchWeekender Pops Concerts


24 April - Menuhin Makes Detroit Symphony Conducting DebutIn Chamber Series


29 April - Detroit Symphony Season Finale Features Mahler's 7th box 2 folder 16 Item 10

29 April - Emanuel Ax Is Detroit Symphony Guest Soloist box 2 folder 16 Item 11

29 April - Life Size Marchionettes Dance For Young People'sConcerts


30 April - Music Director To Leave Detroit Symphony Post In1990


1988 May 1-15

May Calendar box 2 folder 17 Item 1

06 May - Detroit Symphony Announces Carnegie HallPerformance


13 May - Detroit Symphony Chorale Performs Solo Concert AtOrchestra Hall


1988 May 16-30

19 May - Symphony Board Accepts LobaNovember Resignation box 2 folder 18 Item 1

23 May - Detroit Symphony Ensembles Visit Battle CreekSchools


23 May - Detroit Symphony To Appear At Matrix: MidlandFestival


23 May - Detroit Symphony To Perform In East Lansing box 2 folder 18 Item 4

23 May - Detroit Symphony To Perform In Midland And Lansing box 2 folder 18 Item 5

1988 June 1-15

03 June - Symphony Cyclist Bikes For Bucks box 2 folder 19 Item 1

08 June - Ride With Race Driver Jackie Stewart And Support TheDetroit Symphony


1988 June 16-31

25 June - Campaign For the Detroit Symphony Announced box 2 folder 20 Item 1

29 June - Detroit Symphony Task Report Is Released box 2 folder 20 Item 2

1988 July

15 July - Detroit Symphony Re-Signs Conductors, Fills OrchestraPositions


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19 July - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Appoints MarchketingVice-President


29 July - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Principal Harpist Retires box 2 folder 21 Item 3

1988 August 1-15

01 August - Detroit Symphony Performs Second Free SummerConcert


08 August - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hosts Major Donors AtMeadow Brook


08 August - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Performs Free ConcertAt Metro Beach Metropark


12 August - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Diamond Jubilee RaffleOffers Subscribers Dazzling Prizes


12 August - Maestro Gunther Herbig Announces DetroitSymphony Orchestra European Tour Schedule


12 August - Summer News From The Detroit SymphonyOrchestra


1988 August 16-31

22 August - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/General MotorsConcerts Expand Major Marchket Coverage In Fifth Season OnNational Radio


30 August - All-Beethoven Concert Opens Diamond JubileeSeason


1988 September 1-15


12 September - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Perform FreeConcert At Detroit Arts Festival


12 September - Mozart And Mahler Make Powerful Music InSeason's Second Concert



22 September - Orchestra Principals Are Featured Soloists In DSOConcert; Pianist Peter Roesel Is Guest Artist


22 September - Violinist Miriam Fried And A Quartet OfOutstanding Vocalists Join Detroit Symphony Orchestra AndChorus In Concert


23 September - Mitch Miller Leads All Gershwin Program InSeason's First Merrill Lynch Weekender Pops Concerts


29 September - Silverstein Mixes Old And New In First ChamberConcert


29 September - Young People's Concert Series Opens With FunnySymphonies


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1988 October 1-15

October Calendar box 3 folder 5 Item 1

04 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Names NewConcertmaster


14 October - Conductor Neeme Jarvi Opens Two Week GuestAppearance; Violinist Victor Tretyakov And Pianist BrigitteEngerer Are Guest Soloists


1988 October 16-31

27 October - Brahms Festival Celebrates DSO Diamond Jubilee box 3 folder 6 Item 1

31 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Names Vice PresidentFor Educational Affairs


1988 November 1-15


10 November - Brahms Festival Finale Celebrates DSO 75thAnniversary


11 November - Popular Pieces Spice Up Thanksgiving WeekendConcerts; Fischer And Frankl Make Special Guest Appearances


10 November - Brahms Festival Finale Dedicated To Robert B.Semple


11 November - Sixten Ehrling Guest Conductor For CompletePerformace Of Daphnis Et Chloe


1988 November 16-30

18 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Announces TenthAnnual Hudson's Metro Tour


23 November - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra Opens 88-89Season December 4th


23 November - Street Musicians Move Inside For Merrill LynchWeekender Pops Concerts At Ford Auditorium


1988 December 1-15

December Calendar box 3 folder 9 Item 1

02 December - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Showcases Its Own;Stephen Stein Conducts, Cellist Marchcy Chanteaux Is Soloist


05 December - More Than 15,000 Hear Detroit SymphonyOrchestra In One Week Of Education And Outreach Concerts


09 December - DSO Christmas Festival Offers Something ForEveryone; Messiah, Nutcracker, And King's Singers Are HolidayEntertainment


09 December - Young People's Concert Features Peter And TheWolf In Mime; Santa Claus Plans To Attend


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1988 December 16-31

16 December - DSO Acting Chief Operating Officer To HeadColumbus Symphony


19 December - January DSO Audiences Get European TourPreview


27 December - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra AnnouncesWinter Auditions


1989 January 1-15


10 January - Pre-European Tour Concert Sends DSO Off In GrandStyle; Concert Is Dedicated To Conductor Laureate Antal Dorati


1989 January 16-31

20 January - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall, Inc. Names NewPublic Relations Director


30 January - Eurotour '89 Update: Week 1; DSO ConquersSwitzerland And Vienna!


1989 February 1-15


06 February - Classical Roots Concert Features Local Artists box 3 folder 13 Item 2

06 February - DSO Celebrates European Triump In Post TourConcert; Concertmaster Emmanuelle Boisvert Makes Her SoloDebut


06 February - DSO Chorale Serenades With Love Songs InValentine's Day Concert


06 February - Young Metro Detroiters Form DSO Support/SocialGroup


13 February - Dukes Of Dixieland Bring Taste Of New OrleansTo Detroit


13 February - Silverstein Returns As Conductor/Soloist For DSOChamber Concert; Audience Invited To Meet The ComposersFollowing Performance


1989 February 16-29

20 February - Bassist Richard Robinson Appointed To DetroitSymphony Orchestra


24 February - Conductor Yoel Levi And Cellist Heinrich SchiffGuest With DSO


24 February - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra Offers MusicalVariety In Second Concert


1989 March 1-15

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03 March - Raymond Harvey Returns To DSO Podium, YefinBronfman Makes DSO Debut


10 March - Detroit Symphonic Orchestra Presents Rhapsody OfHungarians


10 March - DSO Celebrates African-American Sacred MusicTradition


1989 March 16-31

16 March - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Honors Easter With St.Matthew Passion


22 March - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Announces 1989-90Season; Music Director Gunther Herbig Leads Detroit SymphonyOrchestra In Return To Orchestra Hall


24 March - Richard Hayman And Jerry Murad's Harmonicats JoinDSO In Pops Concerts


31 March - Hugh Wolff Makes DSO Debut ConductingStravinsky's Original Ballet "The Firebird"


31 March - Spring "Overtures": DSO For Young Detroiters box 3 folder 16 Item 5

1989 April 1-15


07 April - Jean-Philippe Collard Joins Jerzy Semkow And DSO InBurleske


07 April - Jerzy Semkow Returns To DSO As Guest Conductor box 3 folder 17 Item 3

13 April - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Announces 1989 MeadowBrook Season


1989 April 16-30

18 April - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra Spotlights ConcertoCompetition Winners


21 April - Composer/Conductor Bill Conti Presents FavoriteMovie And TV Themes In Merrill Lynch Weekender PopsConcert


21 April - DSO Artists Take Center Stage In Detroit SymphonyChamber Orchestra Concert


21 April - Jamey Turner Makes Music With Glasses, Saw AndWrench Choir For DSO Young People's Concerts


28 April - Conductor Peter Gulke Leads DSO Concert Of RarelyHeard Music; DSO Pricipal Bassoonist Robert Williams Is Soloist


28 April - Detroit Symphony Chorale Closes Season With ConcertOf Sacred Music And English Songs


1989 May 1-15

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May 1989 Calendar box 3 folder 19 Item 1

02 May - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Performs "Salute ToMichigan" Concert In East Lansing


02 May - French Pianists Katia And Marchielle Labeque DebutWith DSO


10 May - Soprano Marchilyn Horne Headlines DSO Spring Gala box 3 folder 19 Item 4

10 May - Young Violinist Midori Makes Her DSO Debut; DSOFrench Born Quartet Performs Schumann's Konzertstuck


12 May - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Names New ChiefFinancial Officer


1989 May 16-30

Scope and Contents

16 May - Violinist Cho-Liang Lin Featured In DSO SeasonFinale

box 3 folder 20

1989 June 1-15

June 1989 Calendar box 3 folder 21 Item 1

01 June - DSOH Executive Director Deborah Borda AnnouncesResignation Of Vice President And General Manager MichaelSmith After Twenty Years Of Service


05 June - The Detroit News/MCI Summer Concerts Bring TheDetroit Symphony Orchestra To Willow Metropark For FreeConcert


05 June - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Presents Free OutdoorPerformances For "The Detroit News/MCI Summer Concerts"Series


07 June - Andre Watts And Libor Pesek Headline DetroitSymphony Orchestra's "Symphony Under The Stars"


13 June - French Bicentennial Celebration Planned; "Images DeGloire" Fete To Be Held July 14


13 June - Joshua Bell Joins DSO In Second Week AtMeadowbrook


1989 June 16-30

21 June - DSOH Appoints Rebecca Krause As Orchestra Manager box 3 folder 22 Item 1

21 June - Neeme Jarvi Conducts DSO At Meadowbrook; FlutistJean-Pierre Rampal And DSO Violinist JoSeptemberh GoldmanFeatured As Guest Soloists


22 June - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Debuts At InternationalFreedom Festival With Free Detroit News/MCI Summer Concert


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28 June - Andrew Davis Conducts DSO "Night At The Opera" AtMeadow Brook


29 June - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Unveils Five-YearBusiness Plan


29 June - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Travels North For AnnualUpper Peninsula Tour


1989 July 1-15

July 1989 Calendar box 3 folder 23 Item 1

03 July - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Perform At NAACPNational Competition


12 July - Christof Perick And JoSeptemberh Kalichstein PerformGermanic Masterpieces With DSO As Meadow Brook SeasonResumes


1989 July 16-31

17 July - The Detroit News/MCI Summer Concerts Continue WithFree DSO Concert At Kensington Metro Park


17 July - Jazz Guitarist John McLAugusthlin Joins DSO AtMeadow Brook


18 July - DSOH Meets One Week Of Current Payroll, CitingInsufficient Funds


27 July - Clarinetist Richard Stoltzman Joins DSO At MeadowBrook


1989 August

August 1989 Calendar box 3 folder 25 Item 1

01 August - The Detroit News/MCI Summer Concerts ContinueWith Free DSO Concert At Metro Beach Metropark


01 August - Overtures Holds "Picnic Fest" At Meadow Brook ForFinal DSO Concert


01 August - Pianist Flavio Varani Performs Gershwin With DSO box 3 folder 25 Item 4

09 August - DSO Musicians Vote In Favor Of Four-Year Contract box 3 folder 25 Item 5

1990 April box 4 folder 1

1990 August 16-31

16 August - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Awarded $610,000Grant From The Skillman Foundation


20 August - Media Advisory; Detroit Symphony Orchestra ToMove Management Offices To Buhl Building


22 August - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra Holds 1990-91Auditions


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24 August - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Add Pre-ConcertLectures To Pre-Concert Conversations Series


24 August - DSOH Symphony Week Celebrations; September 12to 15


24 August - DSOH To Present "A Salute To Paradise Theatre"With DSO Led By Associate Conductor Leslie B. DunnerFeaturing The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Vocalist Betty Carter,And The Three Sixties


24 August - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Opening Week; OpeningWeek Concerts To Feature Pre-Concert Conversation And LectureBy William Albright Funded By Meet The Composer Grant


24 August - Symphony Week; Free DSO Lunchtime And Rush-Hour Concerts At Orchestra Hall September 12 and 13


30 August - Symphony Week; Detroit Symphony Orchestra HallTo Hold Open House At Orchestra Hall On September 16


1990 September 1-15

September 1990 Calendar box 4 folder 3 Item 1

10 September - Orchestra Hall To Re-Open After ExtensiveRestorations


14 September - 14 September - Detroit Symphony Orchestra HallVolunteer Council To Hold Welcome Gala For New DSO MusicDirector Neeme Jarvi



18 September - Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1990-91 SeasonContinues With Guest Conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski AndPianist Philippe Entremont


26 September - Esteemed Conductor Robert Shaw To Lead DSOIn Performances Of Britten's "War Requiem"


28 September - Conductor Yoel Levi To Replace Robert Shaw InDSO Performances Of Britten's "War Requiem"


28 September - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To InagurateFellowship Program For African-American Orchestral Musicians


1990 October 1-15

October 1990 Calendar box 4 folder 5 Item 1

01 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Weekender Pops SeriesTo Begin With Keith Brion's Vivid Recreation Of March KingJohn Philip Sousa


01 October - Guest Conductor Henry Lewis Leads The DSO WithPianist Misha Dichter


01 October - Pianist Murray Perahia InAugusturates 1990-91DSOH In Recital Series


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08 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Announces TwelfthAnnual Hudson's Metro Tour


08 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1990-91 YoungPeople's Concerts To Open With Sesame Street Host BobMcGrath


15 October - DSOH 1990-91 Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series ToOpen With "A Gathering Of Friends"


15 October - DSO Music Director Neeme Jarvi To ConcludeThree Weeks Of Concerts With Oboe Virtuoso Heinz Holliger


15 October - Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSO WithGuest Pianist Horacio Gutierrez


15 October - Neeme Jarvi To Lead Detroit Symphony OrchestraIn First Of Three Weeks Of Concerts As DSO Music Director


1990 October 16-31

24 October - 1990 Detroit Symphony Orchestra ChristmasFestival Schedule Of Events


24 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Christmas Festival;Tickets Go On Sale Friday, October 26 at 11:30 AM


24 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Nutcracker BalletReturns To The Fox


1990 November 1-15

November 1990 Calendar box 4 folder 7 Item 1

02 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Present First FreeConcerts In The 1990-91 Educational Concert Series


02 November - DSOH "Michigan Artists Recital Series" To OpenWith Concert By Violinist Michelle Makarski


02 November - Legendary Cotton Club Great Cab Galloway JoinsDSO For Weekender Pops Series


05 November - Legendary Modern Jazz Quartet To Perform OnSecond DSOH Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series Concert


09 November - Conductor Ivan Fischer To Lead DSO WithAcclaimed Cellist Heinrich Schiff


1990 November 16-30

16 November - Distinguished Conductor Raymond Leppard ToLead DSO Subscription Concerts


19 November - Academy Award Winner Marchvin Hamlisch ToPerform With DSO In Christmas Pops Concerts


19 November - Acclaimed Conductor Nicholas McGegan To LeadDSO Performances Of Handel's Messiah


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19 November - Conductor/Violinist JoSeptemberh Silverstein ToLead DSO In Bach's Complete Brandenburg Concerti


19 November - DSO And Conductor Stefan Kozinski Present"Santa Koz's Young People's Music Fest"


19 November - DSO And Peter Schickele Perform "An EveningWith P.D.Q. Bach"


19 November - DSO Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSOIn Special New Year's Eve Concert "Night In Old Vienna"


19 November - Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Ballet To OpenDecember 14 At The Fox


21 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Fellowship ProgramFor African-American Orchestral Musicians Winners Announced


21 November - "Overtures" Event Planned For Sunday, December2


27 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Names NewExecutive Director


1990 December 1-15

December 1990 Calendar box 4 folder 9 Item 1

06 December - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Holds AnnualMeeting


06 December - Paul Marchotta Appointed Acting Director OfPublic Relations


10 December - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall AnnouncesSelection Of First Round Of Unisys African-American ComposersForum Winners


10 December - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Present "A SaluteTo Red Cross Blood Donors" Concert


December 16-31, 1990, 1990 December 16-31

27 December - Conductor James DePreist Returns To Detroit ToLead DSO Performances


27 December - DSO Associate Conductor Leslie B. Dunner ToLead Subscription Concerts


27 December - "Overtures" Event Planned For Friday, January 18 box 4 folder 10 Item 3

1991 January 1-15

January 1991 Calendar box 4 folder 11 Item 1

03 January - DSO Music Conductor Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSOWith Pianist Lorin Hollander


04 January - Erich Kunzel To Lead DSO Pops Program FeaturingFamed Singing Hoosiers From Indiana University


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04 January - Hudson Vagabon Puppets To Perform On DSO'sDetroit News Young People's Concerts


04 January - Pianist Peter Serkin To Perform On DSOH "InRecital" Series


15 January - Notice Of Program Change; January 18-20 DSOConcerts To Include Works By Samuel Barber


1991 January 16-31

16 January - Detroit Symphony Orchestra And Music DirectorNeeme Jarvi Sign Multiple Recording Agreement With ChandosRecords


25 January - American Composer Hugh Wolff To Lead DSO InAn All-Serenade Program Of Works By Mozart And Brahms


25 January - DSO Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Lead OrchestraWith Internationally Acclaimed Violinist Nadja-SalernoSonnenberg


1991 February 1-15

February 1991 Calendar box 4 folder 13 Item 1

04 February - Native Detroiter Soprano Januaryet Williams ToPerform On DSOH Michigan Artists Recital Series


04 February - Noted English Conductor John Eliot Gardiner ToLead DSO


07 February - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall To Co-Sponsor"Senior Speak-Out Forum" By Detroit Area Agency On Aging AtOrchestra Hall


08 February - Leslie B. Dunner To Lead DSO SubscriptionConcerts


08 February - Unisys African-American Composers Forum ToTake Place February 16-23


1991 February 16-29

20 February - Czech Conductor Zdenek Macal To Lead DSO WithVirtuoso Violinist Midori


20 February - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Perform ConcertFor Red Cross To Benefit Families Of Soldiers Of OperationDesert Storm


20 February - "Overtures" Event Planned For Sunday, March 17 box 4 folder 14 Item 3

20 February - Winner Of 1991 Unisys African-AmericanComposer Forum Announced


26 February - The Dallas Brass Join Richard Hayman And TheDSO In A "Brass Bash"


26 February - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra Features Its Own box 4 folder 14 Item 6

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26 February - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Present SecondFree Concerts In The 1990-91 Educational Concert Series


26 February - Jazz Superstar Wynton Marchsalis And FriendsAppear On DSOH Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series


26 February - Legendary Violinist Isaac Stern Performs "InRecital"


1991 March 1-15

March 1991 Calendar box 4 folder 15 Item 1

08 March - Conductor Hugh Wolff To Lead DSO In First Of TwoWeeks Of Concerts


08 March - Violinist Gil Shaham To Perform Wieniawski ViolinConcerto NO. 2


11 March - Marcha Mabrey Appointed DSOH Vice President ForEducational Affairs


1991 March 16-31

18 March - Detroit Symphony Orchestra And Music DirectorNeeme Jarvi To Record Second Of Five Discs For ChandosRecords


27 March - DSOH To Present "Detroit Piano Summit" WithPianists Bess Bonnier, Tommy Flanagan, Barry Harris, And HankJones On Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series


27 March - Pianist Emanuel Ax To Perform With Neeme JarviAnd DSO


1991 April 1-15

April 1991 Calendar box 4 folder 17 Item 1

01 April - British Violinist Nigel Kennedy To Perform ElgarViolin Concerto With Neeme Jarvi And The DSO


01 April - Detroit Pianist Deborah Berman To Perform on DSOHMichigan Artists Recital Series


01 April - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Announces 1991 SummerSeason At Meadow Brook Music Festival


01 April - DSO Pops Music Advisor Erich Kunzel To Lead Final1990-91 Pops Concerts


01 April - Garfield To Appear On Final 1990-91 DSO NewsYoung People's Concerto


01 April - "Overtures" Event Planned For Saturday, April 20 box 4 folder 17 Item 7

10 April - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Perform "Salute ToMichigan" Concert In East Lansing


1991 April 16-30

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16 April - Polish Conductor Jerzy Semkow To Lead DSO In FirstOf Two Weeks Of Concerts


16 April - Xerox Pianist Jose Ramos-Santana To Perform WithDSO


22 April - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Announces Dancers ForFinal Week Of 1991 Meadow Brook Festival


26 April - Canadian Brass To Perform Special Concert AtOrchestra Hall With Brazeal Dennard Chorale


29 April - DSO Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Lead OrchestraIn Final Subscription Concerts Of 1990-91 Season With GuitaristChristopher Parkening


1991 May 1-15

May 1991 Calendar box 4 folder 19 Item 1

01 May - Jessye Norman Performs On Final 1990-91 DSOH "InRecital Series" Concert


07 May - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Announces NewPartnership To Produce Concert Program Books


08 May - Final 1990-91 Destroit Symphony Civic OrchestraConcert Features More Concerto Competition Winners


10 May - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall AnnouncesContinuation Of Fellowship Program For African-AmericanOrchestral Musicians


1991 May 16-30

20 May - Detroit Symphony To Travel North For Annual UpperPeninsula Tour


20 May - Neeme Jarvi To Open DSO Chrysler Concert Series AtMeadow Brook Music Festival


1991 June 1-15

June 1991 Calendar box 4 folder 21 Item 1

06 June - DSO To Perform Original Film Score To Silent FilmClassic "Robin Hood" As Part Of The Fox Film Series


10 June - Neeme Jarvi Leads DSO In Second Week Of ConcertsAt Meadow Brook Music Festival


1991 June 16-31

20 June - James DePreist Leads DSO In All-Bernstein Tributes AtMeadow Brook Music Festival


24 June - Robert Patrick, Assistant Principal Flute 1933-1991 box 4 folder 22 Item 2

27 June - Mitch Miller And DSO To Present July 4 Celebration AtMeadow Brook Music Festival


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28 June - Acclaimed Soviet Conductor Yuri TemirkaNovemberTo Lead DSO In All-Russian Programs


1991 July 1-15

July 1991 Calendar box 5 folder 1 Item 1

15 July - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Perform Free ConcertAt Kensington Metropark For "The Detroit News/AT&T 1991Metroparks Concert"


1991 July 16-31

18 July - Conductor Jahja Ling To Lead DSO In Meadow BrookConcerts


18 July - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Awarded $75,000Grant From The Skillman Foundation


26 July - DSO Associate Conductor Leslie B. Dunner To MakeMeadow Brook Conducting Debut Leading DSO In ConcertWith Principal Dancers From San Francisco And New York CityBallets


31 July - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra To Hold AuditionsFor 1991-92 Season


31 July - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall To Hold UnisysAfrican-American Composers Forum In February 1992


1991 August 1-15

August 1991 Calendar box 5 folder 3 Item 1

05 August - DSOH Recruiting Docents For 1991-92 Season box 5 folder 3 Item 2

07 August - Symphony Showplace '91 Fundraiser Slated For RiverPlace Apartments October 5-20


1991 August 16-31

25 August - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Announces Pre-ConcertLectures And Pre-Concert Conversations Series


25 August - Hudson-Webber Foundation Awards DSOH $45,000Grant To Improve Orchestra Hall Neighborhood


30 August - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall To Offer TicketsTo Concerts And Open Rehearsals To Area High School MusicStudents


30 August - DSOH Symphony Week Celebrations; September 10to 14


30 August - Marchty's Cookies To Donate One Day's Proceeds ToDSOH


30 August - Single Tickets To DSOH Concerts To Go On SaleSeptember 5


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30 August - Symphony Week; Free DSO Lunchtime And Rush-Hour Concerts At Orchestra Hall


30 August - Violin Virtuosa Itzhak Perlman To Join Neeme JarviAnd DSO For Season Opening Gala Concert


1991 September 1-15

September 1991 Calendar box 5 folder 5 Item 1

09 September - Former DSO Director Sixten Ehrling Returns ToLead Orchestra On 30th Anniversary Of DSO Debut


09 September - Ray Charles To Open DSOH Michigan Bell JustJazz Series


09 September - Soprano Leontyne Price To Open DSOH InRecital Series



17 September - German Conductor Hermann Michael To LeadDSO In Works By Haydn, Beethoven, And Schumann


20 September - Detroit Symphony Orchestra And Neeme Jarvi ToPerform At Carnegie Hall In New York


26 September - DSO Associate Conductor Leslie B. Dunner LeadsThe Orchestra In Subscription Concerts With Guest ClarinetistRichard Stoltzman


26 September - Duo Pianists Katia And Marchielle LabequeFeatured In Subscription Concerts With Former Music DirectorGunther Herbig


26 September - "Overtures" Event Planned For Saturday, October13


1991 October 1-15

October 1991 Calendar box 5 folder 7 Item 1

04 October - Thirteenth Annual Detroit Symphony OrchestraHudson's Metro Tour To Take Place November 12-17


04 October - Northwest Airlines To Sponsor Detroit SymphonyOrchestra November 4 Carnegie Hall Concert


11 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Announces NewAdditions To Orchestra


11 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Announces StaffAppointments


11 October - DSO 1991-92 Pops Season To Open With All-Gershwin Celebration Led By Award-Winning Pops ConductorErich Kunzel


11 October - DSOH Detroit News Young People's Concert SeriesOpens With Landis & Company Performing "Music, Magic, AndMischief"


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1991 November 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events November1991


01 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall To ExpandAnnual Unisys African-American Composers Forum


01 November - DSOH 1991-92 Pops Series Continues WithShowing Of Charlie Chaplin's Masterpiece "City Lights"


11 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Present First FreeConcerts In 1991-92 Educational Concert Series


12 November - Mozart Bicentennial Celebration; RaymondLeppard To Lead DSO In All-Mozart Program


12 November - Mozart Bicentennial Celebration; Spanish PianistAlicia De Larrocha To Open Tribute To Mozart With PerformanceOn DSOH "In Recital Series"


15 November - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra Opens 1991-92Season With Music By Dukas, Ginastera, Hanson, And Beethoven


1991 October 16-31

17 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1991 ChristmasFestival; Tickets Go On Sale Saturday, October 19


17 October - DSOH 1991 "Michigan Artists Recital Series" ToOpen With Concert By Violinist Jorja Fleezanis


24 October - Acclaimed Portuguese Pianist Marchia Joao PiresFeatured Soloist On DSO Subscription Concerts With MusicDirector Neeme Jarvi


24 October - DSO Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Lead OrchestraIn First Of Two Weeks Of Subscription Concerts


1991 November 16-30

18 November - Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series To Feature "ATribute To The Benny Goodman Sextet"


22 November - Mozart Bicentennial Celebration; Violinist Cho-Liang Lin To Perform Violin Concerto No. 4 With DSO Led ByNeeme Jarvi


25 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Christmas Festival;Nicholas McGegan To Lead DSO In "A Baroque Christmas"


25 November - Detroit Symphony Nutcracker Ballet Comes ToThe Fox Theatre


26 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall ChristmasFestival; Mitch Miller To Lead DSO In "Holiday ChoralCelebration"


26 November - Jazz Headliners Dizzy Gillespie And CabCalloway Return To Help Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of ParadiseTheatre


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1991 December 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events December1991


01 December - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Christmas Festival;Hudson Vagabond Puppets To Open Christmas Festival WithProkofiev's Peter And The Wolf


03 December - Detroit Symphony Orchestra And Mitch Miller ToPresent Bill Of Riches Bicentennial Celebration Concert


1991 December 16-31

16 December - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Christmas Festival;DSO Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSO In Special NewYear's Eve Concert, "Night In Old Vienna"


19 December - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall AcceptingApplications For 1992-93 Orchestra Fellowship Program


23 December - Renowed Soviet Pianist Tatiana Nikolaeva ToMake United States Debut With Neeme Jarvi And The DetroitSymphony Orchestra


29 December - Violinist Oscar Shumsky To Make Detroit DebutWith DSO And Neeme Jarvi


30 December - Aetna Provides $10,000 Grant To DetroitSymphony Orchestra


1992 January 1-15

January 1992 Calendar box 5 folder 13 Item 1

02 January - Catherine Comet To Lead Detroit SymphonyOrchestra


02 January - Detroit Symphony Orchestra And Neeme JarviAnnounce Repertoire For Fourth Recording On Chandos Records


09 January - Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSO In AllProkofiev Program


14 January - Music Director Neeme Jarvi And DSO To GiveWorld Premiere Of Leslie Bassett's Concerto For Orchestra


15 January - David Alan Miller Brings Beethoven To LifeAt DSOH Detroit News Young People's Concert Series With"Beethoven: Back To The Future"


15 January - Diahann Caroll To Perform On DSO Pops Series box 5 folder 13 Item 7

1992 January 16-31

20 January - British Conductor Christopher Seaman To MakeDSO Debut


22 January - Jazz Piano Greats Billy Taylor And Ramsey LewisTeam Up To Perform On DSOH Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series


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23 January - Yo-Yo Ma And Bobby McFerrin To Open DetroitSymphony Orchestra Hall 1992-93 Season


27 January - Composer/Performer/Arranger Henry Mancini ToLead DSO Pops Concerts


27 January - Ivo Pogorelich To Give Solo Piano Recital OnDSOH In Recital Series


1992 February 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events February1992


05 February - Unisys African-American Composers Forum ToTake Place February 17-22


06 February - DSO Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Lead BerlinPhilharmonic And L'Orchestre De Paris In February 1992


06 February - Unisys Corporation Donates Computer Time ToDSOH African-American Composers Forum To Create OrchestralParts


1992 February 16-29

18 February - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra 1991-92Season Continues With Concert By Winners Of DSCO ConcertoCompetition


18 February - DSO Associate Conductor Leslie B. Dunner ToLead Orchestra In Educational Concert Series Program Entitled"Themes And Variations"


18 February - Winner Of DSOH 1992 Unisys African-AmericanComposers Forum Announced


19 February - DSO Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Be HonoredBy Chandos Records At Special Event In England For His 100thRelease On Chandos Records


21 February - Dutch Conductor Hans Vonk To Lead DetroitSymphony Orchestra


21 February - Guest Conductor Raymond Harvey And CellistLynn Harrell Team Up To Perform With Detroit SymphonyOrchestra


1992 March 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; March1992


05 March - Guest Conductor Jerzy Semkow To Lead DSO In FirstOf Two Weeks Of Subscription Concerts


05 March - Pianist Richard Goode To Make DSO Debut WithJerzy Semkow


06 March - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Adds Two NewMembers


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06 March - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall To Create InterimOffice Of The Chairman


1992 March 16-31

17 March - Broadway Comes To Detroit With Erich Kunzel And"The Broadway Hits Of Lerner & Loewe"


17 March - Saxophonist Branford Marchsalis To Perform OnDSOH Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series


24 March - Eric Nagler To Entertain Young Audiences On FinalDSOH 1991-92 Detroit News Young People's Concerts


26 March - Young Musicians Invited To Bring Instruments FromHome For Detroit News Young People's Concerts With EricNagler


1992 April 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; April 1992 box 5 folder 19 Item 1

03 April - Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Lead DetroitSymphony Orchestra With Pianist Bella Davidovich


09 April - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall And Music DirectorNeeme Jarvi Announce One Year Extension Of RecordingContract With Chandos Records


09 April - Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSO In Program Of Works ByBeethoven, Chadwick, And Piston


1992 April 16-30

17 April - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Announces WinnersOf 1992-93 Orchestra Fellowship Program


17 April - Tito Puente: The Mambo King To Perform On DSOHJazz Series


17 April - Virtuoso Violin/Piano Duo Kyung Wha Chung AndStephen Kovacevich To Perform On DSOH In Recital Series


20 April - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra Season ConcludesWith Performances By Concerto Competition Winners


20 April - "Overtures" Event Planned For Friday, May 1 box 5 folder 20 Item 5

24 April - Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSO In Works By Rossini,Respighi, And Orff


1992 May 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; May 1992 box 5 folder 21 Item 1

04 May - Georgian Conductor Januarysug Kakhidze To MakeDSO Debut


1992 May 16-30 box 5 folder 22

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Scope and Contents

26 May - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Receives$30,000 Operating Fund Challenge Grant From CommunityFoundation For Southeastern Michigan

1992 June 1-15, 1992

Scope and Contents

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; June1992

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1992 June 16-31, 1992

18 June - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Announces Winner ofWDIV-TV 4 Joffrey Ballet Fantasy Package


18 June - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Meadow Brook Season ToOpen July 2 And 4 With Mitch Miller And Fireworks


19 June - Every Prince Look-Alike Contestant A Winner box 5 folder 24 Item 3

19 June - Joffrey Ballet To Offer Master Class In Conjuction WithDetroit Visit


23 June - Editor's Advisory -- Photographer And TV Crew ALert;Joffrey Ballet And DSO At Fox Theatre


23 June - Editor's Advisory -- Photgrapher And TV Crew Alert;"Prince For A Day" Look-Alike Contest


1992 July 1-15, 1992

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; July 1992 box 5 folder 25 Item 1

01 July - WDIV-TV And Detroit Symphony Orchestra To PresentFamily Holiday Classics Benefit Concert For Children's HospitalOf Michigan


07 July - Neeme Jarvi And The DSO Pay Musical Tribute To TheMovie "Fantasia" With Special Guest Narrator Dave Wagner OfWQRS-FM


09 July - Marchvin Hamlisch To Appear With The DetroitSymphony Orchestra At The Orchestra's Chrysler Concert SeriesAt Meadow Brook Music Festival


10 July - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Thrill Audiences WithSpectacular Laser Light Show At AT&T Summer Music FestivalAt Meadow Brook


14 July - DSO Summer Season At Meadow Brook To ConcludeWith All-Tchaikovsky Dance Program Featuring Stars Of NewYork City And San Francisco Ballets


14 July - Erich Kunzel To Bring Broadway To Meadow BrookWith Program Of "Modern Broadway Hits"


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14 July - Moonlight Serenade With Pops Conductor RichardHayman And DSO At AT&T Summer Music Festival At MeadowBrook


1992 July 16-31

29 July - Alfred R. Glancy III Elected As New Board Chairman AtAnnual Meeting


29 July - Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Renew Contract WithDetroit Symphony Orchestra


31 July - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall To Hold FourthUnisys African-American Composers Forum And Symposium InApril 1993


1992 August 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; August1992


12 August - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Receives GrantsFrom Skillman Foundation


12 August - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Receives VanDusen Endowment Challenge Grant Approval


15 August - 1993-94 Subscription Season To Open With NeemeJarvi's 100th Performance With The DSO In A Program OfConcerto's


15 August - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra To Hold AuditionsFor 1992-93 Season


15 August - Music Director Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSO In His100th Performance With The Orchestra


15 August - Yo-Yo And Bobby McFerrin Team Up To OpenDetroit Symphony Orchestra Hall 1992-93 Season


1992 August 16-31

Scope and Contents

26 August - "Overtures" Event Planned For Friday, September18

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1992 September 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; September1992


02 September - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall AnnouncesProgram Changes For 1992-93 Season


03 September - Single Tickets To 1992-93 DSOH Concerts To GoOn Sale September 8


08 September - Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSO With Pianist GarrickOhlsson


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10 September - Contrabassoonist Marchcus Schoon Joins DetroitSymphony Orchestra



16 September - DSO Music Director Neeme Jarvi To LeadOrchestra In Program Of Works By Tchaikovsky, Glinka, AndDawson


16 September - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra To Play OrchestraHall On Midwest Tour


20 September - Smothers Brothers To Open DSOH 1992-93 PopsSeason


22 September - Blues Legend B.B. King To Perform At OrchestraHall On Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series


22 September - Violin Virtuoso Anne-Sophie Mutter To OpenDSOH In Recital Series


29 September - Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSO In Live RadioBroadcast To Over 25 Million People In 35 Countries In WesternAnd Eastern Europe


1992 October 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; October1992


09 October - British Conductor Sian Edwards And Cellist StevenIsserlis To Make DSO Debut


10 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Perform AtCrestwood High School As Part Of Fourteenth Annual Hudson'sMetro Tour


10 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Perform At EcorseHigh School As Part Of Fourteenth Annual Hudson's Metro Tour


10 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Perform At LakeShore High School As Part Of Fourteenth Annual Hudson's MetroTour


10 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra To Perform At TroyAthens High School As Part Of Fourteenth Annual Hudson'sMetro Tour


10 October - Fourteenth Annual Detroit Symphony OrchestraHudson's Metro Tour ToTake Place November 12-15


14 October - Conductor Yakov Kreizberg To Make DSO Debut box 6 folder 5 Item 8

14 October - Flute Virtuoso James Galway Returns To Detroit ToPerform Works By Faure And Ibert


1992 November 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; November1992


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02 November - Erich Kunzel To Lead DSO Pops Concerts InTribute To Oscar Hammerstein


02 November - Garfield To Grace Orchestra Hall Stage With HisPresence For DSO Detroit News Young People's Concerts


04 November - Joe Williams Joins The Legendary Count BasieOrchestra To Perform On DSOH Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series


06 November - James DePriest Leads The DSO With ViolinistLeila Josefowicz


09 November - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra Opens 1992-93Season With Works By Michael Abels, Mozart, And Rimsky-Korsakov


09 November - Pianist Helene Grimaud To Make DSO DebutPerforming Strauss ' Burleske


13 November - Japanese-Born Pianist Mitsuko Uchida To PerformOn DSOH "In Recital Series"


1992 October 16-31

19 October - Pianist James Tocco To Perform Corigliano's PianoConcerto With DSO And Associate Conductor Leslie B. Dunner


22 October - DSO Celebrates 100th Anniversary Of Tchaikovsky'sNutcracker Ballet With 25 Performances At The Fox Theatre


29 October - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall To Offer ConcertsAnd Open Rehearsals To Area High School Music Students ForAttendance


29 October - DSO Associate Conductor Leslie B. Dunner ToIntroduce Young People To "Instruments Of The Orchestra" InEducational Concert Series Concerts


1992 November 16-30

16 November - DSO Music Director Neeme Jarvi To LeadOrchestra With Soprano Heidi Grant Murphy


20 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Christmas Festival;DSOH 100th Anniversary Nutcracker Performances Open At FoxTheatre December 10


23 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Christmas Festival;DSO To Present Handel's Messiah With Conductor James Paul


25 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Christmas Festival;Dallas Brass To Perform Holiday And Baroque Favorites On DSOPops Series


25 November - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Christmas Festival;The Magic Of Puppetry Comes To Life At Orchestra Hall WithThe Hudson Vagabond Puppets On DSOH Detroit News YoungPeoples Concerts Series


1992 December 1-15

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Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; December1992


02 December - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Christmas Festival;Vienna Comes To Detroit With DSO's "Night In Old Vienna"New Year's Eve Celebration


1992 December 16-31

22 December - World-Renowned Violinist Pinchas Zukerman ToPerform With Neeme Jarvi And The Detroit Symphony Orchestra


28 December - DSO Music Director Neeme Jarvi To LeadOrchestra In All-Orchestral Program Featuring Works BySmeltana, Fibich And Mussorgsky


1993 January 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; January1993


06 January - Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSO With Pianist AlexanderToradze


07 January - DSOH Executive Director Marchk Volpe To SpeakAt Wayne State University Annual Memorial Tribute To Dr.Marchtin Luther King, Jr.


11 January - Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall AnnouncesSelection Of First Round Of Unisys African-American ComposersForum Finalists


11 January - Unisys African-American Composers Forum ToTake Place April 29- May 1


14 January - DSOH Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series To Host JazzPiano Virtuosos Marchian McPartland And McCoy Tyner


1993 January 16-31

22 January - Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSO In Subscription Concerts box 6 folder 12 Item 1

26 January - Neeme Jarvi To Lead DSO In Works By Berlioz AndStrauss


1993 February 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; February1993


01 February - Spanish Guitar Virtuoso Angel Romero To PerformOn DSOH Pops Series With Conductor Erich Kunzel In ProgramEntitled "Fiesta! South Of The Border"


04 February - Magic Circle Mime Company To Perform OnDSOH Detroit News Young People's Concert Series


06 February - DSO Associate Conductor Leslie B. Dunner ToLead Orchestra In Educational Concert Series Concerts


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08 February - Jerzy Semkow To Lead DSO In SubscriptionConcerts


08 February - Renowned Guitar Virtuoso Christopher ParkeningTo Appear On DSOH "In Recital Series"


11 February - Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra To PresentConcert By Winners Of Annual DSCO Concerto Competition


11 February - DSO Associate Conductor Leslie B. Dunner ToPresent Annual Classical Roots Concert


1993 February 16-29

19 February - DSOH Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series To PresentBlues Legend B.B. King At Orchestra Hall On March 7


25 February - Conductor Hermann Michael To Lead DSOSubscription Concerts With Pianist Jon Kimura Parker


1993 March 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; March1993


03 March - Vocal Superstar Maureen McGovern Lights Up DSOPops With Award-Winning Conductor Erich Kunzel


11 March - Gold Medal Winner At The Prestigious Tchaikovsky,Sibelius & Paganini Violin Competitions Appears With DSO


1993 March 16-31

17 March - All-Star Band "The Leaders" Heats Up Orchestra HallDSOH; Michigan Bell Just Jazz Series Swings On


17 March - DSOH Music Director Neeme Jarvi Announces1993-94 Concerts; "The Big Season"


17 March - Keith Jarrett & DSO Play Mozart; DSO & PatriciaMcCarty Play Jarrett


24 March - Academy Award-Winning Composer Jerry GoldsmithLeads Pops Music From Great Goldsmith Hollywood Scores


24 March - Folksy Chenille Sisters Make Their SymphonicDebut ; Next On Detroit New Young People's Concerts


24 March - Great Jazz Vocalist Diane Schuur To Appear OnMichigan Bell Just Jazz Series


1993 April 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; April 1993 box 6 folder 17 Item 1

01 April - A Prince Of Rock & A King Of Classics; The JoffreyBallet Returns To The Fox Theatre


07 April - World Premiere Of George Walker's Sinfonietta No. 2 box 6 folder 17 Item 3

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14 April - DSO And Leslie B. Dunner Return To NAACP AnnualEvent


14 April - Dynamic Virtuoso Emanuel Ax Joins Neeme Jarvi &DSO


14 April - Two-Time Grammy Winner Diane Schuur Performs box 6 folder 17 Item 6

1993 April 16-30

17 April - Joffrey Ballet Returns To Fox Theatre June 24-27 box 6 folder 18 Item 1

21 April - Civic Season Finale Features Winners box 6 folder 18 Item 2

21 April - DSOH Unisys African-American Composers Forum/Symposium April 29- May 1


21 April - Virtuoso ElMarch Oliveira Joins Jarvi & DSO box 6 folder 18 Item 4

28 April - Legendary Pianist Andre Watts Appears In Recital box 6 folder 18 Item 5

28 April - Verdi's Grand "Requiem" In Season Finale box 6 folder 18 Item 6

29 April - 1993 Unisys African-American Composers ForumWinner


1993 May 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; May 1993 box 6 folder 19 Item 1

03 May - Family Fourth Weekend At Greenfield Village July 3 &4


05 May -"Mr. Piano" Appears For Pops Series Finale box 6 folder 19 Item 3

05 May - Weatherman Sonny Eliot Joins DSO Concerts box 6 folder 19 Item 4

10 May - Sunny Days Bring Tchaikovsky Festival Downtown July9-18


13 May - Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1993 Summer SeasonCalendar


1993 May 16-30

Scope and Contents

24 May - DSO Musicians Ratify New Four-Year Contract

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1993 June

17 June - Target Stores Joins Young People's Series box 6 folder 21 Item 1

22 June - Thursday "Billboards" Patrons Party Down box 6 folder 21 Item 2

1993 July 1-15

01 July - Detroit Favorite Jerzy Semkow Opens Tchaikovsky Fest box 6 folder 22 Item 1

09 July - Neeme Jarvi Returns For DSO Tchaikovsky Fest Finale box 6 folder 22 Item 2

1993 July 16-31

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16 July - The Detroit News/MCI Metroparks Free Concerts box 6 folder 23 Item 1

30 July - Food, Fun, & Great Music At Tchaikovsky Festival July9-18


1993 September 1-15

Detroit Symphony Orchestra Hall Calendar Of Events; September/October 1993


02 September - DSOH Announces 1993-94 Program Changes box 6 folder 24 Item 2

02 September - Jill Woodward Appointed DSOH Director OfPublic Relations


08 September - Neeme Jarvi Opens DSO Season With "Ode ToJoy"


14 September - Two Stunning Sisters -- The Labeques box 6 folder 24 Item 5


Scope and Contents

22 September - Pushing The Parameters Of Conventionality --Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

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1993 October 1-15

01 October - Pianist Alan Kogosowski Performs RachmaninoffWorld Premiere With DSO


04 October - On The Record... A New DSO CD AvailableExclusively Through Volunteer Council


11 October - DSOH Premiers New Contemporary Jazz Series;Yellowjackets & Bela Fleck Kick Off "Jazz Too"


11 October - The Great Itzhak -- Additional Seats Now Available box 7 folder 1 Item 4

1993 October 16-31

18 October - Ameritech Just Jazz Series Presents... "Just Friends"-- George Shearing & Joe Williams


18 October - DSO Makes Scary Sounds And "Halloween Magic"With Landis & Company


18 October - Paavo Berglund Conducts Weekend Concert Series box 7 folder 2 Item 3

27 October - A Prize-Winning Pianist -- Alicia De Larrocha box 7 folder 2 Item 4

27 October - The Spotlight Focuses On DSO Artist With GuestConductor Hans Vonk


28 October - Chick Corea -- Hot Jazz Piano! From The "Jazz Too"Contemporary Series


1993 November 1-15

10 November - 93-94 DSO Educational Concert SeriesIncorporates Student Narrators, Vocalists, And Artwork


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10 November - The Kingston Trio -- Plus DSO Makes For Four-Part Harmony!


15 November - DSO Broadcasts Top Record 500 Stations OnRadio; DSO Most Widely Heard Symphony In America


1993 November 16-30

17 November - Detroit Pianist Ruth Laredo A Highlight On TheInternational Concert Circuit


17 November - DSO Christmas Festival; Over 100,000 PeopleProjected To Attend


23 November - Nancy Wilson Stars In The Ameritech Just JazzSeries


1993 December

13 December - DSO African-American Fellowship ProgramApplications Now Accepted For 1994-95 Season


28 December - Con Spirito! DSO Tempo In New Year Is "WithSpirit"


28 December - U.S. Premier Of Tchaikovsky's "The SnowMaiden"


28 December - Young Virtuoso Violinist Joins DSO box 7 folder 5 Item 4

1994 January 1-15

01 January - DSO Debuts box 7 folder 6 Item 1

01 January - More Reasons Than Ever To Subscribe box 7 folder 6 Item 2

1994 January 16-31

17 January - DSOH Names New General Manager box 7 folder 7 Item 1

17 January - DSO To Perform At Hollywood Bowl; Encore! IsBest-Selling Classical Title In 1993


17 January - Grammy-Nominated Pianist Mitsuko Uchido AndDSO Timpanist To Perform Concerto


17 January - Mel Torme Sings Movie Classics box 7 folder 7 Item 4

17 January - Young People's Concert Series Presents "BeethovenLIves Upstairs"


24 January - The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Celebrates BlackHistory Month -- "Motown" Is Making Classical Music


24 January - Highlight Cello Performance Of The 1993-94 Season box 7 folder 7 Item 7

1994 February 1-15

09 February - Ameritech "Just Jazz" Presents A Tradition: LincolnCenter Jazz Orchestra - February. 16; "Jazz Too" Contemporary:Fiery Latin Jazz Rhythm -- February 24


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09 February - A Favorite Guest Conductor Returns To Lead DSO-- Polish Maestro Jerzy Semkow


09 February - Premier Violinist To Perform With DSO And GuestConductor Hermann Michael


1994 February 16-29

17 February - Broadway Live! At Orchestra Hall box 7 folder 9 Item 1

17 February - Rampal And His Golden Flute box 7 folder 9 Item 2

18 February - The Detroit Symphony Presents Classical Roots box 7 folder 9 Item 3

1994 March 1-15

08 March - Young Norwegian Pianist Comes To Detroit box 7 folder 10 Item 1

09 March - Big-Band Jazz At Orchestra Hall box 7 folder 10 Item 2

09 March - Orchestra Hall Celebrates Its 75th Anniversary; TheNew DSO Season Makes History!


09 March - Three Great American Composers; One GreatAmerican Orchestra


1994 March 16-31

22 March - DSO Announces Finalists In Composer's Competition-- African-American Composer's Forum & Symposium April 7-9


31 March - Great Opera, Just The Choruses box 7 folder 11 Item 2

1994 June

02 June - Placido Domingo And The DSO Tix Now Available AtThe Masonic Temple


07 June - Superstar Tenor Placido Domingo With The DetroitSymphony Orchestra At The Masonic Temple


21 June - An American Holiday With The Detroit SymphonyOrchestra And Greenfield Village


1994 July

Scope and Contents

28 July - A Hollywood Preview - In Detroit; DSO SummerFestival August. 18-20

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1994 August

Scope and Contents

25 August - Chrysler Gives Additional $100,000 To The DSOTo Sponsor Hollywood Bowl

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1994 November box 7 folder 15

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Scope and Contents

02 November - Overtures Hosts Sunday Brunch At Stewart'sRestaurant; DSO Concert Features Aarvo Part

1995 January

Scope and Contents

23 January - Overtures Hosts Dessert Reception At TheWhitney; DSO Concert Features Piano Virtuoso MurrayPerahia

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1995 February

Scope and Contents

14 February - Overtures Experiences Italian Dining AtMarchio's! -- And The DSO's All-Tchaikovsky Concert

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1995 April

11 April - The DSO Returns To Meadow Brook This Summer ForA Week-In-Residency Presented By Ameritech


20 April - Overtures Celebrates Spring At The Detroit ArtistMarchket! -- And The DSO's Live European Radio Broadcast


1995 May

Scope and Contents

09 May - Overtures And Founders Junior Council Join ForcesFor An Afternoon Of Cuisine And Culture

box 7 folder 19

1995 June

13 June - DSO To Perform In Two Hudson's Metroparks Concerts box 7 folder 20 Item 1

20 June - Go For Baroque! festival box 7 folder 20 Item 2

1995-07-01T00:00:00+00:00, 1995 July

Scope and Contents

05 July - DSO Returns To Meadow Brook For An AmeritechWeek-In-Residency

box 7 folder 21

1995 August

August 22 - Opening Night Concert with Emanuel Ax box 8 folder 1 Item 1

August 22 - Civic Orchestra Auditions box 8 folder 1 Item 2

1995 September


September 6 - Elissa Lee Kokonen box 8 folder 2 Item 2

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September 6 - Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and WintonMarchsalis - UNISIS Resident Composer Anthony Davis Talkswith Marchsalis about Jazz


September 6 - WQRS Talk Show box 8 folder 2 Item 4

September 21 - CD 18 with Jarvi: American Composers CharlesIves and Paul Creston


September 21 - Boisvert and Jarvi - Music of a Scottish Flavor box 8 folder 2 Item 6

September 21 - Alexander Nevski - Film showing plus Prokofiev'sscore


1995 October

October Calendar box 8 folder 3 Item 1

Flutist James Galway to Perform Work of Michigan's PremierComposer (William Bolcom)


GM Marchk of Excellence Radio Broadcast Program Listing box 8 folder 3 Item 3

October 5 - DSO and Bob Brown Puppets perform "Peter Pan" box 8 folder 3 Item 4

October 18 - Making Her Marchk on the International MusicScene: Violinist Kyoko Takezawa; Lan Shui named DSOAssociate Conductor


October 18 - Two Perfect Fifths -- Germany's MarchekJanuaryowski Conducts Schubert and Mahlre 5's


October 18 - Jazz Master Dave Brubeck: Unstoppable box 8 folder 3 Item 7

October 18 - Overtures and the DSO "Go Asian" - OverturesBegins its Eighth Season of Cuisine and Concertgoing


October 31 - DSO to Take Kids on a "Symphonic Space Oddysey"and DSO's Youth Orchestra Opens its 1995-96 Season


October 31 - An All-Concerto Evening at the DSO box 8 folder 3 Item 10

1995 November


November 1 - DSO to Perform World Premiere of Work byUnysis African-American Composer {Jonathan Holland'];Violinist Maxim Vengerov in DSO Debut


November 8 - DSO Gives the Gift of Music, and Memories thatLast: DSO Rings in an Expanded Christmas Festival


November 30 - King of Pops hops with the DSO in a "Big BandSpectacular" (Erich Kunzel)


1995 December

December Calendar box 8 folder 5 Item 1

December 5 - Bela Fleck and the Flecktones: New Recipies, Oldingredients


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December 5 - DSO Urges Community to Have a Heart: DSO andAmerican Red Cross Sponsor a Holiday Blood Drive


December 5 - Ovetures Swings With the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra box 8 folder 5 Item 4

Deember 19 - A "Midsummer Night" in Midwinter! box 8 folder 5 Item 5

December 19 - Jazz Legend: Joe Henderson - A Midwife in theBirth of Jazz


December 19 - Start the New Year with Great Music: Jarvi and theDSO; Principal Violist Alexander "Sasha" Mishnaevski


1996 January


January 3 - The Detroit Symphony Orchestra Sojourns in the BigApple:Estonian Composer Tormis is on the program


January 3 - Back from their Carnegie "Gig" - the DSO, Jarvi, andSpecial Guest Garrick Ohlsson


January 3 - Diva in Detroit: Kathleen Battle to Joine Neeme Jarviand the DSO


January 18 - James Taylor and the DSO box 8 folder 6 Item 5

January 19 - Taking a New Look at an Old Tradition: PopsConductor Erick Kunzel Brings "Modern Broadway Hits" to DSOAudiences


January 18 - Overtures Gathers for a "Musical Chat" and "Behind-the-Scenes Loook" at Detroit's Classical Music Station, WQRS-FM 105.1


January 25 - The Rich Orchestration of Schmidt and Strauss: A19th CD from Jarvi and the DetroitSymphony


DSO's "ClassicalRoots" to Present U.S. Premiere of "Memoirs" byLeslie B. Dunner; Pianist Awadagin Pratt and the Brazeal DennardChorale - January 25, 1996


I'll Second That! - Internationally Renowned Conductor JerzySemkow and the DSO Collaborate on the Second Symphonies ofBeethoven and Rachmaninoff - January 26, 1996


DSO's Educational Concert Series Presents "What's My Line?"The Musical Version - January 26, 1996


DSO Launches New "Tiny Tots" Series - undated box 8 folder 6 Item 12

Tiny Tots Concerts - undated box 8 folder 6 Item 13

GM Marchk of Excellence Radio Broadcast Program Listing -Winter Quarter 1996


1996 February


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Mucho Mozart! The DSO Performs Music That Will "Ring a Bell"An All-Mozart program featuring violinist Joshua Bell and violistCatherine Basrak - February 12, 1996


Neeme Jarvi and the DSO "Tchoose Tchaikovsky" with two guestpianists: Grigory Sokolov and Anton Nel - February 12, 1996


Hearing Impaired Since Age 12, Percussionist Solos with DSO;Evelyn Glennie: An Extraordinary Talent - February 22, 1996


Overtures Orders up Traditional German Cuisine and a Concert byExtraordinary Percussionist Evelyn Glennie - February 22, 1996


Classical Guitar Virtuoso Christopher Parkening and the DSO: AConcert Featuring Spanish Repertoire - February 22, 1996


A DSOH Educational Concert Series Presentation: The DetroitSymphony Orcheshtra Joins the Detroit Symphony CivicOrchestra for a "Side By Side" Concert - February 22, 1996


Meet the Maestro on March 9! The DSO adds two new discs tostores shelves worldwide - February 28, 1996


Meet the Maestro on March 9! Location Correction - February 28,1996


1996 March


The "Great Dane" Greets Detroit: Victor Borge Brings HisMusical "Borgeisms" to Detroit Audience - March 11, 1996


Betty Carter and Jimmy Smith: Two True to Jazz - March 11,1996


Fredheads at Orchestra Hall!? Fred Penner Plays for Pint-SizedDSO Patrons - March 12, 1996


And The Winner Is ... Detroit Symphony Civic OrchestraAnnounces Winner of its Annual Concerto Competition - March12, 1996

Scope and Contents

Winner: Januarynina Barefield


AT and T Sponsors Young Artists in Performances With the DSO- March 18, 1996


The Letterman and the DSO Take a Musical Journey DownMemory Lane - March 25, 1996


The DSO with a Distinctly Dynamic Duo: Bobby McFerrin andArturo Sandoval - March 25, 1996


The DSO Treats Tiny Tots to "Tubby the Tuba" - March 25, 1996 box 8 folder 8 Item 9

It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Super Orchestra Man! (David AlanMiller) - March 25, 1996


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1996 April


Conductor William Eddins and Pianist Ralf Gothoni Perform withthe DSO at Orchestra Hall and the Prestigious Gilmore Festival inKalamazoo, MI - April 5, 1996


Hot Young Violinist Makes Deproit Debut: Sarah Chang - April 5,1996


Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra Concert: A Spring Fling! -April 11, 1996


Overtures Indulges in a Feast for the Senses in an Afternoon at theDIA and the DSO - April 5, 1996


Wynton Marchsalis in a Special Jazz Concert at Orchestra Hall -April 22. 1996


The Awe Inspiring Musicianship of Yo-Yo Ma - April 22, 1996 box 8 folder 9 Item 7

A Piano Summit Showcasing Three Generations of Jazz Pianists;Marchcus Roberts and Dorothy Donegan Meet with Michiganstudents - April 22, 1996


Neeme Jarvi Presents Music from Estonia, with special balalaikasoloist - April 22, 1996


Detroit Symphony's Newest Recording Revels in Americana(Composers Randall Thompson and George Whitefield Chadwick)- April 22, 1996


1996 May

May Calendar box 8 folder 10 Item 1

Music Under a Michigan Sky: The DSO Announces its SummerSeason -- and a Return to Meadow Brook Music Festival - May 2,1996

Scope and Contents

Concert venues include: Matrix:Midland Festival, DetroitMetroParks, Hdnry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village,Interlochen Center for the Performing Arts, Iron MountainFestival for the Arts, Bravo! Colorado Vail Valley MusicFestival, and Meadow Brook Music Festival.


Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony: A Heroic Challenge - May 7,1996


Pianist Yefim Bronfman's Fingers Dance on the Keys: FinalClassical Weekend of the 1994-96 Season - May 7, 1996


An Arthur Fiedler Celebration! DSO's Own Ramon Parcells is theFeatured Soloist - May 24, 1996


Vivaldi's Ring of Mystery - A Classical Music Suspense Dramafor Young People - May 24, 1996


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The DSO and Tiny Audience Members learn about ..."The BusyB's" with a special treasure hunt for things in an orchestra thatbegin with the letter "B" - May 24, 1996


The DSO goes "A Little Bit Country" with Trisha Yearwood! -May 24, 1996


Detroit Symphony Orchestra Auditions for Musician FellowshipPositions


1996 June

Summer Schedule Calendar - Jun, Jul, August 1996 box 8 folder 11 Item 1

Wynton Marchsalis Jazzes Up Summer at Orchestra Hall! -Wynton's Band Boasts Today's Finest Young Jazz Talents - June11, 1996


DSO To Perform Two Hudson's Metroparks Concerts - Admissionis Free - June 11, 1996


DSO Makes Magical Music on the "Fourth" - Plus a MagnificentFireworks Display! - June 11, 1996


The DSO Returns to Meadow Brook, Reviving One of Michigan'sFinest Summer Traditions - July 16, 1996


Public Service Announcement (30 seconds) - DSO "Goes North"for concerts - undated


The DSO Returns to the Valleys of Vail, CO - June 21, 1996 box 8 folder 11 Item 7

The DSO Takes on a Teaching Role at Interlochen, plus 3 ConcertPerformances - June 21, 1996


The DSO "Goes North" For the Summer: Summer ScheduleIncludes Appearances in Nothern Michigan and the U.P. - June 21,1996

Scope and Contents

Iron Mountain Music Festival Date: July 13, 1996


1996 August

Meadow Brook Music Festival Concert Schedule, August 1996 box 8 folder 12 Item 1

The DSO and M-Care Present The Nutcracker at the new DetroitOpera House - August 7, 196


National Association of Negro Musicians Honors DSO - August22, 1996


A Consecration of the House - the DSO Opens the 1996-1997"International Season" - August 30, 1996


The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's 1996-97 Broadcast SeasonBegins: America Tunes in to the DSO - August 30, 1996


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Scope and Contents

Schedule for the GM "Marchk of Excellence" RadioBroadcast Series is attached to the press release.

Second Week of DSO Season Offers a Poet on the Podium -Featuring Conductor James DePriest and Pianist Peter Frankl -August 30, 1996


1996 September

September calendar box 8 folder 13 Item 1

Changes to 1996-97 Schedule box 8 folder 13 Item 2

Pronunciation Guide for 1996-97 DSO Season box 8 folder 13 Item 3

Pianist Jorge Federico Osorio the Pride of Mexico Comes toDetroit - September 17, 1996


The Manhattan Transfer Perform their Inimitable Four-Prt VocalHarmonies with the DSO - September 25, 1996


The 1996-97 Ameritech Jazz Series at Orchestra Hall --Announcing the Ameritech Jazz Youth Initiative - September 17,1996

Scope and Contents

Guest artists and concert dates: Duke Ellington Orchester,October 4, 1996; George Shearing Quintet, November 7,1996; Hiroshima, December 15, 1996; Mccoy Tyner andMichael Brecker, January 17, 1997; Jazz All-Star Night,March 29, 1997; Nancy Wilson and Joe Williams, April 10.Ameritech Jazz Youth Initiative begins: Herb Ellis, October3, Cass Tech


Symphony Docents Go Forth: Spreading the Music - September16, 1996


DSO Presents "The Symphony and the Sorcerer" starring Landisand Company Theatre of Magic - September 26, 1996

Scope and Contents

Young People's Concerts


1996 October

Scope and Contents

October Calendar

box 8 folder 14

1996-1997 box 9 folder 1

Release extras, 1997-1998 box 9 folder 2

1997 January, September box 9 folder 3

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Orchestra history, 1998 January box 9 folder 4

Neeme Jarvi - Music Director, 1998 January box 9 folder 5

1998 January 7 box 9 folder 6



1998 January-June box 9 folder 9

1998 June-December box 9 folder 10

1998 July-August box 9 folder 11

Eurotour, 1998 box 9 folder 12

Eurotour '98 Guardian Industries sponsorship, 1998 box 9 folder 13

Eurotour '98 - soloists: L. Ove Andsnes and P. Frank, 1998 box 9 folder 14

Voices of South Africa - African Rhythm Summer Festival, 2000June

box 9 folder 15

1985-2004 box 9 folder 16

Calendars and fact sheets, 1997-1999 box 9 folder 17

Press conference kits, 1997 September 30 box 9 folder 18

Reviews, 1995-1996

Scope and Contents

Detroit News and Detroit Free Press

box 9 folder 19

Reviews, 1997-1998

Scope and Contents

Detroit News and Detroit Free Press

box 9 folder 20

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Documents

Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Press Release Records