Virtual concerts offered Friday with WMS at the Frauenthal and Saturday solo at The Block Muskegon, March 31, 2021—One of the country’s most dynamic young violinists will take the Frauenthal stage with Music Director Scott Speck and the West Michigan Symphony for a virtual concert to premiere at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 23. A budding […]
Read MoreMuskegon, Michigan, January 20, 2021—Today The Block’s management unveiled its updated Winter-Spring concert schedule—including welcome news: the venue is projected to reopen by late May to reduced, physically distanced in-person audiences. Concerts at The Block—Muskegon’s listening room for the musically curious—have been indefinitely suspended since the COVID-19 pandemic rendered large indoor public gatherings unsafe 10 […]
Read MoreMuskegon, Michigan, November 9, 2020—The Block has been awarded a grant of $15,000 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of more than 500 applications to compete for MCACA fiscal year 2020 funding. Organizations receiving a MCACA […]
Read MoreFriday evening virtual concert with Symphony at the Frauenthal will be followed on Saturday night with a solo virtual performance from The Block Muskegon, October 20, 2020—Continuing its fall series of virtual concerts, West Michigan Symphony will present young American pianist Claire Huangci in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5—the famous “Emperor” concerto—in a webstreamed performance […]
Read MoreGrant from Wheeler Fund at the Community Foundation for Muskegon County provides private lessons for financially challenged students Muskegon, Michigan, August 4, 2020—The West Michigan Symphony Debut Strings program—which normally meets weekly in The Block throughout the school year—will hold its rehearsals at the Muskegon Farmers Market this fall, beginning September 14 and continuing until […]
Read MoreMuskegon, Michigan, July 8, 2020 – The first concert in The Block after a five-month hiatus will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 18 featuring violinist Chee-Yun. Originally slated for mid-May, the concert was postponed due to the Coronavirus epidemic. Even now, The Block remains closed to the public; the acclaimed Korean violinist will […]
Read MoreMuskegon, Michigan, September 19, 2019—West Michigan Symphony has been awarded a capital grant of $6,088 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant will help to fund structural improvements at WMS’s subsidiary venue, The Block, that will provide a better concert environment through abatement of street and other ambient […]
Read MoreMuskegon, Michigan, September 19, 2019—The Block has been awarded a grant of $15,000 from the State of Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs (MCACA). The grant was awarded through the MCACA peer review process and was one of more than 500 applications to compete for MCACA fiscal year 2020 funding. Organizations receiving a MCACA […]
Read MoreMuskegon, Michigan, March 18, 2019—Music from Mozart to Andrew Lloyd Webber will be featured by the 30-plus young musicians of Debut Strings, performing in concert at The Block in downtown Muskegon this Sunday afternoon. A program of West Michigan Symphony and The Block, Debut Strings is a student orchestra for beginning and intermediate level players. […]
Read MoreMuskegon, Michigan February 26, 2018 — Unapologetic genre-benders, the trio Harpeth Rising fuses folk, newgrass, rock and classical into a sound that is organically unique. Hallmarks of their music include expansive three-part harmonies, consummate musicianship and a deft yet soulful lyrical aspect. Featuring Maria Di Meglio on cello, Michelle Younger on banjo, and Jordana Greenberg […]
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