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Treats abound at our annual Halloween family concert! Don your best costumes and celebrate Halloween with orchestral hijinks, bewitching music, and silly musical tricks and treats. Student tickets just $10!

MOVIEE.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL IN CONCERTFRI | FEB 18, 2022 | 7 p.m. Miller AuditoriumDaniel Brier, ConductorCompletefilmwithorchestra

Don’t miss Steven Spielberg’s cinematicmasterpiece E.T. The Extra- Terrestrial with John Williams’ Academy Award®- winning score performed live to picture, and experience the magic once more! ©A.M.P.A.S.®

FAMILY CONCERTSPOOKY SYMPHONY SUN | OCT 31, 2021 | 3 p.m.Chenery AuditoriumDaniel Brier, Conductor

SOUNDS OF THE SEASON FRI | DEC 17, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. SAT | DEC 18, 2021 | 3 p.m.Chenery AuditoriumJulian Kuerti, ConductorJun-Ching Lin, ViolinAdditional Guest PerformersOur annual tribute to the holiday season offers good cheer and holiday classics, along with the classic animated film, The Snowman, with the orchestra performing the score.

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STULBERG: BACH DOUBLEBACH, HOLLAND, & SHOSTAKOVICH SAT | JAN 22, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Daniel Brier, ConductorDongyoung “Jake” Shim, Violin, 2020 GOLD MEDALISTKeila Wakao, Violin, 2021 GOLD MEDALIST STULBERG INTERNATIONAL STRING COMPETITION

Shostakovich’s sardonically witty Ninth Symphony, a Flint native’s lively homage to Detroit, and the 2020 and 2021 Stulberg Gold Medalists performing together on Bach’s Double Concerto.

MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS COPLAND, DVOŘÁK, & SORO FRI | MAR 4, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Derrick Parker, Baritone

Celebrate romantic music from North and South America in this passionate and lively program with guest soloist Derrick Parker’s KSO debut performing Copland’s Old American Songs.

1OOTH ANNIVERSARY GALA SAT | JUNE 18, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.Miller Auditorium Julian Kuerti, Conductor Robert Whaley, Tuba

Join us to close the KSO’s 100th anniversary season with a journey through stories and symphonic highlights from our history. Longtime KSO musician Robert Whaley is featured as we honor the past and celebrate the century ahead!

Raymond Harvey, Conductor

DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉRAVEL, MOZART, & STRAUSS FRI | APR 1, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Kalamazoo Bach Festival Chorus

Music from Mozart’s opera Idomeneo featuring one of the largest and most loved ballet scores ever written, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, with the Kalamazoo Bach Festival Chorus.

MASTERWORKS SEASON FINALE BRAHMS & PREVIN SAT | JUN 4, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller AuditoriumJulian Kuerti, Conductor James Ehnes, Violin

Our vivacious Masterworks Series finale, featuring the world

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MASTERWORKS OPENING NIGHT MOZART, START, & DVOŘÁK SAT | OCT 16, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Richard Goode, Piano

We warmly welcome you back to the concert hall with the music of Dvořák, Mozart, and the world-renowned talents of Richard Goode.

RAYMOND’S RETURN BEETHOVEN & STRAVINSKY FRI | NOV 19, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Raymond Harvey, Conductor

KSO Music Director Emeritus Raymond Harvey returns to the podium with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Stravinsky’s The Firebird for a jubilant performance.

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SEPT 13, 2021 Single-concert ticket sales openOCT 16, 2021 First concert!

Julian Kuerti, Music Director

Treats abound at our annual Halloween family concert! Don your best costumes and celebrate Halloween with orchestral hijinks, bewitching music, and silly musical tricks and treats. Student tickets just $10!

MOVIEE.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL IN CONCERTFRI | FEB 18, 2022 | 7 p.m. Miller AuditoriumDaniel Brier, ConductorCompletefilmwithorchestra

Don’t miss Steven Spielberg’s cinematic masterpiece E.T. The Extra- Terrestrial with John Williams’ Academy Award®- winning score performed live to picture, and experience the magic once more! ©A.M.P.A.S.®

FAMILY CONCERTSPOOKY SYMPHONY SUN | OCT 31, 2021 | 3 p.m.Chenery AuditoriumDaniel Brier, Conductor

SOUNDS OF THE SEASON FRI | DEC 17, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. SAT | DEC 18, 2021 | 3 p.m.Chenery AuditoriumJulian Kuerti, ConductorJun-Ching Lin, ViolinAdditional Guest PerformersOur annual tribute to the holiday season offers good cheer and holiday classics, along with the classic animated film, The Snowman, with the orchestra performing the score.

Daniel Brier, Resident Conductor

™ & © Universal Studios

$10STUDENTTICKETS

HOLIDAY TRADITION

FRI & SAT

Richard Goode, Piano Derrick Parker, Baritone James Ehnes, Violin

MASTERWORKS SERIES

STULBERG: BACH DOUBLEBACH, HOLLAND, & SHOSTAKOVICHSAT | JAN 22, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Daniel Brier, ConductorDongyoung “Jake” Shim, Violin, 2020 GOLD MEDALISTKeila Wakao, Violin, 2021 GOLD MEDALISTSTULBERG INTERNATIONAL STRING COMPETITION

Shostakovich’s sardonically witty Ninth Symphony, a Flint native’s lively homage to Detroit, and the 2020and 2021 Stulberg Gold Medalists performing together on Bach’s Double Concerto.

MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS COPLAND, DVOŘÁK, & SORO FRI | MAR 4, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Derrick Parker, Baritone

Celebrate romantic music from North and South America in this passionate and lively program with guest soloist Derrick Parker’s KSO debutperforming Copland’s Old American Songs.

1OOTH ANNIVERSARY GALA SAT | JUNE 18, 2022 | 7:30 p.m.Miller Auditorium Julian Kuerti, Conductor Robert Whaley, Tuba

Join us to close the KSO’s 100th anniversary season with a journey through stories and symphonic highlights from our history. Longtime KSO musician Robert Whaley is featured as we honor the past and celebrate the century ahead!

Raymond Harvey, Conductor

DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉRAVEL, MOZART, & STRAUSSFRI | APR 1, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Kalamazoo Bach Festival Chorus

Music from Mozart’s opera Idomeneo featuring one of the largest and most loved ballet scores ever written, Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé, with the Kalamazoo Bach Festival Chorus.

MASTERWORKS SEASON FINALE BRAHMS & PREVIN FRI | JUN 4, 2022 | 7:30 p.m. Miller AuditoriumJulian Kuerti, Conductor James Ehnes, Violin

Our vivacious Masterworks Series finale, featuring the world

premiere of Andre Previn’s final concerto and world-renowned virtuoso James Ehnes on the epic Brahms violin concerto.

ANDREPR EVI N

W O R L DPREMIERE

HOW TO SUBSCRIBE Subscribe Online

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1 Select your subscription• Go to this website:

bit.ly/KSO-Subscriptions• Choose your subscription type• Add individual concert tickets to your

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2 Check out to complete your purchase• Click the “Check Out” button• Add a tax-deductible donation:

To help keep music alive in Kalamazoo,consider adding a $100 gift (or otheramount) to your order

3 Complete your purchase• Click “Buy Now” to enter your payment

information on a secure payment page

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Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra359 South Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 100Kalamazoo, MI 49007

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Visit us downtown in the Epic CenterNEW, starting Sept. 13: Community Box OfficeLocated in the Epic Center lobby359 South Kalamazoo MallM–F 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. (closed 1:30 – 2)

OR: KSO Box OfficeIn the KSO’s Epic Center office359 South Kalamazoo Mall, Suite 100M–F, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

MASTERWORKS OPENING NIGHT MOZART, START, & DVOŘÁKSAT | OCT 16, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Julian Kuerti, Conductor Richard Goode, Piano

We warmly welcome you back to the concert hallwith the music of Dvořák, Mozart, and the world-renowned talents of Richard Goode.

RAYMOND’S RETURN BEETHOVEN & STRAVINSKYFRI | NOV 19, 2021 | 7:30 p.m. Miller Auditorium | Raymond Harvey, Conductor

KSO Music Director Emeritus Raymond Harvey returns to the podium with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 and Stravinsky’s The Firebird for a jubilant performance.

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AUG 24, 2021 Subscription sales open

SEPT 13, 2021 Single-concert ticket sales openOCT 16, 2021 First concert!

Julian Kuerti, Music Director

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