The Summer Sessions Waterfront Concert Series will return to the Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium with an expanded lineup of four concerts, beginning in June.
MUSKEGON — At one time William Grant Still’s 1930 Symphony No. 1 “Afro-American” was among the most frequently performed symphonies in the repertoire. Music Director Scott Speck and the West Michigan Symphony will bring this magnificent blues-infused work to the Frauenthal Center stage at 7:…
Grand Haven High School senior Ian Bakker was recently named the recipient of the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association’s Scholar Instrumentalist Award.
A local rock band received the opportunity of a lifetime last week.
About 30 people formed a line ahead of a Saturday morning opening of a record store in Grand Haven’s east-side Washington Square.
A pair of summer concert series will be returning to Grand Haven’s Lynne Sherwood Waterfront Stadium beginning in June.
HOLLAND — The Hope College Chapel Choir and SPERA vocal ensemble will perform a joint concert on Saturday, March 12, at 6 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
The rock band Tool visited Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids on Tuesday night, March 8. The band's lineup includes vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones and drummer Danny Carey, along with bassist Justin Chancellor.
HOLLAND — The Hope College orchestra will perform with the student winners of the college’s annual Concerto-Aria Competition on Friday, Feb. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
MUSKEGON — The Muskegon Community College Wind Ensemble and the Jazz Ensemble, conducted by Daniel M. Meyers, will perform their Winter Concert on Friday, Feb. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in the Orchard View High School Auditorium. Doors open at 7 p.m. and admission is a free will donation.
First Presbyterian Church will continue its Community Artist Series in the coming weeks.
When Dave Palmer and Rick VanWeelden first dreamed up Walk the Beat, they envisioned a music festival with stops in 10 cities across Michigan.
HOLLAND — Hope College will present its 33rd annual Musical Showcase at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4, in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
Grand Rapids Ballet is kicking off its 50th anniversary with the classic fairytale, “Cinderella,” from Feb. 25-27.
The Center for Holocaust and Gender Studies-Muskegon is inviting the public to view the film “Stories from the Violins of Hope” and to participate in an online question-and-answer session with the director, writer and one of the actors.
It begins with the violins – orderly and baroque. The choir rises. The audience rises. And before you know it, the concert hall, church, rec center or school auditorium fills with the triumphant sound of one of the most beloved musical works of the season: Handel’s “Hallelujah” chorus.
SOUTH HAVEN — The South Bend Chamber Singers will return to South Haven for a concert at Peace Lutheran Church, 6321 Blue Star Memorial Highway, on Tuesday, Dec. 21.
First Presbyterian Church’s Community Artist Series Concert, “Christmas Cards,” featuring the West Michigan Concert Winds and the Lakeshore Symphony Orchestra, will take place Sunday, Dec. 12, at 4 p.m.
LOS ANGELES — Supply-chain woes are this year’s Grinch, threatening to steal gifts and good cheer. But TV is overstocked with holiday specials and rom-coms – including the Food Network’s first movie and the rebranded GAC Family channel’s Christmas debut.
HOLLAND — Country music singer and songwriter Chase Bryant will be the final musical act for Tulip Time 2022.
MUSKEGON — The Mona Shores Singing Christmas Tree, known as “America’s Tallest Singing Christmas Tree,” returns to the Frauenthal Center in Muskegon this Christmas after taking a year off for the first time in 36 years due to the pandemic.
Spring Lake High School’s marching band earned Grand Champion status at both the Grand Haven and Grandville invitationals this fall.
Grand Haven High School’s Buccaneer marching band recently wrapped up its fall season.
The Community Artist Series Committee of First Presbyterian Church of Grand Haven will host a spine-tingling organ concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, in the church sanctuary, 508 Franklin Ave.
Any time a new event is planned, there’s always that fear — what happens if not enough people show up?
The next Music at St. Matthew event will be a Hymn Festival on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 7 p.m.
Saturday's Chowdown Centertown event drew big crowds to Grand Haven's Centertown, with food trucks, live music and more.
The Celtic music group Blackthorn will perform as part of the First Presbyterian Church Community Artist Series at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 3.
MUSKEGON — Michigan State University’s Be-Bop Spartans, a 22-member student jazz orchestra, will perform selections from their repertoire of jazz, soul, swing, blues and gospel at the Frauenthal Center, 425 W. Western Ave. in Muskegon, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10.
HOLLAND — A vocal music teacher at West Ottawa’s Macatawa Bay Middle School has been awarded this year’s Calvin Langejans Excellence in Music Education Award from the Holland Chorale.
HOLLAND — Hope College faculty member and flutist Gabe Southard will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
The West Michigan Opera Project will perform “From Broadway to Opera and Back Again” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Village at the Pines Retirement Community Courtyard, 1450 S. Ferry St., Grand Haven.
SPRING LAKE — Lloyd’s Bayou Baldwin House Senior Living of Spring Lake is hosting Michael Carluccio, known as “The Man of A Thousand Voices," for a night of musical memories on Thursday, Sept. 23, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
Rob Hlebinsky will be performing a Disney-themed organ concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 19, at First Presbyterian Church in Grand Haven.
HOLLAND — The Hope College Chapel Choir, College Chorus, and SPERA choirs will present the program “Together Again: Songs of Belonging and Becoming” during an outdoor concert on Friday, Oct. 1, at 6 p.m. in the Pine Grove in the central campus. Bring a chair, blanket and sweater to enjoy thi…
MUSKEGON — Grand Haven Area Community Foundation has opened a new endowment fund for the West Michigan Symphony (WMS) with a $75,000 gift — part of its most recent round of Community Impact Grants.
The Tri-Cities Puentes Initiative announced that its upcoming concert as part of the Grand Haven Hispanic Fiesta on Sept. 24 will now be free, thanks to the support of event sponsors.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan marching band will perform a halftime show on Saturday — the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks — that its director says will not only pay tribute to the lives lost and impacted that day, but also will be dazzling in its scope.
SPRING LAKE — The 97th St. Mary’s Parish Festival is Saturday, Sept. 11, from 12-8 p.m.
FRUITPORT — The Scottville Clown Band, in a surprise appearance, played to a crowd of hundreds Tuesday night at Pomona Park in Fruitport.
The Scottville Clown Band wrapped up the Dancing into the Sunset season with a surprise concert Tuesday night at Pamona Park in Fruitport. (Tribune photos by Becky Vargo)
“Who doesn’t like music?” asked Tammy Lamadline, a volunteer at Walk the Beat, which took this past weekend on Grand Haven’s east side.
“Music at St. Matthew” will continue with an organ recital by Joanne Jansen, organist and parish musician at St. Matthew Lutheran Church at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 22.
The Grand Haven Gospel Chapel will welcome The Calabogie Road Bluegrass Band on Sunday, Aug. 15, for an outdoor concert on the lawn beginning at 11 a.m.
FERRYSBURG — Participants were happy that cooler temperatures and a nice breeze made conditions nice for the Coast Guard Festival Community Picnic on Sunday.
Free music and games for the children, along with emergency vehicle displays and birthday cake were all part of the Coast Guard Festival Community Picnic, held Sunday at Coast Guard Park in Ferrysburg. The games and food (for purchase) were put on by Boy Scout Troop 37 of Spring Lake.
NORTON SHORES — Grammy Award-winning artist David Phelps will perform at the Maranatha Bible & Missionary Conference, 4759 Lake Harbor Road in Norton Shores, on Saturday, July 31.
Grand Haven Gospel Chapel, 1805 Waverly Ave. in Grand Haven, is hosting a free outdoor concert at 11 a.m. Sunday, July 18, featuring vocalist/musician George Nicholson.
The sound of the bass, mandolin, guitar, fiddle and banjo fill the room as the Full Cord Bluegrass band members play their instruments.
While Worship on the Waterfront (W.O.W.) lives, it won’t be in Grand Haven.
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