2022-23
Concerts

The GRCC Music Department presents the Michigan premiere of Emerson Eads' Mass for the Oppressed alongside other choral works engaging themes of peace and justice featuring the GRCC Music Choirs.

Commissioned by a London impresario to captivate English audiences, Haydn’s Symphony No. 93 was written during the composer’s first stay in England. Join us for Haydn’s London and you’ll be captivated as well!

Commissioned by a London impresario to captivate English audiences, Haydn’s Symphony No. 93 was written during the composer’s first stay in England. Join us for Haydn’s London and you’ll be captivated as well!

GRCC's instrumental groups perform.

With tastings on the main and upper level of SCMC's historic building, you'll have the chance to choose from over 100 varietals and enjoy delicious food from Martha's Catering. There will be a lot of great silent auctions items to bid on, too. All proceeds benefit St. Cecilia Music Center's mission-based programming in the community. The event runs from 6:00-9:00pm.

An upbringing residing in the city of Detroit while spending summers on the southern tip of Lake Superior in Marquette, MI brings into view the backdrop of Davis’ latest works. The Way Back Home follows a series of singular recordings (Fool Rooster, Magnolia Belles, A Miracle of Birds) by the prolific songwriter who has shared the stage with a “Who’s Who” of American folk music icons such as Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, Greg Brown, and Abigail Washburn. Recorded in East Lansing, MI by legendary engineer Glenn Brown, The Way Back Home highlights Davis’ longtime collaboration with Jack White’s bassist Dominic John Davis, pianist Mike Lynch (Willie Nelson, Leon Russell), and drummer Mike Shimmin (The Olllam).

Each year, SCMC honors a woman who has helped to expand and enrich the cultural life of our community. This year, we are pleased to announced Mary Goodwillie Nelson as the fourth recipient of the Legacy Award. Please join us!

Throughout their lifespan as a band, The Lone Bellow have cast an indelible spell with their fine spun songs of hard truth and unexpected beauty, frequently delivered in hypnotic three-part harmony. In a departure from their past work with elite producers like Aaron Dessner of The National and eight-time Grammy-winner Dave Cobb, the Nashville-based trio struck out on their own for their new album Love Songs for Losers, dreaming up a singular sound encompassing everything from arena-ready rock anthems to the gorgeously sprawling Americana tunes the band refers to as “little redneck symphonies.” Recorded at the possibly haunted former home of the legendary Roy Orbison, the result is an intimate meditation on the pain and joy and ineffable wonder of being human, at turns heartbreaking, irreverent, and sublimely transcendent.

Enjoy the Kent Philharmonic Orchestra performing in SCMC's Royce Auditorium with guest conductor David Lockington.

Join us for this spring concert featuring SCMC's beginning string ensemble, Sinfonia, and intermediate string ensemble, Concert Orchestra.

Join us for this spring concert featuring SCMC's top youth orchestra ensemble, Philharmonic.

Acoustic guitarist Leo Kottke was born in Athens, Georgia, but left town after a year and a half. Raised in 12 different states, he absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, flirting with both violin and trombone, before abandoning Stravinsky for the guitar at age 11.

The GR Women's Chorus performs in Royce Auditorium.

The GR Women's Chorus performs in Royce Auditorium.

Six world premiere works will debut during AWAKEN, with choreography by Deos Ballet Artistic Director Tess Sinke and Deos Ballet Faculty Sydney Zelent, including the Spring Movement of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons," collaborating works with live musicians, and a further installment of Deos Ballet's latest triumph, "Art of Gold." Premiering works will be performed alongside former Martha Graham Dance Company Principal Dancer Steve Rooks' "Bitter Earth," a stunning modern dance work that's been performed around the country by various professional companies.

Six world premiere works will debut during AWAKEN, with choreography by Deos Ballet Artistic Director Tess Sinke and Deos Ballet Faculty Sydney Zelent, including the Spring Movement of Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons," collaborating works with live musicians, and a further installment of Deos Ballet's latest triumph, "Art of Gold." Premiering works will be performed alongside former Martha Graham Dance Company Principal Dancer Steve Rooks' "Bitter Earth," a stunning modern dance work that's been performed around the country by various professional companies.