Tickets On Sale for DSO Neighborhood Concert Series

(Source: Detroit Symphony Orchestra)

Subscriptions are now on sale for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra (DSO) Neighborhood Concert Series in Beverly Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Dearborn, Grosse Pointe, Southfield and West Bloomfield Township.

Subscriptions purchased before Oct. 1 will receive a free ticket to an Orchestra Hall concert this fall. Each general admission subscription is $75 and can be purchased in-person at the Max M. Fisher Music Center Box Office (3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit), or by calling (313) 576-5111.

Featuring repertoire from select Orchestra Hall concerts as well as selections prepared especially for the neighborhoods, the 2012-13 season marks the second year for the Neighborhood Concert Series. Last year’s inaugural season had a subscriber base of 1,773 — 86 percent of which have no subscription history at Orchestra Hall or have not subscribed since the 2008-09 season.

Neighborhood audiences will see both Music Director Leonard Slatkin and Assistant Conductor Teddy Abrams on the podium, as well as welcome the DSO’s new concertmaster, Yoonshin Song, who is preparing a solo performance.

Other featured soloists include our Principal Flute David Buck, DSO Principal Trombone Kenneth Thompkins, Associate Concertmaster Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy and Assistant Principal Viola James Van Valkenburg.

Individual tickets will be $25 and will go on sale Oct. 29. Performances are scheduled beginning Dec. 16 through June 6. A $25 donation to the DSO’s Annual Fund waives all fees, and patrons can add upcoming Neighborhood Chamber Recitals to their subscriptions for just $10 each.

West Bloomfield Township Neighborhood Concert Series – Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
At the Berman Center for the Performing Arts on the Jewish Community Center campus

• Jan. 24: Tito Muñoz conducts Gabriel Cabezas on cello through Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 and more.
• Feb. 28: Gerard Schwarz conducts Kimberly Kaloyanides Kennedy on violin and James Van Valkenburg on viola through Schubert's Six German Dances and more.
• Apr. 11: Christopher Warren-Green conducts Kenneth Thompkins on trombone through Handle's Suite in D Major from Water Music and more.
• May 16: Cho-Liang Lin performs as conductor and on violin through Elgar's Serenade for Strings and more.