Symphony 1: A Musical Time Machine

Saturday, September 30, 2023, 7:30 pm
WK Kellogg Auditorium
Maya Anjali-Buchanan, violin

Step into our Musical Time Machine, featuring music from every decade of BCSO programs. Indian-American violinist Maya Anjali Buchanan lends her talent as we celebrate 125 years of music together.

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Community Chorus: The Road Home

Battle Creek Community Chorus
The Road Home
Tuesday, May 9, 2023, 7:30 pm
First Congregational Church
145 Capital Ave NE, Battle Creek MI

Songs celebrating home – the journey home, home built, found, and lost – are the theme of this concert. Join us for director Clayton Parr’s final concert after 11 years of leading the community chorus.

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Get to Know our Guest Artist

When 24-year-old Pianist Janice Carissa was younger, her instructors cautioned her not to “play faster than the music.” She took their advice to heart, as students do, but never really understood what they meant until recently. After studying music for almost two decades and learning countless pieces for performances and recitals around the world, she’s letting go and listening to her heart.

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Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms

Bernstein's Chichester Psalms

Battle Creek Community Chorus
Albion College Concert Choir
Saturday, February 18, 2023, 7:30 pm
Goodrich Chapel, Albion College
150 N. Ingham St. Albion MI

We are excited to bring you a FREE concert! Come hear the Battle Creek Community Chorus as they join forces with The Albion College Concert Choir and Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, February 18, 2023, for a Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms concert.

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Get to Know our Guest Artists

liv morrow doing aerial hoop

Ron Oppenheimer defies gravity. With grace and precision, he deftly climbs and descends a pole, suspended from above. His body creates one abstract form after another in a passionate performance made only more powerful by the music that accompanies his every move.

Oppenheimer is one of seven cirque – as in Cirque de Soleil – performers who will be joining the Battle Creek Symphony in a first-of-its-kind show that combines the music of the full orchestra with performance art. The Magic of Cirque and Symphony will debut Saturday at 7:30 on March 4 at the WK Kellogg Auditorium.

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The Music Center Gala

the music center gala 2023

The Music Center Gala
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 5:30 pm
Riverside Golf Clug, 245 E. Columbia Avenue, Battle Creek
Tickets $90 per person

Join us as we bring back The Music Center Gala! This fantastic fundraiser event will provide dinner, raffle, silent auction, and a wonderful performance from Ada LeAnn, winner of the Josie Music Awards!

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Battle Creek Community Chorus: Christmas Tale Legends

Battle Creek Community Chorus
Sunday, December 11, 2022, 4:00 pm
First Congregational Church
145 Capital Avenue NE, Battle Creek

The manger story is one of the most powerful ever told, and many other Christmas stories and legends have sprung up all over the world – from Good King Wenceslas to Santa on the Housetop. Come and celebrate the season by reliving some of those tales with the BCCC!

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Hold On, America, Hold On! Community Forum and Reactions

The Battle Creek Symphony is partnering with Kellogg Community College this month to present a free community forum event focused on a musical response to social unrest and the Black experience that was performed in Battle Creek last spring.

The “Hold On, America, Hold On!” forum, presented by the Battle Creek Symphony in conjunction with KCC’s Music Program and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12, in the auditorium of the College’s Davidson Visual and Performing Arts Center, on campus at 450 North Ave. in Battle Creek.

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Garden Party August 14

Music Center Annual Garden Party
Sunday, August 14, 2022
2 to 5 pm

“Afternoon Interlude,” will take place on Sunday, August 14th, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. This year we invite you to meander through the incredible garden of our 2022 hosts, Pam Sigren and Tom Stachnik, in Marshall while enjoying music, light hors d’oeuvres, and adult refreshments. This garden setting is a masterful treat and not to be missed!

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Symphony 5: A Gilmore Concert Bonus

Saturday, May 6, 2023, 7:30 pm
WK Kellogg Auditorium
Janice Carissa, pianist

2022 Gilmore Young Artist Janice Carissa joins the orchestra for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 17, followed by Brahms’ warm and lyrical Symphony No. 2, an optimistic finale to our 124th season.

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