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from the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra

January, February, March 2008 edition

Swing With Your Sweetheart to the Music of the SMSO!!

February 16th, 7:30pm - Grand Upton Hall

Swing, tango, polka and sway with your sweetheart to the music of the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra (SMSO), during the "Night on the Town" concert. Glide across the dance floor as the Symphony performs classics from Strauss, Brahms and Tchaikovsky, as well as jazz and big band classics from Dave Brubeck, early rock and roll and memorable standards from Henry Mancini.

Join us for dinner, followed by dancing and the concert or arrive just in time to enjoy dancing

and the concert. Whichever you choose, expect a night to remember!

Tickets are $35 adults, $30 seniors, $7 students. Dinner is an additional $28 per person.

Sponsors:

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Join Us For a "Tasting"

of the Music of Anne Harris

February 9th, 7:30pm - The Livery, Benton Harbor

Take a long sip and savor a glass full of lush harmonies, enchanting string arrangements and poetic lyricism as singer and musician Anne Harris performs music from her CD "Wine and Poetry" with musicians from the SMSO.

Anne's style of music is like a fine wine, which gets better with time; a blending of rock, pop, soul, Celtic, classic, Flamenco, bluegrass and Afrobeat, with a hint of Americana. She stirs together a vineyard of beautiful vocal melodies laced with string instruments.

Tickets are $20 adults, $7 students.

Sponsors:

The John Devries Agency Inc.

Witness the "Murder at the Casino"!!

February 22nd - Berrien Hills Golf Club

Whodunit Reception (cash bar) 6:30pm, Murder Mystery Dinner 7:30pm

The Symphony is looking for some amateur sleuths to help solve

a murder, as the SMSO presents its annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre fundraiser "Murder at the Casino". Be prepared for show girls, casino games, washed up comedians and even a ventriloquist to add to the hilarious mayhem!! Tickets are $75 per person.

Last year's event was a huge success so get your tickets soon!!

The Devil Went Down to Michigan in "The Soldier's Tale"

March 8th, 7:30pm - New Buffalo Performing Arts Center

Tickets $12 adults,$5 students

March 9th, 7:30pm - The Box Factory, St. Joseph

Tickets $20 adults, $7 students

March 15th, 7:30pm - Mendel Mainstage Series "Ides of March" concert

Tickets $35 adults, $30 seniors, $7 students

“The Soldier’s Tale” (L'Histoire du Soldat) by Igor Stravinsky has long been considered one of the great musical works of the early 20th century. It’s an age old theme, the tale of Faust, the man who bargains with the devil. The theme has been explored in music and popular culture, featured in recent films including “Star Wars Episode III” and well known songs like “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”.

Underlying the theme is the Biblical text, "What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"

The groundbreaking piece will be performed by a septet of musicians and a quartet of actors. The cast for “The Soldier’s Tale” includes Jason Gresl as The Devil, Brock Neubauer as The Soldier, Carole Catherine as The Narrator and Megan Hamel performing as The Princess. The SMSO is excited to welcome director Michelle Bythrow.

Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 will be performed in addition to "The Soldier's Tale" at the "Ides of March" concert March 15th.

Around Town Series sponsors: The Mendel Mainstage Production is:

A Margaret Beckley Upton Memorial Concert

The New Buffalo Concert is presented by

The New Buffalo Fine Arts Council