On Wednesday evening, March 31, 2010, the Grand Rapids Symphony will provide a full concert performance! This concert will bring the Grand 
Rapids Symphony to the Dogwood Center for the first time. As of March 30, 2010, this performance is sold out.
The program will bring the best of classical music to our area while celebrating life in Newaygo County. The program will feature “A Day in the Life of Newaygo County” where the music selected will be accompanied by projected images of artwork and photographs conceived and produced by the young people of Newaygo County.
Associate conductor John Varineau will lead the orchestra in such pieces as Carnaval Overture – Dvorak, Appalachian Spring – Copland, Egmont Overture – Beethoven, Adagio for Strings – Barber, and La Grand Vitesse by contemporary composer James L. Stephenson.
The Grand Rapids Symphony presents more than 400 concerts each year and is pleased to include this performance for the people of Newaygo County in their concert schedule. If you haven’t attended one of their concerts before here are some tips from the Symphony: “Open yourself to the music. Let it trigger your emotions – maybe even your memories. Feel the rhythms; follow the tunes. Watch the musicians and the conductor, and see how they interact with each other. Notice how the music ebbs and flows – surging and powerful at some times, delicate and ephemeral at others, and everything in between.”
Program sponsors for the performance are Fremont Area Community Foundation and Nestle Nutrition/Gerber Products.
The Dogwood Center is encouraging everyone attending the Grand Rapids Symphony concert to “Help the Arts Help the Community” by bringing in canned goods and non-perishable food to the Dogwood lobby area when they arrive. The food collected will be brought to local food pantries that help Newaygo County families in need of food assistance.
Main stage. 7:30 p.m. This performance is sold out.
The Dogwood Center Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and one hour prior to an event. For information, phone 231.924.8885.