JSO offers mini-series packages for remaining four concerts

Jackson Symphony Orchestra opened its 62nd season Oct. 8 with Great Movies...Grand Pianos” featuring guest artist Rich Ridenour, who performed film favorites and delighted the audience with his entertaining stage presence.

If you missed the first concert and still want season tickets, the JSO is offering a subscription to the remaining four concerts at a discount.

“Mini-series” subscription packages, which include tickets to the remaining four concerts, are available for are $55 (section C), $85(section B) and $100 (section A), representing a savings compared to buying the tickets individually.

Buyers also will receive many of the same extra benefits as full-season subscribers, including the JSO Meal/Entertainment Card, which offers two-for-the-price-of-one discounts at area restaurants and venues.

Up next in the season is the Romantic Spectacular concert at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12 at Jackson Community College’s Potter Center. Pianist Arthur Greene will perform Johannes Brahms’ “Piano Concerto #2” and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s “Fifth Symphony.” The other three concerts are in February, March and May, 2012.

Feb. 4, 2012 — Let's Dance/ Subscription Concert No. 3: Associate conductor David Schultz will direct John Adams’ Nixon in China.” Alberto Ginastera’s Estancia and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony #7.

March 17, 2012 — Out of This World/ Subscription Concert No. 4: Images of planets complement Gustav Holst’s The Planets and Darius Milhaud’s Creation of the World. Also, concertmaster Xie Min will perform Concerto for Violin and Orchestra.

May 5, 2012 — New Age/Cutting Edge / Subscription Concert No. 5: The cello/guitar team of Viktor Uzur and Brad Richter will premier their work for guitar, cello and orchestra. Called Mash Up, it featuring works by Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Radiohead and more.

JSO concert ticket holders are invited to attend the complimentary and highly acclaimed pre-concert lecture series hosted by Dr. Bruce Brown, JSO’s Composer-in- Residence. Called Backstage Glimpses, the lectures take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Federer Rooms off the main Floor Lobby in the Potter Center. Allegiance Health sponsors this lecture series.

To order tickets, call 782-3221, ext. 118; visit www.jacksonsymphony.org; or stop by the orchestra’s downtown office at 215 W. Michigan Ave.


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