Conductor

Wailing trumpets, sassy trombones, jazzy sax, and sweet strings…. Turn up the lights on the Great White Way with an exciting, bold style of music direct from the thrill of Broadway shows. Our singers break out the razzmatazz in electric performances that remind you–there’s no business like show business!

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Broadway Spectacular

City Opera House

Our summer-long salute to Film and TV begins with our Jazz Orchestra and Jazz Singers belting out beloved song hits from Hollywood! Beginning in the 60s, every great movie had a captivating theme song and we’re going to do as many of them as one concert can handle. Songs from the Bond films, the Disco era, the rock heyday of the 80s, Disney hits, and more will provide you with a magical evening of Hollywood music under the stars!

Songs Of Hollywood

Civic Center Amphitheater

Join us as we turn back the clock at the Civic Center and celebrate two touchstones in historical drama with a string chamber ensemble and guest vocalists performing pieces by perhaps the greatest musical genius of all time–Mozart! Think powdered wigs, fancy gowns, and garden parties, in the theme of the hit TV series, “Bridgerton,” with music from the period featured in the legendary film of Mozart’s life, “Amadeus,” along with a few of those “classical covers” of some pop tunes. If you’re really feeling inspired, rumor has it you won’t be the only one in period costume!

Bridgerton Meets Amadeus

Bring the whole family, and don’t forget the lightsabers, the phasers, the wands, and costumes if you like, for a magical night at the park when the full TC Phil makes the impossible possible with legendary scores from fantasy and Sci-Fi films, featuring music from Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Dune, Wonder Woman, Superman, Disney Hits, and more!

Fantasy & Sci-fi Night

Magic flutes, thieving magpies, barbers in Seville, Turkish harems…we’re delightfully raising the curtain on a new era of the best live music in Northern Michigan, just as we’ve been doing for over 70 years! Rossini’s ebullient overtures made it into general consciousness when Looney Tunes composers used them to accompany antics of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck–they are just as fun to hear in concert without the cartoons! Mozart’s works likewise broke into pop culture via cinema with the classic film “Amadeus” and have remained culture phenomena for 250 years and counting.

Rossini & Mozart Overtures

Central Grade School

“As a young student my tastes were formed by piano recitals I saw on PBS by Horowitz, Rubinstein, Serkin, and others of that era…the older I get the more I find that music is what I choose to play for myself and on occasions like this, for others.” -Kevin Rhodes

Kevin Rhodes, Piano

Traverse Symphony Orchestra

Judith Ingolfsson makes her TC debut with the heartachingly beautiful, fiendishly difficult Barber Violin Concerto. The story goes that the “initial” intended performer wanted something more “flashy” for the last movement. Barber delivered and it was so difficult that the violinist never played it! Ms. Ingolfsson has performed it many times to great acclaim. Maestro Rhodes first led the orchestra in October 2000 with Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony during his interview concert. It’s his favorite of the Tchaikovsky Symphonies, with its unparalleled drama and beauty.

Lyricism Made Manifest

Interlochen Center for the Arts

Three artists showcased in virtuoso works for their instruments. TC Phil’s much beloved Principal Bassist Gary Gatzke, Jr. will wow you with unimagined possibilities on the bass in the Carmen Fantasy–based on themes from Bizet’s opera–this tour de force will knock your socks off with its inventiveness and sheer fun! Dorothy Vogel will perform the exotic Nights in the Gardens of Spain which truly evokes the sights, sounds, and scents of a bygone era. Famed guitarist Matthew Cochran takes the stage for the beloved Concerto de Aranjuez mixing neoclassical sounds of the 18th century with 20th century movie-like lyricism…and in Spain, you are very likely to hear the slow movement of this piece played by a guitarist on a town square!

Three Amigos Visit Spain

TC Philharmonic Principal Flutist, Nancy Stagnitta, celebrates her 20th anniversary season with the orchestra. She will join Maestro Rhodes for a concert of masterworks for Flute and Piano. Ms. Stagnitta has been one of the undisputed stars of the orchestra and has been featured in the Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto, and more recently David Amram’s massive Giants of the Night concerto.

Rhodes + Stagnitta

Traverse City Philharmonic

A concert for nature and classical music lovers! From Duparc’s gentle soothing Aux Etoilles–to the stars–to Grofe’s Grand Canyon Suite, a constant of school music listening as well as the template for every film score about the American west. Mysterious Mountain by Hovhaness evokes a zen-like sense of calm. He shared, “mountains are symbols…like pyramids…man’s attempt to know God.” This piece holds the distinction of premiering live on TV with none other than Leopoldo Stokowski conducting.

Kevin Rhodes

Conductor

Events

May 12, 2024

Broadway Spectacular · Traverse Symphony Orchestra

Jul 11, 2024

Songs Of Hollywood · Traverse Symphony Orchestra

Jul 18, 2024

Bridgerton Meets Amadeus · Traverse Symphony Orchestra

Jul 25, 2024

Fantasy & Sci-fi Night · Traverse Symphony Orchestra

Sep 29, 2024

Rossini & Mozart Overtures · Traverse Symphony Orchestra

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