All we Need is Music – So Why not Buy a Season Ticket?
We looking forward to what music does for us. That’s why we’ve named this season “All we need is Music” and hope you’re as excited about the upcoming 78th season of the Michigan Philharmonic as we are.
The season pays tribute the powerful idea of music bringing us together, even in times of challenge and what have planned for our year is nothing short of spectacular. And we celebrate our conductor, Nan Washburn’s 25th season leading the Phil!
Here’s some of the highlights of our 2023-2024 season:
- FANTASTIQUE A Fantastique First celebrates Opening Night in a big way with a World Premier by one of our favorite composers, Miguel del Águila featuring our first-ever mother-son duo performance along with Berlioz’ magnificent Symphony Fantastique.
- PHRIGHT Philharmonic PHRIGHT Night returns to the historic Marquis Theater in Northville with entertainer Geff Phillips as we join in the fun of the city-wide Skeleton Festival.
- LA MER Water is the theme of the November concert at St. Kenneth’s Church in Plymouth featuring Handel’s Water Music, a riveting piece called the Deep, Deep Sea by Pulitzer Prize winner, Zhou Long and Debussy’s mesmerizing ode to the sea, La Mer.
- HOLIDAY Holiday Pops will put you in the spirit with 3 performances to choose from in Plymouth or Northville.
- KEYBOARDS Miniature Masterpieces – Captivating Keyboards in the beautiful Chapel at Saint John’s celebrates the return performance by Angie Zhang and a brilliant Indian-American composer, Shruthi Rajasekar.
- MOTOWN Get your groove on as Motown Meets Mamma Mia – Here we Go Again and brings back our favorite trio of singers, along with a High School choir to re-live the music of the 60s and 70s!
- TCHAIKOVSKY His monumental 5th Symphony highlights a spectacular musical Sunday afternoon in March.
- SCI-PHONIC An out-of-this-world adventure closes out the season with musical highlights from Star Trek to Star Wars and some music from video games and anime along the way.
- Award winning educational programs that include musician classroom visits and special concert performances for 3rd and 4th graders in five different school districts.
- The Michigan Philharmonic Youth Orchestra with over 125 students ages 8-18 who receive professional instruction and have numerous performance opportunities.
As a patron of the arts in our community, you have a number of great ways to support the Michigan Philharmonic, now in its 25th season under Music Director and Conductor Nan Washburn. You can take advantage of our “early bird” offer and order early and save but also put your ticket package together anyway you would like. If you want you can order tickets for just one concert or mix and match with other concerts. Be our guest! If you can’t decide which concerts you want to attend but want to be a part of this historic season, you can pay now and choose later. (Leave it all to us – we will follow up with you when you’re ready.)
