WHAT WE’RE DOING
Our Community Music School provides private, group, and after-school lessons to people of all ages who want to learn an instrument or improve their skills. Our financial aid program helps many families to participate in our music school and merit-based scholarships are also offered annually. All students are provided with opportunities to perform throughout our community to build their confidence and performance skills. Young musicians looking for orchestral experience can join the Jackson Symphony Youth Orchestra for high school-aged students. The JYSO has several opportunities to perform throughout the year including occasional side-by-sides with the JSO. The Community Music School is also passionate about working with our local school network to bring programming to their students. The JSO offers an annual children’s educational concert free to all schools to attend. Our music school also offers programming in select schools and we continue to expand this to more and more institutions. Our Creative Outlets and Inclusion programming ensure music education and enrichment to our at-risk and underserved youth.
Our Music on Tap series offers music lovers a chance to enjoy a wide variety of original music including: Bluegrass, Jazz, Rock and Roll, and Folk performed by nationally and internationally touring artists. The JSO’s guiding principle that “music brings life enrichment” is especially featured in our Random Acts of Music where our musicians perform virtually and at various locations across Jackson County. We hope you will find these samples of our music enjoyable and uplifting.
PHOTO GALLERY
JSO CONCERT FEATURING STUDENT ARTWORK
JSO CONCERT @WEATHERWAX HALL
JSO CONCERT @ WEATHERWAX HALL
CHAMBERS GOOD MORNING GREATER JACKSON
SPRING ARBOR STUDENT VOLUNTEERS
MUSIC ON TAP
FREE GRANDPARENTS DAY EVENT WITH AARP
FREE GRANDPARENTS DAY EVENT WITH AARP
BRIGHT WALLS
SUMMER POPS
SUMMER POPS
SUMMER POPS
SUMMER POPS
SUMMER POPS
SUMMER POPS
SUMMER POPS
SUMMER POPS
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL OUTREACH PROGRAM
JSO MUSICIANS – COMMUNITY OUTREACH
JSO MUSICIANS – COMMUNITY OUTREACH
JSO MUSICIANS – COMMUNITY OUTREACH
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL RECITAL
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL RECITAL
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL RECITAL
COMMUNITY MUSIC SCHOOL RECITAL
EDUCATION CONCERT
EDUCATION CONCERT
EDUCATION CONCERT
EDUCATION CONCERT
TEACHER AND STUDENT
TEACHER AND STUDENT
TEACHER AND STUDENT
TEACHER AND STUDENT
INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO
INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO
INSTRUMENT PETTING ZOO
BACH’S BOXED LUNCH
BACH’S BOXED LUNCH
BACH’S BOXED LUNCH
AUDIO SAMPLES
Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 8 in F major, op. 93, Mvt. 1
Gioachino Rossini | Overture to La gazza ladra
Ludwig van Beethoven | Piano Concerto No. 1 Mvt. 3
Leonard Bernstein | Chichester Psalms Mvt. 1
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Capriccio Espagnol
VIDEOS
The JSO performs the last movement of Dvořák’s New World Symphony
The JSO gives the Michigan premiere of Lowell Liebermann’s Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (Mvt. 3) with Julian Schwarz
Music on Tap – Oktoberfest
Creative Outlets and Inclusion
SPECIAL EVENTS
THE NUTCRACKER

THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER
PROGRAM
Children’s Suite from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
– Harry’s Wondrous World
– Diagon’s Alley
– Nimbus 2000
Harry Potter Symphonic Suite
– Fireworks
– Flight of the Order of the Phoenix
– Harry and Hermione
– Obliviate
– Lily’s Theme
– Courtyard Apocalypse
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
———Intermission———
Harry Potter Symphonic Suite
– Hogwart’s March
Concert Suite from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
– Voldemort!/Hedwig’s Theme
– The Quidditch World Cup (The Irish)
– Foreign Visitors Arrive
– Potter Waltz
– Harry in Winter
– Voldemort!
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
– Witches, Wands and Wizards
– Buckbeak’s Flight
– Aunt Marge’s Waltz
– The Knight Bus
Hedwig’s Theme

BACK TO BACK CONCERT
This Back to Back Concert showcases both high school orchestras followed by the JSO. Ballet Chelsea will grace the stage in a guest appearance with the JSO…a sure delight for music and dance lovers! In the Back to Back Concert, Chelsea High School students have the opportunity to share the stage with a professional orchestra, giving the the students a performance experience that is both educational and inspiring.

PROGRAM
Chelsea High School Concert Orchestra
Jed Fritzmeier, conductor
Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Caucasian Sketches: Procession of the Sardar
arr. Isaac
Georges Bizet L’Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Farandole
arr. Isaac
Chelsea High School Symphony Orchestra
Jed Fritzmeier, conductor
Camille Saint-Saens Bacchanale from Samson and Dalila, op. 47
Georges Bizet Selections from Carmen
———Intermission———
Jackson Symphony Orchestra
Matthew Aubin, conductor
Leonard Bernstein On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Dancer from Ballet Chelsea
Wendi DuBois, Artistic Director
Gregory Yasinitsky Jazz Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Mvt. 3
Willis Delony, piano
Aaron Copland Letter from Home
Leonard Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo
SOUND SAFARI CONCERT
This FREE concert is geared towards kids six and under (with a parent) but everyone is invited. Just as animals have all types of characteristics, musical instruments can produce many sounds.