Music

MUSIC 

Grand Rapids Symphony Celebrates 25 Years of ‘Symphony Under the Sky’

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 WLMagazine 0 Comments cannonsburg, Grand Rapids Symphony, Grand Rapids Symphony Celebrates 25 Years of 'Symphony Under the Sky', Music, Rhapsody in Blue, The Beatles

Four weeks of music in July and August include Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue,’ The Beatles’ White Album, Music of Motown

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MUSIC 

Coming to the Grand Rapids Symphony in March 2019

February 20, 2019February 20, 2019 WLMagazine 0 Comments april, April 2019, Elgar's Enigma Variations, Ferdinand the Bull, Grand Rapids Symphony, Marcelo Lehninger Conducts Mahler, March, March 2019, Music, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich, symphony, The Conductor's Spellbook

March 1-2– Classical ELGAR’S ENIGMA VARIATIONS 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday DeVos Performance Hall, 303 Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids,

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Art TO DO 

St. Cecilia Music Center Features The Lone Bellow “Triiio Tour” Concert on Nov. 29

November 28, 2018November 29, 2018 WLMagazine 0 Comments Brian Elmquist, concerts, Grand Rapids, Jason Pipkin, Music, October 19th, Restless EP, St. Cecilia Music Center, The Lone Bellow, Triio Tour, Zach williams

St. Cecilia Music Center (SCMC) is proud to present The Lone Bellow in their new North American “Triiio Tour” on November 29, 2018

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Community LIFE Volunteer 

Girls Rock! Grand Rapids

August 13, 2018August 6, 2018 WLMagazine 0 Comments 2018, Arts & Humanities, august, August 2018, camp for girls, Elizabeth Grathwol, Girls music, girls rock!, Girls Rock! Grand Rapids, GR!GR, Grand Rapids, Grandville Avenue, Joey Krzeminski, Kids summer camp, Michigan, Music, Music camp, Music for girls, Music for kids, Steffanie Rosalez, summer 2018, Summer camp, Two Eagles Marcus, women, Women in music, women's lifestyle, Women's LifeStyle Magazine

by Joey Krzeminski | Photography by Two Eagles Marcus Steffanie Rosalez is an advocate for self-expression and community, and she

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Events 

GRandJazzFest

August 10, 2018August 9, 2018 WLMagazine 0 Comments August 2018, community, Euge Groove’s, events, festivals, free concert, free events, free jazz, free jazz festival, GR and Jazz, Grand Rapids, GRandJazzFest, GRJazz, Jazz, jazz at the park, Jazz concert, Jazz events, jazz festivals, jazz music, jazz series, Latin jazz, Michigan, monroe center, Music, music events, Richelle Kimble, Rosa Parks Circle, Victoria Upton, weekend events, women, women's lifestyle, Women's LifeStyle Magazine, Women's magazine

by Richelle Kimble | photography by Victoria Upton Two days, 10 fabulous jazz performances and sunshine provide the perfect foundation

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Events MUSIC TO DO 

Get into Your Groove at Lady Ace Boogie’s Album Release Party

April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 WLMagazine 0 Comments album release party, april 2018, Bri Kilroy, dj, don't box me in, entertainment, events, feel good music, get into your groove, hip-hop, lady ace boogie, love me for me, mama sol, molly bousma schultz, Music, Party, pyramid scheme, soul, superdre, women's lifestyle, you're invited

by Bri Kilroy Twenty years ago, when Victoria Upton was creating the premier edition of the magazine you’re currently reading,

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FACES & PLACES 

With These Hands: Mary Lou Smith

December 13, 2017December 13, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments a day of absence, a raisin in the sun, actors, Aquinas College, bells are ringing, brigadoon, celebration, chorus line, Circle Theatre, Civic Theatre, Dianne Carroll Burdick, discrimination, ensemble music, fountain street church, grand awards 2017, Grand Rapids, grand rapids publics schools, henry school, Heritage Hill, immigrants, Jazz, marjorie chase, mary lou smith, maureen fahey-dreher, Music, music teacher, nat king cole, paul dreher, performance, pianist, ragtime, rowe hotel, sweeney todd, the crucible, the fantasticks, the king and i, the majestic theatre, the mystery of edwin drood, theatre, theatre production, women's issues

by Elyse Wild • photography by Dianne Carroll Burdick  Smith is perched on a piano bench, the lone soul on the

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TO DO 

The Factory Comes to Grand Rapids

October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments andy warhol american icons, andy warhol exhibit at GRAM, andy warhol museum, Art, artists inspired by andy warhol, artprize hub, Bri Kilroy, Grand Rapids, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Marilyn Monroe, marnie mcguire, Members exhibition party, moonwalk, Music, november 2017, Party, The Factory comes to grand rapids, visiting artists

(Above) Marilyn Monroe (Marilyn) Andy Warhol, Marilyn (Marilyn Monroe), 1967, screenprint on paper, 36 x 36 inches. Grand Rapids Art

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HEALTH 

Music Heals

September 19, 2017September 7, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments american music therapy association, anxiety levels, arterial oxygen saturation, arterial oxygen tension, beneficial, brain surgery, cadiothoracic surgery, caring voice coalition, cleveland clinic, communication, confidence boosting and music, cranking the tunes, decreasing anxiety, decreasing depression, defend against diseases, emotions, empowering music, enhancing emotional skills, enhancing memory with music, enhancing social skills, expressing through music, feeling of control, heart rate, imagination, improving respiration, increase in IgA, lifting spirits, listening to music, lower blood pressure, lower cortisol levels, making music, managing anxiety, mean arterial pressure, melodies, morning commute, Music, music and treatment, music during surgery, music heals, music in doctors office, music therapists, music therapy, plato, radio, recuperation with music, reducing pain, relaxing muscle tension, relaxing through music, respiratory rate, resting with music, saliva, serum cortisol, soothing melodies, soothing the soul, soundtrack of your life, stimulating the brain, study of music, subjective pain, success and music, the sound of music, therapists, victims of trauma

courtesy of MCC Plato said, “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination,

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Events TO DO 

September Events

September 1, 2017August 31, 2017 WLMagazine 0 Comments Art, Artprize 9, beer runs, blood drives, Bri Kilroy, celebrate, classes, community, concerts, date nights, devos place events, downtown gr inc, downtown holland, Elyse Wild, exhibits, Experience Grand Rapids, fall, family, Frederik Meijer Gardens, free events, free grand rapids events, friends, GRAM After Dark, Grand Rapids Events, Grand Rapids Symphony, harry potter and the chamber of secrets, imagine, Local First, Music, over the edge, plays, Quilt week, relax at rosa, september 2017, September Events, shake your teal feather, shows in grand rapids, summer concerts, theatre, things to do in Grand Rapids, Van Andel Arena, Wealthy Theatre

Sundays Artisans Market. Local artists display their handcrafted goods for public perusing and purchasing. Fulton Street Farmers Market. 11 am-3

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