Adolphus C. Hailstork (b. 1941)
is featured at AfriClassical.com
The Grand Rapids Press
Jeffrey Kaczmarczyk
March 16, 2014
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – The Grand Rapids Symphony's 2014-15
Classical Series features five premieres of new works, welcomes world-famous artists to DeVos Performance
Hall, and says farewell to music director David Lockington.
Pianist Stephen Hough, winner of
MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant, and clarinetist David Shifrin,
awarded an Avery Fisher Prize, are among the guests for a season of new
music by Phillip Sawyers and Adolphus Hailstork, both of whom have collaborated
previously with the orchestra.
Hailstork's Overture is a farewell to
Lockington, who steps down after 16 seasons as music director to become music
director laureate of the Grand Rapids Symphony.
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