Wednesday, January 4, 2023 (Ann Arbor, MI) — The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (A²SO) is delighted to announce cellist Bhargava R. Kulkarni, 14, as the winner of its 2022-23 Young Artist Competition. Seven finalists competed on December 3, 2022 at Eastern Michigan...
November 30, 2022, Ann Arbor, MI (from Wittenberg Artists press release) — Canadian conductor Naomi Woo has been awarded the 2022 Virginia Parker Prize. Woo joins the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra in 2023 to conduct the orchestra’s annual Link Up youth concert at...
November 3, 2022, Ann Arbor, MI (1 min. read) — A hidden theme? A mysterious allusion? A baffling ruse? Elgar took the topic matter of his Enigma Variations to the grave, and the famous “unheard theme” has preoccupied musicologists and historians ever...
September 29, 2022, Ann Arbor, MI (1 min. read) — The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra (A²SO) is delighted to announce the launch of the Podium Promise campaign, establishing a $3 million fundraising goal to permanently endow the position of the orchestra’s Music...
September 29, 2022, Ann Arbor, MI (1 min. read) — Nearly 200 years after the first performance of Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, the shockwaves can still be felt. A titanic work of color, charisma and no small dose of controversy, Berlioz’s staggering...
The Ann Arbor Pioneer High School A Cappella Choir is one of four curricular and nine extra-curricular choral ensembles at Ann Arbor Pioneer High School, the 2006 & 2011 National GRAMMY® Signature School. The A Cappella Choir has performed at the American Choral Directors Association Central Division Convention (2014), American Choral Directors Association Michigan State Convention (2014 & 2018), Michigan Music Conference (2013 & 2018), and Michigan Youth Arts Festival (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2017). In 2014 & 2015, they were selected as an Outstanding Choir and featured at the Gala Concert of the Michigan Youth Arts Festival. The Pioneer Choirs have collaborated with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings.
