Co-sponsored by the Music Performance Trust Fund, the Back Door Blues Band will perform a free concert on Labor Day.

Conducted by John Varineau, the wind ensemble will perform Sousa's "Free Lance" March, Copland's "Inaugural Fanfare," Leo Sowerby's Variations on "Pop Goes the Weasel," and the premiere of Greg Scheer's "Grandfare," commissioned by AFM Local 56.

Jazz pianist Wright McCargar, bassist Dave DeVos, and drummer Alex Hamel perform "Song for My Father," "A Child is Born," "Song D," and "All Blues."

Matt Sumner (trumpet and flugelhorn), Michael S. Doyle (tenor and soprano saxophones), Steve Talaga (piano), Tom Lockwood (bass), and Fred Knapp (drums) will perform "This" by Chris Lawrence and "Lucky Nine" by Quincy Davis.

The Grand Rapids Symphony opens its 96th season with an Ode to Joy! Conducted by GRS Music Director Marcelo Lehninger, the program also includes "Festive Fanfare and Overture" by Carlos Simon.

The Grand Rapids Symphony opens its 96th season with an Ode to Joy! Conducted by GRS Music Director Marcelo Lehninger, the program also includes "Festive Fanfare and Overture" by Carlos Simon.

Founded in 1971, Mariachi Cobre has been the mariachi ambassador to the world, performing for millions of visitors at Disney World's Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. They have also performed with nearly 50 symphony orchestras across the U. S. and Mexico, and will be led in this concert by GRS Principal Pops Conductor Bob Bernhardt.

Music Director Marcelo Lehninger leads the GRS in a program of French works, including Debussy's "La Mer," Ravel's "A Boat on the Ocean," Tailleferre's "Petite Suite," and the Second Piano Concerto of Saint-Saëns, with soloist Sergei Babayan.

Music Director Marcelo Lehninger leads the GRS in a program of French works, including Debussy's "La Mer," Ravel's "A Boat on the Ocean," Tailleferre's "Petite Suite," and the Second Piano Concerto of Saint-Saëns, with soloist Sergei Babayan.