2021
3rd QUARTER NEWSLETTER
STEVEN LARSEN EXTENDS CONTRACT FALL 2021 LARSEN FINALE RAM Chamber Concert September 22, 2021 • 7:00 PM Rockford Art Museum
The Last Night of the Proms October 23, 2021 • 7:30 PM Coronado Performing Arts Center
RAM Chamber Concert November 18, 2021 • 7:00 PM Rockford Art Museum
The Nutcracker December 4, 2021 • 3:00 PM Coronado Performing Arts Center
Holiday Pops December 18, 2021 • 7:30 PM Coronado Performing Arts Center
We are thrilled to announce that Music Director Steven Larsen has extended his contract through December so we can have our farewell performances with him at the Coronado Performing Arts Center. We have opted for a somewhat light schedule for this coming fall. Based on the success of our collaboration last year, we are partnering with the Rockford Art Museum for two chamber concerts programmed by RSO Concertmaster Michèle Lekas. Maestro Larsen and the orchestra will have a grand return to the Coronado with a concert in October, and then celebrate the holidays with The Nutcracker and Holiday Pops in December.
Throughout 2022, RSO concerts will feature the nine Music Director Finalists who will each program and conduct a concert with the orchestra. The community will have the opportunity to meet and provide feedback on each conductor. The RSO’s new Music Director will be selected at the end of 2022 and begin in 2023.
Tickets for the fall performances will go on sale Wednesday, August 11. Subscriptions for the Music Director Finalists concerts will be available in mid-September. Sections of the theater will be reserved for socially-distanced seating. Please call the office for more details if you prefer this option.
Fall 2021 Box Office Hours are 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM