Sep 23, 2022

St. Joseph Symphony kicks off new season this weekend

Posted Sep 23, 2022 8:22 PM
Beautiful and Brahms will be the opening concert of the new season for the St. Joseph Symphony/ Photo courtesy of St. Joseph Symphony Facebook page
Beautiful and Brahms will be the opening concert of the new season for the St. Joseph Symphony/ Photo courtesy of St. Joseph Symphony Facebook page

By MATT PIKE 

St. Joseph Post 

The St. Joseph Symphony kicks off its new season this weekend.  

Tomorrow, the new season begins at the Missouri Theatre with a performance entitled Beautiful and Brahms. 

Music Conductor and Director Christopher Kelts says this is music familiar to everyone.  

"You've listened to Brahms for years and years, we know the ins and outs but you don't have to know the ins and outs to hear something you enjoy, or have a reaction to, or feel moved, or swept away, or I'll dare say it fall asleep let's be honest," Kelts tells KFEQ Hotline host Barry Birr. 

The performance will begin at 7pm on Saturday at the Missouri Theatre with a social time following the performance.   

Kelts says his goal with the symphony in an arts centered town like St. Joseph, is to provide an experience. 

"We're an arts organization in this great city with other arts fabrics and threads that when you come to the St. Joseph Symphony you will have an experience," Kelts says. "And we want that experience to be meaningful, sometimes that experience is fun, sometimes people will hear something they don't understand, but that's the point." 

Tickets can be purchased online or by contacting the St. Joseph Symphony offices.