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Annual Meeting

The annual meeting is held on the last Tuesday of June. Guests and members may attend to hear reports of the previous year for the Dearborn Symphony.

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AGENDA
Welcome & President’s Report
Minutes of Previous Annual Meeting and Board Meetings
Treasurer’s Report
Proposed Budget for next fiscal year
Executive Director Report
Music Director Report
Committee Reports
Elections of Board Members


Friends of Dearborn Symphony Annual Report

Dearborn Orchestral Society Endowment Fund (DOSEF) Annual Report

Musicians Relief Fund

Musicians’ Relief Fund

The musicians of the Dearborn Symphony have been our lifeblood. Year after year, they provide our community with performances and education programs of the highest caliber, and our mission as an organization would be impossible without them.

The Musicians’ Relief Fund has been created to financially aid and support our musicians whose livelihoods have been adversely affected by the current Covid-19 global pandemic. Your philanthropic support of the Musicians’ Relief Fund will go directly to those musicians who need it most at this time of great uncertainty and financial stress. Our ability to support our musicians through this crisis helps ensure they will be with us on stage when performances resume and we can all come together once again.

Give to the Musicians’ Relief Fund

Please help us toward our fund-raising goals for the upcoming year by making a contribution which is tax- deductible to the extent allowed by Federal and state laws.

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Your completion of our contribution form is most appreciated and will ensure the continued success of one of Michigan’s finest community orchestras.

Thank You

Donations to the Dearborn Orchestral Society will help support the general operations of the Dearborn Symphony. The Dearborn Orchestral Society is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. Donations may be tax-deductible to the extent permitted by Federal and State laws.

Dearborn Symphony Introduces a New Conductor

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It was a year in the making, and as the Dearborn Symphony kicks off its 58th season, the Symphony Board of Directors are pleased to introduce new Music Director Steven Jarvi. President Sandy Butler stated that “Jarvi’s enthusiasm and innovative ideas to enhance the concert going experience will lead the Symphony into an exciting future.”

Maestro Jarvi was one of three outstanding guest conductors who led the Dearborn Symphony last year and each was a strong contender for the role, as noted by audience, board and search committee and musician surveys. “Maestro Jarvi emerged as a wonderful fit for the Dearborn Symphony and our community,” Butler noted. “I am delighted to be leading this wonderful group of musicians and to bring my passion for live orchestral music to Dearborn and surrounding communities,” Jarvi shared. “I was very taken by, not only the orchestra’s high level of musicianship, but also by their enthusiasm and dedication to the future of the Symphony. I go to work with the mindset that I became a musician to express myself as an artist and to have fun! The Dearborn Symphony musicians reflect the same sentiment, thus, I was sold!”

Maestro Jarvi brings 20 years of symphonic and opera-conducting experience to the orchestra, having led top orchestras throughout the U.S. and Europe. He has been praised for his “uncommonly expressive and detailed” performances by the Miami Herald, and the Wall Street Journal has described him as an “eloquent and decisive” conductor.

Raised in Grand Haven, Michigan, Jarvi holds a Bachelors’ degree in Music Theory from the University of Michigan and a Master’s in Orchestral Conducting from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.

The 2019-2020 season, entitled “New Beginnings,” will feature Blue chip musical treasures beginning October 11. That evening’s program “Bravissimo,” will also have a pre-concert party. Party tickets are $40 and include dining and one drink ticket (full bar available). Get a party and concert ticket for $65.

“American Masters” follows on November 22, “For the Love of Beethoven” on February 14, “Stage and Screen” on April 3, and “Fairy Tales & Friends” on May 8.

Join in the pleasure of listening to Dearborn’s amazing musicians as they present the highest quality musical pieces right in our own backyard.