September birthday bash donation blitz
Cast your vote!Celebrate your favorite composers’ September birthdays and keep the music playing for your community orchestra!
Take a look at your favorite composers’ biography by clicking the links below. There you will find information about them as well as playlists of their most well known pieces. When you’re ready, come back to this page and cast your vote with your $$$, or call the office between 10am and 4pm at (989) 755-6471 ext. 4. If the line is busy, leave your name and phone number and we will call you right back!
Gustav Holst: Part 5 of 5 of our september Birthday Bash Donation Blitz!
Born: September 21, 1874 in Cheltenham, EnglandDied: May 25, 1934 in London, England (age 59) Gustav Theodore Holst (born Gustavus Theodore von Holst) was the eldest of two children of Adolph von Holst and Clara Cox, née Lediard. He was an English composer, arranger,...
Anton Bruckner: Part 4 of 5 of Our September Birthday Bash Donation Blitz
Born: September 4, 1824 in Ansfelden, Austria Died: October 11, 1896 in Vienna, Austria (age 72) Josef Anton Bruckner was the eldest of eleven children of Anton Bruckner Sr. and Therese Helm. Bruckner was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist best known...
George Gershwin: Part 3 of 5 of the September Birthday Bash Donation Blitz
Born: September 26, 1898 in Brooklyn, NY Died: July 11, 1937 in Los Angeles, CA (age 38) George Gershwin (born Jacob Gershwine) was the second of four children of Moishe Gershowitz and Roza Bruskina. Gershwin was an American pianist and composer, whose compositions...
Dmitri Shostakovich: Part 2 of 5 of the September Birthday Bash Donation Blitz
Born: September 25, 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russia Died: August 9, 1975 in Moscow, Russia (age 68) Shostakovich was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist and was the second of three children of Dmitri Boleslavovich Shostakovich and Sofiya Vasilievna Kokoulina. He...
Antonín Dvořák: Part 1 of 5 of the September Birthday Bash Donation Blitz
Born: September 8, 1841 in Nelahozeves in the Austrian EmpireDied: May 1, 1904 in Prague, Czech Republic (age 62) Dvořák was born near Prague and was the eldest son of František Dvořák and his wife, Anna, née Zdeňková. Dvořák was the first of nine children that...