A version of this article appeared in the Lansing State Journal
MORE
ORCHESTRAS THAN YOU THINK
When Michigan
State University flute professor Richard Sherman first came to East Lansing 30
years ago, he said to himself, “Boy there sure are a lot of orchestras around
here”. And he was right.
Take a 90-minute
drive from Lansing and you will find professional symphony orchestras in Jackson,
Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Adrian, Flint, Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Bay City,
Midland, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Dearborn, Rochester, Warren and Plymouth – an
amazing 15 orchestras.
And that
doesn’t count several more in other parts of Michigan.
The question is: why are there so many orchestras in mid-Michigan?
