Tribute to London

A special concert will celebrate the 25-year partnership between Grand Valley and Kingston University in the U.K. Henry E. Duitman, director of orchestras, will conduct the Grand Valley Symphony Orchestra with guest conductor and composer David Osbon.

The “Tribute to London” concert will be performed Thursday, March 1, at 8 p.m. in the Louis Armstrong Theatre, Performing Arts Center, on the Allendale Campus. The performance is open to the public with free admission.

Osbon, from Kingston, is a composer, conductor, and academic whose music has been performed, broadcast and recorded around the world. His “Nelson Overture” will be included in the performance, as well as works by Haydn, Elgar and Holst.

The concert is the first in a series of events that are part of Osbon’s Cultural Olympics, a celebration of the 2012 London Olympic Games through dance, music, theater, the visual arts, film and digital innovation. During three days in July, Grand Valley, Kingston and the Amsterdam Conservatory, will participate in a collaborative project, Bodies in Motion, which will be broadcast via the Internet.

For more information, please call (616) 331-3484 or visit www.gvsu.edu/music.