Itasca Symphony Orchestra

Itasca Symphony Orchestra presents "The Universe at the Symphony" on Friday, March 7, at 7 p.m. at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids.

Itasca Orchestra Strings program director Pedro Oviedo and Itasca Choral Society artistic director Adam Gieber discuss their effort to combine music and film for a piece highlighting the atrocities of war.

Itasca Orchestra Strings Program presents "Passion and Pulse," a concert with vibrant Latin American sounds. The performance will honor Jesse Davis, who played viola with the orchestra and was president of their board.

Itasca Orchestra Strings Program hosts the family concert at the Reif Center in Grand Rapids. Featuring "curious critters waltzing, mythical firebirds, majestic fanfares."

Carmen Fantasy borrows melodies from Bizet’s famous opera Carmen. It was Initially performed and composed by the 19th century Spanish world famous violinist Pablo De Sarasate to highlight his dazzling technique.

Every piece of music sort of creates its own world, its own universe, and you get to live in that universe when you're when you're playing the…