Detroit Symphony Orchestra News

The Japanese automobile and engine maker is expected to present the check Sunday at Orchestra Hall during a performance by 150 Detroit elementary and middle school students.

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra has announced upcoming shows by stand-up comedian Bill Cosby, also an author and creator of the "Cosby Show," and musician Natalie Merchant, who first tasted fame in the 1980s and 1990s with her band 10,000 Maniacs.

Honda plans to give the Detroit Symphony Orchestra $150,000 this weekend to commemorate the completion of a five-year music education partnership.

It rained cats and dogs every day, but for the 900 ardent fans who followed the Detroit Symphony Orchestra to New York's Carnegie Hall late last week, the weather scarcely mattered.

Many underprivileged children in the metro area never get the opportunity to be introduced to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Hai-Xin Wu the assistant principal violinist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra practices away from the stage among the red velvet seats and grandeur of Carnegie Hall on Thursday, May, 9, 2013 in New York City.

Robert deMaine principal cello with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra led by Leonard Slatkin rehearses in preparation for their first trip to Carnegie Hall in 17 years on Monday, May 6, 2013 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center in Detroit.

Surayyah Muwwakkil is taking advantage of a package deal to see the Detroit Symphony Orchestra perform at Carnegie Hall this week.

But in today's challenging economic climate, music programs need a shout out in the city celebrated for its musical greatness.

Forget about taking the N Train to 57th Street and 7th Avenue. When a New Yorker asks you, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" the required answer is, "Practice, practice, practice." How do you get to Carnegie Hall? You join the UMS Choral Union , and that, my friend, takes you from Tree Town to the Big Apple.