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News and notes from the world of classical music.

LSO Plays Music Of New World

Lansing Symphony Orchestra Conductor Timothy Muffitt.
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The Lansing Symphony Orchestra’s MasterWorks 5 concert is Saturday night at Wharton Center. Music of Barber and Dvorak is on the program, as well as a piece called “Ancestral Waters” by Brian Gaber. WKAR’s Melissa Benmark checked in with LSO conductor Timothy Muffitt for a preview of the concert.

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