Spectrum Orchestra welcomes the public to the final concert of its 2024-2025 season at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2, at Bloomfield Hills High School, 4200 Andover Road, Bloomfield Township.

The concert will feature Jeremy Crosmer of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra performing Antonín Dvorák’s famous “Cello Concerto” in B minor.

“We’re absolutely thrilled to be welcoming Jeremy back as a soloist for the fourth time — that’s how popular he’s been,” said Eszter Horváth, Spectrum Orchestra’s music director. “He’s a fantastic cellist and performer. The Dvorák concerto is nothing short of a masterpiece and this is a wonderful opportunity to hear it played so beautifully by Jeremy.”

Crosmer, an Arkansas native, is a 2004 Stella Boyle Smith Young Artists Competition grand prize winner. He holds multiple degrees from the University of Michigan in cello, composition, and theory pedagogy. He received his doctorate of musical arts in cello performance in 2012 at the age of 24. He was assistant principal cellist of the Grand Rapids Symphony from 2012 through 2017 and joined the Detroit Symphony in May 2017.

In addition to being a busy performer and soloist, Crosmer is a prolific composer and ardent educator. His compositions range from solo pieces to full orchestral works and have been performed by major orchestras and chamber ensembles.

As composer and arranger for the Grand Rapids Symphony’s Music for Health initiative, Crosmer has long recognized the healing power of music and, in 2021, received the Ford Musician Award for Excellence in Community Service, honoring his impactful work piloting the Detroit Symphony’s partnership with Kadima Mental Health Services.

Education is one of Crosmer’s keenest musical passions. He teaches composition, cello classes and music clinics at high schools across the state and maintains a private cello studio. He developed a series of creative workshops to give middle and high school students a well-rounded musical foundation and brings those workshops to schools nationwide. He also enjoys writing and arranging “fun” music for students in order to create unique learning experiences that broaden each young musician’s experience.

Also on the May 2 program are “A Somerset Rhapsody” by Ralph Vaughn Williams and “Scherzo for Orchestra” by Agathe Backer-Grøndahl.

Spectrum Orchestra is a community orchestra comprised of accomplished amateurs and has been bringing symphonic music to the Birmingham-Bloomfield area since 2012. Under the direction of Horváth, the group has been championing the works of lesser-known composers, especially women.

For more information about Spectrum Orchestra, including current openings for musicians, visit the orchestra’s website at spectrumorchestra.org.