Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture

FEATURING

Kellen Gray, conductor
Chabrelle Williams, soprano

PROGRAM

• Perkinson: Worship, A Concert Overture
• Gershwin (arr. Bennet): Porgy & Bess A Symphonic Picture

—INTERMISSION—

• Bonds: Songs of the Season
• Still: Symphony No. 1 Afro-American

Doors: 6:00pm /// Concert: 7:30pm
A pre-concert talk will take place from 6:30pm to 7:00pm.
Approximate concert length: 85 minutes

Tales of love, loss, and family ties are expressed from the African American perspective in this stirring program. The works of Perkinson, Bonds, and Still are a compendium of Black composers in the 20th and 21st centuries. Gershwin takes the audience to Catfish Row for familiar tunes such as “Summertime”, “I Got Plenty O Nuttin’”, and “It Ain’t Necessarily So”.

There will be an Open Rehearsal at 10:00 am. Tickets are $10.
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