The American Imagination: Gershwin, Higdon, Bunch, Price & Armstrong

A celebration of the infinite creativity and daring imagination of American artists across generations.

MYS Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Raúl Gómez-Rojas, presents:

• Peachtree Street by Jennifer Higdon
• Adoration by Florence Price, arr. Thomas Taylor Dickey
• An American in Paris by George Gershwin (Revised F. Campbell-Watson)
• Dango Jiru by Kenji Bunch, in collaboration with Portland Taiko
• Satchmo! - A Tribute to Louis Armstrong (arr. Ted Ricketts)
• World premiere of a piece by student composer Alejandro Belgique, as part of The Authentic Voice commissioning series in partnership with Fear No Music’s Young Composers Project.
• This concert will also showcase one of the winners of MYS’ annual Concerto Competition.

MYS Interlude Orchestra, conducted by Erica Boland, opens the concert.