Dances in the Canebrakes (Florence Price) – Upcoming Concerts

Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes (arr. William Grant Still)
George Gershwin — Piano Concerto in F
William L. Dawson — Negro Folk Symphony
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue

Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes (arr. William Grant Still)
George Gershwin — Piano Concerto in F
William L. Dawson — Negro Folk Symphony
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue

Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes (arr. William Grant Still)
George Gershwin — Piano Concerto in F
William L. Dawson — Negro Folk Symphony
George Gershwin — Rhapsody in Blue

Program includes works by Leonard Bernstein, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Johann Strauss II, Manuel de Falla, Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Puccini, Émile Waldteufel, Florence Price, and Jean Sibelius.

Program includes works by Leonard Bernstein, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Johann Strauss II, Manuel de Falla, Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Puccini, Émile Waldteufel, Florence Price, and Jean Sibelius.

Program includes works by Leonard Bernstein, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Johann Strauss II, Manuel de Falla, Gioachino Rossini, Giacomo Puccini, Émile Waldteufel, Florence Price, and Jean Sibelius.

Arturo Márquez — Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Ludwig van Beethoven — "I. Allegro ma non troppo" from Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Jonathan Leshnoff — Concerto Grosso (Mvts. III & IV)
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 11, No. 2 (Overture to L'Amant anonyme)
Antonín Dvořák — "V. Silent Woods" from From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 133
Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes (arr. William Grant Still; "I. Nimble Feet" & "III. Silk Hat and Walking Cane")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Scheherazade, Op. 35 ("IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman")

Arturo Márquez — Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Ludwig van Beethoven — "I. Allegro ma non troppo" from Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Jonathan Leshnoff — Concerto Grosso (Mvts. III & IV)
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 11, No. 2 (Overture to L'Amant anonyme)
Antonín Dvořák — "V. Silent Woods" from From the Bohemian Forest, Op. 68, B. 133
Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes (arr. William Grant Still; "I. Nimble Feet" & "III. Silk Hat and Walking Cane")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Scheherazade, Op. 35 ("IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman")

Arturo Márquez — Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Ludwig van Beethoven — "I. Allegro ma non troppo" from Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"
Jonathan Leshnoff — Concerto Grosso (Mvts. 3 & 4)
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges — Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 11, No. 2 (Overture to L'Amant anonyme)
Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes (arr. William Grant Still; "I. Nimble Feet" & "III. Silk Hat & Walking Cane")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov — Scheherazade, Op. 35 ("IV. Festival at Baghdad. The Sea. The Ship Breaks against a Cliff Surmounted by a Bronze Horseman")

William Grant Still — Poem for Orchestra
Quinn Mason — This Is the Rope (world premiere; written & narrated by Jacqueline Woodson)
Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes
Carlos Simon — The Block

William Grant Still — Poem for Orchestra
Quinn Mason — This Is the Rope (world premiere; written & narrated by Jacqueline Woodson)
Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes
Carlos Simon — The Block

Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes (arr. William Grant Still)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"

Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes (arr. William Grant Still)
Ludwig van Beethoven — Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique"

Florence Price — Dances in the Canebrakes
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313
Felix Mendelssohn — Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"

The Conservatory Orchestra pairs Antonín Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9 with Florence Price's Dances in the Canebrakes, plus performances from the SOGO Brass Choir, Academy Orchestra, and Debut Orchestra.

Emotions run deep in music from Schindler’s List, The Red Violin, and Copland’s portrayal of 19th century American life, Appalachian Spring.