Making his Festival debut, Kedrick Armstrong conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in Gershwin’s jaunty An American In Paris. Experience the propulsive energy of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 1 and Duke Ellington’s The Three Black Kings alongside Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lyrical Violin Concerto with soloist Gabriela Lara, an alumna of the Festival’s String Fellowship program.
Featuring
Grant Park Orchestra
Kedrick Armstrong Conductor
Gabriela Lara Violin
Program
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Sinfonietta No. 1
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto
Duke Ellington/arr. Luther Henderson The Three Black Kings
George Gershwin/rev. Frank Campbell-Watson An American in Paris
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Harris Theater
205 E Randolph St, Chicago
The Harris Theater is an indoor venue located at the northern edge of Millennium Park.