California Chamber Orchestra

American Composers Project – Gershwin

The first concert in our American Composers Project series is this Saturday, September 26, at 3:00 p.m. The program, made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, features George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Antonin Dvorak’s New World Symphony.

With the American Composers Project, Dana Zimbric and the California Chamber Orchestra celebrate 250 years of the American Spirit through music. The series is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

This concert features the music of George Gershwin on his 128th birthday. The program includes:

George Gershwin (1898 – 1937): Rhapsody in Blue featuring Ines Irawati, piano soloist

Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981): Shift, Change, Turn

Antonin Dvorak (1841 – 1904): Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)