Ellington Price Still

Luis Biava, conductor
We float down Ellington’s River and dance our way to the deep South with works by Florence Price and William Grant Still in a concert featuring composers that blazed a trail so bright the future was forever changed. Don’t miss this performance by the New Albany Symphony and the winners of our Student Concerto Competition, Connor Chaffin and Caden Potter.

PROGRAM:

Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington – Giggling Rapids

Florence Price – Dances in the Canebrakes

Carl Maria von Weber – Concerto for Bassoon in F major 

George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue

William Grant Still – Symphony No. 1 in A Flat Major (Afro-American)