Saturday, May 1st, 2027 – Voices of America
By Blue Ridge Orchestra
Swannanoa, North Carolina 28778
Dr. Emily Mariko Eng, Music Director
Voices of America
The BRO joins in celebrating America 250, highlighting a range of creative voices that contribute to our nation’s musical history: recent works by James Stephenson and Benjamin Dawson, a chamber jazz collaboration with URSA Asheville on Gil Evans and Miles Davis’s Porgy and Bess, and Amy Beach’s acclaimed Gaelic Symphony.
Program
James STEPHENSON - American Fanfare
Benjamin DAWSON - Fantasia, Appalachian Hymns
Gil Evans/Miles Davis- Selections from Porgy and Bess
Collaboration with URSA Asheville
BRO’s Chamber Jazz Ensemble
INTERMISSION
BEACH - Gaelic Symphony
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