UPCOMING CHICAGO CONCERT:
American Tapestry
LINCOLNWOOD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 3:00PM
LINCOLNWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER
6900 N. LINCOLN, LINCOLNWOOD
Music representative of the genres and cultural viewpoints that have come together to define what today we enjoy and call “American Music.”
PROGRAM
Fugue from String Quartet No. 1 - Charles Ives
Deep River - Traditional arr. Harry Burleigh
Two Sketches Based on Indian (Native American) Themes - Charles Griffes
Souvenir de Porto Rico, Op.31 - Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Prelude #2 - George Gershwin arr. Philip Simmons
Irish Folk Song - Arthur Foote
Finale from String Serenade - Victor Herbert
America the Beautiful - Samuel Ward arr. Ilya Levinson
Hoe Down from Rodeo - Aaron Copland
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American Music Festivals promotES cultural exchange,
presenting concerts that celebrate diversity
and preserve orchestral heritage.
American Music Festivals reaches out to communities through orchestral concerts that bring people together to experience the fine arts and humanities. Promoting cultural exchange we embrace diversity, celebrating our differences and discovering what we share as human beings--moving forward a conversation about equity and inclusion.
American Music Festivals is committed to preserving and furthering orchestral heritage. Our music making has attracted an amazing team of musicians, community advocates, and outreach professionals to our cause. It has helped us build partnerships and professional relationships with organizations and individuals around the world. Our concerts tell a story that speaks to the power of music to move people, help change perspectives, and to challenge norms. American Music Festivals is excited to continue to help provide professional orchestral programming throughout the many communities that make up Chicagoland, and around the world.
Thanks for being a part of our vision.
With Maestro Yuri Temirkonov, backstage at Chicago Symphony Center
Artistic Contributor Leonard Slatkin and Philip Simmons in Hawaii
American Music Festivals
has been committed to cultural exchange Since 1997.
Please join US AS WE BRING OUR UNIQUE VIEWPOINT TO CLASSICAL MUSIC PROGRAMMING.
CULTURAL EXCHANGE
In the United States and abroad we work with communities to share culture, celebrating our differences.
ORCHESTRAL HERITAGE
American Music Festivals helps preserve orchestral traditions--with a sensitivity to all the humanities.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Our collaborative events bring people TOGETHER, creating understanding and friendship.
ARTISTIC AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Through concerts and related outreach, American Music Festivals articulates cross cultural and intergenerational connections.
Sir Georg Solti Memorial Festival, April 2016
