Six-time Grammy–winning conductor and Music Director Laureate of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Leonard Slatkin joins the Festival for a program celebrating the distinctive American sound. The evening opens with Aaron Copland’s Rodeo, featuring its iconic “Hoedown,” followed by the chaconne from John Corigliano’s score to The Red Violin, with violinist Njioma Grievous as soloist. After the break, the program continues with Ron Nelson’s tribute to the Savannah River, a haunting adagio by Cindy McTee, and concludes with George Gershwin’s An American in Paris.

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