Join the CCCO in a program featuring William Grant Still, who in 1931 became the first African American composer to have a symphony debuted by a major American orchestra. His success followed when in 1936 he became the first African American to conduct a major orchestra, when he led the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.

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Clarinetist David Dziardziel will perform Copland's majestic Clarinet Concerto, and the CCCO concludes the concert with Nielsen's Little Suite for Strings.

PROGRAM:

SIBELIUS Valse Triste

GOULD Spirituals for Strings

WILLIAM GRANT STILL Serenade for Orchestra

COPLAND Clarinet Concerto

David Dziardziel, clarinet

NIELSEN Little Suite for Strings​

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