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LOCATION:Centennial Hall
DESCRIPTION:The Augustana Symphony Orchestra kicks off its season&nbsp\;with Second City Symphonists. The program&nbsp\;features two composers who had deep connections to the city of Chicago. William Grant Still and Florence Price grew up in Little Rock\, Ark.\, studied with the same childhood music teacher\, and then spent significant portions of their professional careers in Chicago.\n\nThe concert also will feature the Rock Island High School Orchestra\, Katie Benson\, director.\n\nProgram\n\nWilliam Grant Still: Wood Notes\nFlorence Price: Symphony No. 3 in E minor\n\nWilliam Grant Still probably is best known for his Symphony No. 1 which he subtitled “Afro-American” and brought together elements of his musical upbringing with elements of his classical musical training. His pastoral\, four-movement Wood Notes was actually premiered by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1948.&nbsp\;\n\nPrice holds the distinction of being the first African American woman to have her music played by one of the major American symphony orchestras when she won the Wanamaker Foundation composition competition with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in 1933. Music critic Alex Ross draws connections between her style and those of Richard Wagner and Antonín Dvořák\, but also points out the distinctiveness of her unique musical voice blends her European training with the styles of spirituals and African dance rhythms that comes through in her Symphony No 3 in C minor.\n\nThe orchestra will perform again on Saturday&nbsp\;at 3 p.m. at&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Holy Family Parish\, 2515 W Palatine Road\, Inverness\, Ill. That&nbsp\;concert will feature the Glenbard East High School Orchestra\, Timothy Fawkes\, director\, and the Palatine High School Orchestra\, Dung Pham\, Augustana class of ‘94\, director.\n
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SUMMARY:Augustana Symphony Orchestra: Second City Symphonists
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