RCO's Notes from the Program
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RCO's Notes from the Program
American Dance Party
Get ready to jam as the infectious rhythms and tunes of American greats like Ellington, Joplin, and Gershwin will have you dancing in your seats. One of the concert's works get a Reno-themed multi-media treatment by Eve Allen Garza and RCO’s principal strings are featured as soloists in Delights and Dances, a work by Pulitzer-prize winner Michael Abels, known widely for his score to the film Nope.
Kelly Kuo, conductor
The Gilbert & Elizabeth Lenz Podium
Eve Allen Garza, Choreographer
James Winn, Piano
SCOTT JOPLIN Overture to Treemonisha
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (arr. Garth Sunderland) Fancy Free
MICHAEL ABELS Delights and Dances
DUKE ELLINGTON (arr. Prustman) Three Songs of Duke Ellington
for Chamber Orchestra
GEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. Farrington) I Got Rhythm Variations
