Chineke! champions change and celebrates diversity in classical music. The London, England-based orchestra of Black, Asian, and ethnically diverse musicians, makes its Koerner Hall debut with conductor Andrew Grams.
Grams is Music Director of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra whose charismatic conducting and easy accessibility have made him an audience favorite.
"One of the best pianists of his generation" (
Philadelphia Inquirer), Royal Conservatory Artist-in-Residence, Stewart Goodyear, is an accomplished orchestral soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, and composer.
Program
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor:
Othello Suite
Stewart Goodyear:
Callaloo – Caribbean Suite for Piano and Orchestra
Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E Minor