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Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Civic in the Community: Celebrating Women Composers
Mar 11, 2024 — 7:00 PM
Overview
Florence Price’s joyous and sumptuous Symphony No. 1 concludes a multigenerational program of works celebrating Women’s History Month. When the CSO premiered Price’s symphony in 1933, she became the first Black woman to have a piece played by a major American orchestra. Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery portrays a bustling urban streetscape in Coincident Dances, while Margaret Brouwer’s Remembrances is a poignant elegy.
Please note: this event takes place at Hinsdale Central High School, 5500 S. Grant St., Hinsdale, IL 60521
Free parking is available in the lot on the east side of Grant St., across from the school building. To access the auditorium, you may enter the building through Door 5, which is located across from the Grant St. parking lot.
Tickets are free; reservations are required.
Program
Montgomery
Coincident Dances
Brouwer
Remembrances
Price
Symphony No. 1
Performers
Sponsors & Partners
The 2023/24 Civic Orchestra season is generously sponsored by Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.
The Civic Orchestra of Chicago acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.
This performance is generously sponsored by the JCS Arts, Health and Education Fund of DuPage Foundation.
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