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Civic Orchestra of Chicago
Civic Plays Price & Dvořák
Mar 2, 2026 — 7:30 PM
Overview
Ken-David Masur leads the Civic Orchestra in works by three titans of Black excellence in American music, starting with gems by George Walker and Ulysses Kay. Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America portrays an enslaved man’s spiritual journey from the time of his arrival on this continent. Antonin Dvořák, a vital early champion of American music, imbues his lyrical and exuberant Seventh Symphony with admiration and hope for his own native Czech Republic.
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Program
Kay
Overture to Theater Set
Walker
Lyric for Strings
Price
Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
Dvořák
Symphony No. 7
Performers
Principal Conductor, Civic Orchestra of Chicago
The Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Principal Conductor Chair
Extras
Teen Night
Teen night is an annual event hosted by the CSO Student Ambassadors that brings teens from across Chicagoland together to enjoy classical music. Enjoy a preconcert pizza dinner, activities and a concert — all with a $5 ticket. Learn more »
Sponsors & Partners
The 2025/26 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.
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When the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and Principal Conductor Ken-David Masur return in March, they will perform works of multicultural perspectives, with selections by Ulysses Kay , George Walker and Florence Price.
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Few composers have experienced the meteoric rediscovery that Florence Price has enjoyed in the last decade. Nearly forgotten since her death in 1953, her works are now seeing a renaissance.
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George Walker (1922-2018) dedicated his “Lyric for Strings,” which became most performed work, to his grandmother, who died when he was a student at the Curtis Institute of Music.
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