BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTEND:20191019T003000Z UID: 68075b32b97a7 DTSTAMP:20250422T040242Z LOCATION:New Life Lutheran Church DESCRIPTION:The Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Symphony Orchestra kicks off its season and fall tour with Second City Symphonists. The program \;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\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. \;\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 Anton¨ªn Dvo?¨¢k\, 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 \;at 3 p.m. at \; \;Holy Family Parish\, 2515 W Palatine Road\, Inverness\, Ill. That \;concert will feature the Glenbard East High School Orchestra\, Timothy Fawkes\, director\, and the Palatine High School Orchestra\, Dung Pham\, Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø class of ¡®94\, director.\n\nThe orchestra's home concert in Centennial Hall will begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 26\, with \;the Rock Island High School Orchestra\, Katie Benson\, director.\n URL;VALUE=URI:/about-us/events/2019/augustana-symphony-orchestra-tour-second-city-symphonists SUMMARY:Å·ÖÞ±­ÍøͶ_Å·ÖÞ±­ÍâΧapp-Ͷע¹ÙÍø Symphony Orchestra Tour: Second City Symphonists DTSTART:20191019T003000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR