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Season Finale: Porgy and Bess
Peace Concert Hall
Saturday, May 16 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 17 at 3:00 pm
Conclude the Greenville Symphony Orchestra’s “American Season” with a powerful concert performance of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess.
DeAndre Simmons and Laquita Mitchell take star turns as Porgy and Bess, with timeless classics like “Summertime” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” American mezzo-soprano Kate Jackman is our soloist for Copland’s poignant and delightful Old American Songs, alternating with a chorus of Greenville’s finest singers led by William Burgess.
PROGRAM
Aaron Copland: Old American Songs
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, A Concert of Songs
CONDUCTOR
Lee Mills, Music Director
GUEST
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Kate Jackman, mezzo-soprano
DeAndre Simmons, baritone
Chorusmaster: William Burgess
Pre-Concert Conversation
Free for concert ticketholders, one hour before the performance inside Peace Concert Hall. Join Music Director Lee Mills, Executive Director Jessica Satava, and special guests for an engaging exploration of the composer’s ideas, musical themes, and history of the music you’re about to hear.