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Gershwin An American in Paris
Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Chicago and nearby North Shore venues | Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM CDT
- When
- Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 7:30 PM CDT
- Where
- Harris Theater for Music and Dance
Chicago, Chicago metro - Address
- 205 East Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601
Making his Festival debut, Kedrick Armstrong conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in Gershwin’s jaunty An American In Paris . Experience the propulsive energy of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 1 and Duke Ellington’s The Three Black Kings alongside Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lyrical Violin Concerto with soloist Gabriela Lara, an alumna of the Festival’s String Fellowship program. Featuring Grant Park Orchestra Kedrick Armstrong, Conductor Gabriele Lara, Violin Program Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson Sinfonietta No. 1 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Violin Concerto Duke Ellington/arr. Luther Henderson The Three Black Kings George Gershwin/rev. Frank Campbell-Watson An American in Paris
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