The concert will be held at 8:30 p.m. in Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor. Featuring a wide spectrum of music by George and Ira Gershwin, the multi-disciplinary concert, performed by students and faculty, will highlight the piano and reflect the many genres at which the Gershwins’ excelled—including classical music, jazz, opera, musical theatre and dance—all of which have renowned performance programs at SMTD. Included will be some of the Gershwins’ most celebrated works, such as “Three Preludes,” selections from “Porgy and Bess,” and the first performance of the critical edition draft of “Rhapsody in Blue,” featuring the original jazz orchestration from the work’s 1924 debut by the Paul Whiteman Band.

In addition, audience members will learn about the piano restoration from Robert Grijalva, director and assistant professor of piano technology, who oversaw the project, and Mark Clague, associate professor of musicology and editor-in-chief of the George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition.

“As plans for the U-M Gershwin Initiative evolved, I realized that the University of Michigan would be the ideal home for my uncle’s Steinway,” Marc Gershwin said. “I wanted the instrument to be accessible to the students and faculty who would be preserving the legacy of George and Ira Gershwin’s music through this important initiative. I’m delighted that the piano will once again be in regular use, and am thrilled that it has been restored to performance condition.”

“The opportunity to perform on George Gershwin’s piano will be extraordinarily inspirational for our students and faculty,” said Christopher Kendall, dean of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance. “We are so grateful to Marc for his generosity and to the entire Gershwin family for their vision and commitment to ensuring that the music of their remarkable forbears will be preserved through the U-M Gershwin Initiative. This concert will be the first of many at SMTD to celebrate the Gershwins’ music with exciting, historically informed performances.”

A pre-concert talk beginning 7:30 p.m. will feature musicologists Ryan Banagale of Colorado College and author of “Arranging Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue and the Creation of an American Icon,” the volume editor of the “Rhapsody in Blue” edition, and Richard Crawford, U-M professor emeritus of musicology and renowned Gershwin scholar who is currently completing a book titled “Summertime: George Gershwin’s Life in Music.”