Pre-concert conversation with composers Evan Chambers and Lembit Beecher at 7:15PM in the lower lobby.

Michael Haithcock, conductor, Joel Bein, graduate student conductor, Jim VanValkenburg, viola soloist (acting principal violist, Detroit Symphony Orchestra).

Each work on this eclectic program was influenced by a pre-existing source. Join us to discover how these influences inspired and guided each composer’s creative process.

PROGRAM: Evan Chambers- Polka Nation; Lembit Beecher- Anthology of Joy, Jim VanValkenburg, soloist; Roberto Sierra- Tumbao; Bryant- “the logic of all my dreams” from Alchemy in Silent Spaces; Copland- Red Pony Film Suite