Courtney Snyder, conductor
Elliott Tackitt, graduate conductor
Anita Gonzalez, narrator

An evening of American music in which composers utilize original as well as traditional American, European, African, and Caribbean music to reveal their distinctly American voices. U-M Professor of Theatre & Drama Anita Gonzalez joins the Concert Band to narrate Copland’s Lincoln Portrait.

PROGRAM:
Lamb- Sacred Ground
Biedenbender-Schism
Persichetti- Serenade No. 1
Syler- Congo Square;
Maslanka-Angel of Mercy
Copland- Lincoln Portrait