Michael Haithcock, conductor Patricia Cornett, graduate conductor Yehonatan Berick, violin Composers known for their populist appeal transform images and metaphors of the human experience through the unspoken language of music. Aaron Copland’s El Salón México captures the vibrancy of a Mexican dance hall as Donald Grantham’s J’ai été au bal explores the joy of falling in love through the imagery of dance and Cajun folk songs. “American Maverick” Mason Bates provides a metaphorical joy ride through the “circuits” of our lives, while UM composer Evan Chambers paints a vivid picture of both despair and hope in his Outcry and Turning. Our own Michael Daugherty finds inspiration in the iconic images of Georgia O’Keefe’s skyscraper paintings for his Ladder to the Moon, featuring faculty artist Yehonatan Berick as violin soloist. Pre-concert lecture with Evan Chambers, Michael Daugherty and Michael Haithcock at 7:15 in the Lower Lobby. For more information, see the Symphony Band YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/umsymphonyband PROGRAM: Copland - El Salón México; Chambers - Outcry and Turning; Bates, Sea-Blue Circuitry, Patricia Cornett, graduate conductor; Daugherty - Ladder to the Moon, Yehonatan Berick, violin; Grantham - J\&##39;ai été au bal (“I went to the ball”)