American Opera, Operetta, & Musical Theatre Scenes

Cliff Croomes, conductor

Steven Bryant
In this Broad Earth

Kelijah Dunton
Letters 

Leonard Bernstein
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town

Ring in the season with the Butler School of Music in this annual favorite. The concert will be anchored by our new Chamber Orchestra and choirs but will feature ensembles and student performers from across the program. You can expect to hear favorite carols and a few surprises.  

Asriel Davis, piano & organ 
Invoke String Quartet 

Meditation
Sketches in Sepia

William Grant Still
Ennanga

Zenobia Powell Perry, trans. McHenry
Homage 

Lee Hoiby
Lady of the Harbor from Three Women

Evan Mack 
Preach Sister, Preach 

Patrice Michaels
The Long View: A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Nine Songs 

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Mikhail Smigelski, bass 
Margarita Denenburg, piano 
Rick Rowley, piano 
Featuring Butler School violin, cello, and voice students

Dmitri Shostakovich
Preludes, op. 34 (Nos. 1-12)
Piano Trio No. 1 in C Minor, Poème, op. 8
Antiformalist Raylok