Masterworks: Symphony Swings

Saturday, Feb 22, 2025 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm
P.E. Monroe Auditorium
775 Sixth Street, NorthEast
828-324-8603
$20 - $50

A night of classic American jazz music featuring one of the greatest clarinetists alive, known as the Louis Armstrong of the clarinet, Doreen Ketchens, performing jazz swing music with the Western Piedmont Symphony. Also on the program is Soul Force by award-winning composer Jessie Montgomery, Three Dance Episodes from On the Town by Bernstein, and the musical mural of African-American history told through music, Ellington’s Black, Brown, and Beige Suite.

Featured Artist
Doreen Ketchens

Program
Montgomery, J. - Soul Force
Bernstein - On the Town: Three Dance Episodes
Ellington - Black, Brown, and Beige: Suite
Various - American Jazz and Swing
(“St. Louis Blues,” “Just a Closer Walk with Thee,” “Caravan,” “Amazing Grace,” “Basin Street Blues,” and more)
Doreen Ketchens, clarinet

Location: LRU

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