The Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey presents American Stories

Joan Tower: Made in America
Florence Price: Ethiopia’s Shadow in America
Conductor, Ruth Ochs
George Gershwin: Porgy & Bess
Conductor, Vinroy D. Brown, Jr.
Heather Hill, soprano, Keith Spencer, baritone

We’re thrilled to open our 11th season with a concert version of George Gershwin’s iconic American opera Porgy & Bess, in the masterful arrangement by Robert Russell Bennett. Join us for an unforgettable evening featuring guest artists soprano Heather Hill, a rising star of Broadway and opera and renowned for her role in the Broadway revival of Porgy & Bess, and baritone Keith Spencer, known by our audience as the visionary creator and star of our world-premiere production of Brothers on Broadway.

Capital Singers Music Director Vinroy D. Brown, Jr. having prepared the 30-voice chorus, will conduct the combined orchestra, soloists, and chorus. The evening will commence with orchestral works by two esteemed women composers, as conducted by Ruth Ochs. First, Joan Tower’s 2008 Grammy Award-winning Made in America, followed by Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America, a recently rediscovered tone poem from 1932 that masterfully evokes elements of the African-American experience.

Tickets: https://www.capitalphilharmonic.org/