Digital Program Book: Fanfare

Learn more about the artists and works featured in this concert by reading the virtual program book. With triumphant music by American composers and featuring musicians from the CSO brass and percussion sections, this concert heralds the return of live concerts at Symphony Center. Works by Aaron Copland and Samuel Barber paint the sounds of traditional fanfare and chorale with modernist colors, and themes by Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Bernstein and Gunther Schuller reflect the electric influence of jazz and film music.

In this issue:

• A special welcome from CSOA President Jeff Alexander and Board of Trustees Chair Helen Zell
• A message of hope from the CSO’s Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti
• Details on the works to be performed, including notes by Richard E. Rodda
• A biography of conductor and CSO Trombone Michael Mulcahy
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra roster
• Acknowledgments and thanks for our generous sponsors
• Information on more ways to engage with the CSOA programs and artists online