The Music in George’s Head

OVERVIEW

Get ready for some razzmatazz with The Music in George’s Head. Filmed in Orchestra Hall, this animated video brings to life a whimsical picture-book biography of George Gershwin, written by Chicago-based author Suzanne Slade and illustrated by Stacy Innerst. It features narration by jazz legend Kurt Elling and a 2015 CSO recording of Rhapsody in Blue, conducted by Marin Alsop, with Jon Kimura Parker as soloist.

SPONSORS

Support for Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association programming for children and families is provided by Abbott Fund, Archer Daniels Midland Company, John Hart and Carol Prins, Kinder Morgan, PNC, Megan and Steve Shebik, Michael and Linda Simon, the Walter and Caroline Sueske Charitable Trust and an anonymous family foundation.

Allstate Insurance Company is the CSOA Youth Education Program Sponsor.