Civic in the Community: Celebrating Women Composers

Mar 11, 2024

Overview

Florence Price’s joyous and sumptuous Symphony No. 1 concludes a multigenerational program of works celebrating Women’s History Month. When the CSO premiered Price’s symphony in 1933, she became the first Black woman to have a piece played by a major American orchestra. Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery portrays a bustling urban streetscape in Coincident Dances, while Margaret Brouwer’s Remembrances is a poignant elegy.

Please note: this event takes place at Hinsdale Central High School, 5500 S. Grant St., Hinsdale, IL 60521

Free parking is available in the lot on the east side of Grant St., across from the school building. To access the auditorium, you may enter the building through Door 5, which is located across from the Grant St. parking lot.

Tickets are free; reservations are required.

  • Venue
    Community Venue
  • Price Range
    Free
  • Length
    1 hour 50 minutes
  • Program Book
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Program
Montgomery

Coincident Dances

Brouwer

Remembrances

Price

Symphony No. 1

Sponsors

The 2023/24 Civic Orchestra season is generously sponsored by Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.


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