Reaching across generations, Antonín Dvořák and Florence Price explore similar sound worlds to honor their homelands and ancestors. In his Eighth Symphony, Dvořák evokes the Czech countryside — its birdsong, peasant dances, hymn tunes and sun-dappled melodies. Florence Price composed her Third Symphony amid the Black Chicago Renaissance, and the engaging work nods to American folk music and soaring spirituals.
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 8
6:15 p.m. - Grainger Ballroom at Symphony Center
Learn about and be inspired by the Chicago Musical Pathways Initiative (CMPI), a program of the Merit School of Music that provides extraordinary access to life-changing music education for Chicago’s youth. This preconcert talk features a panel of CMPI Fellows and alumni, parents and the program’s director, James Hall, who is an alumnus of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Civic Alumna Roslyn Green facilitates the discussion, which explores CMPI’s mission, vision and impact.
The 2024/25 Civic Orchestra season is generously sponsored by Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.
Major support for the Civic Orchestra of Chicago also provided by Robert and Joanne Crown Income Charitable Fund; Nancy Dehmlow; Leslie Fund, Inc.; Judy and Scott McCue; Leo and Catherine Miserendino; Barbara and Barre Seid Foundation; The George L. Shields Foundation, Inc.; the Maval Foundation, and Paul and Lisa Wiggin.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.