Civic Plays Price & Dvořák

Mar 2, 2026
Tickets become available on Feb 13
Remind me

Overview

Ken-David Masur leads the Civic Orchestra in works by three titans of Black excellence in American music, starting with gems by George Walker and Ulysses Kay. Florence Price’s Ethiopia’s Shadow in America portrays an enslaved man’s spiritual journey from the time of his arrival on this continent. Antonin Dvořák, a vital early champion of American music, imbues his lyrical and exuberant Seventh Symphony with admiration and hope for his own native Czech Republic.

Ticket Information: Pay what you wish, starting at $5, for this concert. By paying for your ticket, you demonstrate the value music plays in your life and help make this performance available to all. Seating is general admission.

Schedule
Program
Kay

Overture to Theater Set

Walker

Lyric for Strings

Price

Ethiopia’s Shadow in America

Dvořák

Symphony No. 7

Performers
Principal Conductor, Civic Orchestra of Chicago
The Robert Kohl and Clark Pellett Principal Conductor Chair
Sponsors & Partners

The 2025/26 Civic Orchestra season is generously sponsored by Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.

The Civic Orchestra of Chicago acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council.