Part of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival 2018. Explore the world of DuBose Heyward’s 1925 groundbreaking novel Porgy, which inspired George Gershwin’s now-classic American opera Porgy and Bess. Walking tours depart from the Preservation Society of Charleston.

An American in Paris 2018 National Orchestral Institute and Festival James Judd, conductor + Janet McKinney of the Library of Congress Music Division will discuss the Library’s Copland, Gershwin, and Bernstein collections before the concert

Atlanta Ballet

Includes a performance of Bernstein’s arrangement of Rhapsody in Blue for a set of summer camp instruments. In addition, Ryan Raul Banagale, Crown Family Professor for Innovation in the Arts, Colorado College, and author of Arranging…

Live performance of the score while you watch the Academy Award winning Best Picture of 1951! St. Louis Symphony Orchestra And while you’re at it, check out the symphony’s new all-Gershwin disc, recorded live at…

Harvey Granat

Rhapsody in Blue + songs Manchester Concert Orchestra Richard Balcombe, conductor Viv McLean, piano

Rhapsody in Blue + songs Manchester Concert Orchestra Richard Balcombe, conductor Viv McLean, piano

Rhapsody in Blue + songs London Concert Orchestra Richard Balcombe, conductor Viv McLean, piano