The spring concert, “100 Years of Duke Ellington’s Bands: A Gala Celebration of Jazz and Broadway,” will be presented on Sunday, March 26, at 3 p.m. at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, 141 Adams Street, Rochester. Hosted by Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. Rickey B. Harvey, Senior Pastor, this concert features the Brockport Symphony Orchestra directed by Jonathan Allentoff, the Bach Children’s Chorus directed by Karla Krogstad, narrator and guest trumpeter Herbert Smith, cello soloist Larry Fagen, and composer-in-residence Al Mathias.
Honoring the rich musical legacy of Duke Ellington and his fellow composers, the program features beloved songs from Broadway’s Sophisticated Ladies, Play On!, Chicago, Girl Crazy, and The Wizard of Oz.
Herbert Smith of the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra will narrate this musical journey and perform a variety of Duke Ellington selections with his jazz trio along the way. He will join the combined forces of the Brockport Symphony Orchestra and the Bach Children’s Chorus for the concert’s finale.
Larry Fagen, the orchestra’s principal cello, will perform as soloist in his arrangement of “The Swan” from Carnival of the Animals by Camille Saint-Saëns. Al Mathias, the orchestra’s principal viola, will serve as guest conductor for his new work, Waiting.
Admission and parking are free.
This project is made possible with support from the Village of Brockport and funds from the Statewide Community Regrants Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature and administered by Genesee Valley Council on the Arts.
For additional information, visit https://www.brockportsymphony.org.
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