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Sounds of the Americas: Music of the 1930s - An African-American Celebration

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Ticket Office

Open Tuesday – Sunday

Closed Monday*

Open for Calls

Tuesday – Sunday: Noon – 6:00pm

Friday – Saturday: Noon – 7:30pm
(925) 943-7469

Open for Walk Up

Tuesday – Thursday: 11:00am – 6:00pm

Friday – Saturday: Noon – 7:30pm

Sunday: Noon – 6:00pm
1601 Civic Drive
Walnut Creek, CA 94596

*In addition to the hours noted, the Ticket Office is also open one hour prior and thirty minutes after curtain for ticketed performances, including performances on Mondays.

Presented by Diablo Symphony Orchestra
Music Director & Conductor: Matilda Hofman
featuring the Winner of the Yen Liang Young Artist Competition
May 17, 2020

This program is part of our new year-to-year series celebrating many different American musical traditions. We begin with a program that celebrates two great but underperformed African-American composers of the mid-twentieth century, both of whom took inspiration from a wide variety of musical traditions to create their own fascinating individual styles.

William Grant Still – Old California
String concerto featuring Yen Liang Young Artist Competition winner
Duke Ellington – “I Got It Bad” and “Sophisticated Lady”
Florence Price – Symphony No. 3

Running Time: approx. 2 hours 15 minutes, with one intermission

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