A night of classic American jazz music featuring one of the greatest clarinetists alive, known as the Louis Armstrong of the clarinet, Doreen Ketchens, performing jazz swing music with the Western Piedmont Symphony. Also on the program is Soul Force by award-winning composer Jessie Montgomery, Three Dance Episodes from On the Town by Bernstein, and the musical mural of African-American history told through music, Ellington’s Black, Brown, and Beige Suite.

Featured Artist

Doreen Ketchens

Program

Montgomery, J.         Soul Force

Bernstein                    On the Town: Three Dance Episodes

Ellington                     Black, Brown, and Beige: Suite

Various                       American Jazz and Swing

(“St. Louis Blues,” “Just a Closer Walk with Thee,” “Caravan,” “Amazing Grace,” “Basin Street Blues,” and more)

Doreen Ketchens, clarinet