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Elgin Master Chorale Featuring The Elgin Symphony Orchestra

Elgin Community College

In 1937, NBC began a live radio broadcast of Black American composer Robert Nathaniel Dett’s The Ordering of Moses. However… mid-performance NBC cut the broadcast feed giving in to complaints from outraged listeners. On Feburary 9, Experience Dett’s full-length oratorio – performed without interruption – and find out why we think this might be the greatest American choral work of all time. 

The Ordering of Moses

Yale University

The unique spirit of our nation has been the source of inspiration for countless writers and composers through the years. ETSO brings two of those voices to the stage for a concert celebrating America in music. The words of American icons, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, take center stage for two works: The speeches and writings of our 16th president give voice to Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. And Composer Aaron Dworkin has used the life and words of America’s first president, George Washington, as the source of his work The American Rhapsody.  Dworkin, himself, will serve as narrator for the ETSO performance.  The concert also features special appearances by vocal and instrumental ensembles from Texas College and Jarvis Christian University, performing with the ETSO.

Robert Nathaniel Dett

Events

Upcoming events

Feb 9, 2025

The Ordering of Moses · New Haven Symphony Orchestra

Feb 22, 2025

The Spirit Of America · East Texas Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Apr 15, 2023

Elgin Master Chorale Featuring The Elgin Symphony Orchestra · Elgin Symphony Orchestra

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