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Classical Roots

Name: Classical Roots
Start: 2024-03-02T20:00:00
Location: Orchestra Hall

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

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Classical Roots has celebrated the contributions of African-American composers and artists for nearly fifty years. This season, we hear new music from Shelley Washington, who focuses "on exploring emotions and intentions by finding their root cause." Saxophonist Steven Banks, "one of the transformational musicians of the twenty-first century" (Seen and Heard International) performs a new concerto written for him by Grammy Award–winner Billy Child...

Program

Billy Childs - Saxophone Concerto

Composer

Shelley Washington - New Work

Composer

Participants

Steven Banks

Saxophone

Na'Zir McFadden

Conductor

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Producer