Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest Performs Brahms, Copland and Still

The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest performs music by two deans of American music at its concert on Sunday, February 18, 4 pm at Concordia University’s Chapel in River Forest. Associate Conductor Maurice Boyer will lead the orchestra in William Grant Still’s Symphony No. 2 “Song of a New Race” and Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. State Representative Camille Y. Lilly will narrate Lincoln Portrait. The concert begins with Johannes Brahms’s Concerto for Violin and Cello with Michelle Wynton, violin, and William Cernota, cello.

A free preconcert conversation begins at 3 pm, and a reception follows the concert. Free parking is available in the garage at 1125 Bonnie Brae in River Forest. Tickets are $30 in advance, and $35 on concert day. Students through college are admitted free of charge. This program is sponsored in part by grants from The Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and the Oak Park Area Arts Council. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit SymphonyOPRF.org or call 708-218-2648.