Rhapsody in Maize and Blue, featuring U-M Gershwin Piano

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Published 2014-10-06
This Friday, October 10 at 8:30 p.m. (free) in Hill Auditorium hear for the first time in concert the fully restored U-M George Gershwin Piano. This 1933 Steinway was owned and played by George Gershwin in his Manhattan apartment. We will celebrate the generous gift of this instrument to the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance with a gala performance featuring students from across our performance programs, including Musical Theatre, Voice, Jazz and Improvisational Studies, Instrumental Performance, and Dance. The concert concludes with a reading of the first draft of the new critical edition of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue in its original 1924 jazz orchestration and edited by Ryan Banagale in conjunction with the George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition. See record.umich.edu/articles/u-m-unveil-historic-geor… for more information.

University Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ken Kiesler
Rhapsody in Maize and Blue arranged by Michael Schachter
Music by George Gershwin and Louis Elbel, used by perrmission Warner Music Corp.
Recorded at Hill Auditorium, Oct. 1, 2014
All Comments (5)
  • @iluvfirenze89
    That symphony orchestra at the University of Michigan is simply fabulous. It won the American Prize and a Grammy for best operatic recording (along with voice performance students at the School of Music, Theatre and Dance) a couple of years ago. Bravo!
  • @sherrywashington3871
    THE U OF M PLAYERS ARE HOT. I REALLY LOVE THAT GIL SCOTT CHAPMAN!! FANTASTIC!!
  • @easy8s
    Would like to purchase audio recording of this.... Available?