Gershwin An American in Paris

July 31, 2026, 6:30 pm

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Violinist Gabriela Lara
Violinist Gabriela Lara

Making his Festival debut, Kedrick Armstrong conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in Gershwin’s jaunty An American In Paris. Experience the propulsive energy of Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson’s Sinfonietta No. 1 and Duke Ellington’s The Three Black Kings alongside Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s lyrical Violin Concerto with soloist Gabriela Lara, an alumna of the Festival’s String Fellowship program.

Grant Park Orchestra

Kedrick Armstrong Conductor

Gabriela Lara Violin

Playlist

Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: Sinfonietta No. 1

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto

Duke Ellington/arr. Luther Henderson: The Three Black Kings

George Gershwin/rev. Frank Campbell: Watson An American in Paris