American Dance Party

Get ready to jam as the infectious rhythms and tunes of American greats like Ellington, Joplin, and Gershwin will have you dancing in your seats. One of the concert's works get a Reno-themed multi-media treatment by Eve Allen Garza and RCO’s principal strings are featured as soloists in Delights and Dances, a work by Pulitzer-prize winner Michael Abels, known widely for his score to the film Nope.

March 1 & 2, 2025

Kelly Kuo, conductor

Eve Allen Garza, Choreographer

James Winn, Piano

SCOTT JOPLIN Overture to Treemonisha

LEONARD BERNSTEIN (arr. Garth Sunderland) Fancy Free

MICHAEL ABELS Delights and Dances

DUKE ELLINGTON (arr. Prustman) Three Songs of Duke Ellington for Chamber Orchestra

GEORGE GERSHWIN (arr. Farrington) I Got Rhythm Variations

*A 30 minute pre-concert talk will start 1 hour before concert time inside Nightingale Concert Hall.