Essence American

Artina McCain, Soloist

September 14, 2024 7:30 PM, Reynolds High School, Troutdale

September 15, 2024 3:00 PM Patricia Reser Center for the Arts, Beaverton SOLD HERE

FRED ONOVWEROSUOKE Dance Tribute for Orchestra and Piano Obbligato 
GEORGE WALKER Lyric for Strings 
FLORENCE PRICE Piano Concerto in D Minor in One Movement 
FLORENCE PRICE Symphony No. 1 in E Minor

A program of wonderful musical masterpieces by extraordinarily gifted American composers. The PCSO performs an exquisite lament by Pulitzer Prize winner George Walker, two works by Florence Price — the first black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra: her passionate and powerful Symphony No. 1, with its musical reflections of Dvorak’s great New World Symphony, and also Price’s dynamic Piano Concerto. The PCSO welcomes the outstanding pianist Artina McCain, who also performs a delightful Dance Tribute by Ghanaian-American composer Fred Onovwerosuoke.