National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic

A riveting journey of influential American music led by Grammy-winning conductor David Alan Miller featuring pianist Kevin Cole, the world’s leading authority on Gershwin’s piano literature. Gershwin’s virtuosic and jazz-inspired Concerto in F is paired with landmarks of American repertoire by Joan Tower, John Harbison and Walter Piston. Tower’s Sequoia implements winds, brass and percussion to paint both the tall branching and the deep rooting of the giant redwood trees. John Harbison travels back to a Jazz Age speakeasy with his crisp Remembering Gatsby, a foxtrot for orchestra filled with swing, dance and drama. Rounding out the evening is Walter Piston’s soaring Symphony No. 5.