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Performance:Symphony Band
Piano Clarinet Symphony
Location: Hill Auditorium - 3-12-2026 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm (America/New_York) (2 hours)

Song and dance takes center stage as the Symphony Band presents a whirlwind concert of diverse grooves. Jazz influences permeate several pieces of the program, including Leonard Bernstein's famous *Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs* for jazz band, piano and clarinet soloist. Originally written for Benny Goodman, this performance features faculty members Daniel Gilbert and Ellen Rowe, who has also arranged a special version of *My Funny Valentine* for this concert. The brilliant young American composer Jesse Montgomery will also be on hand for the consortium premiere of her *Coincident Dances*, co-commissioned by the University of Michigan Symphony Band through the support of the H. Robert Reynolds Commissioning Fund. Jason Fettig, conductor Kristina LaMarca, student conductor Ellen Rowe, piano Daniel Gilbert, clarinet PROGRAM *Solitary Dancer*, Warren Benson *j'ai 'ete au Bal*, Donald Grantham *My Funny Valentine*, Rogers and Hart / arr. Ellen Rowe *Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs*, Leonard Bernstein *Coincident Dances*, Jesse Montgomery *Dance Suite* (1923), Béla Bartók/ trans. R. Mark Rogers

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