Season Finale: Porgy and Bess

Program

Aaron Copland: Old American Songs 
George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, A Concert of Songs 

Guests

Laquita Mitchell, soprano 
Kate Jackman, mezzo-soprano 
DeAndre Simmons, baritone 
Chorusmaster: William Burgess 

Conclude the Greenville Symphony Orchestra’s “American Season” with a powerful concert performance of George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. DeAndre Simmons and Laquita Mitchell take star turns as Porgy and Bess, with timeless classics like “Summertime” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So.” American mezzo-soprano Kate Jackman is our soloist for Copland’s poignant and delightful Old American Songs, alternating with a chorus of Greenville’s finest singers led by William Burgess.