Gullah-Geechee Heritage +  Competition Winners

February 4, 2023  |  7:30 PM
Wilson Center at CFCC
Tickets starting at $25

Steven Errante, conductor
Richard R. Deas Young Artists Concerto Competition Winners (High School and UNCW Division)
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CONCERT PROGRAM

• Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage with Ron Daise
• Florence Price: Ethiopia's Shadow in America
• Richard R. Deas Young Artists Concerto Competition Winners (High School and UNCW Division)

The Wilmington Symphony Orchestra will highlight Wilmington’s role as the northern terminus of the Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor with an appearance by celebrated story-teller singer Ron Daise, and conclude with a symphonic work by Florence Price, a Black composer whose music is enjoying a deserved revival. The concert will also feature winners of the 2022 Richard R. Deas Young Artists Concerto Competition.

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