RCMF Cabaret: Chopin to Gershwin

Our star-studded Festival artists come together for a rip-roaring night of fun! Get ready for some Americana “classics” that will send your heart soaring with Ravel’s Violin Sonata to the bluesy sounds of Gershwin’s An American in Paris and the toe-tapping fun of Gould’s Boogie Woogie! Mackenzie Melemed, piano | Radovan Vlatkovic, horn | Luri Lee, violin | Graeme Steele Johnson, clarinet | Nicholas Canellakis, cello Location: Shalin Liu Performance Center Third Floor Reception Hall

PROGRAM CHOPIN: Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C major, Op. 3 SINIGAGLIA: Lied and Humoreske, Op. 28 RAVEL: Violin Sonata No. 2, Mvmts 2 & 3 GERSHWIN: Blues from An American in Paris (arr. by Graeme Steele Johnson) STRAVINSKY: Étude Op. 7, No. 4 MORTON GOULD: Boogie Woogie Étude