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Concert Orchestra, “American Portraits”

Full orchestra on stage with featured vocal soloist, led by conductor

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Wednesday, December 9, 2026

Wharton Center

7:30 pm

Tickets go on sale to the public beginning August 19

Featuring Grammy Award–winning and MSU jazz vocalist Carmen Bradford, the Concert Orchestra presents American Portraits, a program celebrating the breadth of American musical expression. The concert highlights Gershwin’s An American in Paris, a landmark orchestral portrait of jazz-age vitality and spirit, along with selections from the Great American Songbook performed with Bradford, and a newly composed work by Jere Hutcheson Composition Competition winner Ethan Gurwitz. Conducted by Katherine Kilburn, Zongheng Zhang, and Junting Yi.