Name: Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic
Start: 2025-09-14T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-09-14T21:30:00-04:00
Location: Carnegie Music Hall

Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic

The Carnegie Mellon School of Music combines the strengths of a professional conservatory program with those of an innovative global research university to offer an education that fosters the artistic excellence, discipline, skills and entrepreneurship required by today’s competitive, dynamic music field.

Carnegie Mellon University School of Music

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue headlines this evening of American music to open the 2025-26 season, featuring the School's new Head as soloist!

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<h3>Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic</h3> Daniel Nesta Curtis, conductorMilton Rubén Laufer, piano From the unforgettable opening on a wailing clarinet to the jazzy rhythms of piano and orchestra, the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic opens the 2025-2026 season with Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue! The new Jack G. Buncher Chair and Head of the School of Music, Milton Rubén Laufer, a renowned pianist, will take center stage at the piano for this electrifying performance. The Philharmonic will round out the evening with an exciting program of works by American composers. Program:Brittany J. Green – TESTIFY!Florence Price – Dances in the CanebreaksGeorge Gershwin – Rhapsody in BlueHoward Hanson – Symphony No. 2 (“Romantic”) Cost:$10 Regular Admission$5 Senior Citizen (65+) AdmissionAll students, along with CMU/Pitt faculty and staff, are free w/ valid ID

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