The Phoenix Symphony

Mélisse Brunet, conductor
Stewart Goodyear, piano

CONCERT PROGRAM
IVES: Variations on “America”
GERSHWIN: Concerto in F
BATES: The Rhapsody of Steve Jobs
COPLAND: Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo

Mélisse Brunet returns to conduct Copland’s iconic Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo, Ives’ Variations on “America” and Bates’ The Rhapsody of Steve Jobs . Stewart Goodyear returns as soloist in Gershwin’s Piano Concerto in F, a 100-year-old work that fuses jazz, ragtime, and classical music into a sensational piece, rounding out this American celebration in music.