Elder Conservatorium Symphony Orchestra and Big Band
Luke Dollman conductor

Mark Simeon Ferguson  Live and Die with the Butterflies

Jackson Mack  New Work

Matthew Shlomowitz  Five Monuments for Our Time

George Gershwin  Cuban Overture

Improvisations on Bolero

Maurice Ravel  Bolero

Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, a lively and rhythmically-charged celebration of Latin American influences, is filled with the composer’s signature flair. Mark Simeon Ferguson’s Live and Die With the Butterflies is an evocative work combining lyrical beauty with cinematic intensity. Ravel’s Bolero, a masterpiece of orchestral color and hypnotic rhythm, is performed here in its original form followed by a reimagined version featuring improvisations that breathe new energy and creativity into its iconic theme.