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June 2025 Concert

2:30 pm
Sunday, June 8, 2025

THE AMERICAN-FRENCH CONNECTION

This diverse program connects two influential French composers, Debussy and Ravel, and American icons Gershwin and Copland. Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major blends jazz and classical elements, while Debussy’s Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun showcases impressionistic textures. Copland’s Billy the Kid depicts lawlessness in the American frontier through folk-inspired melodies. Gershwin’s Cuban Overture brings lively Cuban rhythms to the stage, while Jonathan Bailey Holland’s Motor City Dance Mix honors Detroit with a vibrant musical collage. William Grant Still’s lyrical Mother and Child for strings rounds out the program.

Program

Musical Insights Free Pre-Concert Preview the Friday before this concert.
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  • Gershwin
  • Cuban Overture
  • Still
  • Mother and Child
  • Ravel
  • Piano Concerto in G Major

    Ko-Eun Yi, piano

  • Holland
  • Motor City Dance Mix
  • Debussy
  • Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
  • Copland
  • Billy the Kid Suite

Pick-Staiger Concert Hall

50 Arts Circle Drive, Evanston
See map.

TICKETS

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All tickets are assigned seating.

At this time, masks, vaccinations and testing are no longer required to attend ESO concerts or events. As always, we ask that if you are sick, please stay home to prevent the spread of illness. (read more detail).

Advance Sales

$35 Adult, $30 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

At the Door Sales

$40 Adult, $35 Seniors, $5.00 Full-Time Student

Children Free

Children 12 and younger are admitted absolutely FREE, but must have an assigned seat.
Please call 847.864.8804 or email tickets@evanstonsymphony.org for all orders with children’s tickets.

Soloist

Ko-Eun Yi, piano

Ko-Eun Yi, piano

 

 

 

Musical Insights

Free Pre-Concert Preview Series!

June 6, Friday, at 1:30 pm

Enhance your concert experience with a sneak preview — Composers come alive and their passions take center stage when ESO Maestro Lawrence Eckerling takes you on an insider’s tour of the history and highlights behind the music.

Meet our soloist, Ko-Eun Yi, at Musical Insights. She and our Maestro Lawrence Eckerling will explore the June concert program in depth.

 

The Merion
Friday, June 6 at 1:30 pm,
Merion's Emerald Lounge at
529 Davis St, Evanston.
FREE and open to the public.
Please RSVP to 847-570-7815.

Light refreshments will be served and casual tours of apartments will be available after the program.