Students from across the country participate in a competitive audition process for the chance to attend 2-day regional academies and competitions.
Winners from these regional events will travel to the Indianapolis area for a five-day comprehensive “boot-camp” on interpreting and performing the music of the Great American Songbook. Led by local and national celebrity performers and professionals, workshops will cover topics ranging from breathing and microphone techniques to one-on-one coaching and master-classes.
Georgia State University performance and masterclass.
Georgia State University performance and masterclass.
This all-new multimedia symphony show features a number of newly arranged charts for orchestra plus rarely seen visuals from the Gershwin archives. Celebrate the lives of George and Ira Gershwin through family photos, artwork, and privately held manuscripts weaved into a narrative evening of music performed by Sylvia McNair and the Pittsburgh Symphony.
Thursday, June 21, 2012 at 7:30 PM
This all-new multimedia symphony show features a number of newly arranged charts for orchestra plus rarely seen visuals from the Gershwin archives. Celebrate the lives of George and Ira Gershwin through family photos, artwork, and privately held manuscripts weaved into a narrative evening of music performed by Sylvia McNair and the Pittsburgh Symphony.
Friday, June 22, 2012 at 8:00 PM
This all-new multimedia symphony show features a number of newly arranged charts for orchestra plus rarely seen visuals from the Gershwin archives. Celebrate the lives of George and Ira Gershwin through family photos, artwork, and privately held manuscripts weaved into a narrative evening of music performed by Sylvia McNair and the Pittsburgh Symphony.
Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 8:00 PM
This all-new multimedia symphony show features a number of newly arranged charts for orchestra plus rarely seen visuals from the Gershwin archives. Celebrate the lives of George and Ira Gershwin through family photos, artwork, and privately held manuscripts weaved into a narrative evening of music performed by Sylvia McNair and the Pittsburgh Symphony.
Sunday, June 24, 2012 at 2:30 PM

“Subject to Change”
An Evening with Sylvia McNair
Two-time Grammy Award winner and regional Emmy winner, Sylvia McNair lays claim to a stellar, twenty-five-year career in the musical realms of opera, oratorio, cabaret and musical theater. Her journey has taken her from the Metropolitan Opera to the Salzburg Festival, from the New York Philharmonic to the Rainbow Room, from the Ravinia Festival to The Plaza, from the pages of The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal to the London Times. She traveled through a fierce, well-fought battle with breast cancer filled with surgeries, chemo, and radiation to end up in the trenches helping others survive.