• Ticket Price
    $15-70
    Students Half Price
  • Duration
    2hrs 10min
    One intermission
Discover Gershwin

Discover Gershwin

Award-winning pianist Michelle Cann makes her Des Moines debut performing George Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue.

Award-winning pianist Michelle Cann makes her Des Moines debut performing of George Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue, celebrating its 100th Anniversary in 2024. The concert opens with Grammy-nominated composer Carlos Simon’s Gospel-inspired Amen! The soaring lyricism and brooding intensity of César Franck’s Symphony in D Minor brings the concert to a close.

Program

  • Carlos SIMON Amen! Listen
  • GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue Listen
  • FRANCK Symphony in D Minor Listen

Performers

  • Joseph Giunta Conductor Bio
  • Michelle Cann piano Bio

Tickets

Single tickets are $15-$70 and are available through Des Moines Performing Arts. Ticket prices are subject to a $5 increase on the day of the concert, excluding student rush tickets.

Student tickets are $7.50-$35 and are available through the Civic Center Ticket Office. Student rush tickets, subject to availability, are $5 for junior high and high school students and $10 for all other students the day of the concert through the Civic Center Ticket Office. One ticket sold per valid Student ID.

Learn More

Join us 45 minutes before the concert in the Prairie Meadows (East) Lobby for a free Concert Prelude Talk. Led by Dr. Eric McIntyre of Grinnell College, these discussions are complimentary to ticket holders and offer engaging and topical commentary on the featured program.