Classics such as Tchaikovsky s Overture of Romeo and Juliet, The Moldau by Smetana and Beethoven s No. 2 Piano Concerto will round out the Jefferson City Symphony Orchestra s final concert of the season.
The roots of blues music history run deep in America, dating back to southern plantations and field hollers, Chuck Renn explains. These utterances from slaves and sharecroppers took on a musical flavor that was later picked up by musicians, and after migrating up the Mississippi River and into cities like St. Louis, Chicago and New York, morphed into the essence of a unique musical experience known as the American blues.