Friday, May 23, 2025, at 7:00 Buntrock Hall
YOUNG COMPOSERS INITIATIVE 2024–25 SEASON FINALE CONCERT Musicians from the Civic Orchestra of Chicago Jessie Montgomery Host Ahmed Alabaca Conductor GANS
Fantasy for Piano and Strings Marilyn Gans, piano
MUHAMMAD
Prayer through Trial
PINE
War for Wind Quintet
KRAVCHENKO Theme and Variations on a Ukrainian
Folk Melody
MERTZ
Asylum Christopher Mertz, bass
FRANTZEN
American Theme
The Young Composers Initiative is generously supported by Margo and Mike Oberman. The 2024–25 Civic Orchestra season is generously sponsored by Lori Julian for the Julian Family Foundation, which also provides major funding for the Civic Fellowship program.