Celebrating professional classical musicians of African descent, Symphony Center Presents features the New York-based Gateways Festival Orchestra in its Chicago debut.

Comprised of the finest classical musicians in the country, the all-Black Gateways Festival Orchestra concludes its week-long Chicago residency with a Symphony Center concert featuring Take 6, the award-winning a cappella group Quincy Jones called the “baddest vocal cats on the planet.” The program highlights works by African-American composers including Chicago-native Margaret Bonds, whose Montgomery Variations was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr.

In addition to the collaboration with Take 6, the program includes:

Margaret Bonds | Montgomery Variations
Edward Elgar | Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma,” op. 36
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson | Worship: A Concert Overture