2024 Tribute to
Robert Silverman, Sr.

4th ANNUAL SPECTACULAR!

Sunday, April 7, 2024
- Featuring 5-time Grammy Winner, Roy "Futureman" Wooten!

THE UNIVERSITY CITY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA presents...
2024 Tribute to Robert Silverman, Sr!

3:00 PM Concert
2:15 PM Conductor’s Comments

Kirkwood Performing Arts Center
210 East Monroe Avenue
Kirkwood, MO 63122

Sponsored by:
Autumn Hill Records
Clayton Studios
The Silverman Family

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ROY "FUTUREMAN" WOOTEN is best known by millions of fans around the world for his performances with Béla Fleck and The Flecktones, the ambitious innovators of their own fusion of jazz, progressive rock, and bluegrass.

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Mr. Wooten is renowned for his work as a percussionist and inventor. He has composed original music for ballet, several large symphonic works, and a soundtrack for a screenplay celebrating the extraordinary life of Chevalier de Saint-Georges.

Mr. Wooten, Maestro Burke and the Orchestra are joined by...
 

PTAH WILLIAMS
A rare master of both the jazz and classical idioms, Mr. Williams will perform one of the most beautiful works for piano ever written, Claude Debussy’s 𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒅𝒆 𝑳𝒖𝒏𝒆, and more.
 

BACH TO THE FUTURE
A joy-filled, inspiring, and slightly wacky world is created by these highly innovative and internationally renowned virtuosos and rapscallions!

ATTENDANCE IS FREE!

- HOWEVER, TICKETING IS REQUIRED BY THE CITY OF KIRKWOOD

- NO-FEE tickets are available by phone or in-person at the KPAC 
box office. CALL (314) 759-1455 for your tickets!
Parking is adjacent, plentiful, and free!

 

Program -

BACH TO THE FUTURE
- With the University City Symphony Orchestra
1. 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝐺𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑑
2. 𝑀𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠: 𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒
3. 𝐻𝑒𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛: 𝐴 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑊𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑃𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑦
4. 𝐴 𝐹𝑖𝑓𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝐵𝑒𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑛
*All compositions arranged by Bach to the Future and David Werfelmann
 

ROY WILFRED WOOTEN

𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑟! 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑀𝑜𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑡: 𝑎 𝑆𝑦𝑚𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑦
Roy Wooten, zendrum

CLAUDE DEBUSSY 𝐶𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑑𝑒 𝐿𝑢𝑛𝑒

Ptah Williams, piano

The University City Symphony Orchestra
Leon Burke, Music Director