Observer Editor
“A Tribute to William Hayes”: River Raisin Ragtime Revue
This Tecumseh-based orchestra performs a program honoring its longtime director with a selection of Hayes’ arrangements, including prize-winning local composer William Bolcom’s “River Raisin Rag,” an orchestral version of Scott Joplin’s opera Treemonisha, and settings of African American spirituals and art songs, with former Metropolitan Opera Soprano Anita Johnson. 4 p.m., First Presbyterian Church of Ypsilanti, 300 N. Washington, Ypsi. Tickets $40 in advance at ragtimeband.org/events & at the door.
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