American music, where jazz, Broadway, and the symphony come together. Gershwin’s Girl Crazy Overture kicks things off with swing and his knack for turning popular songs into symphonic brilliance, while Zhou Tian’s Transcend takes that idea further with rich orchestral colors and driving rhythms for a modern American sound. After intermission, Porgy and Bess brings it all together, blending jazz, opera, and symphonic tradition in Gershwin’s most famous and lasting work. Is it an opera or musical? It straddles the divide.