Award-winning clarinetist Jeanmarie Riccobono takes center stage in John M. Hall Auditorium at 7:30 PM on Saturday Sept. 7 in Aaron Copland’s jazzy Clarinet Concerto. Jeanmarie’s experience includes principal clarinetist in the Traverse Symphony Orchestra, and teaching faculty at Northwestern Michigan College and the Bay View Music Festival.

The concert will also include Copeland’s Hoedown from Rodeo, Debussy’s Dances Sacred & Profane, and Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte. Cellist Lena Sytsma-Reed, winner of the Great Lakes Chamber Orchestra’s 17th Annual Young Artists Competition, will be performing Haydn’s Cello Concert No 1.

The renowned jazz clarinetist Benny Goodman asked Copland to compose a work for him. The result was the two-movement Clarinet Concerto. The first section is one of Copland’s most lyrical and melodious creations; the second is in an all-out jazzy style.

Originally composed in 1942 for a ballet called Rodeo, Hoedown features two American square dance tunes and evokes the energy and adventure of the American pioneering spirit.

Tickets (Assigned seating at $35, $45, $65) are available at glcorchestra.org/concerts/ or at (231)487-0010. Call for complimentary tickets for veterans, active service members and students 18.