The French countryside was alive with color, and the Impressionists sought not to capture its details, but its essence. In a small café by the Seine, Monet painted the shimmering reflection of boats, their shapes blurred and softened by the rippling water. Nearby, Renoir’s brush danced across the canvas, bringing Parisian figures to life with quick, luminous strokes that evoked not their features, but the joy of their movement. The world wasn’t fixed, but fluid—each stroke of paint an attempt to freeze a fleeting moment, where light, color, and feeling took precedence over form. The Impressionists had discovered that reality was not something to be rendered, but something to be felt.

La Vie en Rose – Edith Piaf

An American in Paris – George Gershwin

Complaints de la Butte – Rufus Wainwright

Take Five – Dave Brubeck

Wind Arrangements by Brandon Smith. Percussion Arrangements and Sound Design by Benji Baker. Original program coordination and aesthetics design by Jed Weeks.