The George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition

About the Edition

The George and Ira Gershwin Critical Edition is a unique partnership between the Gershwin Initiative at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance and the Gershwin family that brings the works of George and Ira Gershwin to performers, scholars, students, and general audiences worldwide. The Edition creates, publishes, and distributes new scholarly editions of the Gershwins’ works and enables educational opportunities for University of Michigan students and the community to appreciate and proliferate the Gershwins’ artistry.

Illustration of the Gershwins at a piano with blue background

Media

Introducing: The Gershwin Initiative
Playlist: “Gershwin Centennial Celebration: Rhapsody in Blue at 100”
Gershwin’s An American in Paris: A New Two-Piano Arrangement

Show Your Support

The Gershwin Operating Fund supports the initiative to bring the music of George and Ira Gershwin to students, scholars, performers and audiences across campus and worldwide.

Contact Us

Gershwin Initiative
attn. Andrew S. Kohler
881 N. University Ave.
602 Burton Memorial Tower
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 49104-1270