Young People’s Symphony Orchestra Presents the America 250 Festival: Celebration of American Music
Young People’s Symphony Orchestra presents the America 250 Festival: Celebration of American Music, a special Spring Concert commemorating the 250th anniversary of the United States. This expanded festival program features a first half of chamber music performed by YPSO musicians and a second half with full orchestra—both dedicated to all-American composers—highlighting over a century of American musical voices from Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein to Jessie Montgomery and John Adams.
This event is supported in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Program:
First Half — Chamber Music
Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Violists
Robert Hughes – Three Cowboy Songs, No. 3: Whistling Tune
Kenji Bunch – String Circle for Viola Quintet, I
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Irving Berlin – Puttin’ on the Ritz
David K. Bakker – Five Guys and Some Fries
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Second Half — Orchestra
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
John Adams – Tromba Lontana
Aaron Copland – Buckaroo Holiday from Rodeo
Samuel Barber – Essay No. 2 for Orchestra, Op. 17
Leonard Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
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