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September 12, 7:00 PM @ Twichell Auditorium

Our season opener! A powerful exploration of American identity and belief, featuring Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, complete with a full community chorus.

Prefer Bowie to Beethoven? This symphony night is for you. Experience David Bowie and Brian Eno’s iconic “Heroes” reimagined by legendary composer Philip Glass for orchestra, plus powerful music by American composers Jessie Montgomery and Leonard Bernstein.

This isn’t your typical symphony concert. It’s Bowie, Glass, orchestra, chorus, and an electrifying sound you can only experience live.

Jessie Montgomery | Hymn for Everyone
Leonard Bernstein | Chichester Psalms
Philip Glass | Symphony No. 4 “Heroes”

Program Notes
Philip Glass: Symphony no. 4 “Heroes”
Philip Glass: Symphony no. 4 “Heroes”

The son of a Baltimore record store-owner, Glass studied flute as a child and entered the University of Chicago at age 16. He progressed from there to Juilliard and was building a solid career for himself, when at 26…

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Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms

Leonard Bernstein was, without a doubt, the best-known classical musician America has ever produced. Respected worldwide as a conductor and composer…

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Jessie Montgomery: Hymn for Everyone
Jessie Montgomery: Hymn for Everyone

To call Jessie Montgomery “in demand” in recent years is to engage in truly comic understatement. In the past four years, she’s been Musical America’s Composer of the Year, Performance Today’s Classical Woman of the Year, Composer-in-Residence at the Chicago Symphony, has won a Grammy Award…

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