Schedule

February 22, 2025

Charlotte Symphony

Knight Theater
Charlotte, NC

Program includes Carlos Simon's The Block

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February 22, 2025

South Carolina Philharmonic

Koger Center for the Arts
Columbia, SC

Samuel Barber: Symphony No. 1 in One Movement, op. 9                      
Carlos Simon:
Amen!

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February 25, 2025

Florida State University Wind Band

Ruby Diamond Concert Hall
Tallahassee, FL

Program to include Carlos Simon's Go Down Moses

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February 27, 2025

Southern Illinois University

Shyrock Auditorium
Carbondale, IL

Programme includes Carlos Simon's Amen!

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February 28, 2025

The Unsung Collective

Abyssinian Baptist Church
New York, NY

A performance of Carlos Simon's "Songs of Separation" & Johannes Brahms  "Ein deutsches Requiem"

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March 1-2, 2025

Rochester Philharmonic

Eastman Theatre
Rochester, NY

CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Scheherazade

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March 2, 2025

Minnesota Orchestra

Orchestra Hall
Minneapolis, MN

ALFVÉN Dance of the Shepherd Girl, from Bergkakungen Suite
MUSSORGSKY/Ravel Ballet of Chicks in their Shells and Baba-Yaga – The Hut on Fowl’s Legs, from Pictures at an Exhibition
SIMON The Block
DEBUSSY Dialogue du vent et de la mer, from La Mer
GRIEG Morning Mood, from Peer Gynt
SAINT-SAËNS Danse macabre

Thomas Søndergård, conductor

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March 7, 2025

Yale Symphony Orchestra

Woolsey Hall
New Haven, CT

Carlos Simon “Holy Dance” from Four Black American Dances
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sinfonia Concertante
Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4

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March 8, 2025

Sheboygan Symphony Orchestra

Stephanie H Weill Performing Arts Center
Sheboygan, WI

Grammy Award winner Jessie Montgomery blends jazz and baroque elements into her unique musical tapestry, while Carlos Simon delves into Beethoven’s legacy. Meanwhile, Mozart and Tchaikovsky reflect on their own musical past in this retrospective program.

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March 9. 2025

Atlanta Wind Symphony

Lassiter High School Concert Hall
Marietta, GA

Scott McAllister - Zing!
Carlos Simon - Sweet Chariot
Florence Price - Juba Dance
David Maslanka - Give Us This Day (Short Symphony)

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March 9, 2025

Atlanta Wind Symphony

Lassiter Concert Hall
Marietta, Ga

SCOTT MCALLISTER - Zing!

CARLOS SIMON - Sweet Chariot

FLORENCE PRICE - Juba Dance

DAVID MASLANKA - Give Us This Day (Short Symphony)

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March 8-9, 2025

Princeton Symphony

Richardson Auditorium
Princeton, NJ

Carlos SIMON / Four Black American Dances  
Viet CUONG / Re(new)al
Ludwig van BEETHOVEN / Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"

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March 15, 2025

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Music Hall
Cincinnati, OH

Program includes Carlos Simon's 'Ring Shout' from Four Black American Dances.

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March 20, 2025

NSO Florida Tour

Community Church of Vero Beach
Vero Beach FL

Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances
Erich Wolfgang Korngold:
Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

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March 21, 2025

Toledo Symphony

Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, OH

Giordano Bellincampi, conductor
Garth Simmons, Trombone

Margaret Bonds The Montgomery Variations
Carlos Simon Troubled Water: Trombone Concerto
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

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March 19-21, 2025

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Hall
Boston, MA

STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite: Infernal Dance
SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture
GOUNOD Petite Symphonie: Scherzo
BONDS Montgomery Variations: Dawn in Dixie
Carlos SIMON Four Black American Dances: Ring Shout
GRIEG Peer Gynt Suite: In the Hall of the Mountain King
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite: Berceuse and Finale

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March 22, 2025

NSO Florida Tour

Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
Miami, FL

Carlos Simon Four Black American Dances
Erich Wolfgang Korngold:
Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No. 5

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March 21-22, 2025

Boston Symphony Orchestra

Symphony Hall
Boston, MA

COLTRANE Legacy for Orchestra
Arranged and curated by Carlos Simon

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March 21-22, 2025

Bamberger Symhoniker

Joseph-Keilberth-Saal
Bamberg, Germany

Andris Nelsons Conductor

Arturs Maskats Tango für Orchester
Carlos Simon Four Black American Dances
Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow »Scheherazade« Symphonische Dichtung op. 35

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March 23, 2025

NSO Florida Tour

Kravis Center
West Palm Beach, FL

Carlos Simon Four Black American Dances
Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35
Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67

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March 21-23, 2025

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

Music Hall
Cincinnati, OH

Program features Carlos Simon's Hellfighters' Blues, co-commissioned by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra.

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March 22-23, 2025

Peninsula Symphony

San Mateo Performing Arts Center / Heritage Theatre
San Mateo, CA

Carlos Simon, Amen!

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18

Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43

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March 24, 2025

NSO Florida Tour

Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Sarasota, FL

Simon: Four Black American Dances
Erich Wolfgang Korngold:
Violin Concerto
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Symphony No. 5

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March 27, 2025

Symphony Nova Scotia

Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Halifax, NS

Earl Lee, conductor
Daniel Bolshoy, guitar

Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez
Chris Brubeck: Affinity: Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 2

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March 30, 2025

California Youth Symphony

Hertz Hall
Berkeley, CA

Program to include Carlos Simon's Fate Now Conquers

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March 30, 2025

Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra

Stewart Theatre
Raleigh, NC

Program to include Carlos Simon's Breathe and a world premiere by Nathan Leaf

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March 30, 2025

Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra

Stewart Theatre
Raleigh, NC

Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Niloufar Nourbakhsh: Knell

Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ

Carlos Simon: Breathe

Nathan Leaf: The Way from Birmingham for Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (World Premiere)

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April 1, 2025

NEC Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Winds

New England Conservatory
Boston, MA

Giovanni Gabrieli Sonata pian e forte (from Sacrae Sinfoniae)
Carlos Simon Go down, Moses
Jennifer Higdon blue cathedral
David Maslanka Symphony No. 4.

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April 6, 2025

Auburn Symphony Orchestra

Auburn Performing Arts Center
Auburn, WA

WILLIAM WALTON – Spitfire Prelude and Fugue
SAMUEL BARBER – Symphony No. 1 in One Movement, op. 9
CARLOS SIMON – Four Black American Dances
AARON COPLAND – TheTender Land Suite

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April 13, 2025

University of Michigan Campus Bands

Hill Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI

Program to include Carlos Simon's Sweet Chariot

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April 17-18, 2025

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, CA

BERNSTEIN Divertimento
PRICE
Violin Concerto No. 2
Carlos SIMON
Gospel Mass *world premiere, LA Phil commission

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April 18, 2025

USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra

Bovard Auditorium
Los Angeles, CA

Program to include Carlos Simon's Fate Now Conquers

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April 18, 2025

USC Thornton Chamber Orchestra

Bovard Auditorium
Los Angeles, CA

Program to include Carlos Simon's Fate Now Conquers.

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April 23, 2025

Yale Symphony Orchestra

Woolsey Hall
New Haven, CT

Carlos Simon “Holy Dance” from Four Black American Dances
Sir Edward Elgar Cello Concerto
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 3
Gustav Holst The Planets

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April 24-25, 2025

Knoxville Symphony

Tennessee Theatre
Knoxville, TN

CARLOS SIMON: Fate Now Conquers

SAMUEL BARBER: Symphony No. 1 in One Movement

CARL ORFF: Carmina Burana

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April 26, 2025

Colorado Springs Philharmonic

Pikes Peak Center
Colorado Springs, CO

Carlos Simon Fate Now Conquers
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Mahler Symphony No. 1

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April 26, 2025

Colorado Springs Philharmonic

Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts
Colorado Springs, CO

Carlos Simon Fate Now Conquers

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2

Mahler Symphony No. 1

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April 24-27, 2025

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Various Venues
Detroit, MI

CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major ("Turkish")
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZARY Symphony No. 36 in C Major ("Linz")

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May 3, 2025

Hofstra University Symphonic Band

John Cranford Adams Playhouse

Program to include Carlos Simon's Sweet Chariot

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May 17-18, 2025

Bozeman Symphony

Wilson Auditorium
Bozeman, MT

SIMON Four Black American Dances
VERDI Te Deum
IVES Symphony No. 2

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May 22, 2025

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Middlesbrough Town Hall
North Yorkshire, UK

Carlos Simon Fate Now Conquers
Dmitri Shostakovich
 Cello Concerto No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5

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May 24, 2025

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Westmorland Hall
Kendal, UK

Maurice Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Dmitri Shostakovich
Cello Concerto No. 1
Carlos Simon
Fate Now Conquers
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 5

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June 7, 2025

Cleveland Repertory Orchestra

Rocky River Presbyterian Church
Rocky River, OH

Malek Jandali Phoenix in Exile
Carlos Simon
This Land
Ruth Gipps
Horn Concert
Antonín Dvořák Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

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June 6-7, 2025

Jacksonville Symphony

Jacoby Symphony Hall
Jacksonville, FL

George Gershwin An American in Paris
Carlos Simon Zodiac (World Premiere, Jacksonville Co-Commission)
Aaron Copland Symphony No. 3

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June 12-14, 2025

Minnesota Orchestra

Orchestra Hall
Minneapolis, MN

SIMON Four Black American Dances
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances

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June 21, 2025

Knox Galesburg Symphony

Orpheum Theatre
Galesburg, IL

Joan Tower: Island Rhythms

Carlos Simon: Tales: A Folklore Symphony

Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World,” Op. 95

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July 12, 2025

Scarborough Symphony Orchestra

Methodist Central Hall
Scarborough, UK

CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers
EDWARD GREGSON
Trumpet Concerto
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No.7

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July 20, 2025

National Youth Orchestra of the USA

Carnegie Hall
New York, NY

CARLOS SIMON Festive Fanfare and Overture (co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E Minor

RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2

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July 20, 2025

NSO Summer Music Institute

John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Washington, Dc

Program to include Carlos Simon's Fate Now Conquers.

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July 24, 2025

National Youth Orchestra of the USA

Symphony Hall
Osaka, Japan

CARLOS SIMON Festive Fanfare and Overture (co-commissioned by Carnegie Hall)

FELIX MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E Minor

RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2

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