Hidden Creek Community Center

Enjoy selections from one of the foremost African American composer. The program will include Symphony #2 “Song for a New Race”, Poem for Orchestra and Can’tcha Line ‘Em.

Amy Beach’s Gaelic Symphony and George Walker’s Folksongs treat traditional melodies as symphonic material. Copeland’s Variations on a Shaker Melody refracts simple faith-song into brilliant transformations, and Elizondo’s Estampas Mexicanas delivers vivid, dance-like snapshots of Mexican musical life.