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SUMMARY:The American Spirit
DESCRIPTION:Concert 01 \n          The American Spirit\n          Forward\, with fire. \n          \n          The WSO launches its Celebrating Neighborly Voices season with a celebration of the American Spirit—one that constantly moves forward\, creating a better future. We welcome back Erin Keefe\, Concertmaster of the Minnesota Orchestra\, to open our year of American music. \n          Inspired by Robert Pinsky’s “The Figured Wheel” \n          \n            Copland · Fanfare for the Common Man\n            Stravinsky · Firebird Suite (1919)\n            Barber · Violin ConcertoErin Keefe\, Violin
URL:https://www.thewso.org/event/the-american-spirit-2026/
LOCATION:Hopkins High School\, 2400 Royals Drive\, Hopkins\, MN\, 55305\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026-2027 Season Schedule,Concerts
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SUMMARY:Dreams and Songs
DESCRIPTION:Concert 02 \nDreams and Songs\nNight gives way to song. \nA distant trumpet opens a dreamscape of longing\, memory\, and hope. Tenor Darius Gillard\, VP of Impact at Minnesota Opera\, joins the WSO for H. Leslie Adams’ Nightsongs before the program rises toward William Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony. \nInspired by Langston Hughes’ “Dream Variations” \n\nJohn Adams · Tromba Lontana\nH. Leslie Adams · Nightsongs: Six Afro-American SongsDarius Gillard\, Tenor\nAmy Nam · Mimi’s Song\nWilliam Grant Still · Symphony No. 1\, “Afro-American”\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n		\n					 \n					\n				 @
URL:https://www.thewso.org/event/dreams-and-songs-2026/
LOCATION:Wayzata Community Church\, 125 Wayzata Boulevard East\, Wayzata\, MN\, 55391\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026-2027 Season Schedule,Concerts
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SUMMARY:America Singing
DESCRIPTION:Concert 03 · A family concert \n          America Singing\n          A nation in sound. \n          \n          Instrument Zoo · 2:00 PMArrive early to meet the orchestra’s instrument families and explore the instruments up close before the 3:00 PM concert.\n          Made for curious listeners of every age\, America Singing welcomes children and newcomers into the orchestra’s world. Meet the instrument families\, discover a commission\, and travel from Bernstein’s Mambo to Márquez’s Danzón No. 2. \n          Inspired by Walt Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing” \n          \n            Bernstein · Mambo from West Side Story\n            Commission · To be announced\n            Bartók · Concerto for Orchestra\, II. “Presentando le coppie”\n            Libby Larsen · Deep Summer Music\n            Barber · Adagio for Strings\n            Arturo Márquez · Danzón No. 2\n            Morton Gould · American Salute
URL:https://www.thewso.org/event/america-singing-2027/
LOCATION:Wayzata Community Church\, 125 Wayzata Boulevard East\, Wayzata\, MN\, 55391\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026-2027 Season Schedule,Concerts
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SUMMARY:Let America Be
DESCRIPTION:Concert 04 \n          Let America Be\n          A promise\, still becoming. \n          \n          Langston Hughes’ vision frames an evening of reflection and resolve. From Hailstork’s fanfare to Florence Price’s Songs of Oak and Copland’s Lincoln Portrait\, this is music that asks who we are—and who we might yet become. \n          Inspired by Langston Hughes’ “Let America Be America Again” \n          \n            Adolphus Hailstork · Fanfare on Amazing Grace\n            Nino Rota · Concerto for BassoonPaul Humiston\, Bassoon\n            Florence Price · Songs of Oak\n            Copland · Lincoln Portrait
URL:https://www.thewso.org/event/let-america-be-2027/
LOCATION:Hopkins High School\, 2400 Royals Drive\, Hopkins\, MN\, 55305\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026-2027 Season Schedule,Concerts
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SUMMARY:A Slash of Blue
DESCRIPTION:Concert 05 \n          A Slash of Blue\n          America\, in blue. \n          \n          The season closes in color: fanfares\, wide rivers\, a flash of Sousa\, and Frank Ticheli’s Blue Shades. Van Cliburn prizewinner Evren Ozel joins the WSO for Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue. \n          Inspired by Emily Dickinson’s “A Slash of Blue” \n          \n            Joan Tower · Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman No. 6\n            Sousa · The Stars and Stripes Forever\n            Frank Ticheli · Blue Shades\n            Steve Heitzeg · Mahkato Wakpa (Blue Earth River)\n            Gershwin · Rhapsody in Blue (1942)Evren Ozel\, Piano
URL:https://www.thewso.org/event/a-slash-of-blue-2027/
LOCATION:Hopkins High School\, 2400 Royals Drive\, Hopkins\, MN\, 55305\, United States
CATEGORIES:2026-2027 Season Schedule,Concerts
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