Soul of America: Jazz and Pop (Program A) draws from the vitality of early jazz and American popular music, with works set to composers including George Gershwin and James P. Johnson.
American Heartbeat: Country and Western (Program B) celebrates the rich traditions of Country and Western music in a rare all-recorded-music program by American country legends Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, The Louvin Brothers, and George Jones.
American Mavericks: West Coast Composers (Program C) explores the expansive and experimental sound worlds of West Coast composers Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison.
Program A – Soul of America: Jazz and Pop
Pizzica (New York Premiere)
Three Preludes
Dancing Honeymoon
You’ve Got to Be Modernistic
Program B – American Heartbeat: Country and Western
Songs That Tell A Story
Deck of Cards
Going Away Party
Program C – American Mavericks: West Coast Composers
Prelude and Prelude
Jenn and Spencer
Pacific
Grand Duo