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For the United States of America’s 250th anniversary, the American Symphony Orchestra celebrates the forging of an American musical identity in the 19th century with a diverse program of seldom performed scores. The concert’s centerpiece is George Bristow’s massive “Niagara” symphony in its first performance since the work’s world premiere. The program begins with two scores of joyful, exuberant celebration, each one rhythmically propulsive and highly entertaining: the Festival Overture on the American National Air by Dudley Buck and Richard Wagner’s American Centennial March, which he wrote for the opening of the Declaration of Independence’s centennial celebration in 1876 in Philadelphia.

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Forging an American Musical Identity

Carnegie Hall

Voice Students coached by Tom Jaber

Alice Pratt Brown Hall

AMFS artist-faculty, all top musicians from renowned orchestras, opera companies, and conservatories, come together to play their favorite chamber music works. Always a joyful and creative 75 minutes of music-making.

Chamber Music

Aspen Meadows Resort

Recital: Percussion Ensemble

The Aspen Music Festival and School and Theatre Aspen once again collaborate to co-present Terrence McNally’s Tony Award winning Master Class. Maria Callas is brought back to life in this 1995 Broadway play, inspired by the legendary series of master classes given by the opera diva at Juilliard toward the end of her career. The full-length drama puts her center stage again as she coaxes, prods, and inspires students – "victims" as she calls them – into giving the performances of their lives while revealing the disappointments in her own life and her relationship with the shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis. Regarded as “rich, vivid,” and “satisfying” by The New York Times, and a “total triumph” by the Star-Ledger, this classic production comes to life in Aspen’s historic Wheeler Opera House.

Special Event: Terrence McNally's Tony Award Winning Master Class

Wheeler Opera House

Anna Thompson, Soprano

Festival Overture (on the American National Air, “The Star-Spangled Banner”)

Soprano

Anna Thompson

Events

Past events

Jan 30, 2026

Forging an American Musical Identity · American Symphony Orchestra

Oct 6, 2024 - Feb 17, 2025

Voice Students coached by Tom Jaber · The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University

Future and recently performed repertoire

Singer in Festival Overture (on the American National Air, “The Star-Spangled Banner”) by Buck

American Symphony Orchestra

Singer in Go down, Moses by Burleigh

American Symphony Orchestra

Singer in Behold that Star! by Burleigh

American Symphony Orchestra

Singer in Swing low, sweet chario by Burleigh

American Symphony Orchestra

Singer in Großer Festmarsch (American Centennial March) by Wagner

American Symphony Orchestra

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