Season XIX concludes with Navarro’s joyful Downey Overture for Orchestra, Debussy’s gorgeous Nocturnes, and Rachmaninoff’s lush and dramatic Symphony No. 2. Guest conductor Marcelo Lehninger and the Tulsa Chorale will help us end the 2024-2025 season on a high note.

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Debussy and Rachmaninoff

Tulsa Performing Arts Center

2025 April Concert

Downey Theatre

Adolphus Hailstork III (April 17, 1941, Rochester, New York) is an American composer of African American, Native American and European ancestry. His works are known for blending musical ideas from the African, American and European traditions. Hailstork received his music education at Howard University, Manhattan School of Music, and Michigan State University. He currently resides in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and is the Cultural Laureate of Virginia. While his compositions employ contemporary compositional techniques, Hailstork writes in a wide variety of genres, including concert band literature, and often uses material relating to African-American traditions for inspiration. His wide span of musical compositions ranges from symphonies, opera, and a violin concerto, to “Springtime for Two Elephants” for two tubas. Hailstork was the second African-American composer ever to be featured at a Presidential Inauguration when his Fanfare on Amazing Grace was performed as part of the prelude to Joe Biden’s inauguration in January 2021. His latest cantata, A Knee on the Neck, was written in commemoration of George Floyd’s murder and premiered in 2021.

Masterworks II: Connections

Maryland Hall

After the orchestra opens with Manuel de Falla’s El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat), LSO principal clarinetist Diane Barger alternates between Bb and Eb clarinets to perform Óscar Navarro’s dazzling “III Concerto” for Clarinet. Following intermission, LSO performs Suite No. 2 from Bizet’s famous opera Carmen and Rimsky-Korsakov’s orchestral suite based on Spanish folk melodies, Capriccio Espagnole.

Melodies From Spain

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Departmental Recitals showcase performance departments through its students. Featuring various students and repertoire, and curated by the faculty, performances in this recital highlight SFCM programs and the wide range of study. 

Woodwind Chamber Music Recital

San Francisco Conservatory of Music

The Wind Symphony presents a diverse and eclectic program of works that reimagine musical ideas through culture, time, and tradition. New Illinois Assistant Professor of Violin Salley Koo is soloist in Kristin Kuster’s distinctive concerto for violin and band, Two Jades.

Illinois Wind Symphony And O'fallon Wind Ensemble

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts

Classical guitarist and historical plucked instrumentalist Robert Wang juxtaposes early music with contemporary compositions across a repertoire spanning from the Renaissance to the 21st century. A specialist in historically informed performance, he plays theorbo, lute, and baroque guitar. Robert has collaborated with ensembles such as Bach Collegium San Diego, Early Music Vancouver, and Tesserae Baroque. His work on classical guitar includes the recent album FILAMENTOS with Canadian composer Liova Bueno. Additionally, he recently performed music by Veronika Krausas in the production My Birthday Party by SPRUNG. His perfoces have reached major venues like the Chan Centre and The Getty, and he has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning. Robert earned his MM and BM at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music under the tutelage of William Kanengiser, Scott Tennant, Brian Head, and Pepe Romero.

Óscar Navarro

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Oct 24, 2026

Robert Wang, Guitar · Downey Symphony Orchestra

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May 17, 2025

Debussy and Rachmaninoff · Tulsa Symphony Orchestra

Apr 12, 2025

2025 April Concert · Downey Symphony Orchestra

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