Folk Music of the Americas

Name: Folk Music of the Americas
Start: 2025-03-02T15:00:00
Location: The Vista Center for the Arts

The Vista Center for the Arts

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Guest Conductor Michael Stanley illustrates ways in which folk music has influenced classical composers, the basis for some of their most popular works. Inspired by American folk music, Copland wrote Appalachian Spring; Márquez drew from the dance music of Mexico in Danzon No. 2. Dvořák took inspiration from spirituals and Native American music for his New World Symphony.

Program

Arturo Márquez - Danzon No. 2

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring

Antonín Dvořák - Symphony No. 9

Participants

Michael Stanley

Conductor

The Vista Center for the Arts

Producer

West Valley Symphony

Orchestra

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