Name: Keystone Encore
Start: 2026-08-06T16:00:00
Location: Quaking Aspen Amphitheater

National Repertory Orchestra

The NRO returns to Keystone, its former home base from 1987–1992, for an outdoor community concert series held in the Quaking Aspen Amphitheater and River Run Village. We are thrilled to be back in this scenic mountain setting, reconnecting with the community through vibrant performances in Keystone’s most beautiful venues.

Keystone Encore

River Run Village

Quaking Aspen Amphitheater

This event will be held at the Trowbridge Residence in Breckenridge, and will feature the NRO Brass Quintet.

Champagne Series

Private Residence, Breckenridge

“The American Sound” considers how national identity resonates through music while honoring Colorado’s milestone year. The program opens with a special co-commission by Coloradan composer Leigha Amick: a bold fanfare celebrating Colorado, performed on the 150th anniversary of the state’s admission to the Union. Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings offers lyrical elegance and glowing warmth, while Copland’s Symphony No. 3 crowns the evening with expansive grandeur, weaving the iconic Fanfare for the Common Man into a sweeping symphonic statement that feels unmistakably American in scale, optimism, and sound. 

The American Sound: Colorado at 150

Riverwalk Center

“Encountering Nature” turns our American Adventures season toward wide skies and untamed landscapes, exploring how composers translate the natural world into sound. Copland’s Quiet City opens in hushed stillness, its solitary trumpet and English horn unfolding a spare, haunting dialogue that evokes empty streets at dusk and the quiet vastness beyond them. Intimate and searching, it captures the feeling of standing alone beneath an open sky. Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, “Titan,” expands that perspective to monumental scale, moving from pastoral dawn to storm-tossed intensity and, ultimately, blazing affirmation. Rustic dances, birdsong-like figures, and sweeping climaxes create a journey through nature’s serenity and power.