Schedule

April 6, 2024

Sacramento Philharmonic

SAFE Credit Union Performing Arts Center
Sacramento, CA

CARLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers
GRIEG Selections from Peer Gynt
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

Conductor: Timothy Myers

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April 11, 2024

National Youth Orchestra

The Tung Auditorium
Liverpool, UK

Experience an electrifying evening as musicians from The National Youth Orchestra take you on a daring musical adventure, with two composers whose music is a catalyst to new ideas and creativity.

Julius Eastman Stay On It
Carlos Simon
Graffiti

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April 13, 2024

Rhode Island Philharmonic

The VETS
Providence, RI

CARLOS SIMON: Mortherboxx Connection

BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No.2

MAHLER: Symphony No.1 (Titan)

Benjamin Manis, conductor

Orli Shaham, piano

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April 13 & 14, 2024

Winston-Salem Symphony

R.J. Reynolds Auditorium
Winston-Salem, NC

Ludwig van Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3

Ludwig van Beethoven “Mir ist so wunderbar” from Fidelio

Carlos Simon Fate Now Conquers

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9

Conductor: Michelle Merrill

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April 13-14, 2024

New Haven Symphony

Lyman Center for the Performing Arts
New Haven, CT

Duke Ellington
Black, Brown & Beige • Solitude

Margaret Bonds
I Got a Home in that RockYou Can Tell the World

William Grant Still
Afro American Symphony

James P. Johnson
Drums • Yamekraw

Carlos Simon
Amen

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April 15, 2024

UM Campus Symphony Orchestra

Hill Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI

Carlos Simon, The Block

Copland, The Tender Land Suite

TBA with Concerto Competition Winner

Tchaikovsky, Romeo and Juliet

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April 17, 2024

FIU Wind Band

WPAC Concert Hall, Florida International University
Miami, FL

Programme includes Carlos Simon's Go Down Moses.

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April 19. 2024

Crane Wind Ensemble

Hosmer Concert Hall
Potsdam, NY

Programme to include Carlos Simon's Go Down Moses

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April 27, 2024

TCNJ Wind Ensemble

Kendall Main Stage Theater
Ewing, NJ

Programme to include Carlos Simon's Amen

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April 26 & 28, 2024

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

Meyerhoff Symphony Hall & Strathmore Music Center
Baltimore, MD

CARLOS SIMON AMEN!
IVES Symphony No. 2
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2

Marin Alsop, conductor
Yunchan Lim, piano

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May 1, 2024

Eastman Jazz Lab Band

Kilbourn Hall. Eastman School of Music
Rochester, NY

Programme includes Carlos Simon's Go Down Moses.

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May 10-11, 2024

Chicago Sinfonietta

Wentz Concert Hall / Auditorium Theatre
Chicago, IL

Unsuk CHIN Subito con Forza for Orchestra

Louise FARRENC Symphony No. 3

Carlos SIMON Profiles

Sergei RACHMANIOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini  featuring guest artist, pianist George Li

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May 26, 2024

Phoenix Festival Orchestra

Yavapai Performing Arts Center
Prescott, AZ

Jeffery Meyer, conductor

Ravel – Tombeau de Couperin
Simon – Fate Now Conquers
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7.

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June 1, 2024

The Gathering with ACO

Kennedy Center Opera House
Washington, DC

The Gathering: A Collective Sonic Ring Shout will take us on a sonic quest produced by National Black Theatre & The Apollo. Taking place in the Opera House at The Kennedy Center, “The Gathering” will center the soul of Black folks and the heart of America's brilliant and bitter present.

This night will feature the DC premiere of Seven Last Words of the Unarmed by Joel Thompson alongside Carlos Simon’s Amen! and Courtney Bryan’s Sanctum. In conjunction with these pieces, the night has been curated in the African tradition of call and response to include original works by genre-defying Black artists such as Abby Dobson, Toshi Reagon, Troy Anthony, and Nona Hendryx.

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June 6, 7, 8, 2024

Hartford Symphony Orchestra

Bushnell Center for Performing Arts
Hartford, CT

Simon Amen!
Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 26
Holst The Planets

Carolyn Kuan conductor
Melissa White violin

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June 14, 2024

Minnesota Orchestra

Orchestra Hall
Minneapolis, MN

In celebration and remembrance in honor of Juneteenth, the annual commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans, the Minnesota Orchestra, alongside guests and members of the Twin Cities community, will perform a program featuring music by African American composers.

Programme includes Carlos Simon's Amen.

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July 20 & 21, 2024

Wintergreen Music Festival

Dunlop Pavillion
Wintergreen Resort, VA

Louis Lohraseb, conductor
David Bjella, cello

Carlos Simon: Fate Now Conquers
Dmitrii Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 7

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September 14

National Symphony Orchestra

Celebrate the genius of American composers as the NSO performs Aaron Copland’s Suite from Billy the Kid and selections from his Old American Songs, Jessie Montgomery’s Banner, and Here I Stand—a new NSO co-commission by Carlos Simon and librettist Dan Harder. Grammy–winning bass-baritone Morris Robinson and The Washington Chorus join for this special concert.

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September 28, 2024

National Symphony Orchestra

Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Washington, DC

Gianandrea Noseda, conductor
Yunchan Lim, piano

Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances
Mel Bonis: Pavane; Sarabande; Bourrée
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2
Maurice Ravel: La Valse

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December 6, 7, 8, 2024

Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra Hall
Detroit, MI

Carlos SIMON Four Black American Dances
BARBER Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from The Nutcracker Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY/ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN(arr. Tyzik) The Nutcracker Suite

Jader Bignamini, conductor
Ray Chen, violin

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Carlos Simon