A Celebration 250 Years in the Making
Our 2026–27 season opens with a program that feels like America at its most alive: bold, diverse, and unmistakably united. Aaron Copland’s Lincoln Portrait anchors the evening with the words of Abraham Lincoln, spoken live over a full orchestra, in a setting as stirring today as it was when Copland wrote it. Music by some of the most vital compositional voices of our time, woven together by a shared belief in what we can build when we build together.
This is also a historic Colorado evening: the world premiere of John Heins’ Garden of the Gods marks both the 250th anniversary of the United States and the 150th anniversary of Colorado statehood: a reminder that our shared story is still being written.
John Heins
Garden of the Gods — WORLD PREMIERE!
Aaron Copland
Lincoln Portrait
Valerie Coleman
Umoja
Joan Tower
Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman
Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
