American music stirs the soul in a way like none other. Performance Today® 2022 Classical Woman of the Year, pianist Lara Downes explores the depths of that profound connection to land, sea and spirit. Dvorák’s New World Symphony blends Bohemian fantasy with Midwestern and Southern melodies and charm.
Michael Christie, conductor
Lara Downes, piano
ALDOPHUS HAILSTORK 3 Spirituals for Orchestra – “Every Time I Feel the Spirit, Kum Ba Yah, Oh Freedom”
PRICE Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in One Movement
JOPLIN/BUCK Four Rags for Piano and Orchestra
DVOÁK Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”
New West Symphony: Brahms, Mendelssohn & Ravel…plus a World Premiere (10/5/24-10/5/24)
Bank of America Performing Arts Center is at 2100 Thousand Oaks Blvd, Thousand Oaks, CA 91362, Thousand Oaks, CA.
CHARLOTTE'S WEB (8/6/23-8/6/23)
Tootsie (5/30/23-6/3/23)
Cats (5/11/23-5/14/23)
Anastasia (4/27/23-4/30/23)
Ragtime (3/24/23-4/2/23)
Fiddler on the Roof (3/9/23-3/12/23)
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. (1/9/23-1/9/23)
THE ADDAMS FAMILY (10/14/22-7/20/22)
DISNEY'S NEWSIES (7/15/22-7/24/22)
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical (5/12/22-5/15/22)
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New West Symphony: Brahms, Mendelssohn & Ravel…plus a World Premiere
Bank of America Performing Arts Center (10/5 - 10/5) | |
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The Sound Of Music
Kavli Theatre, Bank of America Performing Arts Center (7/19 - 7/28) | |
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Wendy's Peter Pan
Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum (6/22 - 10/4) | |
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New West Symphony presents Pianist Lara Downes & the New World Symphony
Bank of America Performing Arts Center (11/2 - 11/2) | |
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Clue
Bank of America Performing Arts Center [Fred Kavli Theatre] (11/29 - 12/1) | |
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Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
Bank of America Performing Arts Center [Fred Kavli Theatre] (1/10 - 1/12) | |
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RENT
Conejo Players Theatre (6/14 - 7/7) | |
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