Schedule

February 17, 2026

South Florida Symphony Orchestra

New World Center
Miami, FL

Program includes Carlos Simon's Four Black American Dances

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February 17, 2026

University of Central Florida

Student Union: Pegasus Ballroom
Orlando, FL

Program to include Carlos Simon's Sweet Chariot.

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February 18, 2026

South Florida Symphony Orchestra

The Parker
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Program includes Carlos Simon's Four Black American Dances

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February 18, 2026

Crane Wind Ensemble

Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall
Potsdam, NY

Program to include Carlos Simon's Amen!.

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February 21, 2026

South Florida Symphony Orchestra

Tennessee Williams Theatre
Key West, FL

Program includes Carlos Simon's Four Black American Dances

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February 21, 2026

North Mississippi Symphony

Link Centre
Tupelo, MS

The program spotlights the powerful, contemporary voice of composer Carlos Simon, whose works resonate with history, hope, and heart.

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February 21, 2026

The Unsung Collective

Abyssinian Baptist Church
New York, NY

Program to include Carlos Simon's Here I Stand.

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February 21-22, 2026

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Skyview Concert Hall
Vancouver, WA

Simon Four Black American Dances
Copland Rodeo
Copland Appalachian Spring
Gershwin Porgy and Bess

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February 24, 2026

UTSA Symphonic Band

University of Texas at San Antonio Recital Hall
San Antonio, TX

Program to include Carlos Simon's Sweet Chariot

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February 27, 2026

St Louis Symphony Orchestra

Powell Hall
St Louis, MO

Program to include Carlos Simon's Ring Shout from Four Black American Dances.

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February 26 & 28, 2026

Rochester Philharmonic

Eastman Theatre
Rochester, NY

CARLOS SIMON Festive Fanfare and Overture

ANTONIN DVOŘÁK Violin Concerto

DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1

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February 28, 2026

St Louis Symphony Orchestra

Powell Hall
St Louis, MO

Coltrane 100: Legacy program curated and arranged by Carlos Simon.

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March 1, 2026

Butler University Wind Ensemble

Schrott Center for the Arts
Indianapolis, IA

Program to include Carlos Simon's Amen!

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March 1, 2026

Philadelphia Sinfonia

Temple Performing Arts Center
Philadelphia, PA

Program includes Carlos Simon's Fate Now Conquers.

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March 7, 2026

Northern Neck Orchestra

Lancaster Elementary School Theater
Kilmarnock, VA

The orchestra will present Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5, “Reformation,” CarlosSimon’s Amen!, Adolphus Hailstork’s Three Spirituals and James Johnson’s Victory Stride.

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March 14, 2026

Colorado Symphony Orchestra

Boettcher Concert Hall
Denver, CO

CAROLOS SIMON Fate Now Conquers

ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36

BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15

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March 12-14

National Symphony Orchestra

World Premiere - Double Concerto Suite
Washington, DC

Robert Schumann: Manfred Overture
Carlos Simon: Double Concerto Suite**(NSO co-commission, World Premiere)
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3

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March 15, 2026

Minnesota Orchestra

Orchestra Hall
Minneapolis, MN

Program to include Carlos Simon's Tales: A Folklore Symphony

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March 14-15, 2026

Orchestra Nova Northwest

Roosevelt High School (March 14) / The Reser (March 15)
Portland (March 14) / Beaverton (March 15), OR

CARLOS SIMON                              Hellfighter’s Blues

GEORGE GERSHWIN                    Piano Concerto in F

PETER BOYER                                 Ellis Island: Dream of America

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March 16, 2026

UW-Madison Wind Ensemble

Mead Witter Foundation Concert Hall
Madison, WI

Program to include Carlos Simon's Sweet Chariot.

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March 28, 2026

Savannah Philharmonic

Lucas Theatre for the Arts
Savanna, GA

CARLOS SIMON Wake Up! Concerto for Orchestra
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Flos Campi
ELGAR Enigma Variations, Op. 36

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March 28, 2026

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Music Hall
Cincinnati, OH

Program to include Carlos Simon's Holy Dance.

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March 28, 2026

Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra

Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
Appleton, WI

Program to include Carlos Simon's Motherboxx Connection.

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March 29, 2026

Brussels Philharmonic

Flagey
Brussels, Belgium

Florence Price Ethiopia's Shadow in America (1929–1932)
Carlos Simon Songs of Separation: I. The Garden II. Burning Hell IV. We Are All the Same (2023)
Leonard Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances (1957)

Jessie Montgomery Cello Concerto, for Abel Selaocoe (2025) (Belgian premiere)
Jessie Montgomery Coincident Dances (2017)

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April 3, 2026

Arkansas Philharmonic

Thaden School Performing Arts Center
Bentonville, AR

Program to incude Carlos Simon's Hellfighters' Blues.

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April 11, 2026

Nutmeg Symphony Orchestra

Bristol Eastern High School
Bristol, CT

Program to include Carlos Simon's Four Black American Dances

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April 10-12. 2026

St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Powell Hall
St. Louis, MO

Stéphane Denève, conductor
Hilary Hahn, violin
Seth Parker Woods, cello (SLSO debut)

Carlos Simon Double Concerto Suite (First SLSO performances/SLSO Co-Commission)
Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 5

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April 17-19, 2026

New World Symphony Orchestra

New World Center
Miami, FL

Miami City Ballet and New World Symphony join forces for a celebration of American music and dance. Don’t miss the world premiere of a choreographic concerto, the brainchild of 10 21st-century composers and choreographers.  

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April 23, 2026

Mississippi State University

Bettersworth Auditorium
Mississippi State, MS

Program to include Carlos Simon's Amen!.

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April 24-25, 2026

North Carolina Symphony

Meymandi Concert Hall
Raleigh, NC

Carlos Simon: Festive Fanfare and Overture
Barber: Violin Concerto
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition

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May 2, 2026

West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences
Charleston, WV

CARLOS SIMON City of Light

EDVARD GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, featuring Barbara Nissman, piano

JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

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May 1-2, 2026

Rhode Island Philharmonic

The Vets
Providence, RI

SIMON: Fate Now Conquers

R. STRAUSS: Death and Transfiguration

BEETHOVEN: Symphony No.5

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May 3, 2026

West Virginia Symphony Orchestra

Blennerhassett School
Parkersburg, WV

CARLOS SIMON City of Light

EDVARD GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, featuring Barbara Nissman, piano

JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 4

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May 3, 2026

Equity Arc

Capital One Hall
Tyson, VA

Program to include Carlos Simon's Amen!.

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15th May 2026

Kendall Square Orchestra

Sander Theatre
Cambridge, MA

Carlos Simon Fate Now Conquers

Adrian Anantawan P.I Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto

Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4

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May 15, 2026

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra

Music Hall
Cincinnati, OH

Anton Bruckner Psalm 150  

Alexander von Zemlinsky Selections from Symphonische Gesänge

Margaret Bonds Selected Songs & Songs from Songs of the Season  

To a Brown Girl Dead

Negro Speak of Rivers  
Poème d’Automne from Songs of the Season
Winter Moon from Songs of the Season
April Rain  

ECLECTIC MASS:

Selections from:

Carlos Simon Good News Mass and Sanctus

Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina Missa Assumpta est Maria

Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 191

Margaret Bonds Credo

George Frideric Handel arr. Mounsey “Soulful Hallelujah”

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May 16, 2026

Salisbury Symphony Orchestra

Kappel Auditorum, Catawba College
Salisbury, NC

Program to include Carlos Simon's Fate Now Conquers.

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May 17, 2026

Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis

St Michael's Lutheran Church
Bloomington, MN

Hovercraft – Jody Talbot
MacPhail concerto winner, rep TBA
Four Black American Dances – Carlos Simon
Symphony No. 4 – Pyotr Ilyich Tschaikowsky

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May 30, 2026

A Notion, A Scream

Leodis McDaniel Auditorium
Portland, OR

Program to include Carlos Simon's brea(d)th.

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June 7, 2026

CBSO

Symphony Hall
Birmingham, UK

Program to include Carlos Simon's Hellfighters' Blues.

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June 7, 2026

Chineke! Orchestra

Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
London, UK

Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances

Coleridge-Taylor: Violin Concerto in G minor, Op.80

Interval

Price: Symphony No.1 in E minor

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June 10, 2026

CBSO

Symphony Hall
Birmingham, UK

Haydn, Symphony No.44 (Mourning)  (22mins)

Carlos Simon, Amen  (12mins)

Caroline Shaw/ Davóne Tines, Mass Reorchestrated

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July 3, 2026

Bellingham Festival of Music

WWU Performing Arts Center
Bellingham, WA

Program to include Carlos Simon's Festive Fanfare and Overture.

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