National Symphony Orchestra: Summer Music Institute - Free Concert Series (July 28, 2024)

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The National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute Orchestra presents two concerts as part of its four-week festival. This year marks the 31st anniversary of the program and features musicians ages 15-20 from 19 states and 4 countries.
The first concert features Starburst by Grammy Award®-winning American composer Jessie Montgomery, Claude Debussy’s beautiful symphonic poem Prélude à l'après-midi d’un faune, Benjamin Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, and Igor Stravinsky’s powerful masterpiece The Firebird Suite.
The final concert of the 2024 NSO Summer Music Institute opens with Mozart’s Overture to The Magic Flute and continues with Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde: Prelude und Liebestod, Kennedy Center Composer-in-Residence Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances (first movement), and Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. This concert will also spotlight the SMI concerto competition winner.
This concert is free and are appropriate for all ages. See Ticket & Entry for more details.
Watch the concert LIVE online! Check back closer to the performance date for the livestream link.
Concert Programs
Sunday, July 14
JESSIE MONTGOMERY
Starburst
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Prélude à l'après-midi d’un faune
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
IGOR STRAVINSKY
The Firebird Suite
Sunday, July 28
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Overture to The Magic Flute
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104, B. 191
I. Allegro
RICHARD WAGNER
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude und Liebestod
CARLOS SIMON
Four Black American Dances (Mvt 1, Ring Shout)
MODEST MUSSORGSKY
Pictures at an Exhibition
Kennedy Center/National Symphony Orchestra National Trustees Summer Music Institute consists of orchestral and chamber music coached by NSO and Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra musicians; conducting and master classes; private lessons with NSO and KCOHO musicians; a side-by-side rehearsal with the NSO; and enrichment sessions concentrating on music literature, health and wellness, entrepreneurship, and Citizen Artistry.