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Aram Demirjian, conductor
Sterling Elliott, cello
Rhea Carmon, KSO poet-in-residence

JOHN STAFFORD SMITH & FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
The Star Spangled Banner

WILLIAM STEFFE & JULIA WARD HOWE (arr. Wilhousky)
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Rhea Carmon, KSO Poet-in-Residence

NICKY SOHN (b. 1992) 
Is This the Happiest Place on Earth? (2025)

ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Cello Concerto in B minor, Opus 104 (1895)

I. Allegro
II. Adagio ma non troppo
III. Finale. Allegro moderato

Sterling Elliott, cello

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WILLIAM GRANT STILL
Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American) (1930)

I. Moderato assai
II. Adagio
III. Animato
IV. Lento, con risoluzione

GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
An American in Paris (1928)