Versatile performer and innovative teacher based in Boulder, CO
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Colorado Springs Philharmonic: Nicholas Payton and the Philharmonic

  • Pikes Peak Center for the Performing Arts 190 South Cascade Avenue Colorado Springs, CO, 80903 United States (map)

Josep Caballé-Domenech conductor
Darin Atwater 
conductor
Nicholas Payton 
trumpet

Nicholas Payton Black American Symphony (US Premiere)
Miles Davis and Gil Evans
 Sketches of Spain 

Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and trumpet master, Nicholas Payton, will be live in concert with the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, featuring two masterworks rarely encountered in the concert hall: Sketches of Spain and Black American Symphony (United States premiere). Both works highlight the contribution of Black American music to the world, here through the lens of symphonic music.