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.