Americas the Beautiful

The Chamber Music Society of Greater Denver showcases the diversity of musical expressions in the Americas, from classical and folk to popular and contemporary, in a program featuring compositions by musicians born or residing in the American continents. "Music can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.” Leonard Bernstein

General admission tickets are $20 and can be purchased online or at the venue on the afternoon of performance.

Ástor Piazzolla / Histoire du Tango
I. Bordel 1900
II. Cafe 1930
III. Nightclub 1960

• Hillary Schefter, harp & Katy Wherry, flute

Thom Ritter George / American Folktunes (Three)
I. Johnson Boys
II. Rocking the Cradle
VI. Whistle, Daughter, Whistle

• Laura Schulkind, flute & Julie Plouffe, piano

William Randall Hill / Mystic Cadenza

• Laura Schulkind, Native American style flute

Connor Chee / Navajo Vocable for Piano Nos. 8 & 9

• Julie Plouffe, piano

Carlos Salzado / Suite of Eight Dances
- Seguidilla
- Tango

• Hillary Schefter, harp

Samuel Barber / Sure on This Shining Night

• Julie Plouffe, soprano & Hillary Schefter, harp

Leonard Bernstein / A Simple Song

• Julie Plouffe, soprano, Katy Wherry, flute & Hillary Schefter, harp

Samuel Zyman / Fantasia Mexicana

• Laura Schulkind and Katy Wherry, flutes & Julie Plouffe, piano

Host or Publisher Laura Schulkind