Event Name: THE IDEA OF AMERICA
Event Locator: 2025-ADJDBF

7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25
• Orchestra and Winds Series •
THE IDEA OF AMERICA
CCM Philharmonia
Mark Gibson, music director and conductor
CCM Wind Symphony
Kevin Michael Holzman, music director and conductor
Featuring guest artist Col. Phil Tilly, narrator
Featuring faculty artist Quinn Patrick Ankrum, mezzo soprano
Featuring TBA student soloist/competition winner 
Hagan Zoellers, graduate conducting associate    
Who are we as a country? How best to celebrate our journey together as Americans? Join us for our season finale as we explore these questions in a musical tribute to what and who we are as a nation.
CCM Wind Symphony:
HORNE: Deep River
GOULD: American Salute
SHAW: Is a Rose
BERNSTEIN/LAVENDER: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
CCM Philharmonia:
PRICE: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major (1939) or Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major (1952)
COPLAND: A Lincoln Portrait
Estimated run time: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Location: Corbett Auditorium
Tickets: $19.50 adult, $15 student, $15 UC faculty/staff, $10 UC student, $5 CCM student; group discounts available. Buy tickets online.