Performance History

— Premiered by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Peter Boyer, conductor, at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, April 9, 10 & 11, 2002 (four performances)
— Performed by the Santa Barbara Symphony, Gisèle Ben-Dor, conductor, July 4, 2003 (excerpts)
— Performed by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Wes Kenney, conductor, November 7, 2003
— Performed by the Claflin Hill (Massachusetts) Symphony Orchestra, Peter Boyer, conductor, November 8, 2003
— Performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Harvey, conductor, November 14, 2003 (two performances)
— Performed by the Brown University Orchestra, Paul Phillips, conductor, with Barry Bostwick & Kate Burton, March 6, 2004
— Performed by the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra, Paul Phillips, conductor, March 27, 2004
— Performed by the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Peter Boyer, conductor, in the Celebrate Brooklyn! Performing Arts Festival, Prospect Park, New York City, July 10, 2004
– Performed by the TCU Symphony Orchestra, Germán Gutiérrez, conductor, at Bass Hall, Fort Worth, November 1, 2004
— Performed by the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra, Paul Phillips, conductor, November 6, 2004
— Performed by the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Ken Selden, conductor, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, January 13, 2005 (excerpts)
— Performed by the Richmond Symphony, Peter Boyer, conductor, January 26 & 27, 2005 (four performances)
— Performed by the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra, John Giordano, conductor, February 5, 2005
— Performed by the Southwest Michigan Symphony, Robert Vodnoy, conductor, March 12, 2005
— Performed by the Piedmont Regional Orchestra, Michael Hughes, conductor, March 20, 2005
— Performed by the Santa Barbara Symphony, Gisèle Ben-Dor, conductor, April 16 & 17, 2005
— Performed by the Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair, conductor, with Barry Bostwick and Concetta Tomei, at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Irvine, July 23, 2005
— Performed by the Huntington (West Virginia) Symphony Orchestra, Kimo Furumoto, conductor, August 20, 2005
— Performed by the Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra, Anne Harrigan, conductor, October 7 & 8, 2005
— Performed by the Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey, Philip Travaline, conductor, October 22, 2005
— Performed by the Warren (Michigan) Symphony, David Daniels, conductor, November 6, 2005
— Performed by the Lafayette Symphony, Anne Harrigan, conductor, March 3, 2006
— Performed by the Billings Symphony Orchestra, Anne Harrigan, conductor, April 22, 2006
— Performed by the Fox Valley Symphony, Brian Groner, conductor, April 29 & 30, 2006
— Performed by the Elgin Symphony Orchestra, Robert Hanson, conductor, May 5, 6 & 7, 2006
— Performed by the Saddleback College Symphony Orchestra, Carmen Dominguez, conductor, May 13, 2006
— Performed by the Black Hills (South Dakota) Symphony Orchestra, Jack Knowles, conductor, October 14, 2006
— Performed by the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Shizuo Kuwahara, conductor, January–April 2007 (twenty-two performances of excerpts on educational program for c. 20,000 students)
— Performed by the Richmond (Indiana) Symphony, Guy Bordo, conductor, February 17, 2007
— Performed by the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, David Bowden, conductor, March 30 & 31, 2007
— Performed by the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, David Bowden, conductor, April 19 & 21, 2007
— Performed by the Naples (Florida) Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruce Hangen, conductor, May 3, 4 & 5, 2007 (excerpts)
— Performed by the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra, Brendan Townsend, conductor, May 6, 2007
— Performed by the Lake Geneva (Wisconsin) Community Orchestra, Andrew Dogan, conductor, May 19, 2007
— Performed by the Phoenix Symphony, Lawrence Golan, conductor, May 27, 2007
— Performed by the Quincy (Illinois) Symphony Orchestra, Bruce Briney, conductor, November 17, 2007
— Performed by the Amarillo Symphony, Mark Bartley, conductor, January 9, 10 & 12, 2008 (seven performances)
— Performed by the Hilton Head (S. Carolina) Symphony Orchestra, Mary Woodmansee Green, conductor, May 5, 2008
— Performed by the Winston-Salem (N. Carolina) Symphony, Robert Moody, conductor, May 17, 18 & 20, 2008
— Performed by the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Adam Boyles, conductor, June 1 & 8, 2008
— Performed by the Fairfax (Virginia) Symphony Orchestra, Glenn Quader, conductor, June 14, 2008
— Performed by the Kennett Symphony of Chester County (PA), Mary Woodmansee Green, conductor, June 21, 2008
— Performed by the Reno Pops Orchestra, Jane Brown, conductor, October 25, 2008
— Performed by the Warren (Michigan) Symphony, David Daniels, conductor, November 2, 2008
— Performed by the LaPorte (Indiana) County Symphony Orchestra, Philip Bauman, conductor, November 15, 2008
— Performed by Orchestra of Indian Hill (Littleton, Mass.), Bruce Hangen, conductor, January 18, 2009
— Performed by the Owensboro (Kentucky) Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Palmer, conductor, April 18, 2009
— Performed by the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra, Robert Moody, conductor, October 6, 2009 (three performances)
— Performed by the Butler County (Penn.) Symphony Orchestra, Elisabeth Heath Charles, conductor, October 10, 2009
— Performed by the Amarillo Symphony, Mark Bartley, conductor, January 6 & 7, 2010 (six performances)
— Performed by the Huntington (West Virginia) Symphony Orchestra, Kimo Furumoto, conductor, February 13, 2010
— Performed by the Sarasota Orchestra, Andrew Lane, conductor, March 19, 2010
— Performed by the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Rubenstein, conductor, April 17 & 18, 2010
— Performed by the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Richard Chiarappa, conductor, October 24, 2010
— Performed by the Sarasota Orchestra, Andrew Lane, conductor, November 20, 2010 (two performances)
— Performed by the Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey, Philip Travaline, conductor, February 13, 2011
— Performed by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor, at Bass Hall, Fort Worth, March 3, 4,  5 & 6, 2011 (five performances)
— Performed by the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Harvey, conductor, March 24 & 25, 2011 (three performances)
— Performed by the Southwest Florida Symphony, Michael Hall, conductor, April 8 & 9, 2011
— Performed by the University Symphony Orchestra of Cal State Fullerton, Kimo Furumoto, conductor, May 14 & 15, 2011
— Performed by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, David Itkin, conductor, September 28 & 29, 2011 (four performances)
— Performed by the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra, John Ricarte, conductor, October 8, 2011
— Performed by the Lafayette Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Palmer, conductor, November 18, 2011
— Performed by the DuPage Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Schubert, conductor, February 11 & 12, 2012
— Performed by the Fort Worth Civic Orchestra, Kurt Sprenger, conductor, March 10, 2012
— Performed by the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra, Robin Fountain, conductor, May 25, 2012
— Performed by the Plymouth (Mass.) Philharmonic Orchestra, Steven Karidoyanes, conductor, September 29, 2012
— Performed by the South Bend (IN) Symphony Orchestra, Tsung Yeh, conductor, September 29, 2012
— Performed by the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Confessore, conductor, October 6, 2012
— Performed by the Bartlesville (Oklahoma) Symphony Orchestra, Lauren Green, conductor, October 12 & 13, 2012
— Performed by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor, October 31 & November 1, 2012 (four performances)
— Performed by the Lexington (Kentucky) Philharmonic, Scott Terrell, conductor, May 10, 2013
— Performed by the Central Ohio Symphony, Jaimé Morales-Matos, conductor, May 25, 2013
— Performed by the Chester County Pops Orchestra, Jacques Voois, conductor, January 26, 28, & February 1, 2014
— Performed by the Toledo Symphony, Jeffrey Pollock, conductor, February 19 & 20, 2014 (four performances)
— Performed by the West Hartford Symphony Orchestra, Richard Chiarappa, conductor, March 30 & April 5, 2014
— Performed by the Binghamton Philharmonic, José-Luis Novo, conductor, November 9, 2014
— Performed by the Erie Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Kraemer, conductor, January 16, 2015
— Performed by the Carmel (IN) Symphony Orchestra, David Bowden, conductor, March 12 & 14, 2015 (three performances)
— Performed by the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Joel Levine, conductor, March 28, 2015
— Performed by the Fort Collins (Colorado) Symphony, Wes Kenney, conductor, April 17, 2015
— Performed by the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Rossen Milanov, conductor, July 16, 2015
— Performed by the Signature Symphony at TCC, Andrés Franco, conductor, January 23, 2016
— Performed by the Winston-Salem Symphony, Robert Moody, conductor, February 10 & 11, 2016 (two performances)
— Performed by the Rio Hondo Symphony, Kimo Furumoto, conductor, April 24, 2016
— Performed by the Oak Ridge (Tennessee) Symphony Orchestra, Dan Allcot, conductor, September 24, 2016
— Performed by the New Jersey Capital Philharmonic, Daniel Spalding, conductor, October 22, 2016
— Performed by the Ball State Symphony Orchestra, Douglas Droste, conductor, November 2, 2016
— Performed by the Portland (Maine) Symphony Orchestra, Robert Moody, conductor, November 14, 2016 (two performances of excerpts)
— Performed by the York (Pennsylvania) Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Golan, conductor, April 1, 2017
— Performed by the Pacific Symphony, Carl St.Clair, conductor, as the centerpiece of its annual American Composers Festival, at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, April 6, 7, 8, & 9, 2017; April 7 & 8 performances filmed for television production by PBS’ Great Performances series (see below)
— Performed by the Memphis Symphony, Robert Moody, conductor, September 30 & October 1, 2017
— Performed by Orchestra Moderne NYC, Amy Andersson, conductor, at Carnegie Hall, New York City, October 7, 2017
— Performed by the Yakima Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Golan, conductor, November 11, 2017
— Performed by the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra, Lawrence Golan, conductor, November 17, 2017
— Performed by the Aberdeen University/Civic Symphony, Robert Vodnoy, conductor, February 17, 2018
— Performed by the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Thomas Wilson, conductor, April 13 & 14, 2018
— Performed by the Buffalo Philharmonic orchestra, Lawrence Loh, conductor, April 21 & 22, 2018
— Performed by the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute Orchestra, Douglas Droste, conductor, June 23, 2018
— Performed by the Northern Symphony Orchestra, Michael Halstenson, conductor, July 3, 2018
— Performed by the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor, with Rita Moreno, on the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, July 4, 2018 (excerpts); televised internationally on Bloomberg Television
— Performed by the Whiting Park Festival Orchestra, Robert Vodnoy, conductor, September 2, 2018
— Performed by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Alejandro Gómez Guillén and Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductors, September 19-21, 2018 (six performances)
— Performed by the Cape Symphony, Jung-Ho Pak, conductor, September 22 & 23, 2018
— Performed by the Chicago Sinfonietta, Mei-Ann Chen, conductor, September 22 & 24, 2018 (Sept. 24 at Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center)
— Performed by the Westmont College Orchestra, Michael Shasberger, conductor, October 19 & 21, 2018
— Performed by the Helena Symphony, Alan R. Scott, conductor, October 20, 2018
— Performed by the Toledo Symphony, Matthew Kraemer, conductor, November 8, 2018 (two performances)
— Performed by the Buffalo Philharmonic, Todd Craven, conductor March 13, 2019
— Performed by the Des Moines Symphony, Joseph Giunta, conductor, March 12 & 13, 2019 (four performances of excerpts); March 16 & 17, 2019 (“Suite”)
— Performed by the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Boyer, conductor, April 27, 2019
— Performed by the Cape Symphony, Jung-Ho Pak, conductor, May 10, 2019 (excerpts)
— Performed by the Trinity United Presbyterian Church Orchestra, Hanan Yaqub, conductor, June 30 & July 2, 2019
— Performed by the Des Moines Symphony, Joseph Giunta, conductor, at the Iowa State Capitol, July 3, 2019 (“Suite”), televised
— Performed by the West Coast Symphony Orchestra of the Cielo Foundation for the Performing Arts, Michael Shasberger, conductor, July 4, 2019
— Performed by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Alex Amsel & Stephanie Rhodes Russell, conductors, September 17-19, 2019 (six performances)
— Performed by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Matthew Kraemer, conductor, October 19 & 20, 2019
— Performed by the Texas Medical Center Orchestra, Libi Lebel, conductor, November 3 & 9, 2019
— Performed by the Northwest Iowa Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Stanichar, conductor, November 19, 2019 (two performances)
— Performed (Prologue only) by the Symphony Orchestra of Brussels Free University (VUBorkest), Jurgen Wayenberg, conductor, November 17 & 24, December 1, 7 & 14, 2019
— Performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony, Andrés Franco, at Heinz Hall, January 29 & 30, 2020 (two performances)
— Performed by the Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Timothy Verville, conductor, February 1, 2020
— Performed by Symphoria, Lawrence Loh, conductor, February 15, 2020
— Performed by the Arizona Musicfest Orchestra, Robert Moody, conductor, February 23, 2020
— Performed by the Denver Young Artists Orchestra, Wes Kennedy, conductor, March 1, 2020
— Performed by the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey, Daniel Spalding, conductor, October 23, 2021
— Performed by the Northern Dutchess Symphony Orchestra, Kathleen Beckmann, conductor, October 24, 2021
— Performed by the Miami University Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Morales Matos, conductor, December 3, 2021
— Performed by the Salisbury (North Carolina) Symphony Orchestra, David Hagy, conductor, March 12, 2022
— Performed by the Rogue Valley Symphony (Oregon), Martin Majkut, conductor, March 27, 2022
— Performed by the Salt Lake Symphony, Robert Baldwin, conductor, April 9, 2022
— Performed by the Shreveport Symphony Orchestra, Michael Butterman, conductor, May 7, 2022
— Performed by the Central Ohio Symphony, Jaime Morales-Matos, conductor, May 21, 2022
— Performed by the Portland Choir and Orchestra, Edward Higgins, conductor, June 18, 2022 (two performances)
— Performed by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Taichi Fukumura, conductor, September 14-16, 2022 (six performances)
— Performed by the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra, José-Luis Novo, conductor, September 30 & October 1, 2022
— Performed by the Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra, Russel Mikkelson, conductor, October 15, 2022
— Performed by the Wichita State University Symphony Orchestra, Mark Laycock, conductor, October 20, 2022
— Performed by the Salina (Kansas) Symphony, Yaniv Segal, conductor, January 27 & 29, 2023
— Performed by the Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, Todd Craven, conductor, April 6, 2023
— Performed by the Civic Symphony of Green Bay, Seong-Kyung Graham, conductor, April 16, 2023
— Performed by The Cleveland Orchestra, Daniel Reith, conductor, April 18-21, 2023 (six performances)
— Performed by the Western Piedmont Symphony, Matthew Troy, conductor, April 22, 2023
— Performed by the Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra, Jonathan Edward Colby, conductor, May 14, 2023
— Performed by the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra, Steven Karidoyanes, conductor, September 30, 2023
— Performed by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Taichi Fukumura, conductor October 11-12, 2023 (four performances)
— Performed by the Fort Worth Civic Orchestra, Kurt Sprenger, conductor, November 11, 2023
— Performed by the Williamsburg Symphony Orchestra, Michael Butterman, conductor, March 15, 2024 (two performances)
— Performed by the Ohio State University Wind Symphony, Russel Mikkelson, conductor, April 5, 2024 (premiere of transcription for concert band by Jay Bocook)
— Performed by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, John Morris Russell, conductor, April 12-14, 2024
— Performed by the Buffalo (Minnesota) Community Orchestra, Hisham Bravo Groover, conductor, April 28 & May 5, 2024
— Performed by the Bellingham Symphony Orchestra, Yaniv Attar, conductor, May 3 & 5, 2024
— Performed by the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, Michael Butterman, conductor, May 10-11, 2024 (three performances)
— Performed by the Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Thomas Wilson, conductor, July 4, 2024
— Performed by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Michelle Di Russo, conductor, September 11-13, 2024 (six performances)
— To be performed by the Gulf Coast Symphony, Andrew Kurtz, conductor, November 10, 2024
— To be performed by the Toledo Symphony, Steven Jarvi, conductor, November 14, 2024 (two performances)
— To be performed (concert band version) by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Wind Ensemble, Scott Teeple, conductor, December 5, 2024
— To be performed by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Moon Doh, conductor, January 22-23, 2025
— To be performed by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra, Yaniv Attar, conductor, March 7-8, 2025
— To be performed (concert band version) by the University of Northern Colorado Wind Ensemble, Wesley Broadnax, conductor, April 4, 2025
— To be performed by the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Linus Lerner, conductor, May 10-11, 2025
— Transcription for concert band by Jay Bocook to be performed by the following ensembles and conductors (dates TBA, 2025-2026):
• “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, Lt. Col. Ryan J. Nowlin, conductor
• Dordt University Wind Symphony, Onsby Rose, conductor
• The Eastern Wind Symphony, Todd Nichols, conductor
• The Hartt School Wind Ensemble, University of Hartford (conductor TBA)
• Purdue University Wind Ensemble, Jay S. Gephart, conductor

— Hartford Symphony premiere broadcast on National Public Radio’s SymphonyCast, week of July 7, 2002 (approximately 150 radio stations)
— Elgin Symphony Orchestra performance broadcast nationally on WFMT Radio Network, July 28, 2006
— Many of the above live performances of the work have been broadcast on local public radio stations in those cities
— Recorded by the Philharmonia Orchestra, Peter Boyer, conductor, at Air Studios, London, February 16, 2003; actors Barry Bostwick, Blair Brown, Olympia Dukakis, Anne Jackson, Bebe Neuwirth, Eli Wallach and Louis Zorich recorded in New York City, September 17-19, 2003; released by Naxos in its American Classics Series (#8.559246), May 2005 — GRAMMY^® Nomination, Best Classical Contemporary Composition, 48th Annual GRAMMY^® Awards
— Naxos recording broadcast on more than 100 radio stations throughout the United States, including KUSC, Los Angeles; WFMT, Chicago; WCRB, Boston; WRR, Dallas; KUHF, Houston; KMZT, Los Angeles; WRTI, Philadelphia; KWUR, St. Louis; WOSU, Columbus; WFYI, Indianapolis; WITF, Harrisburg; KXTR, Kansas City; KCNV, Las Vegas; WERN, Madison; KPFA, Berkeley; KDB, Santa Barbara; KCSN, Los Angeles; Classical 24 (syndicated)
— Naxos recording broadcast nationally by Australian Broadcasting Corporation Classic FM (numerous broadcasts 2005-07)
— Great Performances — Ellis Island: The Dream of America with Pacific Symphony (filmed live in concert April 2017) televised nationally by PBS June 29, 2018 (c. 300 PBS stations), with numerous additional local telecasts following; national encore PBS telecast July 3, 2020
— Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra performance of excerpts with Rita Moreno on Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular, July 4, 2018 televised internationally by Bloomberg Television
— Naxos recording featured on Living American with Peter Boyer, SiriusXM Symphony Hall, May 2020 & April 2021