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Yukon has a long-standing tradition of celebrating Independence Day with a blast. As always, admission is free! Several free live outdoor concerts are on the Freedom Fest agenda, as well as food trucks, contests, kids' activities, and more. Giant fireworks shows start at 10:00 p.m. on July 3 and 4, so bring your family, lawn chairs, or blankets and enjoy!

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Join the OKCPHIL and Maestro Alexander Mickelthwate Monday, July 3, 2023 for a FREE 8:30PM concert at Scissortail Park in downtown OKC.  This year’s program features two fabulous vocalists, J. Warren Mitchell – tenor, and Julianne Reynolds, soprano. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and the whole family to enjoy a lovely evening outside with beautiful and inspiring music!

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Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Karen Slack, soprano

• JOAN TOWER: Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman

• COPLAND: Lincoln Portrait – Hannibal Lokumbe, narrator

• BERNSTEIN: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

• HANNIBAL LOKUMBE: Trials, Tears, Transcendence: The Journey of Clara Luper – Marilyn Luper Hildreth, narrator

Cocernt will be held in the Bethany First Church of the Nazarene, Sanctuary
Event begins at 7 pm

Following their sensational debut performances of Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s work, La Pasión según San Marcos [St. Mark Passion] to pandemic limited audiences, the GCO will again present an all-star cast including the composer’s original creative partners, Mikael Ringquist and Reynaldo Gonzalez-Fernandez. Mr. Gonzalez-Fernandez premiered the title role and is the only person to have performed it, having done so more than 70 times around the globe. This multi-cultural response to Bach's historically significant St. Matthew Passion weaves diverse influences such as salsa, flamenco, Gregorian chant, Capoeira, African drumming, and numerous folk traditions into an entirely new vision of the last days of Christ. The genre-blending work demonstrates the art of storytelling at its best. In his review last season, music critic Joseph E. Morgan commented, “There is just too much to discover in what may be fairly described as the first masterwork of the 21st Century.”

Following their sensational debut performances of Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s work, La Pasión según San Marcos [St. Mark Passion] to pandemic limited audiences, the GCO will again present an all-star cast including the composer’s original creative partners, Mikael Ringquist and Reynaldo Gonzalez-Fernandez. Mr. Gonzalez-Fernandez premiered the title role and is the only person to have performed it, having done so more than 70 times around the globe. This multi-cultural response to Bach's historically significant St. Matthew Passion weaves diverse influences such as salsa, flamenco, Gregorian chant, Capoeira, African drumming, and numerous folk traditions into an entirely new vision of the last days of Christ. The genre-blending work demonstrates the art of storytelling at its best. In his review last season, music critic Joseph E. Morgan commented, “There is just too much to discover in what may be fairly described as the first masterwork of the 21st Century.”

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Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Daniel Hsu, piano

• JONNY GREENWOOD: Suite from “There Will Be Blood”

• TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23

• STRAVINSKY: The Rite of Spring

Experience the majesty of one of the greatest works of all time performed in the original baroque style by professional musicians!

The joy of Christmas comes alive with exciting choruses like “For Unto Us a Child Is Born,” “Glory to God,” and “Hallelujah!” Expressive arias — such as “I Know that My Redeemer Liveth” and “He Shall Feed His Flock” — sung by our all-star team of voices with expert accompaniment by the Tactus Chamber Orchestra.

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The Holidays are all about family and friends enjoying the magical sights and sounds of the season. And at Christmas, all roads lead back home. The OKCPHIL presents a spectacular program of Holiday favorites with Grammy & Emmy nominee Michael Feinstein, Maestro Alexander Mickelthwate & your Oklahoma City Philharmonic! 

An Oklahoma City holiday tradition, Canterbury will deck the halls and fill the Civic Center with joyful, holiday standards — with a visit from Santa and carols in the Civic Center lobby! Featuring John Rutter’s jubilant Gloria, this audience favorite will feature soloists Aubrey Chapin and Rod Porter, Canterbury Youth Voices Cantabile, members from the OKC Philharmonic and the Canterbury Chamber Voices. Celebrate the season with Canterbury!

ECC invites you to join us this fall as we prepare Bach's "Christmas Oratorio". One of Bach's most famous choral works, his Christmas Oratorio tells the story of Jesus' birth and adoration. ECC will join with choirs of First Presbyterian Church Edmond and Rose State College to present this wonderful piece in concert on Friday, December 2, 2022.

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Joseph Young, guest conductor
Pepe Romero, guitar

• REVUELTAS (arr. Kleiber): Redes

• RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez

• DEBUSSY: Prelude to the Aflemoon of a Faun

• DE FALLA: Three-Cornered Hat

• RAVEL: Bolero

The Oklahoma City Philharmonic Joins orchestras across the country in celebrating the 90th birthday of the legendary composer John Williams. He has written some of the most iconic film scores in cinematic history, from Indiana Jones to Jurassic Park, E.T. to Schindler’s List, and so many more. Come to hear some of those soaring orchestral scores performed by your Oklahoma City Philharmonic!

The Oklahoma City Philharmonic Joins orchestras across the country in celebrating the 90th birthday of the legendary composer John Williams. He has written some of the most iconic film scores in cinematic history, from Indiana Jones to Jurassic Park, E.T. to Schindler’s List, and so many more. Come to hear some of those soaring orchestral scores performed by your Oklahoma City Philharmonic!

Join us for a lively film exploring the Orchestra as the OKCPHIL performs the soundtrack live. Guided by a magical Sprite, see violin strings vibrate, brass valves slice air, and drum heads resonate.

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Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor

• VON SUPPE: Overture to Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna

• JOHANN STRAUSS: On the Beautiful Blue Danube

• MAHLER: Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp Minor

From the producers of the live orchestra phenomenon Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY AWR Music Productions proudly presents A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the beauty and power of FINAL FANTASY music in the most intimate setting. The incredible New World Players chamber ensemble, led by acclaimed conductor Eric Roth will perform FINAL FANTASY classics and surprises, battle medleys to character themes to give the audience a personal and unique encounter with the beloved themes in concert.

Officially licensed by renowned developer SQUARE ENIX, A New World: intimate music from FINAL FANTASY performs music from throughout the FINAL FANTASY catalogue, in fresh arrangements with visionary contributions from Nobuo Uematsu, Arnie Roth, and other composers and performers.

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Alexander Mickelthwate, conductor
Garrick Ohlsson, piano

• GABRIELA LENA FRANK: Escaramuza

• BEETHOVEN: Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat Major, op. 73, “Emperor“

• RICHARD STRAUSS: Also Sprach Zarathustra, op. 30

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Join the OKCPHIL and Maestro Alexander Mickelthwate Sunday, July 3, 2022 for a FREE 8:30PM concert at Scissortail Park in downtown OKC. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and the whole family to enjoy a lovely evening outside with beautiful and inspiring music!

AMBASSADOR’S CONCERT CHOIR
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CANTERBURY VOICES

Ambassador’s Concert Choir and Canterbury Voices

• Ellington: Harlem

• Rosephanye Powell: The Cry of Jeremiah

• Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, ‘From the New World’

Join us for our Faculty Showcase featuring the OCU Faculty Brass Quintet performing works by Bach, Previn, Hansen and Higdon; the trio of Parthena Owens, flute, Kate Pritchett, horn, and Jake Johnson, piano, presenting Shanyse Strickland's For Your Love (2021); and the trio of Autumn West, soprano, Lisa Kachouee, clarinet, and Chuck Koslowske, piano, performing Joyce Hope Suskind's Meditations on War and Peace (2016). Music begins 7:30 p.m. Monday, April 11, in Petree Recital Hall. Free admission!

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Alexdander Mickelthwate, conductor
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin

• Jonathan Leshnoff: Violin Concerto No. 2

• Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D major, “Titan”

NOTES FROM MAESTRO MICKELTHWATE

“In our sixth classics program, we are continuing our exciting Naxos recording project that we started last season with Jonathan Leshnoff’s ‘Of thee I sing,’ our commission for the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.  This time we are recording his Violin Concerto No. 2 with the concertmaster of the Berlin Philharmonic, Noah Bendix-Balgley.  Leshnoff being Jewish, I want to honor the Jewish legacy and culture that evening with Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, my first Mahler concert here in Oklahoma.”