Concerts

Legends take the stage in the MPO’s 2025-26 season opener! Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and David Diamond translate Shakespearean verse into symphonic sound, while Michael Daugherty summons the Man of Steel through bells and brass.  Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Othello Michael Daugherty: Red Cape Tango from Metropolis Symphony David Diamond: Music for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Conducted by Brian…

Who gets to speak for a nation? Who dares to tell its histories, raise its flag, and call its citizens to a more unified future? The MPO joins forces with One Voice Mixed Chorus in an evening of fanfare, song, and symphony. Valerie Coleman: Umoja for wind quintet Antonin Dvorak: "The Colors of the Flag"…

Claude Debussy’s jaunty tarantelle frolics at the confluence of two Austrian rivers. A world premiere by Niloufar Nourbakhsh paints a musical autobiography of the earth, as told through the rocks upon which we dance. Louis Ballard’s ballet celebrates four legendary Oklahoma ballerinas of Indigenous North American descent. Claude Debussy (orch. Ravel): Danse (Tarantelle styrienne) Niloufar…