Premiered by trombonist Kenneth Thompkins and the DSO in 2023, Carlos Simon’s moving concerto commemorates the Underground Railroad and, in Simon’s words, “the stories, accounts, and experiences told by many enslaved people and abolitionists.” Thomas Wilkins also conducts William Grant Still’s vibrant and uplifting Fourth Symphony, which celebrates a wide variety of American musical cultures.

Thomas Wilkins, conductor
Kenneth Thompkins, trombone

CARLOS SIMON "Troubled Water" for Trombone and Orchestra
WILLIAM GRANT STILL Symphony No. 4