2026 Masterpiece Series
Happy 250th Birthday America!
Featuring Rachmaninoff and Gershwin
Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 7 PM
Bank of America Performing Arts Center, Thousand Oaks
Sunday, January 25, 2026 at 3 PM
Rancho Campana Performing Arts Center, Camarillo
New West Symphony’s yearlong celebration of America’s musical heritage launches with quintessential patriotic favorites, the emotional power of Rachmaninoff’s sweeping Second Piano Concerto paired with the swinging, jazz-infused sounds of Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess (“Catfish Row” suite) Romanticism, patriotism, and American ingenuity in one exciting season-opening performance.
THE PROGRAM
Michael Christie, conductor
Harmony Zhu, piano
Smith/Key | The Star-Spangled Banner
Sousa | Stars and Stripes Forever March
Rachmaninoff | Piano Concerto No.2, C minor, Op. 18
Gershwin | Suite from Porgy and Bess “Catfish Row”
