Vistas – Western Origins

Soar with the eagles over rose colored cliffs, rolling plains, and experience the beauty of American vistas through music. “Saddle up, boys, For the work is play when love’s in the cowboy’s eyes, When his heart is light as the clouds of white that swim in the summer skies.” (Jack Thorpe’s Songs of the Cowboys, 1908). With colorful and lush work of Grofe’s Grand Canyon Suite, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Overture to Oklahoma and Copland’s Rodeo.