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Peter Askim

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Music Director, Wilmington Symphony; Artistic Director, The Next Festival; Director of Orchestral Studies, NC State Univ. & Raleigh Civic Orchestras

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In celebration of America's 250th, the Raleigh Civic Symphony presents an all-American program, featuring the World Premiere of Brian Raphael Nabor's Union, along with trombone soloist Brittany Lasch. 🎵

This program highlights the founder of the "American Sound" Aaron Copland, Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon, and ends with Nabor's Union, reflecting on power, resilience, and the American Dream.

🎟Tickets: https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=NCAV_PL_MPV&orgid=54457&pid=9795207#/event/9795207/ticketlist/?view=pricescales&minPrice=14.87&maxPrice=14.87&quantity=1&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=false&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false
Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 4 PM
Stewart Theatre, Talley Student Union
Raleigh, NC

Brittany Lasch, Trombone Soloist
Brian Raphael Nabors, Composer

Program:
Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland: Suite from Our Town
Brian Raphael Nabors: Union, Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra
(World Premiere)
Jennifer Higdon: blue cathedral

#raleighcivicsymphony #premiereproject by @peteraskim

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An amazing meeting of the minds to imagine a spectacular Grand Opening of NC State’s Woodson Hall in spring of 2027!
What better way to celebrate interdisciplinary collaboration in the sciences than interdisciplinary collaboration across the ARTS and SCIENCES. SO inspiring! taken in NC State University by @peteraskim

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Here, you’re watching new pieces take shape in real time as part of Next Fest’s annual Composer/Choreographer Workshop.

Each year, our Composer, Choreographer, and Performance Fellows collide across disciplines- creating bold new work from scratch in just a few days, culminating in an open showing of ideas fresh from the studio.

No finished pieces. Just bold ideas, under the mentorship of @peteraskim, GRAMMY-winning composer @aaronkernis, and Bessie-nominated choreographer @sidrabelldancenewyork.

LEAR MORE: next-fest.org

🎥: Featuring 2026 Choreographer Fellows @cj4400, @themorgangregory, @sundariwright and Composer Fellows @jaylin.vinson, @maya.mirojohnson, and @jonahcohen.music.

#supportthearts #artistcollaboration #contemporarydance #newmusic #nonprofitfundraising by @peteraskim

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We can’t wait to welcome you to the Wilson Center this evening for our Opening Night Concert! Featuring Barber’s Violin Concerto with violinist Stephan Jackiw, you do not want to miss tonight’s concert with our Wilmington Symphony Orchestra! Tonight will also feature Carlos Simon’s Motherboxx Connection and Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”. taken in Wilson Center - Cape Fear Community College by @peteraskim

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See you tomorrow night for @wilmingtonsymphony 2026-27 Opening Night! Hear Dvořák’s “New World Symphony,” Barber’s incredible Violin Concerto with @stefanjackiwviolin and the ELECTRIC “Motherboxx Connection” by @carlos_simon_music taken in Wilson Center - Cape Fear Community College by @peteraskim

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First things first: Fab approves of the glitter. ✨🎸
Then it’s time to plug in Yvette Young’s guitar, set everything up, and find the sound.
Watch 6 Strings and Classic Strings on Puremix.
#Puremix #YvetteYoung #FabDupont #GuitarRecording #StudioLife #AudioEngineering by @peteraskim

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Our Opening Night Concert of the 26/27 Season is almost here! Join us this Saturday, September 26 at the @wilsoncentercfcc!

Tickets 👉 www.wilmingtonsymphony.org/classics-1 taken in Wilson Center - Cape Fear Community College by @peteraskim

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Sometimes the click keeps everything together.
Sometimes it gets in the way of the music.
Fab decides to try the session without one and let the musicians breathe together instead. 🎻
Watch 6 Strings and Classic Strings on Puremix.
#Puremix #FabDupont #RecordingTips #OrchestralRecording #MusicProduction by @peteraskim

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Whispers of a familiar tune waft through your car’s radio, distorted by static. As you near a local radio tower, the signal grows clearer and stronger. The song bursts forth at last.

A moment from my piece “Interstate Signals,” recorded brilliantly by the 2026 @next_fest fellows and @peteraskim. by @peteraskim

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Opening Night this Saturday at @wilsoncentercfcc with guest soloist @stefanjackiwviolin Don’t miss the first leg of @wilmingtonsymphony 2026/27 “Journeys!”
Three CENTURIES of American music: @carlos_simon_music Samuel Barber and Antonin Dvořák by @peteraskim

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What connects Antonín Dvořák, Samuel Barber, and Carlos Simon?

At first glance, these three composers—separated by more than a century—might seem to have little in common. But as Music Director Peter Askim explains in the program notes for our Opening Night concert, Dvořák’s example opened the door for American composers to look beyond Europe for inspiration.

✨Read the full program notes here: https://bit.ly/4hkqqcE ✨

When Dvořák came to New York from Bohemia in the 1890s, he immersed himself in Native American music and African American spirituals, drawing inspiration from the musical traditions he encountered in his new home. His New World Symphony became a powerful example of how musical traditions can intersect and influence one another.

That influence continues across generations:

- Carlos Simon’s Motherboxx Connection draws inspiration from Afrofuturism and the Black diaspora, imagining strength and heroism through a contemporary musical language.

- Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto captures the energy, lyricism, melancholy, power, and optimism of America.

- And Dvořák’s Symphony No. 9, “From the New World” reminds us of where this musical journey began—with a composer from Europe discovering new possibilities in America.

Three composers. Three centuries. Three musical languages. One connected story.

Join the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra for “Opening Night - America 250: Three Generations of American Music” on Saturday, September 26 at CFCC’s Wilson Center.

🎻 Samuel Barber — Violin Concerto featuring Stephan Jackiw
⚡ Carlos Simon — Motherboxx Connection
🌎 Antonín Dvořák — Symphony No. 9, “From the New World”

🎟 Tickets for the Opening Night of our 2026–2027 Journeys Season: https://bit.ly/4hcWvmz by @peteraskim

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Thanks to @marygheen and Sheryl Tjon of @semprepianostudio for the invitation to talk with the Cape Fear chapter of the @ncmta - I had a great time, and leave INSPIRED! #cfmta taken in Wilson Center - Cape Fear Community College by @peteraskim

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