Past Concerts

• Danzón No. 2 // Arturo Márquez
• Ray Charles Symphonic Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Nu Deco Original Work
• Special collaboration featuring Alfredo Rodríguez

• Led Zeppelin Symphonic Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Fleetwood Mac Symphonic Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Radiohead Symphonic Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Queen Symphonic Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews

• Thriller Symphonic Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Chaka Khan Symphonic Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Concerto for Nu Deco // Kevin Day
• Overture to The School for Scandal // Samuel Barber
• Special collaboration featuring Ledisi

• Nu Deco Original Composition by Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky
• Purple Rain Symphonic Suite by Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration with Estelle

• Spark by Gabriella Smith
• Nu Deco Original Composition by Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Pharrell Suite by Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration with Betty Who

Reimaginings of the music of OutKast, Lauryn Hill, The Notorious B.I.G., Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre.

Supernova // Daniella Rabaza, Julian Recio, and Alex Tanev

The Planets: Jupiter & Mars //Gustav Holst

Original Collective Composition // Students of NXT

Original Work // Isaiah Saranow

Daft Punk: Humans v. Robots // Sam Hyken

This concert is presented in partnership with the Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center

• Special collaboration featuring Will Liverman
• Nu Nutcracker // Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
• Tina Turner Reimagined // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring St. Paul  & The Broken Bones

• Dumbarton Oaks Concerto // Igor Stravinsky
• Nu Deco Ensemble Original // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• The Police Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring Joy Oladokun

Program coming soon!

• Nu Deco Ensemble - "Black Elk Peak" // Ferret/Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews/Potts
• Grateful Dead Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• “On The Town” // Leonard Bernstein
• Special collaboration featuring Andrew Bird

LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends // Sam Hyken
Kraftwerk: Computer Love - Computer World // Sam Hyken
Pale Blue Dot: Mvt. I 5’ // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
Massive Attack: Teardrop and Unfinished Sympathy // Sam Hyken
Daft Punk: Humans vs Robots // Sam Hyken

• Mother Goose Suite // Maurice Ravel
• World Premiere Orchestral Commission // Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
• Rihanna Reimagined // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring Emily King
• Special collaboration featuring Durand Jones

• "Tocatta y Fuga" // Bach arr. by Hyken
•  “We’ve All Changed” // Mark Dover
• Earth, Wind and Fire Suite // arr. by Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring Mïrändä

This tentative program is subject to change

Presented in partnership with

• Appalachian Spring // Aaron Copland
• World Premiere of "Within, Without" // Aaron Parks
• Nu Deco Ensemble Original Work // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Nina Simone Reimagined // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring Tank and the Bangas

• Autumn III, Vivaldi/Hyken
• Romanian Rhapsody // George Enescu
• Talking Heads Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring Lucius

• Cuban Overture // George Gershwin
• Strum // Jessie Montgomery
• Marvin // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring Angélique Kidjo

• Chanukah 5776 // Sam Hyken
• Rhapsody in Blue // George Gershwin ft. Terrence Wilson
• Out of the Silence // William Grant Still ft. Terrence Wilson
• Michael Jackson’s Thriller Reimagined // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring Wyclef Jean

• Divertissement // Jacques Ibert
• Nu Deco Original // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Stevie Wonder’s Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants // Sam Hyken
• Special collaboration featuring Lawrence

• Blume // Sam Hyken & Jason Matthews
• Romeo and Juliet // Sergie Prokofiev
• The Beatles Abbey Road Reimagined // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring Monsieur Periné

This concert is presented in partnership with the Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center

Lightspeed // Kevin Day

Symphony No. 9, mvt. IV //Antonín Dvořák

Catching Up With Depeche Mode // Sam Hyken

Original Collective Composition // Students of NXT

Special Collaboration featuring Magda

• Roadrunner by John Adams
• Penelope by Sarah Kirkland Snider
            Featuring Amanda Crider, mezzo-soprano
• Nu Deco Original Work by Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Fleetwood Mac by Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring X Ambassadors

• Symphonic Metamorphosis // Paul Hindemith
• The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Reimagined // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• World Premiere Orchestral Commission // Derrick Hodge
• Special collaboration with Allen Stone

• Caravan - Duke Ellington/Arr. Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• A Bit of Bill (Bill Withers Suite) - Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Anemoia Suite - Ferret/Lebos/Lopez arr. Sam Hyken
• Daft Punk: Humans vs. Robots - Sam Hyken
• Umoja - Valerie Coleman arr. Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring Victoria Canal

This tentative program is subject to change

Presented in partnership with

• Caravan - Duke Ellington (Arr. Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews)
• Lyric for Strings - George Walker
• Afro Cuban Concerto - Valerie Coleman
• World-Premiere Orchestral New Work - Robert Glasper
• Guest artist collaboration featuring Robert Glasper & Bilal
• James Brown Symphonic Suite
• Concert Program

• Going the Distance - Bill Conti/arr. Sam Hyken
• Excerpts from The Police - Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Much Ado About Nothing - Erich Korngold
  • Mvmt. IV: Intermezzo
• Rodeo - Aaron Copland
  • Mvmt. III: Saturday Night Waltz
  • Mvmt. IV: Hoedown
• Original Collective Composition - Students of NXT
• Special Collaboration with Afrobeta
• The Weeknd Suite - Gue/Handfield/Hyken/Matthews
• Concert Program

• Symphony No. 10, Mvmt. II - Dmitri Shostakovich
• Past Tundra (U.S. Premiere) - Valgeir Sigurðsson
• Black Elk Peak (World-Premiere Nu Deco Original) - Ferret/Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews/Potts
• The Wall Re-Imagined (Pink Floyd) - Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special collaboration featuring Madison Cunningham
• Concert Program

• Dance Suite Mvmt. III - Bela Bartok
• Much Ado About Nothing - Erich Korngold
• Radiohead 2 Symphonic Suite
• Guest collaboration featuring JP Saxe
• Concert Program

• Nu Nutcracker Selections
• Sacred Earth by Chris Rogerson ft. J'Nai Bridges and video projections by Keith Ladzinski
• Ray Charles Symphonic Suite
• Guest collaboration featuring Masego
• Concert Program

• Tesselations - Gabriella Smith
• Portrait of a Queen - Carlos Simon
• The Isley Brothers Symphonic Suite - Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
• Special Collaboration featuring Anthony Hamilton
• Concert Program