Past Concerts
Season:
March 27th, 2022
Nu Deco NXT Spring Concert
- Machine | Jennifer Higdon
- Night on Bald Mountain | Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
- Waldorf Suite | NXT Composer in Residence, Isaiah Saranow
- Slow Burn: Reflections on the River of Grass | NXT Writer’s Cohort
- Collective Composition by Nu Deco NXT Class of 2026
- Rihanna Re-Imagined | Ferret/Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
March 28th, 2026
Nu Deco NXT at the Dennis C. Moss Center
- Machine | Jennifer Higdon
- Night on Bald Mountain | Modest Mussorgsky (arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
- Waldorf Suite | NXT Composer in Residence, Isaiah Saranow
- Slow Burn: Reflections on the River of Grass | NXT Writer’s Cohort
- Collective Composition by Nu Deco NXT Class of 2026
- Rihanna Re-Imagined | Ferret/Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
February 8th, 2025
Nu Deco Lounge: Hip Hop Icons
Reimaginings of the music of OutKast, Lauryn Hill, The Notorious B.I.G., Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre.
March 8th, 2025
Underground Symphony
The program for this show will be a collaborative performance with producer Dude Skywalker and Nu Deco Ensemble.
March 29th, 2025
Nu Deco NXT at the Moss Center
- Symphony No. 5: IV. Finale // Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Commissioned composition by NXT Composer in Residence, Isaiah Saranow
- Final Bell // Tanev/Rabaza/Warren/Sandoval
- Bag of Air // Collective composition by musicians of Nu Deco NXT
- Abbey Road Symphonic Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
April 26th, 2025
Nu Deco Ensemble Anniversary Concert ft. Luis Fonsi, Kishi Bashi, and music by PJ Morton
- 10th Anniversary Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
- Symphonic Dances of West Side Story // Leonard Bernstein
- From New Orleans With Love ft. Darrel Walls and Shelea // PJ Morton & Sam Hyken
- Intermission (20 minutes)
- The Calling – A Nu Deco Original World Premiere // Ishibashi/Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
Commissioning support for this performance is provided by the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County - “I Am The Antichrist To You” // Kishi Bashi
- “Philosophize In It!/Chemicalize With It” // Kishi Bashi
- Special collaboration with Luis Fonsi
May 16th, 2025
Four Seasons for the Five Senses (Night 1)
Fully immersive concert experience featuring:
- Black Elk Peak // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
- 4 // A reimagination of Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Sam Hyken featuring violinist Jennifer Frautschi
May 17th, 2025
Four Seasons for the Five Senses (Night 2)
Fully immersive concert experience featuring:
- Black Elk Peak // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
- 4 // A reimagination of Vivaldi's Four Seasons by Sam Hyken featuring violinist Jennifer Frautschi
March 30th, 2024
Nu Deco NXT at the Moss Center
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
December 15th, 2023
Nu Deco at the Adrienne Arsht Center ft. St. Paul & The Broken Bones & Will Liverman
- 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
December 21st, 2023
Nu Deco Ensemble at Vilar Performing Arts Center
January 20th, 2024
Nu Deco at the Bandshell ft. Joy Oladokun
- 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
February 11th, 2024
Nu Deco Lounge: 50 Years of Hip Hop
Program coming soon!
March 2nd, 2024
Nu Deco at the Adrienne Arsht Center ft. Andrew Bird
- 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
March 22nd, 2024
Nu Deco Lounge: Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
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
April 27th, 2024
Nu Deco at the Adrienne Arsht Center ft. Durand Jones & Emily King
- 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
October 6th, 2023
Nu Deco Lounge: Elements ft. Mïrändä
- "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 
October 21st, 2023
Nu Deco at New World Center ft. Tank and the Bangas & Aaron Parks
- 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
November 18th, 2023
Nu Deco at the Bandshell ft. Lucius
- Autumn III, Vivaldi/Hyken
- Romanian Rhapsody // George Enescu
- Talking Heads Suite // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
- Special collaboration featuring Lucius
October 7th, 2022
Nu Deco at the Colony Debut ft. Angélique Kidjo
- Cuban Overture // George Gershwin
- Strum // Jessie Montgomery
- Marvin // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
- Special collaboration featuring Angélique Kidjo
December 10th, 2022
Nu Deco at the Adrienne Arsht Center ft. Wyclef Jean
- 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
January 21st, 2023
Nu Deco at the Bandshell ft. Lawrence
- 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
March 2nd, 2023
Nu Deco at the Adrienne Arsht Center ft. Monsieur Periné
- Blume // Sam Hyken & Jason Matthews
- Romeo and Juliet // Sergie Prokofiev
- The Beatles Abbey Road Reimagined // Hyken/Lebos/Lopez/Matthews
- Special collaboration featuring Monsieur Periné
March 25th, 2023
Nu Deco NXT at the Moss Center ft. Magda Giannikou
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
April 1st, 2023
Nu Deco at the Bandshell ft. X Ambassadors
- 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
April 28th, 2023
Nu Deco at the Adrienne Arsht Center ft. Allen Stone & Derrick Hodge
- 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
May 11th, 2023
Nu Deco at the Citadel ft. Victoria Canal
- 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
April 30th, 2022
Nu Deco at the Adrienne Arsht Center featuring Robert Glasper and Bilal
- 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
March 12th, 2022
Nu Deco at the Bandshell featuring Madison Cunningham
- 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
January 22nd, 2022
Nu Deco at the Bandshell featuring JP Saxe
- Dance Suite Mvmt. III - Bela Bartok
- Much Ado About Nothing - Erich Korngold
- Radiohead 2 Symphonic Suite
- Guest collaboration featuring JP Saxe
- Concert Program
December 10th, 2021
Nu Deco at the Adrienne Arsht Center featuring Masego & J'Nai Bridges
- 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
November 5th, 2021
Nu Deco at the Bandshell featuring Anthony Hamilton
- 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