The New Horizons Symphony at New Mexico State University invites the community to a free afternoon concert titled “An American Tribute” on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. The program, produced in collaboration with the Doña Ana County NAACP Chapter, takes place in the Atkinson Recital Hall, 1075 N. Horseshoe St., on the NMSU campus. Admission is free and seating is general admission; doors open fifteen minutes before the performance. Parking is free and accessible seating and elevators are available.

The concert showcases works by influential American composers William Grant Still, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, John Philip Sousa and Morton Gould. A highlight of the program will be Still’s “Afro American Symphony.” Each movement of this symphony is prefaced by excerpts from the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar, a pioneering African American writer. Dr. Bobbie Green, President of the Doña Ana County NAACP will narrate these Dunbar poems, accompanied…