Chihuahuan and Sonoran Desert landscapes … Xeriscape by Zachary Bramble, a working-title, original commissioned World Premiere with movements inspired by succulents, cacti, and other desert signatures, highlighting “Arizona Nights” and “The Story of Montana” with rich desert imagery presented in poetry illustrations drawn by NC Wyeth

• 1920s oil boom and construction of the Hilton Hotel known as "Hotel Cactus."