In Thursday’s (7/30) Cincinnati Business Courier, Janelle Gelfand writes, “You might expect a classical music concert titled ‘The Soundtrack of America’ to feature revered American composers such as George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein and Aaron Copland. But just one of those – Copland – is on the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra’s ‘Soundtrack of America’ program … the first main-stage concert of the orchestra’s Summermusik festival. The remainder is all new music. The program’s theme … ‘highlights the cultural diversity that makes up the musical and cultural fabric of America,’ said CCO Music Director Eckart Preu. At its center is an ambitious commissioning project that … engaged five composers to each write one movement of a concerto for cello and orchestra titled ‘Visions of Humanity and Unity.’ Each composer – Zhou Tian, Chanda Dancy, Enrico Chapela, Avner Dorman and Mark O’Connor – has taken a different phrase of the Declaration of Independence for their inspiration … Cellist Zuill Bailey will perform its world premiere. Listeners can also expect improvisations by Native American flutist Darren Thompson, a jazz-inspired [work] … by Native American composer Franklin Piland, an orchestral tone poem … by Kanniks Kannikeswaran, and ‘Ocean of Quiet’ by … Simon Rivet. The program will end with Copland’s ‘Appalachian Spring.’ ”