SUMMER POPS: A SALUTE TO AMERICA
AUGUST 23, 2024
7:00 PM
HORACE BLACKMAN PARK
General Admission: FREE
VIP: $30 Adults, $15 Students
Join the JSO as we travel through the best of the last 100 years of cinema. This concert will dive into the different eras of cinematic thrills, from the suspense of Jaws to the triumph of Rocky and the drama of Casablanca. Grab your popcorn and pull up a seat for this treasure trove of musical classics. This concert is free but if you wish to purchase $30 tickets for the VIP experience, you will have access to our pre-concert reception across the street in Weatherwax Hall starting at 6 pm and special seating during the concert in Horace Blackman Park.
PROGRAM SCHEDULE
Bernstein
Overture to Candide
Ward/Dragon
America the Beautiful
Jerry Bilik
American Civil War Fantasy
John Williams
Midway March
Adolphus Hailstork
Three Spirituals for Orchestra
Copland, Aaron
Hoe-Down from Rodeo <1942>
Gould, Morton
American Salute
Lowden, Bob
Armed Forces Salute
Greenwood, Lee
God Bless the U.S.A.
Tchaikovsky, Piotr Ilyich
Overture 1812, op.49, TH 49 (Ouverture solennelle) <1880>
Sousa, John Philip
Stars and Stripes Forever
Lankey
MSU Fight Song
Elbel/Luck
Victors March