Saturday, July 4, 2026, 8 pm
Riverbend Music Center

John Morris Russell conductor
Mandy Gonzalez vocalist
Six-String Soldiers
QKidz Dancers
Marty Brennaman
Cincinnati Pops Chorale
   Matthew Swanson & Jason Alexander Holmes directors

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Fanfare for the Common Man — Aaron Copland

The Star-Spangled Banner — John Stafford Smith

Americans We — Henry Fillmore

America the Beautiful — Samuel A. Ward

Foggy Mountain Breakdown — Flatt & Scruggs

City of New Orleans — Steve Goodman

I Got You (I Feel Good) — James Brown

“Satisfied” from Hamilton — Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor” from Miss Liberty — Irving Berlin

Fearless — Lin-Manuel Miranda

Deep River — Traditional Songs

Battle Hymn of the Republic — William Steffe

Stompin' at the Savoy — Edgar Sampson

The Declaration of Independence/The Patriot — John Williams

Hymn for America — Stephen Paulus

Take Me Home Country Roads — John Denver

"Defying Gravity" from Wicked — Stephen Schwartz

Armed Forces Medley — Richard Hayman

"Hymn to the Fallen" from Saving Private Ryan — John Williams

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee) — Traditional Songs

The Stars and Stripes Forever — John Philip Sousa

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Presenter PNC, Presenting Sponsor Taft Stettinius & Hollister, and Family Fun Zone Sponsor The David J. Joseph Company.

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and the Nina Browne Parker Trust, and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign, the region’s primary source for arts funding. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.