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2026 Celebrate America
Friday, July 3, 2026
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Talcott Mountain Music Festival

HARTFORD SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Carolyn Kuan, music director


CELEBRATE AMERICA!
Friday, July 3, 2026

CAROLYN KUAN, conductor
The Hartford ChoraleJack Anthony Pott, Artistic Director
Lalitha Shivaswamy, Narrator


Smith


The Star Spangled Banner
With Hartford Chorale

Gould


American Salute

Lowden


Armed Forces Salute
With Hartford Chorale

Williams



Hymn to the Fallen
With Hartford Chorale

Wilhousky



Battle Hymn of the Republic
With Hartford Chorale

Copland 



Variations on a Shaker Melody Olympic Fanfare

Williams
Olympic Fanfare

INTERMISSION       



Marquez


Danzon No. 2

Traditional


Gong Xi

Smallwood


Total Praise

With Hartford Chorale

Rodgers


Rodgers in Concert
With Hartford Chorale

Heely/Berlin 



God Bless America
With Hartford Chorale                    

Amy Pott, Mezzo soprano
Lalitha Shivaswamy, narrator

Sousa


Stars and Stripes Forever


The post of Music Director is endowed by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation.

We kindly request that you refrain from using flash photography and video recording during the performance, however we encourage you take photos and share them on your favorite social media platforms- be sure to tag us so we can join in on the excitement! 

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra receives major support from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development,

Connecticut Office of the Arts which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Orchestra Roster

First Violin
Leonid Sigal
Gary Capozziello
Millie Piekos
Emma Carleton
Michael Eby
Katalin Viragh
Yukiko Kuhara
Perry Eliot
Selah Kwak

Second Violin
Jaroslaw Lis
Candace Lammers
Nathan Lowman
Krzysztof Gadawski
Yuri Kharenko
Diane Frederickson
Alicia Rattin
Linda Beers
 
Viola

Ramón Carrero-Martínez
Michael Wheeler
Patricia Daly Vance
Nick Borghoff
Mikel Rollet
Kyle Davis
 
Cello

Amy Ward Butler
Jia Cao
Peter Zay
Weiting Sun
Thomas Hudson
 
Bass

Edward R. Rozie, Jr.
Robert Groff
Mark Zechel
Anthony Connaway
 
Flute

Elizabeth McCormack
Jennifer Berman
 
Piccolo

Jeanne Wilson
 
Oboe

Stephen Wade
Marilyn Krentzman



English Horn
Cheryl Bishkoff

Clarinet
Sangwon Lee
Curt Blood
Bass Clarinet
Christopher Howard
 
Bassoon

Jensen Bocco
Dillon Meacham
 
Contrabassoon

Tyler Wilkins
 
French Horn
Barbara Hill
John Michael Flavetta
Nicolas Rubenstein
David Heim
Jennifer Ney
 
Trumpet
Dovas Lietuvninkas
John Charles Thomas
Louis Hanslik
Mike Baker
 
Trombone
Brian Diehl
Adam Hanna
John Tzetzo

Bass Trombone
Reid Harman
 
Tuba
Sasha Johnson
 
Timpani
Robert McEwan
 
Percussion
Evan Glickman
Douglas Perry
Michael Singer
Aya Kaminaguchi
 
Harp
Amanda Carabase
 
Piano
Yujin Lee

Hartford Chorale Members

SOPRANO
Alderman, Linda
Beatty, Trisha
Brownel, Tikia
Burdette, Michele
Cross, Takira
Garcia, Diana
Gittleman, Ann
Guthrie, Jean
Haar, MaryAnn
Hill-Baker, Valerie
Hurley, Priscilla
Knust, Laura
Orred, Susan
Osowiecki, Jennifer
Rebours, Jenny
Reilly, Sophia
*Shepard, Schauntice (VSL)
VonHolzhausen, Jane

ALTO
Cornacchio, Emily
Dienwebel, Katharina
Fioritto, Cora
Fournier, Suzanne
Johnson, Emma
Ketchin, Kendra
Kolle, Heidi
Magrey, Elaine
McGivney, Lee
*Pott, Amy (VSL)
Schiro, Gail
Shivaswamy, Lalitha
Simon, Mary
Smayda, Susan
Talbert, Caroline Kimrey

TENOR
Carey, Jacob
Coursey, Ned
Garretto, Andrew
Guignino, George
Litton, David
McAllister, Mike
Miller, Joe
Pott, Jack
Riddle, Richard
Terranova, Natale
*Weisher, Matthew (VSL)
Wetmore, Blake

BASS
*Armstrong, Dylan (VSL)
Baker, Fred
Casillas, Stephen
Coray, Joseph
Delmolino, Carl
Hahn, Howard
Kloehn, Edward
McNamee, Michael
Snyder, David
Wilson, Richard


VSL – Vocal Section Leader

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