40th Annual Independence Day Concert
July 4, 2024 | 8:00 PM
Program
40th Annual Independence Day Concert
July 4, 2024 | 8:00 p.m.
Tennessee Amphitheater, World's Fair Park
Sponsored by
The KSO is proud to partner with the City of Knoxville, Lawson Family Foundation and WBIR-TV for this concert.
PROGRAM
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Black Atticus, poet
Evelyn Jack, vocalist
John Becker, speaker
THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
John Stafford Smith & Francis Scott Key
LIBERTY FANFARE
John Williams
NATIONAL EMBLEM MARCH
Edwin Eugene Bagley
A SALUTE TO BIG BANDS
Various (arr. Custer)
VARIATIONS OF A SHAKER MELODY
Aaron Copland
FANTASTIC (featuring Black Atticus)
Glover/Altman/Jancey (arr. Demirjian)
HYMN TO THE FALLEN
John Williams
ARMED FORCES SALUTE
Trad. (arr. Lowden)
featuring John Becker
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
Samuel Ward (arr. Worsley)
- INTERMISSION -
OLYMPIC FANFARE AND THEME
John Williams (arr. Riggio)
CHARIOTS OF FIRE
Vangelis (arr. Riley)
MUSICAL HIGHLIGHTS FROM ROCKY
Bill Conti (arr. Lowden)
BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
Trad. (arr. WIlhousky)
featuring Evelyn Jack
SUMMERTIME
George Gershwin (arr. Carroll)
featuring Evelyn Jack
GOD BLESS AMERICA
Irving Berlin (arr. Adams)
featuring Evelyn Jack
ROCKY TOP
Felice & Boudleaux Bryant (arr. Clark)
1812 OVERTURE
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER
John Philip Sousa
Please remember to silence all phones before the performance. The use of recording devices and flash photography is strictly forbidden. Program and artists subject to change.
Artist Bios
