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41st Annual Independence Day Concert

July 4, 2025 | 8:00 PM

Program

41st Annual Independence Day Concert

July 4, 2025 | 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
W. James Taylor, vocalist
John Becker, speaker

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

John Stafford Smith & Francis Scott Key

LIBERTY FANFARE

John Williams

Colonel Bogey March
Kenneth Alford

Appalachia Waltz
Mark O'Conner

Duke Ellington!: A Medley
Duke Ellington (arr. Custer)

Stay
James Taylor (arr. Gilly)

While You're Living
James Taylor (arr. Gilly)

I Am Amazed
John Balic (arr. Gilly)

America the Beautiful
Samuel Ward (arr. Taylor/Gilly)

Superman March
John Williams

Armed Forces Salute
Trad. (arr. Lowden)

God Bless America
Irving Berlin (arr. Ades)

- INTERMISSION -

American Salute
Morton Gould

Variations on a Shaker Melody
Aaron Copland

The Liberty Bell
John Philip Sousa

National Emblem March
Edwin Eugene Bagley

South Pacific: A Symphonic Scenario
Richard Rodgers

Rocky Top
Felice & Boudleaux Bryant (arr. Clark)

1812 Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The 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

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra