× Upcoming Events Donate Now About Us Orchestra Roster Education & Community Partnerships Knoxville Symphony League Donor Recognition Past Events
Image for Independence Day Concert
Independence Day Concert
July 4 at 8:00 pm | World's Fair Park
Program

42nd Annual Lawson Family Foundation Independence Day Concert


Aram Demirjian, conductor
David Crawford, baritone
Wyatt Ellis, mandolin
Rhea Carmon, poet
Jon Becker, narrator

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER
John Stafford Smith & Francis Scott Key

LIBERTY FANFARE
John Williams

WILLIAMS
Liberty Fanfare

BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
Traditional (arr. Wilhousky)
featuring Rhea Carmon

NATIONAL EMBLEM
Edwin Eugene Bagley

BAGLEY
National Emblem

YANKEE DOODLE 
Traditional (arr. Wrangell)
With excerpts from the Declaration of Independence feat. Knoxville Mayor Indya Kincannon, Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, and radio host Hallerin Hilton Hill

ST. LOUIS BLUES
W.C. Handy (arr. Holcombe)

Variations on a Shaker Melody
Aaron Copland

THE HOUSE I LIVE IN (That’s America to Me) 
Earl Robinson (arr. Alexander)
feat. David Crawford

SHENANANDOAH 
Traditional (arr. Beversluis)
feat. David Crawford

AMERICAN ANTHEM
Gene Scheer (arr. Fry)
feat. David Crawford

Armed Forces Salute 
Trad. (arr. Lowden)
feat. John Becker

America the Beautiful
Samuel Ward (arr. Worsley)

--- Intermission ---

AMERICAN SALUTE
Morton Gould

LINCOLN PORTRAIT
Aaron Copland
feat. John Becker

BLUE SMOKE
Wyatt Ellis (arr. Gilly)

TWO RIVERS WALTZ
Wyatt Ellis (arr. Gilly)

ROCKY TOP BOTTOM
Wyatt Ellis (arr. Gilly)

Rocky Top
Felice & Boudleaux Bryant (arr. Clark)

1812 Overture
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Stars and Stripes Forever
John Philip Sousa

Fireworks will be launched from the Henley Bridge at approximately 9:45 p.m.