39th Annual Pilot Company Independence Day Concert
July 4, 2023 | 8:00 p.m.
World's Fair Park
Sponsored by
The KSO is proud to partner with the City of Knoxville, Pilot Company and WBIR-TV for this concert.
PROGRAM
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Rhea Carmon, poet
Michael Rodgers, vocalist
JOHN STAFFORD SMITH & FRANCIS SCOTT KEY
The Star Spangled Banner
JOHN WILLIAMS
Liberty Fanfare
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
The Thunderer
RICHARD RODGERS
South Pacific: A Symphonic Scenario
AARON COPLAND
Down a Country Lane
AARON COPLAND
Variations on a Shaker Melody
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Semper Fidelis
JOHN WILLIAMS
The Men of the Yorktown
Video footage provided by Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound (TAMIS)
TRAD. (arr. LOWDEN)
Armed Forces Salute
SAMUEL WARD (arr. WORSLEY)
America the Beautiful
- INTERMISSION -
MEREDITH WILLSON
Seventy-Six Trombones
LIN MANUEL MIRANDA (arr. BRUBAKER)
Suite from Hamilton
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
The Liberty Bell
TRAD. (arr. ALTHOUSE & WILLIAMS)
Battle Hymn of the Republic
TRAD.
Precious Lord
featuring Rhea Carmon
TRAD. (arr. JANIS)
Amazing Grace
featuring Michael Rodgers
FELICE & BOUDLEAUX BRYANT (arr. CLARK)
Rocky Top
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
1812 Overture
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
Stars and Stripes Forever
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.
