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Patriotic Pops Celebrating America 250 in Davidson
Davidson
Patriotic Pops Celebrating America 250

Wed, Sep 9, 2026 | 7:30pm
DUKE FAMILY PERFORMANCE HALL, DAVIDSON COLLEGE, DAVIDSON

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Program

North Carolina Symphony
David Glover, conductor
Taylor Troyer, vocalist


John Stafford Smith / Arr. Walter Damrosch and John Philip Sousa
“The Star-Spangled Banner”

Taylor Troyer, vocalist

John Williams
“Liberty Fanfare”

Earl Robinson/Abel Meeropol  / Arr. Myer “Jeff” Alexander
“The House I Live In”

Taylor Troyer, vocalist

Various composers / Arr. Jeff Tyzik
“Fantasy on American Themes”

Taylor Troyer, vocalist

Leonard Bernstein / Arr. Jack Mason
West Side Story Selections for Orchestra


INTERMISSION


Various composers / Arr. Lee Norris
“Here Comes the Bands”

Bart Howard / Arr. John Bachalis
“Fly Me to the Moon”

Taylor Troyer, vocalist

Various composers / Arr. Robert W. Lowden
“Armed Forces Salute”

Taylor Troyer, narrator

Florence Price / Orch. William Grant Still
Dances in the Canebrakes

     2. Tropical Noon

Traditional / Arr. Peter Boier
“Rolling River (Sketches on 'Shenandoah')”

Aaron Copland
“Buckaroo Holiday” from 
Rodeo


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CELEBRATING AMERICA 250 SPONSOR


The North Carolina Symphony Patriotic Pops Concerts in Your Community are made possible through a partnership with the State of North Carolina and the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.