The South Bend Symphony and guest conductor David Lockington present a powerful community concert honoring the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes. Experience patriotic favorites and uplifting orchestral music in an inspiring celebration of freedom at the Morris Performing Arts Center.

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Salute to Freedom

Morris Performing Arts Center

An all-American spectacular caps off the season as we celebrate our country’s 250th birthday. The best of our nation’s music is represented in this program, from jazz to ragtime to Broadway, crowned by Ferde Grofé’s grand symphonic masterwork, the Grand Canyon Suite, celebrating the amazing natural wonder in our own backyard.

POPS Concert:  America 250 Celebration

Sedona Performing Arts Center

Join the Culver City Symphony Orchestra and the SoCal Chorale in Veterans Auditorium for an uplifting tribute honoring courage and unity.

Summon the Heroes - a Culver City Symphony Orchestra Veterans Day Concert

Veterans Memorial Park Culver City

Get ready for a grand tour of Europe with beloved travel expert Rick Steves as your guide. Rick Steves’ Symphonic Europe is a one-of-a-kind concert event that combines breathtaking symphonic music with stunning video from Rick’s acclaimed PBS travel series—projected above the orchestra in high-definition and synchronized live with the music.

From the noble beauty of Elgar and the rhapsodic sweep of Smetana’s The Moldau to the joyful grandeur of Beethoven’s Ode to Joy and the iconic charm of Strauss’s Emperor Waltz, each piece in this globe-trotting program evokes a different place, tradition, or cultural landmark. Rick Steves appears on screen throughout the concert, sharing personal insights and stories that deepen the audience’s connection to each work and destination.

Rick Steves’ Symphonic Europe

Ford Community & Performing Arts Center

Gather with family and friends at Oregon Ridge for an evening of patriotic favorites, uplifting American classics, and a dazzling fireworks finale.

Star-Spangled Spectacular at Oregon Ridge

Oregon Ridge Park

Gather with family and friends at the BSO's two homes for an evening of patriotic favorites and uplifting American classics to kick off SummerFest.

Patriotic Pops

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

The Music Center at Strathmore

The FVSO concludes its 44th Season with your favorite film and musical scores! Bring your picnic basket and lawn chair, sit back and relax. Once again, we are pleased to welcome the FVSO Jazz Ensemble to mark the official start of summer. Thank you for a wonderful season.

Movies and Musicals – Annual Lawn Concert

First Church Of Christ Congregational, Farmington

 Independence Day Salute

Millennium Park

Independence Day Concert Celebration

La Casa de Cristo Lutheran Church

“Our goal in this show was to go through an array of music to introduce young people and also to celebrate the rich musical history that composers of African descent have contributed to. This particular concert will celebrate a broad range of truly classical music but music that they may not have heard or heard about. It’s very accessible. It is designed as a concert to give honor and reflection to the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. in a way that is both reverent and entertaining.” – Dr. Henry Panion III, guest conductor

Celebrate Mlk

Dominion Energy Center

Salute To Armed Forces

Experience St. Louis’ favorite evening under the stars! Bring a picnic blanket to Art Hill and enjoy offerings from local food trucks, a stunning fireworks show, and free live music—from beloved movie themes to exciting classical tunes—by your SLSO.

Forest Park Concert

Jeremy Tucker leads the New England Symphonic Ensemble, chorus, and soloists in an evening of traditional patriotic American music. Phillip Morrow conducts Poulenc’s Gloria and MidAmerica Productions' founder and general music director Peter Tiboris conducts the New England Symphonic Ensemble in a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68, "Pastoral" and Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus," K. 618.

New England Symphonic Ensemble

Carnegie Hall

Michelle Cann returns to the Grant Park Orchestra after a dazzling debut in 2022. This time she plays George Gershwin's irresistible mashup of classical and jazz, Rhapsody in Blue. The concert includes Aaron Copland's timeless Variations on a Shaker Theme, and a piece inspired by Aaron Copland, the Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joan Tower. Also, a tribute to the Windy City by New Orleans native Edmond Dédé and Sousa's perennial favorite Stars and Stripes Forever.

An American Salute: Rhapsody in Blue

Grant Park Music Festival

Celebrate 4th of July weekend with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra!

Symphony Under The Stars

Join us for Pacific Symphony’s annual festivities honoring the Lunar New Year! Celebrating the Year of the Tiger, this performance is sure to sell out once again as audiences from across our communities come together to feast on a colorful presentation of Eastern and Western music and dance.

Samuel Augustus Ward

Events

Past events

Jul 3, 2026

Salute to Freedom · South Bend Symphony Orchestra

Apr 18, 2026

POPS Concert: America 250 Celebration · Sedona Symphony

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