Name: POPS Concert: America 250 Celebration
Start: 2026-04-18T19:00:00
Location: Sedona Performing Arts Center

Abigail Fischer

Desmond Siu

Sedona Symphony

The first half of this program presents works by the husband-and-wife team of Robert  and Clara Schumann presented side-by-side. Clara’s “Three Romances” for violin have  been re-arranged for orchestral accompaniment by yours truly, and will be performed by Sedona Symphony’s own concertmaster, Sarah Schreffler. For Robert Schumann’s  cello concerto, we’ve got the great young cellist Gabriel Martins joining us — who, as  luck would have it, has a strong Sedona connection!

The Romantics

Sedona Performing Arts Center

Our soloist for this concert is Jacqueline Rodenbeck, a Tucson native and winner of the  most recent Sphinx Concerto Competition. Jackie will perform one of the all-time favorite  solo works in the repertoire, Felix Mendelssohn’s violin concerto. This concerto gets off  to a fiery start, so appropriately enough, we’ll lead into it with Gluck’s “Dance of the  Furies” from his opera Orpheus and Eurydice.

Discovery

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

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The Boatman's Dance

West Side Story Overture

I Bought Me a Cat

The Star-Spangled Banner

Grand Canyon Suite

Oklahoma Medley

The Stars and Stripes Forever

America the Beautiful

Simple Gifts

Old American Songs

The Entertainer

Symphony No. 1

Summertime