When & Where
Concerts
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Open Rehearsals
Program
Irving Berlin/Orchd. Sid Ramin – Berlin Patriotic Overture
Arr. Charles Sayre – Broadway Showstoppers
George Gershwin/Arr. Bill Holcombe – Someone to Watch Over Me
Claude-Michel Schönberg/Arr. Bob Krogstad – I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables
Arr. Robert Wendel – A George M. Cohan Overture (with audience singalong)
Duke Ellington/Arr. Calvin Custer – Duke Ellington!
Traditional/Arr. Robert Hanson – Yankee Doodle Fantasy
Peter Boyer – Rolling River
Arr. Robert Wendel – From Sea to Shining Sea
Arr. Robert Lowden – Armed Forces Salute
Irving Berlin/Arr. Bill Holcombe – God Bless America
Ward, Samuel/Arr. John Morris Russel and Tim Berens– America the Beautiful
John Philip Sousa – Stars and Stripes Forever
Description
Christopher Bell conducts the Grant Park Orchestra in this annual Chicago tradition. The family-friendly celebration includes patriotic favorites, Broadway showstoppers, and Yankee Doodle Fantasy, a musical barn-burner featuring the Festival’s own principal percussionist Josh Jones.