The New Haven Symphony Orchestra and Maestro William Boughton invite one and all to their free summer concert this Friday, July 11 at 7:00 p.m. at Boothe Memorial Park, Stratford CT or Saturday, July 12, at 6:00 p.m. on the New Haven Green, New Haven, CT. The program is all American and includes Leonard Bernstein's Overture to Candide, Johh Philip Sousa’s Liberty Bell March, Aaron Copland’s Rodeo, Leroy Anderson’s Horse & Buggy and Fiddle Faddle and Samuel Barber’s Knoxville Summer of 1915 with soprano soloist Samantha Talmadge.
What is unique about these performances is the novelty of an audience play-a-long. All budding instrumentalists are encouraged to download copies of The Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful, and the Pomp and Circumstance March, learn their parts, bring their instrument, music and music stand to the concert and join forces with the NHSO. Towards the end of the program Music Director Boughton will lead everyone in the aforementioned pieces. This is a golden opportunity for all amateur musicians and their families.