Free Concert in Grant Park on 4th of July

Looking for a free 4th of July concert?  On Saturday, July 4, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Grant Park Music Festival will rehearse and then at 1:30 pm they will play their first Independence Day concert at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park featuring tap dancer Lane Alexander. The free concert begin at 1:30 p.m. with visitors invited to enjoy the sigthts and sounds beforehand.

Grant Park Orchestra
Christopher Bell, Conductor
Lane Alexander, Tap Dancer

What

Francis Scott Key: Star Spangled Banner
Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
Ron Nelson: Savannah River Holiday
Katherine Gladney Wells: Minor Reflection
Morton Gould: from Converto for Tap Dancer and Orchestra: Tocatta, Minuet, Rondo
Ward/Arr. Dragon: America the Beautiful
Steffe/Arr. Wilhousky: Battle Hymn of the Republic
Tchaikovsky: Overture 1812
Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever
Program Notes in PDF