SPRING CONCERT

May 7th, 2023, 3:00 pm
at Valley Forge High School in the auditorium

Americana...A Medley of Well Known American Melodies - Arthur Harris

Gettysburg Symphonic Suite - Randy Edelman (Narration by Alyssa and Avery Musat)

Theme from “The Patriot” - John Williams

~ INTERMISSION ~

A Lincoln Portrait - Aaron Copland
(featuring Superintendent of Parma City Schools, Charles Smialek, narrator)

Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

Featuring the PCSD Superintendent Charles Smialek, Ph.D., as the Narrator of A Lincoln Portrait

On December 18, 1941, a prominent American conductor named Andre Kostelanetz (1901-1980) wrote to the composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990) asking if he would be interested in receiving a commission for a piece inspired by a great American. Copland was one of three American composers who were commissioned for this project along with Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) and Jerome Kern (1885-1945). After Kostelanetz received the score, he wrote to Copland on April 19, 1942, “I cannot tell you how happy I am about the Lincoln portrait. You have written a magnificent work which I believe, aside from its wonderful musical value, will convey a great message to the American public.”

- https://blogs.loc.gov/music/2019/02/music-for-lincolns-210th-birthday/

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