The Delaware County Symphony Presents: Concert in Rose Tree Park

Wednesday, June 17th at 7:30 PM. Join Delaware County Symphony for an uplifting celebration of American music to kick off the nation’s 250th Anniversary! We are opening the Rose Tree Summer Festival with a FREE concert featuring a narrated performance of Copland’s Lincoln Portrait. Come and enjoy a varied and exciting night of music for the whole family. The program includes:

Bernstein: Overture to Candide

Dvorak: American Suite Mvts. 1,2,5

Lorini: Hymn of America

Sousa: Stars and Stripes Forever

Intermission

Copland: Lincoln Portrait

Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony: Mvt. 1

Copland: Hoedown from Rodeo

In addition, the performance of Overture to Candide by Leonard Bernstein, from the "Celebrating America 250 Symphony Concert" performed on May 3, is now available on the Delaware County Symphony YouTube channel. Check it out here!!

The "America 250 Chamber Concert for All Ages"

was performed on April 12 is now available on the Delaware County Symphony YouTube channel. This family-friendly concert features American music to celebrate the semiquincentennial! Check it out by clicking on the picture!

This pic is our Fife and Drum piece

Delaware County Symphony Celebrating America 250 Symphony Concert

Experience an exhilarating musical tribute to America’s artistic spirit as the Delaware County Symphony presents a program honoring the nation’s 250th anniversary on Sunday, May 3 at 3:00 PM.

The concert opens with Leonard Bernstein’s sparkling Overture to Candide. The spotlight then turns to the winner of the Youth Concerto Competition, Julie Chen, with a rare performance of the technically demanding Cello Concerto in A minor; Op 22 by Samuel Barber. Aaron Copland’s powerful A Lincoln Portrait follows, blending stirring narration by Scott Cullen with the composer’s unmistakably open, American sound. The performance culminates in William Dawson’s Negro Folk Symphony, a profound and deeply moving work that weaves spirituals and folk traditions into the symphonic sound.

Find out more about the pieces featured at this concert by attending Meet the Music, a free, pre-concert lecture presented by Neumann University Music Professor, Dr. Richard Sayers, at 2:00 PM. 

The Celebrating America 250 Symphony Concert will be presented on May 3 at 3:00 PM in Neumann University's Meagher Theatre. Tickets for the concert may be purchased at dcsmusic.org/tickets