73RD SEASON OF SUMMER FAMILY CONCERTS

INSTITUTE PARK - Wednesday, July 3, 2024, 7:45 P.M. Patriotic Pops Concert with Fireworks. Myron Romanul, Conductor; Gary Rosen, Master of Ceremonies; Jane Shivick and Taylor Lawton, vocal soloists. This concert featuring the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra is a patriotic pops concert to celebrate the national Independence Day holiday. Music primarily of American composers including Copland, Gould, and Williams. The concert will conclude with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and Sousa marches, including Stars and Stripes Forever. Rain date: Thursday, July 4 (no fireworks on rain date).

INSTITUTE PARK - Sunday, July 14, 2024, 7 P.M. Jazz in the Park: Celebrating Great African-American and Latin-American Musical Influences. Jorge Soto, Conductor; Manolo Mairena, Master of Ceremonies. In association with the Latin American Business Organization, this concert will feature members of the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra along with special guest artists and members of the Berklee College of Music faculty in an evening of Afro-Latin jazz.  Music of Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn, Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Chick Corea, Jorge Ben, Tito Puente, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Luiz Bonfa, and Zequinha Abreau, among others.  Rain date:  Sunday, July 21. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Worcester Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.

INSTITUTE PARK - Sunday, July 21, 2024, 6:30 P.M. Salute to Disney. Jorge Soto, Conductor; Taylor Lawton and Elisabeth LaBarre, vocal soloists. This concert will feature the Massachusetts Symphony in a Salute to Disney including musical highlights from Encanto, Moana, Frozen. Planes, Brave, The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pocahontas, and Aladdin, among others. Rain date: Sunday, July 28.  Secondary rain date: Sunday, August 4.

All Concerts Free (Institute Park is located at 82 Salisbury Street, Worcester).