74TH SEASON OF SUMMER FAMILY CONCERTS

INSTITUTE PARK - Thursday, July 3, 2025, 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 Bernstein, Copland, and Williams. The concert will conclude with Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture and Sousa marches, including Stars and Stripes Forever. Rain date: Friday, July 4 (no fireworks on rain date).

INSTITUTE PARK - Sunday, July 13, 2025, 7 P.M. Afro-Latin Jazz in the Park: In Concert with Manolo Mairena. This concert will feature virtuoso musician Manolo Mairena, members of the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, and Berklee College of Music faculty in an evening of Afro-Latin jazz, including original works by Mr. Mairena. Rain date:  Sunday, July 20. 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 20, 2025, 6:30 P.M. Salute to Disney. Jorge Soto, Conductor; Gary Rosen, Master of Ceremonies; 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 27.  Secondary rain date: Sunday, August 3.

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