Symphony in the Cities: Costa Mesa

Pack a picnic, grab a lawn chair or blanket and gather the family for an evening of free music and outdoor summer fun at Symphony in the Cities (SITC)!  With a potpourri of popular classics, pop tunes, and patriotic tunes, these concerts are led this summer by Assistant Conductor Jacob Sustaita and the audience is invited to participate in a sing-along of patriotic favorites.

A pre-concert Musical Playground features many interactive and hands-on activities for children, including instrument making and a drum circle. And—back each year by popular demand—kids have the chance to learn how to conduct with Maestro Sustaita and later help lead the orchestra in Sousa’s “Hands Across the Sea” during the concert.

ARTISTS
Jacob Sustaita, conductor
Michael O’Halloran, baritone
Jessica Choi, soprano

PROGRAM
JOHN STAFFORD SMITH: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Arr. Arthur Luck
Lyricist Francis Scott Key
    
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Selections from West Side Story
Arr. Jack Mason    
   "I Feel Pretty"
   "Maria"
   "Something's Coming"
   "Tonight"
   "One Hand, One Heart"
   "Cool"
   "America"

AARON COPLAND:  Selections from Old American Songs
   "The Boatmen's Dance"
   "Simple Gifts"
   "I Bought Me a Cat"

RICHARD RODGERS: "Edelweiss" from The Sound of Music
Lyricist Oscar Hammerstein    

FRANZ LEHÁR: Waltz Duet ("Lippen Schweigen") from The Merry Widow

JOHN WILLIAMS: "Flying Theme" from E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA:  Hands Across the Sea March

GEORGES BIZET: "Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre" (Toreador Song) from Carmen

FRANZ LEHÁR: "Meine lippen, sie küssen so heiß" from Giuditta

LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Balcony Scene ("Tonight") from West Side Story

VARIOUS: Armed Forces Salute
Arr. Bob Lowden
    
SAMUEL WARD: "America the Beautiful"
Arr. Greg Prechel
Lyricist Katherine Lee Bates    

JOHN PHILIP SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes Forever