
Pre-concert activities at 5:30 p.m.
Pacific Symphony concert at 7 p.m.
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) in at Mike Ward Community Park - Woodbridge in Irvine! 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 at 5:30 p.m. 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 7 p.m. 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