Free Salute to the Red, White and Blue part of 2015 Rex Healthcare Summerfest Series
The North Carolina Symphony will celebrate America’s 239th birthday with a concert of patriotic favorites and high-spirited classics in its traditional free Independence Day concert, with fireworks, at Cary’s Koka Booth Amphitheatre on Saturday, July 4 at 7:30 p.m.
The festive concert program is part of the Town of Cary’s annual free 4th of July celebration. Gates open at 3 p.m. Activities include family-friendly activities all day long including rides and games, a venue wide scavenger hunt, magicians, face painters, watermelon eating contests and back by popular demand, the 50 foot Ferris Wheel.
The concert, which will be conducted by Symphony Associate Conductor David Glover, will include “Servicemen on Parade,” “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “Casey at the Bat,” “Colonel Bogey March,” and John Williams’ “Liberty Fanfare.” The concert also includes John Philip Sousa’s “Semper Fidelis,” Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture,” and much more. Tenor Scott MacLeod will sing, and will also serve as narrator. Gates open for the free Independence Day festivities at 3 p.m. Fireworks will begin at dusk.
This summer marks the 30th anniversary of performances in Cary and the orchestra’s 15th season in the stunning lakeside pavilion built by the Town of Cary. While the Fourth of July performance begins begin at 7:30 p.m., concertgoers may bring picnics, blankets and lawn chairs as early as 3 p.m.
Scott MacLeod has appeared in a variety of venues nationally and abroad, including Opera North, Utah Festival Opera, Opera Omaha, Central City Opera, Mobile Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, Greensboro Opera, Opera on the James, Eastern Music Festival, the Tucson Symphony, the North Carolina Symphony, the National Symphony of Costa Rica and Carnegie Hall.
His performances have spanned classical and musical theater genres. Notable roles include the title characters in Don Giovanni and Gianni Schicchi, Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, Gaylord Ravenal in Show Boat and Fred/Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate. Concert work includes Requiem by Mozart, Brahms and Fauré; Handel’s Messiah; Orff’s Carmina Burana; Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio; and Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Five Mystical Songs. Recent performances include “Broadway Romance” with the North Carolina Symphony, Rusalka with the North Carolina Opera, Jiri Kaderábek’s Kafka’s Women with the NYC Center for Contemporary Opera and Daughter of the Regiment with Greensboro Opera.
Booth Amphitheatre is located at 8003 Regency Parkway, just past the intersection of US-1 and US-64/Tryon Road, in Cary.
Summerfest 2015 is presented by Rex Healthcare. Co-sponsors are the Town of Cary and First Citizens Bank, Summerfest partners are Golden Corral, MetLife, CaptiveAire, Synergy Spa / Collins & Franklin Plastic Surgery, North State Bank, Deloitte, LORD Corporation, Raleigh Windows & Siding, and Crabtree Valley Mall. Media sponsors are Cary Magazine, FOX 50, WRAL.com-TV5, MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM.