About The Program

Note: Due to inclement weather, the concert will now take place at the Arbogast Performing Arts Center.

Join the Dayton Philharmonic for the 2024 Troy Mayor’s Concert. Joined by the Festival Chorus and multiple guest conductors, enjoy a free concert of perennial favorites, including The Star-Spangled Banner, 1812 Overture, The Stars and Stripes Forever, and more.

The Program

John Stafford Smith/Francis Scott Key The Star-Spangled Banner
Andrew Boysen Kirkpatrick Fanfare
Frank Ticheli Shenandoah
Gustav Holst Suite in F
Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer Moon River
George Gershwin “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” (Aaron Hill, vocalist)
Richard Rodgers Music from South Pacific
Henry Filmore His Honor March (with special guest conductor)
Randall Standridge Havana Nights (with guest conductor Molly Venneman, Director of Bands, Troy City Schools)
Ed Huckeby Music of the Heartland
Samuel A. Ward/Katharine Lee Bates America, the Beautiful*
Julia Ward Howe/William Steffe/Peter Wilhousky Battle Hymn of the Republic* (Kevin Wilson, guest conductor)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture*
John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever*

*with the Dayton Philharmonic Festival Chorus (Kevin Wilson, director)