Sounds of the Americas: Symphony Under the Stars
September 19, 2025 7:30 pm
Christopher Newport University's Great Lawn
Helen Martell, conductor
Hunter Enoch, baritone & narrator
Take a Journey across the Americas and join us for this FREE family-friendly concert at CNU! Enjoy a symphonic tour from the Great White North with Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, to the Amazon Rainforest with Antonio Carlos Jobim’s The Girl from Ipanema. Featuring music from Canada, the United States of America, Mexico, and Brazil, Sounds of the Americas celebrates the different cultures, sound, and stories of the Western Hemisphere.
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PROGRAM:
John Stafford Smith Star-Spangled Banner
John Williams Liberty Fanfare
Stephen Foster/Luck Beautiful Dreamer
Aaron Copland “I Bought Me a Cat” from Old American Songs
Howard Shore/Whitney Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Zequinha De Abreu/Velásquez Tico Tico
Antonio Carlos Jobim/Ployhar The Girl from Ipanema
Michael Giacchino/Moore Music from Coco
Duke Ellington/Custer Duke Ellington! A Medley for Orchestra
James Hosay To Heal a Nation
John Williams Midway March
James Hosay Patriotic Sing-Along
*Program subject to change.
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