On July 4, 2021, at 2:00 PM, the Toledo Concert Band featuring members of the Toledo Symphony will perform a free Independence Day concert at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums in Fremont, Ohio under the direction of conductor Bruce Moss and Tony Geftos, Master of Ceremonies.
HOW TO ATTEND:
What: Independence Day Concert featuring the Toledo Concert Band
When: Sunday, July 4, 2021, 2:00-3:30PM
Where: The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums
Cost: Free admission. Bring a chair or blanket for seating on the Hayes Home lawn.
More info: Visit toledosymphony.com or rbhayes.org.
The annual concert featuring the Toledo Concert Band has performed on the verandah of President Rutherford and First Lady Lucy Hayes’ historic home every Fourth of July since 1997. The band will perform a variety of patriotic music, including Stars and Stripes Forever, America the Beautiful, and more, plus Civil War reenactors will punctuate the performance of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture with real cannon fire.
“What better way to celebrate Independence Day than with this fantastic concert at the historic home of a U.S. president,” says Kristina Smith, Marketing & Communications Manager for the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. “We are honored to have the Toledo Concert Band perform this patriotic concert each year, and it is one of the most popular and beloved events we have at our site. The community and region look forward to this each summer.”
The Hayes Presidential Library & Museums is America’s first presidential library and the forerunner of the federal presidential library system. It is partially funded by the state of Ohio and affiliated with the Ohio History Connection. The Hayes Presidential Library & Museums is located at Spiegel Grove at the corner of Hayes and Buckland avenues. For more information about the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, call 419.332.2081 or visit rbhayes.org.
This concert is sponsored by Hal and Diane Hawk, Crown Battery, and a grant from the Ohio Arts Council. Parking is available on the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums’ grounds, weather-permitting. Overflow parking is available on the street and in ProMedica Memorial Hospital’s parking lots at Buildings A and B, located at 605 Third Ave. The Hayes Home and museum will be open from 9AM to 5PM. The library will be closed.
For more information about the Independence Day Concert featuring musicians from the Toledo Symphony, visit toledosymphony.com. For questions, please contact Vanessa Gardner, Director of Marketing & Communications for the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts at vgardner@artstoledo.com.
ABOUT THE TOLEDO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Toledo Symphony Orchestra is a community-supported organization of professional musicians and teachers who deliver quality performance and music education for all.
Formed in 1943 as The Friends of Music and incorporated in 1951 as the Toledo Orchestra Association, Inc., the Toledo Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has grown from a core group of twenty-two part-time musicians to a regional orchestra that employs sixty-nine professional musicians who consider the Toledo Symphony their primary employer, as well as numerous extra players annually as repertoire demands.
On January 1, 2019, the Toledo Symphony and Toledo Ballet officially merged to form the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA), a new non-profit organization dedicated to providing exceptional live music and dance performances and education for the region. This partnership promises to create new and invigorating programs, provide cost and revenue synergies in operations, and integrate the arts through shared educational missions.
The Toledo Symphony reaches more than 260,000 individuals annually through performances and education programs. The series concerts (Masterworks, Pops, Chamber, and Family Series) are the critical underpinning of the orchestra’s artistic mission and regularly draw people from 135 postal zip codes. Education programs, student performances, and community concerts are held in schools, neighborhood churches, performing arts centers, and community facilities throughout the region; many are offered at no charge or provided at a reduced fee to help expand participation.
