On July 4, 2022 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 Bruce Moss. This year’s performance, sponsored by Hal & Diane Hawk and Crown Battery with additional funding by the City of Fremont, will also be broadcast on television and radio through WGTE. 

“People in the community and surrounding region love this patriotic event and look forward to it every year,” says Kristina Smith, Marketing & Communications Manager for the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. “We are so grateful to our partners at the Toledo Symphony and Toledo Concert Band for their fantastic performance here and all the behind-the-scenes work they do to make it happen. We are also grateful to WGTE for broadcasting the concert. Having this performance at the home of one of our U.S. presidents on Independence Day is very special.” 

The annual concert featuring the Toledo Concert Band has been 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. The concert will also be broadcast on Friday, July 8 at 7PM (FM91) and available to watch on WGTE HD on Sunday, July 10 at 6:30PM. Viewers can listen to the livestream at wgte.org and the WGTE app on both dates. 

“Without a doubt, Rutherford B. Hayes’ historic home is one of the most picturesque concert locations at which we perform,” says Keith McWatters, Toledo Symphony Orchestra Manager. “It is a beautiful setting and a great way for us to celebrate Independence Day with the entire community, an event we look forward to every year.” 

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. 

Parking for the event 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. For parking updates, visit rbhayes.org. 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, rbhayes.org, or call 419.332.2081. For questions, please contact Vanessa Gardner, Director of Marketing & Communications for the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts at vgardner@artstoledo.com.  

HOW TO ATTEND 

What: Independence Day Concert 
When: July 4, 2022, 2PM 
Where: 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. 

HOW TO BROADCAST  

What: Independence Day Concert 
Cost: Free 
More info: The concert will be broadcast on Friday, July 8 at 7PM (FM91) and available to watch on WGTE HD on Sunday, July 10 at 6:30PM. Viewers can listen to the livestream at wgte.org and the WGTE app on both dates. 

ABOUT 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 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.