No holiday would be complete without a proper soundtrack and Boulder Symphony has teamed up with the Arts in the Park series to offer a Fourth of July show featuring nostalgic favorites and fresh works with plenty of edge.
“We’re so thrilled to bring to life Gregory’s ‘Dream N. the Hood,’ for rapper and orchestra,” Hughes said. “The piece features extended techniques — paperclips rattling on the violin string, glissandos imitating a siren, playing behind the bridge on strings, musicians’ improvisations — that we come to expect from Gregory’s art, but also it carries a message of oneness, equality and liberty, with the words of Martin Luther King, Jr.”
“Since we have safely performed concerts during the pandemic — both indoors and outdoors — we have gotten used to smaller and very highly appreciative audiences,” Hughes said. “It is our mission to reach as many as possible with symphonic music, so I am excited that things are looking up and our patrons are feeling inspired to join us in our return to the stage.”