Happy Rootin’ Tootin’ Birthday, America!

Celebrate our country’s birthday at Redwood Symphony’s Happy Rootin’ Tootin’ Birthday America! family concert.

Designed for families, first-time concertgoers, and music lovers of all ages, this interactive event begins with a Tour of the Orchestra, where audience members can meet musicians from each instrumental section, learn how their instruments work, hear live demonstrations, and ask questions in an informal setting.

Aaron Copland’s Billy the Kid brings the Old West vividly to life with familiar cowboy songs such as Git Along, Little Dogies and The Old Chisholm Trail, energetic rhythms, and colorful orchestration that audiences of all ages will enjoy.

John Williams’ uplifting Liberty Fanfare, commissioned to celebrate the centennial of the Statue of Liberty, captures the optimism and grandeur of the American spirit.

Leonard Bernstein’s spirited Danzón from the ballet Fancy Free, created in collaboration with legendary choreographer Jerome Robbins, combines infectious dance rhythms with Bernstein’s unmistakable energy and wit.

Richard Hayman’s audience favorite Pops Hoe-Down adds a lively, foot-stomping celebration of Americana.

For the Grand Finale, everyone gets a glowstick baton, a conducting lesson from Maestro Eric. 10 raffle winners are invited onstage to help conduct John Philip Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever.