2013 Summer Pops Series

The RHODE ISLAND PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA has confirmed four Summer Pops concerts in various locations in Rhode Island this summer, beginning with a 4th of July concert at India Point Park, Providence. Stay tuned for more announcements coming soon. Resident Conductor FRANCISCO NOYA will conduct all concerts which are free of charge and open to the public.

The Summer Pops 2013 program includes Berlioz's Rakoczy March; Williams' Schindler's List, Star Wars Theme & Olympic fanfare; Gerswin's Porgy & Bess, Grieg's Last Spring, Dragon's America the Beautiful; Tchaikovsky's 1812 and Sousa's Stars and Stripes.

Thursday, July 4
Independence Day Celebration
India Point Park,
Providence, 7:30 pm
Fireworks after the concert!

Friday, July 12
Narragansett Town Beach
Narragansett, 8pm

Sunday, September 1
Independence Park,
Bristol, 7pm
Rain date TBA

Saturday, September 21
Slater Park
Pawtucket, 5:30pm

All Concerts are free of charge *all rain dates (Bristol not yet confirmed) are the following evening at the same time.

FRANCISCO NOYA is a well-known figure in the Boston-New England music scene. He served as Music Director of the Longwood Symphony Orchestra in Boston for 12 seasons and is a prominent member of the Conducting Faculty at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. As Resident Conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, he conducts the POPS-PHIL-PPAC Series, Education concerts and the Summer Pops Series.