Memorial Day Weekend Concert 2014

We joined together again with the Army Ground Forces Band of Ft. Bragg to perform our second annual free Salute to the U.S. Armed Forces concert! The Ground Forces Jazz Guardians performed famous big band pieces such as In the Mood, along with the Ground Forces Dixie Sergeants performing some good ol’ dixie jazz, and the symphony performed pieces such as Summon the Heroes by John Williams and Lincoln Portrait, featuring Major General Les Carroll as narrator.

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Violinist Wendy Closz

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra

: Herald Trumpets

: From the audience

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Timpanist Tracy Wiggins

: Major General Les Carroll and Music DIrector Fouad Fakhouri backstage

: Major Daniel Toven conducting the FSO

: Major General Les Carroll narrating Lincoln Portrait with Music Director Fouad Fakhouri conducting

: Major Daniel Toven

: Army Ground Forces Vocal Soloists

: Music Director Fouad Fakhouri

: The Dixie Sergeants

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Violinists Bill Ayerbe and Megan Kenny

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra + Army Ground Forces Band

: Major General Les Carroll narratting Lincoln Portrait

: Army Ground Forces Vocal Soloists

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Cellist Brian Carter

: Major General Les Carroll narratting Lincoln Portrait

: The Dixie Sergeants

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Brass

: Major General Les Carroll and Music Director Fouad Fakhouri

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Violins

: Herald Trumpets

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Principal Bassist Cody Rex

: Herald Trumpets

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Cellist Barbara Gates

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Percussionists Patrick Litterst and Kevin Rader-Rhodenbaugh

: Herald Trumpets

: The Dixie Sergeants

: The Jazz Guardians

: From the audience

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Violist Gizem Yucel

: The Jazz Guardians

: Major General Les Carroll narratting Lincoln Portrait

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Violinists Monica Thiriot and Cole Freeman

: The Jazz Guardians

: Major Daniel Toven

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Violinists Bill Ayerbe and Megan Kenny

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Clarinets

: Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra Horns

: The Dixie Sergeants

: Army Ground Forces Vocal Soloists

: From the audience

: Music Director Fouad Fakhouri

: Major General Les Carroll narratting Lincoln Portrait

: Major Daniel Toven conducting the FSO

: FSO Music Director Fouad Fakhouri directing the FSO

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource. Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.

This organization is supported in part by a space grant from the BB&T Term Endowment of Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc.