GSO Summer Pops 2026
Music of Our Nation from Sea to Shining Sea​

June 6 - Ripley, TN

June 6 at 5:30 p.m.
Lauderdale County Government Office
100 Court Square, Ripley, TN  38063

Free concert - bring a lawn chair and enjoy an evening of music while we wait for the tomatoes to ripen.  

Rain Location if needed
First Baptist Church
just North of the Square at
165 N Main St, Ripley, TN 38063

June 11 - Germantown, TN

June 11 
Gates open:  5:30p.m.
Concert begins:  6:30 p.m.
The Grove @GPAC
1801 Exeter Road, TN  38138

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September 12 - Savannah, TN

September 12
5:30p.m.
Cherry Mansion
235 W. Main Street
Savannah, TN  38372

Free concert - bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit upon while watching the sunset over the Tennessee River and Cherry Mansion. 

Concert Program

Conductor:  Dr. Ronald F. Vernon 
Conductor Designate:  Dr. Jonathan Schallert ♯

The Star-Spangled Banner ​

attr. John Stafford Smith/arr. Luigi Zaninelli

National Emblem 

Edwin Eugene Bagley​​

International Dixieland Jamboree
     Bill Bailey
     St. James Infirmary Blues
​     When the Saints Come Marching In

arr. William Holcomb​

Alexander’s Ragtime Band

Irving Berlin/arr. Edmund J. Siennicki​

Broadway Tonight
     Everything’s Coming up Roses
     Soon It’s Gonna Rain
     My Favorite Things
     Try to Remember
​     That’s Entertainment
     People

arr. Bruce Chase​

The Magnificent Seven

Elmer Bernstein/arr. Roy Phillippe

St. Louis Blues

W. C. Handy/arr. Bill Holcombe - Matteo Giimari

King Cotton

John Philip Sousa

🎶    Intermission    🎶

♯  America the Beautiful 

Samuel A. Ward/arr. Alfred Reed​​

♯ Cole Porter Salute    
​     Another Op’nin’
     Another Show
     In the Still of the Night
     Anything Goes
​     Night and Day

arr. John Whitney​

Leroy Anderson Favorites
     Blue Tango
     Belle of the Ball
     The Syncopated Clock
​     Serenata

arr. Calvin Custer

A Tribute to Henry Mancini ​     
     Baby Elephant Walk
     Charade
     The Pink Panther
     Days of Wine and Roses
​     Peter Gunn

arr. Calvin Custer

Fascinating Rhythm  

George and Ira Gershwin/arr. John ​

Stars and Stripes Forever

John Philip Sousa

Also participating in tonight's concert are:

• ​​Brittany Beck on French Horn
  
• Sean O’Hara on String Bass