SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE
FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR
July 04, 2024
Overview
Join us for a festive outdoor performance at Shoreline Amphitheatre, perfect for summer. Conductor Edwin Outwater and the SF Symphony fill the night air with a lineup of favorite American classics. Vocalist Jessica Vosk defies gravity in a celebration of heroes, featuring songs from Wicked and more. The evening concludes with a grand finale of spectacular fireworks!
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PROGRAM
An Outdoor Overture
Aaron Copland
Olympic Fanfare and Theme
John Williams/Leo Arnaud (arr. Riggio)
“Heroes”
David Bowie (arr. Wong)
“Wind Beneath My Wings” from Beaches
Larry Henley/Jeff Silbar (arr. Holcombe)
Armed Forces Salute
Various
“The Wizard and I” from Wicked
Stephen Schwartz
“I'm Not That Girl” from Wicked
Stephen Schwartz
“Defying Gravity” from Wicked
Stephen Schwartz
Edwin Outwater
Conductor
Edwin Outwater regularly works with the world’s top orchestras, institutions, and artists to reinvent the concert experience. His ability to cross genres has led to collaborations with Metallica, Wynton Marsalis, Renée Fleming, and Yo-Yo Ma. He is music director of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and music director laureate of the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Recent appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the New World Symphony, as well as the Royal Philharmonic. He also served as a producer and musical advisor for the National Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Concert at the Kennedy Center. In December 2022, he premiered A Christmas Gaiety at the Royal Albert Hall with Peaches Christ and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and returned in 2023.
Outwater has held a long association with San Francisco Symphony. He was appointed Resident Conductor and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra by Michael Tilson Thomas in 2001 and they have been friends and colleagues since.
Recent appearances include the New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Seattle Symphony, and the New World Symphony, as well as the Royal Philharmonic. He also served as a producer and musical advisor for the National Symphony Orchestra’s 50th Anniversary Concert at the Kennedy Center. In December 2022, he premiered A Christmas Gaiety at the Royal Albert Hall with Peaches Christ and the BBC Concert Orchestra, and returned in 2023.
Outwater has held a long association with San Francisco Symphony. He was appointed Resident Conductor and Wattis Foundation Music Director of the SF Symphony Youth Orchestra by Michael Tilson Thomas in 2001 and they have been friends and colleagues since.
Jessica Vosk
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Vocalist
Jessica Vosk is a celebrated singer and actress known for electrifying roles on musical theater and concert stages. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in November 2021 in a sold-out solo show titled My Golden Age and returned in 2022 to headline Get Happy: A Judy Garland Centennial Celebration. Her 2024–25 season include creating the fan-favorite role of Lute in the animated musical series Hazbin Hotel, creating the role of Cee Cee in the international premiere of the musical adaptation of Beaches, as well as returning to the Muny as Jenna in Waitress. Recently she debuted at Philadelphia’s Kimmel Center with No Name Pops and her program California Dreamin’—Songs of the Laurel Canyon, and celebrated the holidays with the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center and the New York Pops in her return to Carnegie Hall.
Best known for her star turn as Elphaba in Wicked, Vosk’s theatrical highlights also include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Chess, and Sarah Silverman’s The Bedwetter. She had an unconventional journey to Broadway, beginning her career on Wall Street before taking the leap of faith to pursue her dreams on stage. After a hiatus from performing, she was cast by MTT in the San Francisco Symphony production of West Side Story in June 2013. Her one-of-a-kind story has been profiled on ABC’s 20/20 and NBC Nightly News.
Best known for her star turn as Elphaba in Wicked, Vosk’s theatrical highlights also include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Chess, and Sarah Silverman’s The Bedwetter. She had an unconventional journey to Broadway, beginning her career on Wall Street before taking the leap of faith to pursue her dreams on stage. After a hiatus from performing, she was cast by MTT in the San Francisco Symphony production of West Side Story in June 2013. Her one-of-a-kind story has been profiled on ABC’s 20/20 and NBC Nightly News.
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