2026 Performances

HOPE

4:00 PM ET
Sunday, May 17th, 2026
3900 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28209

Setlist

  1. Excerpts from Appalachian Spring - Arron Copland, arr. Robert Longfield

  2. Hymn for Peace - Kevin Day

  3. Hope - Robert W. Smith

  4. Introductions, Themes and Variations - Gioacchino Rossini/Marco Tamanini
    ft. Owen Burch, Clarinet - 2026 CPB Youth Soloist Competition Winner

  5. Intermission

  6. Salvation is Created - Pavel Tschesnokoff, arr. Russ Dean

  7. Ride! - Samuel Hazo

  8. Harvest Light - James Naigus
    ft. Bryon Johns, Principal Horn, Charlotte Symphony Orchestra

  9. One Life Beautiful - Julie Giroux

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RISE

11 AM - 5:00 PM ET
Carolinas Community Band Festival 2026
Saturday, April 25th, 2026
415 Martin Luther King Jr Drive, Kannapolis, NC 28082
Tickets

  1. Rise! A Gay Games Anthem - Rossano Galante

  2. An American Elegy - Frank Ticheli

  3. Hope - Robert W. Smith

  4. Overcome - Bill Locklear

  5. Glorious Revolution - Robert Sheldon

Setlist

OVERCOME

4:00 PM ET
Sunday, March 15th, 2026
3900 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC 28209
Tickets

  1. American Overture - Joseph Willcox Jenkins

  2. An American Elegy - Frank Ticheli

  3. Song for the Strong - Kelijah Dunton

  4. Overcome - Bill Locklear

  5. Winds of Change - Randall Standridge

  6. Nessum Dorma - Giacomo Puccini/Jay Bocook

  7. Glorious Revolution - Robert Sheldon

  8. Rise! A Gay Games Anthem - Rossano Galante

Setlist