A Summer Celebration - Music and Family Fun!
St Mary Magdalene Parish Church, Newark, NG24 1JS
Saturday 4th July 2026
Make sure you get your tickets nice and early for the final family friendly concert of Nottingham Symphony Orchestra's 2025-2026 season, on Saturday 4th July in the splendid surroundings of St Mary Magdalene Church, Newark with an earlier start time of 6.30pm.
A Summer Celebration will see the orchestra marking the completion of a major restoration project at the church in fine style. As you would expect from a concert being held on Independence Day, American music will be taking a starring role in this celebratory performance, with some American orchestral classics alongside film favourites, including Jurassic Park and How to Train Your Dragon.
Adding to this exciting repertoire will be craft and musical activities for younger members of the audience:
Can't make the concert?
The church will be open all afternoon, so do pop in and listen to our rehearsal and enjoy some free activities from 1.30pm.
Three of America's greatest composers will be represented in the concert: Aaron Copland's spectacular Fanfare for the Common Man will give the NSO brass and percussion plenty of chance to shine while a performance of his much-loved ballet score Appalachian Spring is not to be missed.
Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is an unforgettable work fit to grace this special concert while George Gershwin is represented by two pieces: his lively Cuban Overture and the highly melodic and popular tone poem An American in Paris. As if all that wasn't enough, you can also enjoy some fantastic film music including the main theme from Jurassic Park, written by the legendary John Williams; the exciting Test Drive from John Powell's music for the hit movie How to Train Your Dragon, and the charming main theme from the Aardman family favourite Chicken Run, composed byJohn Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams.
A Summer Celebration will see the orchestra marking the completion of a major restoration project at the church in fine style. As you would expect from a concert being held on Independence Day, American music will be taking a starring role in this celebratory performance, with some American orchestral classics alongside film favourites, including Jurassic Park and How to Train Your Dragon.
Adding to this exciting repertoire will be craft and musical activities for younger members of the audience:
- Face Painter
- Craft Workshop: Make a Dragon, Dinosaur or design your own musical instrument
- Themed activity pack
Can't make the concert?
The church will be open all afternoon, so do pop in and listen to our rehearsal and enjoy some free activities from 1.30pm.
Three of America's greatest composers will be represented in the concert: Aaron Copland's spectacular Fanfare for the Common Man will give the NSO brass and percussion plenty of chance to shine while a performance of his much-loved ballet score Appalachian Spring is not to be missed.
Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings is an unforgettable work fit to grace this special concert while George Gershwin is represented by two pieces: his lively Cuban Overture and the highly melodic and popular tone poem An American in Paris. As if all that wasn't enough, you can also enjoy some fantastic film music including the main theme from Jurassic Park, written by the legendary John Williams; the exciting Test Drive from John Powell's music for the hit movie How to Train Your Dragon, and the charming main theme from the Aardman family favourite Chicken Run, composed byJohn Powell and Harry Gregson-Williams.
