America 250:
Through the Eyes of John Williams
April 26, 2026 5:00 p.m.
Chrysalis Amphitheater, Columbia, MD
| Liberty Fanfare | John Williams arr. Jay Babcock |
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| Lexington Tryptich | Dwayne Milburn | |
| 1. Fanfare for Revolution • 2. Ode to Union • 3. March to Liberty | ||
| Music from Lincoln | John Williams arr. Paul Lavender |
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| The Men of the Yorktown March from Midway | John Williams arr. Paul Lavender |
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| America, the Dream Goes On | John Williams arr. Paul Lavender |
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| Marina Beeson and Robert Petrillo Vocal Soloists |
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| The Patriot | John Williams arr. Paul Lavender |
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| featuring the flutes of Maryland Winds | ||
Interval |
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| A Copland Portrait | Aaron Colpand arr. Clare Grundman |
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| Maryland Winds will be joined by students from Howard County Public Schools |
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| American Journey | John Williams arr. Paul Lavender |
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| I. Immigration and Building II. Civil Rights and the Women’s Movement III. Popular Entertainment IV. Flight and Technology |
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| Make our Garden Grow from Candide | Leonard Bernstein arr. John Romano |
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| Marina Beeson and Robert Petrillo Vocal Soloists |
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Robert Petrillo – tenor soloist
Called “one of the enduring joys of the local early-music scene” by the Washington Post, tenor Robert Petillo is well known in the DC area as a Bach specialist and Evangelist. He has appeared as a soloist with many of the area’s oratorio societies, especially the Washington Bach Consort. His concertizing has taken him across the country, as well as to Germany, Italy, and England. Graduate studies in the music of G.P. Telemann led to his collaborating on editions and performances of his unpublished sacred cantatas, many of them modern premieres.
He served 32 years as a first tenor in The U.S. Army Chorus and was a part of many historic events and thousands of performances nationwide. With degrees from Rutgers University (BA) and the University of Maryland (M.Mus., D.M.A.), he retains a lifelong love of learning in multiple disciplines, especially the intersection of art and music with mathematics. Since retiring from the Army, he enjoys more opportunities to visit art exhibits and museums, and to accompany his mathematician wife Alice to math conferences. He continues to be an active soloist and to enjoy singing in ensembles with Army Chorus alumni and in the TTBB ensemble Brethren.
Marina Beeson – soprano soloist
Marina Beeson is a soprano from Dunkirk, Maryland. Recent operatic roles include Hanna Glawari in Die Lustige Witwe (Opera in the Ozarks), Nina in Cherubin (University of Southern California), Pamina in Die Zauberflöte (Hawaii Performing Arts Festival), Soprano in La Passion de Simone (USC), Tina in Flight (USC), Amahl in Amahl and the Night Visitors (New England Conservatory) and the Erste Knabe in Die Zauberflöte (Berlin Opernfest). As a member of New England Conservatory’s Undergraduate Opera Studio, Marina portrayed the roles of Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Amy in Little Women (Young Artist Initiative), Roselinde in Die Fledermaus, and Cenerentola in La Cenerentola. Passionate about performing new works, she premiered Lila Quillin’s Elohim Bekirbah, at the 2020 International Saxophone Symposium after earning the Calvert County Arts in Education Award. In 2021, Marina won the gold prize at the World Classical Music Awards vocal competition.
Marina studied with Thomas Michael Allen at the University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, where she graduated with her Master of Music in Vocal Arts. She earned her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance from New England Conservatory where she studied with Lisa Saffer.
Performing Today
- Flute/Piccolo
- Robert Aughtry *
- Delandrea Mills
- Barbara Vigil
- Oboe/English Horn
- Joanne Alme *
- Kathy Cesar-Spall
- Heidi DeWally
- E-Flat Clarinet
- Donna Noyes
- Clarinet
- Julie Berry
- Jeffrey Boehmer
- Lauren Cohen
- Sheila Cullen
- Melissa Lander *
- Randy Riffle
- Cindy Wolverton
- Allison Yacoub
- Bass Clarinet
- Jennifer Everhart
- Tom Puwalski
* = principal player
- Bassoon
- Dan Bowlds *
- David Hanner
- Saxophone
- Bob Beeson
- Audrey Cupples
- Stephen Dunlap
- Sheila Nevius
- Trumpet
- Norman Blakely
- Pete Czekaj
- Jonah Kappraff *
- Chieko Matsuyama-Reaves
- Ross McCool
- Ginger Turner *
- Horn
- Rachel Jones
- Gregory Lauer *
- Alek Nielsen
- Kyle Pompei
- Alan White
- Trombone
- Julian Ayres
- Daniel Morrison
- Scott Shelsta *
- Euphonium
- Don Burleson *
- Andrew Lyster
- Tuba
- Tom Holtz *
- Brian Kaufman
- Rob Ross
- Andrew Spang
- Harp
- Ness Young-Miller
- String Bass
- Ray Irving
- Piano
- Charles Iskander
- Percussion
- Timothy Beall *
- JD Grizzle
- Glen Scimonelli
- Timpani
- James Adams
- Flute/Piccolo
- Robert Aughtry *
- Delandrea Mills
- Barbara Vigil
- Oboe/English Horn
- Joanne Alme *
- Kathy Cesar-Spall
- Heidi DeWally
- E-Flat Clarinet
- Donna Noyes
- Clarinet
- Julie Berry
- Jeffrey Boehmer
- Lauren Cohen
- Sheila Cullen
- Melissa Lander *
- Randy Riffle
- Cindy Wolverton
- Allison Yacoub
- Bass Clarinet
- Jennifer Everhart
- Tom Puwalski
- Bassoon
- Dan Bowlds *
- David Hanner
- Saxophone
- Bob Beeson
- Audrey Cupples
- Stephen Dunlap
- Sheila Nevius
- Trumpet
- Norman Blakely
- Pete Czekaj
- Jonah Kappraff *
- Chieko Matsuyama-Reaves
- Ross McCool
- Ginger Turner *
- Horn
- Rachel Jones
- Gregory Lauer *
- Alek Nielsen
- Kyle Pompei
- Alan White
- Trombone
- Julian Ayres
- Daniel Morrison
- Scott Shelsta
- Euphonium
- Don Burleson
- Andrew Lyster
- Tuba
- Tom Holtz *
- Brian Kaufman
- Rob Ross
- Andrew Spang
- Harp
- Ness Young-Miller
- String Bass
- Ray Irving
- Piano
- Charles Iskander
- Percussion
- Timothy Beall *
- JD Grizzle
- Glen Scimonelli
- Timpani
- James Adams
* = principal player
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