Celebration the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence with music of John Williams, Z. Randall Stroope, American folk song arrangements by Gibbs and Kirchner, and more. Tom Costello, Senior Correspondent for NBC, will also be doing some narrations by American poets Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, and Robert Frost. This concert will also feature brass, timpani, percussion, harp, and organ music for a spectacular evening of music on Saturday evening, March 21.

Randall leads an amazing group of singers in a concert of choral music featuring music of Jocelyn Hagen, Eric Whitacre, Craig Hella Johnson, Hans Bridger Heruth, Kevin Padworski, and Z. Randall Stroope!

Composer Z. Randall Stroope, as a special premier commission with National Concerts in Carnegie Hall, has written a large choral/orchestral work, titled FRANKLIN. This is part of the 250 anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Benjamin Franklin is the only person who signed all three founding documents of this nation - The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution, and the Treaty of Paris. He is the only non-president to appear on US currency. Though well-known for his experiments with lightning (and creation of the lightning rod), he also invented the Franklin stove, founded the first public lending library, established postal service between the colonies, first hospital, founded the University of Pennsylvania, and many other activities in the service of others. He made his inventions free (no patents) and did not desire that his name be on any structures. Randall will be the composer-in-residence for the rehearsals/performance of this new work.

The 31 voices of THE NEW AMERICAN VOICES in rehearsal at White’s Chapel Methodist Church sanctuary, Z. Randall Stroope, Conductor.

The Huntsville Festival singers are comprised of greater Huntsville community members, college students, area choruses, educators, and others, including the wonderful Huntsville Master Chorale - a chamber ensemble of 45 performers. Randall is the conductor of this year’s event!

Randall has lead this international festival in Rome since 2009. A hundred and twenty singers combined with organ and a full compliment of brass, with appearances at Vatican mass and concert in downtown Rome.