The Jacksonville Symphony will celebrate America\u2019s 250th anniversary with a special concert on November 16 at 3:00 p.m. at the Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts, located at 300 Water Street.<\/p>\n
The event \u201cAmerica in Concert: 250 Years of Music & Majesty,\u201d will feature collaborations with local students and community organizations, including the Jacksonville Symphony Chorus, guest vocalist and host Chris Blem, as well as students from Jacksonville University and Sandalwood High School.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n Students from Jacksonville University will join the Symphony Chorus, enhancing the vocal performances of the concert.<\/p>\n Sandalwood High School\u2019s Air Force Junior ROTC Color Guard and Drumline will participate in the opening of the concert, presenting the national and state flags along with flags representing all five military branches, the Coast Guard, and Merchant Marines.<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n The program will include patriotic works such as \u201cBattle Hymn of the Republic\u201d and \u201cThe Stars and Stripes Forever,\u201d celebrating the nation\u2019s musical heritage.<\/p>\n Tickets for the concert are currently on sale to the public. Click here<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n Action News Jax Top Stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Jacksonville Symphony will celebrate America\u2019s 250th anniversary with a special concert on November 16 at 3:00 p.m.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[344,13877,347,28,348,116,13876,351,118,117,13875,13879,349,13878,350,346,345],"class_list":["post-16284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-action-news-jax","tag-america-in-concert-250-years-of-music-majesty","tag-cbs47","tag-florida","tag-fox30","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-center-for-the-performing-arts","tag-jacksonville-fl","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-jacksonville-symphony","tag-jacksonville-symphony-chorus","tag-northeast-florida","tag-sandalwood-high-school","tag-southeast-georgia","tag-wfox","tag-wjax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}