TROY — The Troy Mayors’ Concerts Inc. Board has announces the return of the Dayton Philharmonic Concert Band and Festival Chorus to Troy on Prouty Plaza on Sunday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m.

The Dayton Philharmonic Concert Band is a group of about 40 musicians from the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Patrick Reynolds. Reynolds is professor of conducting at the University of Dayton. He earned his Ph.D. in musical arts, conducting, from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music; his M.M., in wind instruments and his B.M. in music history and musicology both from the University of Michigan.

The concert band will play a program of music that touches on folk songs, show tunes, and Americana and will feature Guest Conductors Molly Venneman, Troy High School director of bands, and Kevin Wilson, who also conducts the Festival Chorus. The concert band will be joined by the Festival Chorus for Troy Mayors’ Concert perennial favorites, The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, and John Philip Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever.

This year’s featured soloist is tenor, Aaron Hill, born and raised in the Dayton area, and an active member of the local theater community. He is a proud graduate of The University of Louisville (M.M. vocal performance) and Bowling Green State University (B.M. vocal performance). His favorite credits include Luiz in The Gondoliers, Gherardo in Gianni Schicci, and Ciccio in The Most Happy Fella. He was also involved in several productions at Toledo Opera.

Through the support of The Troy Foundation, currently celebrating a century of benevolence and philanthropy, and many other individual and corporate sponsors, we are able to offer this concert free of charge. Bring your own chairs and enjoy a couple hours of some of the best music in the Miami Valley. The city of Troy will block the square to motor vehicle traffic for this concert.

Rain location is The Arbogast Performing Arts Center, 500 S. Dorset Road, Troy.