Hill Country Podcast –Symphony of the Hill’s July 4 Concert: America 250, Remembrance, and Resilience

July 1, 2026

Welcome to award-winning The Hill Country Podcast. The Texas Hill Country is one of the most beautiful places on earth. In this podcast, welcomes back Gene Dowdy about the Symphony of the Hill’s July 4, 4:00 p.m. concert, which will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary while memorializing the 2025 Texas flood. The event includes patriotic works such as Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait” narrated by Mayor Joe Herring, “Fanfare for the Common Man,” and community singing of the national anthem, along with soprano Sarah Davis performing “God Bless America” and closing with “Amazing Grace.” Governor Greg Abbott will read Kerr County’s 119 flood victims while the orchestra plays Bach’s “Air,” and historic flag artwork by San Antonio artist Bobby Cahill will be displayed. Dowdy also previews the 2026/27 “A Season of Story & Song,” featuring programs like “Weber and Brahms,” “Comfort and Joy,” “Heroes and Villains,” “Frontiers and Freedom,” and “Romance & Passion.”