Salute to Freedom

Following the concert, audiences are invited to continue the celebration as the City of South Bend lights up the night sky with fireworks display scheduled to begin between 9:30 and 9:40 p.m. 

Please keep in mind the following:
Fireworks will be launched from the piers below Plaza Park. Due to nearby buildings, fireworks will not be visible directly outside of the Morris.  

Recommended viewing areas include:
• The Colfax Bridge sidewalk
• MLK Drive below Jon Hunt Plaza
• Howard Park
• Seitz Park 

Traffic & Safety:
To ensure public safety, the Jefferson Street bridge will be closed to vehicle traffic from 9:00–10:30 p.m. Patrons should use designated walkways to safely access the viewing areas. 

David Lockington has enjoyed 40 years conducting in the US, Europe and Asia. In addition to Music Director positions with orchestras in California, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio, Colorado, Wyoming and New York, he has guest conducted dozens of other orchestras.

His longest tenure was with the Grand Rapids Symphony from 2000-2016. Lockington was also Principal Guest Conductor for OSPA in Oviedo, Spain for almost 10 years. He conducted the ASMI Festival for three summers in Italy.

Lockington has made 10 recordings, including one playing his own works for cello. His recording with harpist Deborah Henson Conant and the Grand Rapids Symphony was nominated for a Grammy.

Other recordings include single composer albums by Adolphus Hailstork, Philip Sawyers and Avner Dorman. His recording with Dylana Jenson and the London Symphony Orchestra of the Barber and Shostakovich violin concertos is fast becoming a classic.

Lockington grew up in London, England and, after attending Cambridge University, emigrated to the US in 1978 to study with Aldo Parisot and Otto Werner Mueller at Yale. He started his conducting career while still playing as Assistant Principal Cello with the Denver Symphony Orchestra.