On the Air Friday, July 4 Independence Day Weekend on WRTI All-American Composers during regular classical hours. Great Singers and Big Swingers during regular jazz hours. Saturday, July 5 Creatively Speaking: 11:00 to 11:30 am The Fix on Colonial Philadelphia Furniture: A Secret Guide to Cabinetmakers' Prices at the PMA--Independence Hall--Composer Charles Strouse, creator of the musical Annie Crossover: 11:30 am to 12:30 pm July 4th Pops Celebration! Jill interviews conductors Keith Lockhart and Erich Kunzel From the Top: 12:30 to 1:30 pm A teenage violinist from Woodstock, VT performs the music of Fritz Kresiler, and a young pianist from Pittsburgh carries on his grandfather's musical legacy. Broadcast from Chandler Music Center, Randolph, VT. Los Angeles Opera: 1:30 to 5:00 pm Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio Discoveries from the Fleisher Collection: 5 to 6 pm The United States and France team up again this Independence Day Weekend. Listen to works by David Heuser and Alan Hovhaness, two American composers with fascinating voices, and the French 19th-century composer Benjamin Godard. Sunday, July 6 Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz: 9 to 10 am Pianist Bill Evans Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio: 10 to 11 am Stand Up For Jazz: Bill Cosby and Nancy Wilson Sunday Afternoon Concert: 3 to 5 pm Leroy Anderson Tribute WRTI marks the 100th anniversary of Leroy Anderson's birth with a program honoring the great American composer of light orchestral music. Wanamaker Organ Hour: 5 to 6 pm Guest organist: Colin Howland Riverwalk Jazz: 6 to 7 pm  Riverwalk Jazz BBQ: The Lazy Days of Summer Airmen of Note: 7 to 8 pm The jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force Band Karrin Allyson, jazz vocalist Recorded live in historic Hangar 2 at Bowling Air Force Base in Washington, DC, the Air Force's touring big band performs music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Miles Davis, Hank Mobley, and many others. The Historical Approach to the Positive Music: 8 to 12 pm A Louis Armstrong celebration on the anniversary of his passing.

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