The Labor Day weekend Rhode Island Philharmonic concert will return to Independence Park this Sunday night — with no restrictions on outdoor gatherings. This concert has traditionally drawn a significantly smaller crowd than the Bristol Fourth of July concerts, said organizer Michele Martins. Accordingly, the town will not be closing Thames Street, and there will be no food trucks at the event, allowing local restaurants to better benefit from the concert-going crowd.

The program will begin at 5 p.m. with a performance by David Marshall, followed by the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra from 6 to 8 p.m.

The concert will introduce Conductor Troy Quinn. After 25 years and the longest tenure in R.I. Philharmonic history, beloved Summer Pops series Conductor Francisco Noya has retired. “It has been a great pleasure and honor to be able to make music with my colleagues and friends of the R.I. Philharmonic Orchestra for so many years. I know the orchestra will continue its tradition of bringing great music and music education to the people of Rhode Island.”

The Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra was the first professional orchestra Maestro Quinn ever heard. That experience is what set him on a path to be a conductor. He performed with the Philharmonic Orchestra under Larry Rachleff as a member of the Providence Singers, and has conducted many members of the orchestra in various settings. He’s also attended the Summer Pops series directed by Maestro Noya, and is very honored to follow Noya’s impressive 25-year tenure at the helm of these important concerts.

“I am thrilled to make my Rhode Island Philharmonic debut this summer,” he said. “This orchestra has always been close to my heart, as it was the first orchestra I ever heard as a young boy and inspired me to pursue a career in music as a conductor.”

The program (subject to substitution) will include “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “West Side Story: Overture,” “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark: Raiders March,” “America the Beautiful,” “1812 Overture,” and “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” among others.