On Thursday, July 3, a reciprocal exchange will take place when Spanish conductor Maximilian Santos shares the stage during the annual Independence Day weekend performance of Daytona State's Community Symphonic Band.

The 7:30 p.m. performance at the News-Journal Center, 221 N. Beach St. in downtown Daytona Beach, is free and open to the public. The annual event features the 75-piece band, choir and soloists playing a variety of patriotic and Broadway favorites ranging from Sousa to Gershwin.

Santos is associate professor of the Alcalá City Orchestra and the Student Symphony Orchestra of Madrid. A graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Madrid and the State Higher School of Music in Stuttgart (Germany), he has a wide-ranging background as a composer, arranger, conductor and musician. He was a French horn soloist with the Symphonic Band of the Spanish Royal Guard and has performed alongside such musical luminaries as Alfredo Kraus, Placido Domingo, Raimondi Regiero, Carlos Alvarez and Maria Bayo.

Patrons planning to attend the July 3 performance are encouraged to arrive early, as the event historically seats a full house. For more information, call (386) 226-1913 or email LoweK@DaytonaState.edu.