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Nashville Symphony Concert Announcement

Nashville Symphony Concert Announcement

Let Freedom Sing – January 14, 2018 – FREE

Valentine’s with KEM – February 19, 2018

The Music of Pink Floyd and Light Show with the Nashville Symphony – June 16, 2018

The following concerts have been added to the Schermerhorn Symphony Center concert calendar.

Subscribers, donors of $500 or more, and groups of 5 to 12 can make reservations for Let Freedom Sing beginning at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 3. Tickets will be available to the public (limit 4 per order) at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, January 10.

Valentine’s with KEM and The Music of Pink Floyd and Light Show with the Nashville Symphony are now on pre-sale for subscribers, donors of $500 or more and groups of 12 or more. Tickets for both performances will go on sale to the public at 10 a.m. Friday, December 22.  

 

Free Community Event

Let Freedom Sing

7 p.m. Sunday, January 14, 2018

 

PERFORMERS

Nashville Symphony

Joseph Young, conductor

Celebration Chorus – Diana Poe, director

Celebration Youth Chorus – Margaret Campbelle Holman, director

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2018, this annual concert honors the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Joined by an adult chorus and a youth chorus drawn from the Nashville community, the orchestra will perform an inspiring selection of music honoring the triumphs of the civil rights movement. Nashville Public Library will provide visuals from its Civil Rights Collection, projected on a large screen above the stage. Learn more here.

 

Presentation

Valentine’s with KEM

7:30 p.m. Monday, February 19, 2018

Nashville native and Platinum-selling singer/songwriter KEM returns for a very special one-night-only Valentine’s engagement at the Schermerhorn. Treat your love to an evening of soulful and inspiring music from this sensational performer. KEM’s hits include:

  • Find Your Way (Back in my Life)
  • I Can’t Stop Loving You
  • Why Would You Stay
  • You’re on My Mind
  • Share My Life
  • Love Calls
  • It’s You
  • Nobody

Learn more here.

 

Symphony Under the Stars at Ascend Amphitheater

The Music of Pink Floyd and Light Show

with the Nashville Symphony

8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16, 2018

It’s a musical and visual spectacle designed to blow your mind, as your Nashville Symphony, vocalist Randy Jackson and a full rock band showcase one of the biggest rock bands of all time, complete with a dazzling light show under the stars. This two-hour-plus concert will capture Pink Floyd’s ethereal harmonies and iconic songs, including favorites like:

  • Another Brick in the Wall
  • Wish You Were Here
  • Comfortably Numb
  • Learning to Fly
  • Money
  • & more

Learn more here.

 

The GRAMMY® Award-winning Nashville Symphony has earned an international reputation for its innovative programming and its commitment to performing, recording and commissioning works by America’s leading composers. The Nashville Symphony has released 28 recordings on Naxos, which have received 24 GRAMMY® nominations and 11 GRAMMY® Awards, making it one of the most active recording orchestras in the country. The orchestra has also released recordings on Decca, Deutsche Grammophon and New West Records, among other labels. With more than 140 performances annually, the orchestra offers a broad range of classical, pops and jazz, and children’s concerts, while its extensive education and community engagement programs reach 60,000 children and adults each year.