Here are the upcoming events at the Nashville Symphony.
The Nashville Symphony performs at the Schermerhorn Center located at 1 Symphony Place, Nashville.
Last updated August 23, 2024
1Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Saturday, September 7, 2024
AWR Music Productions and Square Enix are proud to introduce FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH Orchestra World Tour, an electrifying new concert based entirely on the groundbreaking game from SQUARE ENIX featuring your Nashville Symphony performing the score live.
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2Rachmaninoff and Mahler
Friday-Saturday, September 13-14, 2024, 7:30 pm
Giancarlo Guerrero’s final season as Music Director opens with a favorite guest of the Nashville Symphony and two works that nod to his first season in the role. The dazzling Joyce Yang performs Rachmaninoff’s fiendishly charming variations for piano and orchestra.
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3The Lone Bellow
Tuesday, September 17, 2024, 7:30 pm
A Nashville Symphony Debut Engagement! Throughout their lifespan as a band, The Lone Bellow has cast an indelible spell with their finespun songs of hard truth and unexpected beauty, frequently delivered in hypnotic three-part harmony. For the first time, experience The Lone Bellow performing live, orchestrated renditions of their hits like “Green Eyes and a Heart of Gold” and “Honey” backed by your Nashville Symphony.
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4Herbie Hancock
Wednesday, September 18, 2024, 7:30 pm
A jazz icon, the legendary Herbie Hancock makes a rare Schermerhorn Symphony Center appearance. The Academy Award and 14-time GRAMMY® Award-winner (including GRAMMY’s Lifetime Achievement Award) will thrill audiences with his innovative fusion of electric jazz, funk, and rock that has shaped the evolution of music since the ‘60’s and continues doing so today.
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5Legends of R&B- Ryan Shaw
Friday, September 20, 2024, 7:30 pm
It’s R&B vocalist, a three-time GRAMMY® nominee, Ryan Shaw with your Nashville Symphony, conducted by Lucas Waldin! Experience soulful powerhouse orchestrations and mighty vocals in an evening of mega R&B hits from the likes of Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Prince, Jackie Wilson, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding, The Temptations, and more.
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6John Paul White
Tuesday, September 24, 2024, 7:30 pm
The Alabama-based singer-songwriter, John Paul White is a four-time GRAMMY® award-winner and half of the world-famous duo The Civil Wars. White’s Schermerhorn debut with the Nashville Symphony, conducted by Daniel Steven, will amaze audiences with orchestrated versions of hits like “Once and Future Queen” and “My Dreams Have All Come True.”
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7A Bronx Tale: Chazz Palminteri
Wednesday, September 25, 2024, 7:30 pm
In 1988, Chazz Palminteri (The Usual Suspects) wrote a one-man show about a killing he saw in the Bronx when he was nine years old. It became a hit and the most sought-after property since Rocky.
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8Wagner and Dvorak
Saturday- Sunday, September 28-29, 2024, 7:30 pm, 2 pm
Reflecting her passion and advocacy for Slavic masterpieces, operatic gems, and contemporary music, Lidiya Yankovskaya’s Nashville debut covers all the bases and then some. “I love the incredible palate of orchestral colors in Missy Mazzoli’s music,” she says, complementing the opening work with jewels from the classic repertoire: Prokofiev’s provocative violin concerto with the incomparable Simone Porter.
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9Violent Femmes
Wednesday, October 9, 2024, 7:30 pm
Original ‘80s folk punk pioneers, the Violent Femmes come together for a truly unique and totally awesome union with the Nashville Symphony to perform fully symphonic versions of their best hits like “Blister in the Sun,” “Add It Up,” “Gone Daddy Gone,” “American Music,” “Good Feeling,” “Color Me Once,” and more.
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10Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons
Saturday, October 12, 2024, 7:30 pm
This incredibly special program features the popular baroque works of Atonio Vivaldi performed by the Nashville Symphony & Chorus. Gloria, conducted by Chorus Director Tucker Biddlecombe, features the grand sounds of full orchestra and chorus.
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11Arturo Sandoval
Sunday, October 13, 2024, 7:30 pm
One of the world’s greatest trumpeters, Latin jazz pioneer Arturo Sandoval returns to the Schermerhorn with his amazing band. Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 10 GRAMMY® Awards, and the Latin Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the Cuban-born multi-instrumentalist also composes, plays piano, and sings.
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12Music City Celebration
Monday, October 14, 2024, 7:30 pm
Join artists Travis Cottrell, Cliff & April Duren, Carlos Santiago and Voices of Lee along with the Music City Celebration Choir in a night of worship and joyful celebration!
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13Stravinsky’s The Firebird
Thursday- Saturday, October 17-20, 2024, 7:30 pm
“The Nomad Concerto broods, floats, and glimmers in its opening movement, ultimately alighting on something poignant for both orchestra and violin,” wrote the Philadelphia Inquirer upon the Mason Bates premiere with violinist Gil Shaham, for whom it was written. Giancarlo, Shaham, and the Nashville Symphony record it live, for posterity.
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14Copeland
Sunday, October 20, 2024, 7:30 pm
A Schermerhorn Symphony Center Debut Engagement – While they began as a rock band, Copeland’s music exploresmultiple genres and pulls in various stylistic influences like electronic and symphonic.
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15Tower of Power
Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 7:30 pm
For over 55 years, Tower of Power has delivered the best in funk and soul music. In their special return to Nashville, the band performs alongside the GRAMMY®-winning Nashville Symphony, conducted by Enrico Lopez-Yañez. Enjoy symphonic versions of mega-hits like “What Is Hip?,” “Clever Girl,” “This Time It’s Real,” “Will I Ever Find A Love?,” “Get Yo’ Feet Back On The Ground.” “So Very Hard To Go,” “Both Sorry Over Nothin’,” and “Soul Vaccination.”
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16Pink Martini
Thursday – Saturday, October 24-26, 2024, 7:30 pm
The one-of-a-kind and wildly popular Pink Martini, along with founder and pianist Thomas Lauderdale and vocalist China Forbes, return to join Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez and the Nashville Symphony.
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17Dia De Los
Sunday, October 27, 2024, 3 pm
Join us for a vibrant Day of the Dead program that celebrates Mexican heritage and Latino cultures everywhere. With musical selections that include traditional folk tunes and modern arrangements of beloved classics, this program is a loving celebration of life through music that all ages will enjoy.
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18The Nightmare Before Christmas in Concert
Saturday-Sunday, November 2-3, 2024, 7:30 pm, 2 pm
Experience Tim Burton’s delightfully wicked tale on the big screen with the Nashville Symphony performing Danny Elfman’s score live. This seasonal classic follows the misadventures of Jack Skellington, the pumpkin king of Halloween Town, as he tries to hijack Christmas with his band of bats, ghouls, and goblins.
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19Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto
Friday-Saturday, November 8-9,2024, 7:30 pm
Michael Francis opens his Nashville debut concert with American composer Carlos Simon’s exuberant interpretation of the rich energy and joyous scenery of a vibrant city block in Harlem. Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances are always a crowd pleaser, and pianist Natasha Paremski, known for her fiery and wildly dynamic approach to the Russian repertoire, joins for Rachmaninoff’s lush, romantic, and dramatic Second Piano Concerto.
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20Silkroad Ensemble
Sunday, November 10,2024, 7:30 pm
Silkroad’s newest initiative, American Railroad, illuminates the impact that the African American, Chinese, Indigenous, Irish, and other immigrant communities had on the creation of the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad and connecting railways in North America. Exploring the dissemination of cultures across the United States, the railroad was to North America what the Silk Road was to China, the Far East, and Europe.
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21Fran Lebowitz
Wednesday, November 13, 2024, 7:30 pm
In a cultural landscape filled with endless pundits and talking heads, author, journalist, and social observer Fran Lebowitz stands out as one of our most insightful social commentators. Don’t miss when Leibowitz brings her scathing and insightful cultural satire to the Schermerhorn for one night only.
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22Symphonic Celebration of Genesis
Thursday – Saturday, November 14-16, 2024, 7:30 pm
Known for his singular drumming style and song writing for the mega-band Genesis and his numerous chart-topping classics, Phil Collins penned unforgettable hits that changed the landscape of popular music. This spectacular symphonic rock tribute, conducted by Stuart Chafetz, features two vocalists, a full band, and the Nashville Symphony performing orchestrations of “Follow You Follow Me,” “Abacab,” “I Missed Again,” “Turn It on Again,” “Sussudio,” “One More Night,” “Take Me Home,” “Two Hearts,” “In the Air Tonight,” and more of their iconic hits.
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23Wild Symphony
Sunday, November 17, 2024, 3 pm
Travel through the trees and across the seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends! Featuring nearly two dozen musical portraits drawn from the animal kingdom, “Wild Symphony” includes original poetry and music by author and composer, Dan Brown.
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24Danish String Quartet
Monday, November 18, 2024, 7:30 pm
This GRAMMY®-nominated ensemble continues to assert its distinction among the world’s finest string quartets. Performing together for 20+ years, this still young, tight-knit quad is admired for impeccable musicianship, sophisticated artistry, exquisite clarity of ensemble, and, above all, an unmatched ability to play as one. Its Schermerhorn premiere will feature Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte; Joseph Haydn’s Quartet op. 77/2: III, Andante; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Quartet no. 4, then transition to performing their acclaimed style of folk music.
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25Dionne Warwick
Tuesday, November 19, 2024, 7:30 pm
R&B mega-star and six-time Grammy Award-winner Dionne Warwick makes her Schermerhorn Symphony Center debut! Discovered by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, highlights of Warwick’s six-decade career include more than 75 charted hit songs, over 100 million records sold, and 18 consecutive Top 100 singles. In concert, audiences will stroll down memory lane as Warwick performs her legendary hits like “Don’t Make Me Over,” “Walk on By,” “Say a Little Prayer,” “A House is Not a Home,” “Alfie,” “Heartbreaker,” “Déjà Vu,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose?,” and “That’s What Friends Are For.”
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26Ray Chen
Friday-Saturday, November 22-23, 2024, 7:30 pm
The violinist and online sensation Ray Chen is the centerpiece of this concert, with his flashy rendition of Sibelius’ violin concerto.
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27Keith & Kristy Getty
Saturday, November 30, 2024, 7:30 pm
Build lifelong memories with family and friends and celebrate the joy and wonder of Christmas by singing your faith with thousands in the beautiful Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
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28Ben Folds
Monday, December 2, 2024, 7:30 pm
He’s performed on our Classical and Pops series, a benefit concert, and a whopping ten times with the Orchestra. Now, the Emmy-nominated, multi-platinum selling music artist Ben Folds returns to the Schermerhorn, with special guest artist Lindsey Kraft.
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29Elf in Concert
Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 7:30 pm
Experience your favorite Christmas film transformed with the music of a live symphony orchestra in Elf™ in Concert! For the first time ever.
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30Girl Named Tom
Wednesday, December 4, 2024, 7:30 pm
Girl Named Tom made history as the first trio to ever win The Voice. During Season 21, they landed 4 songs concurrently on the iTunes Top 10 charts, with 2 songs reaching #1. The siblings gained newfound love from fans around the world while performing on live TV.
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31Home Alone in Concert
Friday- Sunday, December 6-8, 2024, 7:30 pm, 2 pm
A Music City holiday favorite, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’ charming and delightful score performed live to picture by the Nashville Symphony. Macaulay Culkin stars as Kevin McCallister, an 8-year-old boy who is accidentally left behind when his family leaves for Christmas vacation, and who must defend his home against two bungling thieves.
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32Leslie Odom
Wednesday- Thursday, December 11-12, 2024, 7:30 pm
Featuring a GRAMMY® and Tony award-winner of Broadway — and specifically Hamilton — fame! Be in the room where it happens as mega-talented singer, actor, and songwriter, Leslie Odom, Jr. joins the Nashville Symphony to deliver orchestrated versions of beloved Christmas, Broadway, and popular music hits.
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33Big Band Holidays
Friday, December 13, 2024, 7:30 pm
The pride of NYC, Jazz at Lincoln Center swings to the Schermerhorn with full band and vocalist Ashley Pezzotti to perform jazz-infused big band versions of your favorite holiday songs.
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34Holiday Brass Spectacular
Sunday, December 15, 2024, 7:30 pm
Join members of your Nashville Symphony brass, percussion, and organ sections for a festive and joyful holiday concert.
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35Drew & Ellie Holcomb
Tuesday, December 17, 2024, 7:30 pm
Drew and Ellie Holcomb are a husband and wife Americana duo from Nashville, TN. Shortly after their marriage in 2006, the couple began touring together with Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors. The band has supported many national touring acts including The Avett Brothers, Don Henley, Darius Rucker and Willie Nelson. Drew and Ellie Holcomb’s Neighborly Christmas is a special engagement event.
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36Handel’s Messiah
Friday- Sunday, December 20-22, 2024, 7:30 pm, 2 pm
Featuring the resounding Hallelujah Chorus, it’s Nashville’s grandest Messiah — full of passion, drama and passages of stunning beauty. Celebrate the season as your Nashville Symphony & Chorus — and four astounding soloists — perform one of the most inspiring works of music ever written.
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