The Knoxville Symphony will welcome guest conductor and Oak Ridge-native Conner Gray Covington to present Rimsky-Korsakov’s shimmering “Scheherazade” alongside Schumann’s deeply romantic Piano Concerto, featuring Janice Carissa, who is lauded for playing that “conveys a vivid story rather than a mere showpiece,” according to the Chicago Classical Review.

The Q Series features KSO’s String Quartets and Woodwind Quintet in lunchtime performances at the Elks Lodge. Lunch will be provided.

Concertmaster William Shaub rounds out the Merchant & Gould Concertmaster & Friends Series season with an exuberant program featuring Sarasate’s spirited Zapateado, Djiwadi’s theme from HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Wallen’s “Five Postcards” and Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat major.

Concertmaster William Shaub rounds out the Merchant & Gould Concertmaster & Friends Series season with an exuberant program featuring Sarasate’s spirited Zapateado, Djiwadi’s theme from HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” Wallen’s “Five Postcards” and Schumann’s Piano Quartet in E-flat major.

From the three pieces by modern composers Garrop, Assad and Herron that open the program to Vivaldi’s tour de force “The Four Seasons,” Baroque influence will radiate from the Knoxville Symphony’s concluding Chamber Classics Series concert for the 2024-25 season.

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and special guests celebrate one of rock 'n' roll’s most important bands. An evening of vinyl masterpieces will include “Go Your Own Way,” “Rhiannon,” “Dreams” and “Landslide.”  

Fate unfolds in the Knoxville Symphony’s performance of Orff’s masterpiece, “Carmina Burana,” featuring the Knoxville Choral Society and Knoxville Symphony Youth Choir, and Simon’s emotional “Fate Now Conquers.”

Fate unfolds in the Knoxville Symphony’s performance of Orff’s masterpiece, “Carmina Burana,” featuring the Knoxville Choral Society and Knoxville Symphony Youth Choir, and Simon’s emotional “Fate Now Conquers.”

Get ready to catch “Saturday Night Fever” from this amazingly entertaining and authentic tribute to one of music’s most adored acts. An evening of Bee Gees hits will include “Jive Talking,” “You Should Be Dancing” and “How Deep is Your Love?”

The 2024-25 MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks Series concludes with a monumental concert featuring the world premiere of a KSO-commissioned African drum concerto written by Derrick Skye, whose compositions have been described as “deliciously head-spinning.” African music resounds on the remaining program in Price’s lively “Colonial Dance” and Dvořák's remarkable “New World Symphony.”