Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental Messa da Requiem closes out the season’s MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks Series. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Verdi’s Requiem, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents this legendary work alongside the Knoxville Choral Society and Knoxville Opera Chorus.

Giuseppe Verdi’s monumental Messa da Requiem closes out the season’s MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks Series. Celebrating the 150th anniversary of the premiere of Verdi’s Requiem, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra presents this legendary work alongside the Knoxville Choral Society and Knoxville Opera Chorus.

The Knoxville Symphony’s MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks Series will welcome back East Tennessee audiences for the 2024-25 season with renewed, triumphant energy in a program that features Ortiz’s magical “Kauyumari,” Gershwin’s dazzling, jazz-influenced Concerto in F and Beethoven’s bracing Fifth Symphony, whose unmistakable four-note opening motif embarks listeners on a journey from turmoil to triumph.

The Knoxville Symphony’s MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks Series will welcome back East Tennessee audiences for the 2024-25 season with renewed, triumphant energy in a program that features Ortiz’s magical “Kauyumari,” Gershwin’s dazzling, jazz-influenced Concerto in F and Beethoven’s bracing Fifth Symphony, whose unmistakable four-note opening motif embarks listeners on a journey from turmoil to triumph.

From the passion of Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade for Orchestra to the intensity of Brahms’ Third Symphony, the October MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks program brims with romanticism. Award-winning violinist Paul Huang returns to present Tchaikovsky’s searing Violin Concerto.

From the passion of Coleridge-Taylor’s Ballade for Orchestra to the intensity of Brahms’ Third Symphony, the October MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks program brims with romanticism. Award-winning violinist Paul Huang returns to present Tchaikovsky’s searing Violin Concerto.

The Knoxville Symphony takes flight in November with a fiery program featuring Auerbach’s driving “Icarus,” Williams’ enchanting “Hedwig’s Theme” and Stravinsky’s thrilling suite from “The Firebird.” KSO Concertmaster William Shaub takes center stage with Sibelius’ shimmering Violin Concerto.

The Knoxville Symphony takes flight in November with a fiery program featuring Auerbach’s driving “Icarus,” Williams’ enchanting “Hedwig’s Theme” and Stravinsky’s thrilling suite from “The Firebird.” KSO Concertmaster William Shaub takes center stage with Sibelius’ shimmering Violin Concerto.

The Knoxville Symphony’s annual holiday tradition will continues with Handel’s glorious Messiah.

The artistic excellence of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra is showcased through Bach’s haunting and dramatic Toccata and Fugue and Mahler’s intense Fifth Symphony with a breathtaking fourth movement that remains a pinnacle of Mahler’s compositions.  

The artistic excellence of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra is showcased through Bach’s haunting and dramatic Toccata and Fugue and Mahler’s intense Fifth Symphony with a breathtaking fourth movement that remains a pinnacle of Mahler’s compositions.  

The Knoxville Symphony and several East Tennessee collaborators bring Mendelssohn’s charming “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to life. Crawford-Seeger’s bouncing “Rissolty, Rossolty,” Rautavaara’s atmospheric “Cantus arcticus: Concerto for Birds and Orchestra” and Smetana’s evocative “The Moldau” open the program.

The Knoxville Symphony and several East Tennessee collaborators bring Mendelssohn’s charming “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to life. Crawford-Seeger’s bouncing “Rissolty, Rossolty,” Rautavaara’s atmospheric “Cantus arcticus: Concerto for Birds and Orchestra” and Smetana’s evocative “The Moldau” open the program.

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 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.

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.”

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.”