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One Symphony Place Nashville, TN 37201-2031 Schermerhorn Symphony Center is located in downtown Nashville at the corner of 4th Avenue South and Demonbreun Street, across from the Hilton and Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum.
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Free tours available Call 615.687.6580 for tour information
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Grand Avenue Special Event_______________________________________________
Mahler’s 8th - Symphony of a Thousand September 7 at 8 p.m. September 9 at 7 p.m.
Special event_____________________________________________________________
Chris Isaak
September 11 at 7 p.m. Concert presented without orchestra Bank of America POPS series_______________________________________________
Boyz II Men
September 13 at 7 p.m. September 14 & 15 at 8 p.m. Albert-George Schram, conductor Endowed by The Martin Foundation Special event_____________________________________________________________
Al Green
September 17 at 7 p.m. Concert presented without orchestra SunTrust CLASSICAL series__________________________________________________
A Woman’s Life
September 20 at 7 p.m. September 21 & 22 at 8 p.m. Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Danielpour - A Woman’s Life Sierra - Carnaval Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Angela Brown, soprano | Olga Kern, piano Concert Sponsor: Ingram Industries Inc.
OCTO B ER SunTrust CLASSICAL series__________________________________________________
Beethoven’s Fifth October 4 at 7 p.m. October 5 & 6 at 8 p.m.
Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 in C minor Haydn - Symphony No. 31 in D major, “Hornsignal” Stephen Paulus - Three Places of Enlightenment String Quartet Concerto Stephen Paulus - The Veil of Tears, from To Be Certain of the Dawn Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Nashville Symphony soloists BOYz II MEN 1
Concert Sponsor: OSHi Flowers
Artists, programs and schedule subject to change
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JAZZ SERIES_____________________________________________
Charlie Haden & Quartet West October 12 at 8 p.m.
Concert presented without orchestra Concert Sponsor: YP special event_________________________________________
CHARLIE HADEN
Chucho valdÉs
Bank of America POPS series___________________________
Michael W. Smith October 25 at 7 p.m. October 26 & 27 at 8 p.m.
Albert-George Schram, conductor
November 8 at 7 p.m. November 9 & 10 at 8 p.m. SPECIAL EVENT November 10 at 2 p.m. Great for FAMILIES! Kelly Corcoran, conductor Concert Sponsor: American Airlines SunTrust CLASSICAL series_________________________________________________
Fairy Tales and Fate November 15 at 7 p.m. November 16 & 17 at 8 p.m.
Ravel - Ma Mère l’Oye [Mother Goose] Schumann - Symphony No. 2 in C major Saint-Saëns - Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Concert Sponsor: YP
Hans Graf, guest conductor | Ingrid Fliter, piano
The Ann & Monroe Carell Family Trust pied piper series___
SunTrust CLASSICAL series_________________________________________________
October 27 at 11 a.m. Great for FAMILIES!
November 29 at 7 p.m. November 30 & December 1 at 8 p.m.
Halloween in the Wild West Kelly Corcoran, conductor Concert Sponsor: YP
organ recitals - YP SPECIAL EVENT______________________
Halloween Movie Night: Nosferatu with Tom Trenney October 29 at 8 p.m. COME IN COSTUME!
All That Classical JAZZ
Gershwin - Piano Concerto in F Walton - Symphony No. 1 in B-flat minor Tovey - Urban Runway Bramwell Tovey, guest conductor | Terrence Wilson, piano
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organ recital____________________________________________________________
SunTrust CLASSICAL series______________________________
December 2 at 2 p.m.
The Power of Imagination TERRENCE WILSON
Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies
October 19 at 8 p.m.
Concert presented without orchestra
MICHAEL W. SMITH
Bank of America POPS series______________________________________________
Thomas Murray
November 1 at 7 p.m. November 2 & 3 at 8 p.m.
Concert Sponsor: Schoenstein & Co.
Berlioz - Symphonie Fantastique Korngold - Violin Concerto in D major Messiaen - Un Sourire (A Smile)
Handel’s Messiah
Jun Markl, guest conductor | Stefan Jackiw, violin
special event_____________________________________________________________
December 20 at 7 p.m. December 21 & 22 at 8 p.m.
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Nashville Symphony Chorus
Concert Sponsor: YP Special event_________________________________________
Gilberto Gil
November 5 at 7 p.m. Concert presented without orchestra 1 INGRID FLiTER
The Ann & Monroe Carell Family Trust pied piper series_______________________
A Spirit for the HolidayS
December 22 at 11 a.m. & 12:30 p.m. Great for FAMILIES! Kelly Corcoran, conductor | Magic Circle Mime Company Artists, programs and schedule subject to change
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J AN U ARY SunTrust CLASSICAL series__________________________________________________
Mozart & strauss | Lovers & Pranksters January 10 at 7 p.m. January 11 & 12 at 8 p.m.
Mozart - Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major Richard Strauss - Don Juan Richard Strauss - Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Szymanowski - Violin Concerto No. 1 Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Jennifer Koh, violin Bank of America POPS series_______________________________________________
Nashville Swings January 17 at 7 p.m. January 18 & 19 at 8 p.m.
Albert-George Schram, conductor JAZZ SERIES________________________________________________________________
Monterey JAZZ SERIES Festival on Tour featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater & Christian McBride January 25 at 8 p.m.
FE B R U ARY SunTrust CLASSICAL series__________________________________________________
Harmonic Convergence February 7 at 7 p.m. February 8 & 9 at 8 p.m.
Shostakovich - Cello Concerto No. 1 John Adams - Harmonielehre Ives - The Unanswered Question Schoenberg - A Survivor from Warsaw Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Johannes Moser, cello | Men of the Nashville Symphony Chorus Concert Sponsor: Mary C. Ragland Foundation Organ Recital____________________________________________________________
Ken Cowan
February 10 at 2 p.m. Special Event_____________________________________________________________
VALENTINE’S WITH Smokey Robinson & THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY February 14 & 15 at 8 p.m.
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SunTrust CLASSICAL series__________________________________________________
The Red Violin March 14 at 7 p.m. March 15 & 16 at 8 p.m.
John Corigliano - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra “Red Violin” Elgar - Enigma Variations Emmanuel Chabrier - España Leonard Slatkin, guest conductor | Elina Vähälä, violin Concert Sponsor: OSHi Flowers Special Event_____________________________________________________________
RANDY TRAVIS
The Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma March 23 at 8 p.m.
SunTrust CLASSICAL series__________________________________________________ The Ann & Monroe Carell Family Trust pied piper series_______________________
Beethoven Lives Upstairs February 16 at 11 a.m.
Great for FAMILIES!
Kelly Corcoran, conductor Bank of America POPS series_______________________________________________
The Chieftains
February 21 at 7 p.m. February 22 & 23 at 8 p.m. Albert-George Schram, conductor SunTrust CLASSICAL series _________________________________________________
Tchaikovsky Meets Techno February 28 at 7 p.m. March 1 & 2 at 8 p.m.
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5 Copland - El Salón México Mason Bates - Violin Concerto
Lord of ‘The Ring’ March 28 at 7 p.m. March 29 & 30 at 8 p.m.
Wagner/Maazel - “The Ring” Without Words Ravel - Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Louis Lortie, piano
April Bank of America POPS series_______________________________________________
Pink Martini April 4 at 7 p.m. April 5 & 6 at 8 p.m.
Albert-George Schram, conductor Concert Sponsor: RJ Young
Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Anne Akiko Meyers, violin
March Bank of America POPS series_______________________________________________
Randy Travis March 7 at 7 p.m. March 8 & 9 at 8 p.m.
Albert-George Schram, conductor
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Artists, programs and schedule subject to change
PINK MARTINI
JAZZ SERIES_____________________________________________
Wayne Shorter QUARTET with special guest Esperanza Spalding
Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’
April 12 at 8 p.m.
May 9 at 7 p.m. May 10 & 11 at 8 p.m.
The Ann & Monroe Carell Family Trust pied piper series______
Mendelssohn - Elijah
Under the Sea April 13 at 11 a.m.
Great for FAMILIES!
Kelly Corcoran, conductor Organ Recital_________________________________________
Cameron Carpenter ESPERANZA SPALDING
SunTrust CLASSICAL series__________________________________________________
April 14 at 2 p.m.
SunTrust CLASSICAL series_______________________________
Uncommon Folk April 18 at 7 p.m. April 19 & 20 at 8 p.m.
Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major “Jeunehomme” Ginastera - Harp Concerto Carlos Chavez - Symphony No. 2 “Sinfonía india” Kodály - Háry János: Suite Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Daniil Trifonov, piano | Licia Jaskunas, harp Lawrence S. Levine Memorial Concert
Nicholas McGegan, guest conductor | Nashville Symphony Chorus Concert Sponsor: Mary C. Ragland Foundation Bank of America POPS series_______________________________________________
Cirque Musica May 23 at 7 p.m. May 24 & 25 at 8 p.m.
Albert-George Schram, conductor SunTrust CLASSICAL series__________________________________________________
TITANS
May 30 at 7 p.m. May 31 & June 1 at 8 p.m. Edgar Meyer - Double Concerto for Violin and Double Bass* Mahler - Symphony No. 1 in D major “Titan” Mahler - Symphony No. 1: Blumine Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Edgar Meyer, bass | Joshua Bell, violin * Nashville Symphony co-commission with Boston Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic.
M ay Joshua Bell
SunTrust CLASSICAL series_______________________________
Mysteries of Dark and Light May 2 at 7 p.m. May 3 & 4 at 8 p.m.
Brahms - Symphony No. 4 in E minor Debussy - Nocturnes James MacMillan - Piano Concerto No. 3 “The Mysteries of Light” Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor | Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano | Women of the Nashville Symphony Chorus Concert Sponsor: Mary C. Ragland Foundation
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Jazz Series
Oct. 12, 2012 CHARLIE HADEN & QUARTET WEST
Jan. 25, 2013 MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL ON TOUR featuring Dee Dee Bridgewater & Christian McBride Apr. 12, 2013 WAYNE SHORTER QUARTET with special guest Esperanza Spalding
Sept. 20-22, 2012 A Woman’s Life
Oct. 4-6, 2012 Beethoven’s Fifth
The Ann & Monroe Carell Family Trust P i e d P i p e r S e r i e s
Nov. 1-3, 2012 The Power of Imagination
Nov. 15-17, 2012 Fairy Tales & Fate
Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2012 All That Classical Jazz
Jan. 10-12, 2013 Mozart & strauss | Lovers & Pranksters
Feb. 7-9, 2013 Harmonic Convergence
Feb. 28-Mar. 2, 2013 Tchaikovsky meets Techno
Great for FAMILIES!
Oct. 27, 2012 HALLOWEEN IN THE WILD WEST
Dec. 22, 2012 A SPIRIT FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Feb. 16, 2013 BEETHOVEN LIVES UPSTAIRS
Apr. 13, 2013 UNDER THE SEA
Mar. 14-16, 2013 The Red Violin
Mar. 28-30, 2013 Lord of ‘the Ring’
Apr. 18-20, 2013 Uncommon Folk
May 2-4, 2013 Mysteries of Dark & Light
May 9-11, 2013 Mendelssohn’s ‘Elijah’
May 30 - June 1 Titans
S p e c i a l Ev e n t s Sept. 7 & 9, 2012 MAHLER’S 8TH SYMPHONY OF A THOUSAND Sept. 11, 2012 CHRIS ISAAK
Oct. 19, 2012 CHUCHO VALDÉS Nov. 5, 2012 GILBERTO GIL
Dec. 20-22, 2012 HANDEL’S MESSIAH
Sept. 13-15, 2012 Boyz II Men
Feb 14 & 15, 2013 VALENTINE’S WITH SMOKEY ROBINSON & THE NASHVILLE SYMPHONY
Oct. 25-27, 2012 Michael W. Smith
Bank of America P o p s S e r i e s
Nov. 8-10, 2012 Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies
Jan. 17-19, 2013 Nashville Swings
Mar. 23, 2013 THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE WITH YO-YO MA
O r g a n R e c i ta l s Oct. 29, 2012 HALLOWEEN MOVIE NIGHT: NOSFERATU WITH TOM TRENNEY
Feb. 21-23, 2013 The Chieftains
Mar. 7-9, 2013 Randy Travis
Dec. 2, 2012 THOMAS MURRAY
Apr. 4-6, 2013 PINK MARTINI
Feb. 10, 2013 KEN COWAN
May 23-24, 2013 CIRQUE MUSICA
Apr. 14, 2013 CAMERON CARPENTER
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I n fo r matio n DINING AT THE SCHERMERHORN
Why go somewhere else for dinner when you can enjoy a gourmet meal just steps from the concert hall? Arpeggio promises a world-class dining experience in the gorgeous setting of Schermerhorn Symphony Center’s East Lobby. Featuring the highest-quality ingredients prepared in our state-of-the-art kitchen, the restaurant is open before all Nashville Symphony SunTrust Classical, Bank of America Pops and Jazz Series concerts and most special performances. Doors open two hours before the performance. Reservations are preferred and can be made by calling 615.687.6400.
HOW MAY WE ASS IST YOU? CONCERT CONCIERGE Have a question, request or comment? Please visit our Concert Concierge, which is available to help you with anything you might need during your visit. Located in the Main Lobby, Concert Concierge is open through the end of intermission.
SYMPHONY STORE The Symphony Store is located on the west side of the building near the West Atrium lobby and the Café. A variety of items, including a wide selection of jewelry, apparel, gift items and CDs, are available at all price ranges. Customers may also place special orders. Store hours are 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and on all concert evenings from two hours prior to the performance until up to 30 minutes after the performance has ended.
CLASSICAL CONVERSATIONS Offered in the Balcony Lobby prior to each SunTrust Classical Series concert, these informal half-hour talks with our conductors and guest artists explore the evening’s program. Talks begin at 6 p.m. Thursday and at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Sponsored by the Nashville Symphony Orchestra League.
PARKING & TRAN S PORTATION Located in the West Lobby, the Symphony Café offers breakfast and lunch on weekdays and casual pre-concert dining in the evenings. Choose from a selection of gourmet soups, artisan sandwiches and fresh salads in addition to Seattle’s Best coffee and espresso. Symphony Café is open 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. On concert evenings, the Café opens two hours prior to the performance. Free wi-fi is available.
BARS Seven bars are located throughout the building offering premium spirits, cocktails, wine, beer, soft drinks and bottled water.
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PARKING AT THE PINNACLE Located directly across Third Avenue from the Schermerhorn, the Pinnacle at Symphony Place offers Symphony patrons prepaid parking at a discount! To purchase, please call 615.687.6400.
VALET Valet parking, provided by Parking Management Company, is available on Symphony Place, on the north side of the building between Third and Fourth avenues. We also offer pre-paid valet parking; for more details, call 615.687.6400.
CHAUFFEURED TRANSPORTATION Grand Avenue, the official transportation provider for the Nashville Symphony, offers town cars, sedans, limousines and bus transport for individuals and groups of all sizes. To make a reservation, please contact GrandAvenueLimo.com or 615.714.5466. 15
Special Thanks The Nashville Symphony is deeply grateful to the following corporations, foundations and government agencies that support our concert season and our services to the community through generous contributions to the Annual Campaign. Season Presenters Gifts of $100,000+
Ent e rtain you r g ro u p in C l assic Sty l e
President’s Council Gifts of $75,000+ TM
Directors’ Associates Gifts of $50,000+
Ideal for friends, professional organizations, corporate events, churches, families and more!
Principal Players Gifts of $25,000+ Mike Curb Family Foundation
orchestra partners Gifts of $10,000+ AT&T The HCA Foundation Bradley Arant Boult Hearn Charitable Cummings LLP Foundation Caterpillar Financial KraftCPAs PLLC Services Lifeway Worship Coca-Cola Bottling Nashville Arts Magazine Company Consolidated Neal & Harwell The Cockayne Fund Inc. Publix Super Markets Ann Hardeman and Combs Charities L. Fort Foundation Mary C. Ragland Gaylord Entertainment Foundation Foundation Wells Fargo Griffin Technology Hastings Architecture Associates, LLC
artistic underwriters Gifts of $5,000+ Aladdin Industries, LLC BDO Clarcor Inc. Chet Atkins Music Education Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Corrections Corporation of America Cracker Barrel Foundation David Yurman Ford Motor Company Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
Landis B. Gullett Charitable Lead Annuity Trust Interior Design Services, Inc. OSHi Flowers PwC The Elizabeth Craig Weaver Proctor Charitable Foundation Tennessee Christian Medical Foundation Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP
Government Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
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Mayor Karl F. Dean
Metropolitan Council
The Nashville Symphony invites you to gather your friends, family, colleagues, students, church or any group of 10 or more for our world-class performances at Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Discounted rates are available for most concerts. These savings will allow you to enjoy extraordinary live music at a price that will fit within any budget. Groups receive tickets at special rates, as well as these excellent benefits:
Personalized service Best available seating Advance notification
of extra savings on select performances
Make your reservation today Call: 615.687.6422 Email: groups@nashvillesymphony.org
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contact information Schermerhorn Symphony Center One Symphony Place Nashville, TN 37201-2031 Box Office 615.687.6400 Group Sales 615.687.6422 Event Rentals 615.687.6613 Nashville Symphony Administrative Offices 615.687.6500
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