Rossini to Rocky Top, KSO free on Market Square tonight

Suzanne CadaOur Town Arts

Join the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra for a free, family-friendly concert on Market Square in downtown Knoxville on Thursday, September 9, at 7:30 p.m. Patrons are encouraged to arrive early and bring blankets and lawn chairs for Symphony on the Square. Convenient parking is free for those arriving after 6 p.m. in the city-owned Market Square, Walnut Street, Locust Street and State Street garages. In the case of light rain, this concert will take place as scheduled. In the case of cold temperatures or thunderstorms, this concert will be rescheduled to the following day, Friday, Sept. 10, at 7:30 p.m.

The program:

Gioachino Rossini: Overture to The Barber of Seville
Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Sinfonia No. 2, movements 1 + 3
Harry T. Burleigh and Jeff Tyzik: Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Jennifer Higdon: Reel Time
William Grant Still: Can’t You Line ‘Em
Victor Herbert: President’s March
Edward Elgar: Salut d’amour
Various (arr. Calvin Custer): The Best of the Beatles
Pee Wee King (arr. Larry Moore): Tennessee Waltz
Felice and Boudleaux Bryant (arr. Clark): Rocky Top

Free and open to the public. For more information go here or call 865-291-3310.

For info on other local events, contact the Arts & Culture Alliance.

Suzanne Cada is deputy director of the Arts & Culture Alliance

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