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Business Journals
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Business Journals
Grammy winner Leonard Slatkin returns to Nashville Symphony
Following the departure of Giancarlo Guerrero, the Nashville Symphony has appointed a Grammy Award-winning music conductor.
Axios
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Stuff to do July 4 weekend: Fireworks, live music and leopards
In addition to shotgunning hot chicken, you can spend Friday celebrating our nation's independence. Why it matters: The city's free July 4 celebration, called Let Freedom Sing!, is a very Nashville-y mix of world-class musicians, food trucks and an enormous fireworks display. Zoom in: The Nashville Symphony performs during the fireworks show to cap a free all-day music festival. Dierks Bentley headlines this year's concert. Grace Bowers and the Hodge Podge, Keesha Rainey, Charlie Worsham and Les Kerr and the Bayou Band are among the notable artists who will perform. If braving throngs of people downtown isn't your thing, many of Nashville's suburban cities also do fireworks shows. WSMV compiled a list of fireworks and other festivities on Friday.
Yahoo
03-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Nashville's July 4 concert and fireworks headlined by Dierks Bentley: What to know about schedule, lineup and more
Independence Day is just around the corner, and Nashville is ready to celebrate with a star-studded concert lineup and fireworks display. "Let Freedom Sing! Music City July 4th" will take place in downtown Nashville and include a massive fireworks and drone show synced to music from the Nashville Symphony, as well as a concert headlined by country star Dierks Bentley. Last year, the free, family-friendly annual event drew over 355,000 attendees to Nashville in celebration. Here's what to know ahead of this year's festivities. The event will take place in various locations around downtown Nashville, including Music City Walk of Fame Park, Ascend Amphitheater and a stage at First and Broadway. To see an event map, visit Performers will include the Nashville Symphony, Dierks Bentley, Russell Dickerson, Niko Moon, Grace Bowers, Keesha Rainey, DJ Dave Aude, Walker Montgomery, The Nashville Soul Experience, Charlie Worsham, KIRWAN the band, Les Kerr and The Bayou Band and DJ Rod Youree. Music City Walk of Fame Park 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.: Amazon Family Fun Zone activation and live music at the Southwest Airlines® Stage at Music City Walk of Fame Park 11-12 p.m.: DJ Rod Youree (who will also perform between sets) 12-12:40 p.m.: Les Kerr and The Bayou Band 1-1:40 pm: KIRWAN the band 2 -2:40 p.m.: Charlie Worsham 3-3:40 p.m.: The Nashville Soul Experience 4-4:55 p.m.: Walker Montgomery Jack Daniel's Broadway Stage 4-4:50 p.m.: DJ Dave Aude 4:50-4:59 p.m.: Main show opens with a welcome from Emcee Kelly Sutton, remarks from Mayor Freddie O'Connell, Color Guard and National Anthem performed by Keesha Rainey, with fireworks bursts. 5-5:04 p.m.: Operation Song 5:05-5:40 p.m.: Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge 5:55-6:30 p.m.: Niko Moon 6:50-7:40 p.m.: Russell Dickerson 8:05-9:20 p.m.: Headliner Dierks Bentley Ascend Amphitheater 4 p.m.: Gates open 9:14-9:24 p.m.: Nashville Symphony seated/tuning/house music 9:24-9:26 p.m.: Emcee Kelly Sutton opens Ascend Amphitheater show 9:26-9:30 p.m.: Nashville Symphony Special Selection 9:30-10 p.m.: Nashville Symphony accompanying Fireworks with Drone Show The Nashville fireworks show will run from 9:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. on July 4, 2025. The best places to view the fireworks are: Lower Broadway Ascend Amphitheater Riverfront Park The Green at Riverfront Park Public Square Park Music City Walk of Fame Park Korean War Veterans Memorial Bridge Gay Street Connector There will be a food truck court on Rep. John Lewis Way from Broadway to Demonbreun, on First Avenue near Ascend Amphitheater and along Demonbreun near Walk of Fame Park. Additional hot dog vendors will also be along Broadway. To locate available parking downtown, visit For a full list of road closures, visit All roads will reopen by 6 p.m. on July 7, 2025. For more information, visit Audrey Gibbs is a music journalist with The Tennessean. You can reach her at agibbs@ This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Nashville 4th of July fireworks and concert: Schedule and what to know
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Organizers: Nashville Symphony fundraiser nets record $960K for education, programming
In its 20th year, the Nashville Symphony Fashion Show reached a historic crescendo in fundraising with a record-breaking $960,000 raised for education and community engagement programs. The fashion show was held April 29 at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center, featuring a runway show of the fall and winter 2025 collection by American eveningwear designer Pamella Roland. A performance by Vince Gill was considered a highlight of the show, Hall Strategies director Nancy Floyd said in a statement via email. The event welcomed about 650 guests to the Schermerhorn Center. Floyd said $660,000 of the proceeds raised will serve more than 60,000 students and adults this year. The programs funded included: Young People's Concerts, dynamic live orchestra performances and lesson plans tailored for K-12 students that reach thousands of students each year Free Community Concerts, which take place each summer in parks across the region, connecting the Nashville Symphony with tens of thousands of Middle Tennesseans Classroom visits from Nashville Symphony musicians to inspire students and introduce them to live orchestral music Hands-on instruction and mentorship for local music students, including side-by-side performance experiences And the Nashville Symphony's groundbreaking Accelerando program, which provides music instruction and mentorship to Tennessee students. The program prepares highly gifted young performers to pursue careers in music, and provides opportunities for musicians from diverse backgrounds who are underrepresented in today's orchestras. Reach reporter Craig Shoup by email at cshoup@ and on X @Craig_Shoup. To support his work, sign up for a digital subscription to This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Report: Nashville Symphony fundraiser nets record $960K for education
CBC
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
What the Juilliard School's plans to go tuition-free could mean for developing artists
Back in 2018, when William Leathers was a young student in Mississauga, he raised money through a GoFundMe campaign to help cover his tuition to attend Juilliard, the prestigious music school. Now, that financial factor for admission may soon be lifted for future students, as the Juilliard School recently announced it plans to one day become a tuition-free institution. Today on Commotion, William Leathers, now the principal trumpet player for the Nashville Symphony, joins host Elamin Abdelmahmoud to share his thoughts on the plans and what it could mean for future students from around the world. WATCH | Today's episode on YouTube:
