Including Handel’s Messiah Conducted by
Nashville Symphony Chorus Director Tucker Biddlecombe,
Home Alone in Concert, and Drew and Ellie Holcomb
Plus:
– Home Alone in Concert
– Samara Joy: A Joyful Holiday! (w/o orchestra)
– The Holidays with Boyz II Men and the Nashville Symphony
– A Very Dave Barnes Christmas (w/o orchestra)
– The Jacksons (w/o orchestra)
– Jim Brickman: A Joyful Christmas (w/o orchestra)
– Drew and Ellie Holcomb’s Neighborly Christmas (w/o orchestra)
The Nashville Symphony’s December2023 schedule features the annual tradition of Handel’s Messiah with the Nashville Symphony Chorus, a holiday movie with the Symphony performing the score live-to-film, one of pop’s most famous families, and holiday concerts from a star-studded list of singer-songwriters, R&B legends, Americana staples, and much more.
Friday, December 1st & Saturday, December 2nd, 7:30 PM; Sunday, December 3, 2:00 PM
A true holiday favorite and a Nashville tradition, this beloved comedy classic features renowned composer John Williams’charming and delightful scoreperformed live to picture.More information.
Monday, December 4th, 7:30 PM
Music has always been a guiding light for Samara, and this musical celebration will present the Bronx native performing well-known holiday favoriteswith members of her gifted family: her father Antonio McLendon, uncle Laurone McLendon, and her cousins Tiera Lovell Rowe and Alana Alexander. More information. (Presented without the Nashville Symphony.)
Tuesday, December 5th & Wednesday, December 6th, 7:30 PM
A Nashville favorite, Boyz II Menreturns to perform their first-ever holiday concert with a symphonyorchestra! This concert will feature orchestrated versions of R&B originals hits like “End of the Road,” I’ll Make Love to You,” “On Bended Knee,”and “Motownphilly,”along with Christmas and holiday hits.More information.
Friday, December 8th, 7:30 PM
A holiday favorite! Singer-songwriter Dave Barnesand guests perform classics like “Christmas Tonight”and “All I Want for Christmas Is You,”along with holiday favorites including “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”and more.More information. (Presented without the Nashville Symphony.)
Friday, December 15th & Saturday, December 16th, 7:30 PM; Sunday, December 17, 2:00 PM
Featuring the resounding Hallelujah Chorus, it’s Nashville’s grandest Messiah–full of passion, drama,and passages of stunning beauty. Celebrate the season as your Nashville Symphony & Chorus–and four astounding soloists –perform one of the most inspiring works of music ever written. This season’s Handel’s Messiahis conducted –for the first time ever –byNashville Symphony Chorus Director Tucker Biddlecombe. More information.
Monday, December 18th, 7:30 PM
Experience the spirit of Motown from one of pop’s most iconic families. Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon,and Michael –five brothers from Gary, Indiana known as the Jackson 5–rose to fame for their extraordinary musical talent and spectacular choreography. They became pop royalty, and launched what became Michael Jackson’s legendary solo career. Hear original members Tito, Jackie and Marlon Jacksonperform hits including “I Want You Back,” “ABC,” “Never Can Say Goodbye,” “Sugar Daddy,” “I’ll Be There,” “Maybe Tomorrow,” “The Love You Save,” “Who’s Lovin’ You,” “Goin’ Back to Indiana,” and more. More information. (Presented without the Nashville Symphony.
Tuesday, December 19th, 7:30 PM
Get ready to be dazzled by Jim Brickman’s signature piano style and soothing vocals in his captivating, brand-new Christmas concert experience. Music and laughter will fill the air with the heartwarming sounds of Yuletide carols, holiday classics, and all of Brickman’s biggest hits. Come celebrate the spirit of the season with faith, love, and togetherness, andbe part of the fun with Jim Brickman’s “A Joyful Christmas.”More information. (Presented without the Nashville Symphony.
Thursday, December 21st, 7:30 PM
Drew and Ellie Holcomb are a husband–and–wife Americana duo from Nashville. Shortly after their marriage in 2006, the couple began touring together with Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors. The band has supported many national touring acts including The Avett Brothers, Don Henley, Darius Rucker, and Willie Nelson. Ellie is no longer a touring member of “The Neighbors,” and has found success in a solo career as a Christian singer/songwriter as a 3x Dove Award winner as well as a best–selling author. Drew Holcomb still tours nationally with Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors and their most recent album, Strangers No More, is their most critically acclaimed release yet notching a #1 Americana single, “Find Your People.” Drew and Ellie Holcomb’s Neighborly Christmas is a special engagement event, allowing the Holcombs to collaborate once again. More information. (Presented without the Nashville Symphony).
The Nashville Symphony has been the primary ambassador for classical music in Music City since 1946. Led by Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, the ensemble is internationally acclaimed for its focus on contemporary American orchestral music through collaborations with composers including Jennifer Higdon, Terry Riley, Joan Tower and Aaron Jay Kernis; commissioning and recording projects with Nashville–based artists including Edgar Meyer, Bela Fleck, Ben Folds and Victor Wooten; and for its 14 GRAMMY® Awards. In addition to the classical season, the orchestra performs concerts in a wide range of genres, from pops to live–to–film movie scores, family–focused presentations, holiday events, jazz and cabaret evenings, and is the official orchestra for the Nashville Ballet.
An established leader in the Nashville and regional arts and cultural communities, the Symphony spearheads groundbreaking community partnerships and initiatives, notably, Violins of Hope Nashville, which engaged tens of thousands of Middle Tennesseans through concerts, exhibits, lectures by spotlighting a historic collection of instruments played by Jewish musicians during the Holocaust. Similarly, this spring, the Nashville Symphony presented the world premiere of an epic opera commissioned from Hannibal Lokumbe, The Jonah Project: A Legacy of Struggle and Triumph. Retracing his family’s ancestry and journey from slavery to the present day, Hannibal’s story celebrates the spirit of those who endured and thrived to become Black visionaries and world changers. More at nashvillesymphony.org
In addition to support from Metro Arts and Tennessee Arts Commission, Nashville Symphony is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number SLFRP5534 awarded to the State of Tennessee by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
