Nashville Symphony Joins Natalie Merchant for a One-Night-Only Performance;
Live-to-Film Performances of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone™
Plus:
– John Legend: A Night of Songs and Stories (w/o orchestra)
– Sphinx Virtuosi (w/o orchestra)
– The Sweet Caroline Tour: Neil Diamond Concert Celebration (w/o orchestra)
– The RESET: An Immersive Sound Healing Experience (w/o orchestra)
– Silent Movie Classics: The Red Balloon and The Cameraman (w/o orchestra)
The Nashville Symphony’s July 2024 schedule features the Nashville Symphony Orchestra playing with singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant and live-to-film performances of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone™. The month also features two nights with John Legend; acclaimed chamber orchestra Sphinx Virtuosi; a Neil Diamond tribute concert; an innovative sound healing experience, and two silent movies accompanied by a live organist.
Natalie Merchant: Keep Your Courage Tour with the Nashville Symphony
Tuesday, July 2, 7:30 PM
Tickets: Starting at $66
The wildly popular, award–winning, and multi–platinum–selling singer–songwriter Natalie Merchant returns to Schermerhorn Symphony Center for the first time since 2011. Merchant joins the Nashville Symphony to perform lush, orchestrated versions of songs from her April 2023 release Keep Your Courage and her timeless hits like “Wonder,” “Carnival,” “Kind and Generous,” “Ophelia,” “Jealousy,” “Beloved Wife,” “San Andreas Fault,” “My Skin,” “River,” and other favorites. More information.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest in Concert
Friday, July 5 & Saturday, July 6, 7:30 PM
Tickets: Starting at $81
Jack Sparrow continues his adventure in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest with the Nashville Symphony performing the Oscar and GRAMMY® Award–winning composer Hans Zimmer‘s score live–to–film. Join us as Jack races to recover the heart of Davy Jones to avoid enslaving his soul to Jones’ service, while other friends and foes seek the heart for their own agenda. More information.
John Legend: A Night of Songs and Stories
Sunday, July 7 & Monday, July 8, 7:30 PM
This special solo performance will feature songs and stories with 12–time GRAMMY® Award winner John Legend. Experience intimate reimaginings of his greatest hits (“All of Me,” “Ordinary People,” “Tonight”), unexpected stories from Legend’s life and career, and selections from his most recent release LEGEND (“Nervous,” “Wonder Woman”). Presented without the Nashville Symphony. More information.
Sphinx Virtuosi
Tuesday, July 9, 7:30 PM
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT SERIES
Tickets: Starting at $30
The Sphinx Virtuosi is a dynamic and inspiring professional self–conducted chamber orchestra that serves as the flagship performing entity of the Sphinx Organization – the leading social justice non–profit dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts. Comprising 18 accomplished Black and Latinx artists, the Sphinx Virtuosi are evolving and transforming the face of classical music through artistic excellence, pioneering programming, and impassioned community engagement. Presented without the Nashville Symphony. More information.
The Sweet Caroline Tour: A Neil Diamond Concert Celebration
Friday, July 12, 7:30 PM
Tickets: Starting at $53
Be at Schermerhorn Symphony Center for a Neil Diamond tribute concert featuring Jay White backed by a full ensemble – including key members of Neil Diamond’s touring band. Audiences will delight in spot–on renditions of blockbusters including “America,” “Play Me,” “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon,” “Love on the Rocks,” Cracklin’ Rosie,” “Forever in Blue Jeans,” “I’m A Believer,” “You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, “I Am… I Said,” and “Sweet Caroline.” Presented without the Nashville Symphony. More information.
The RESET: An Immersive Sound Healing Experience with Davin Youngs
Sunday, July 21, 2:00 PM
Tickets: Starting at $36
Singer and sound healing artist Davin Youngs believes wholeheartedly in the transformational power of singing, voice, and sound. His signature immersive sound healing experience, The RESET, is his unique take on a “sound bath.” He crafts each experience using improvisational singing, looping devices and sound healing instruments to create a sonic container for restoration, discovery and healing. He has brought this innovative and immersive experience, The RESET, to iconic spaces like Chicago’s famed Orchestra Hall, the roof at Ace Hotel, Arcosanti in the Arizona desert, and Finney Chapel at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Presented without the Nashville Symphony. More information.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone™ in Concert
Wednesday, July 24 & Thursday, July 25, 7:30 PM
Tickets: Starting at $75
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone™ in Concert returns! Relive the film that started it all. Watch the wand choose the wizard, a troll run amok and magic mirrors in high definition while members of the Nashville Symphony orchestra perform John Williams’s iconic score. Don’t miss this special event as Harry, Ron, Hermione and all your favorite characters return to the screen and enchant the world all over again. More information.
Silent Movie Classics: The Red Balloon and The Cameraman Featuring
Organist Peter Krasinski
Sunday, July 28, 2:00 PM
Tickets: Starting at $25
Accompanied by the breathtaking, seat–shaking sounds of the Schermerhorn’s Martin Foundation Concert Organ performed by Peter Krasinski. This double–feature is anchored by the 1928 classic, The Cameraman. A hopelessly in love, clumsy man takes work as a motion–picture cameraman at MGM Studios in attempt to be close to the woman he desires. Also featuring the 1956 French film, The Red Balloon. Here, a red balloon with a mind of its own follows a little boy around the streets of Paris. Audiences will marvel at the legendary organist Peter Krasinski, who accompanies silent films like none other with his imaginative spirit and technical prowess. Presented without the Nashville Symphony. More information.
Led by Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, the Nashville Symphony inspires and engages a diverse and growing community with extraordinary live orchestral music experiences. Since its founding in Music City in 1946, the Nashville Symphony has been celebrated for its dedication to
contemporary American orchestral music, innovative programming across multiple genres, and a prolific recording schedule that has produced 14 GRAMMY® Awards and 27 nominations. More than 40,000 students and adults have access to 20 free education and community programs each year. Learn more about free and low–cost educational programs and initiatives at nashvillesymphony.org/education.
The Nashville Symphony is a nonprofit organization supported by over 6,500 families, corporations, and foundations. For more information about the Nashville Symphony or to donate, please visit nashvillesymphony.org.
