Five outdoor performances feature summertime classics, fun for the whole family and are free for all to attend

The Nashville Symphony has announced dates and programs for their popular annual Community Concerts, a beloved summer tradition throughout Middle Tennessee. From June 5 through 9, the Orchestra will perform free concerts in local parks and communities in Davidson, Macon, Montgomery, and Wilson counties.

Nashville Symphony Resident Conductor Nathan Aspinall will conduct a program featuring American classics including John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” Boudleaux and Felice Bryant’s “Rocky Top,” Bob Lowden’s Armed Forces Salute, Harold Arlen’s “Over the Rainbow,” and John Stafford Smith’s “The Star-Spangled Banner;” John Williams’s “Adventures on Earth” from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Alan Menkin’s Aladdin Orchestral Suite, and Ennio Morricone’s “Gabriel’s Oboe” from The Mission; and contemporary composer Carlos Simon’s “Ring Shout” from Four Black American Dances. The Orchestra will also perform the overture to Franz Von Suppé’s operetta Light Calvary, as well as Dvořák’s Slavonic Dances, Opus 72, No. 1 in B major and Brahms’s Hungarian Dance No. 5.

“Community concerts are one of our favorite ways to present the excitement of all the Nashville Symphony has to offer beyond the walls of the Schermerhorn Symphony Center,” said Kimberly McLemore, Nashville Symphony Vice President of Education and Community Engagement. “We are excited to bring back this wonderful series as we enjoy our beautiful parks alongside neighbors throughout the Middle Tennessee area.”

Several concert locations will offer pre-concert activities and food options, and concertgoers are encouraged to pack a basket and come early to enjoy beautiful summer evenings in the parks. More information can be found at NashvilleSymphony.org/CommunityConcerts.

Benefits, Inc. sponsors the Nashville Symphony’s Free Community Concerts. Thank you also to Publix Super Market Charities, The Memorial Foundation, Middle Tennessee Electric, and Metropolitan Government of Nashville & Davidson County for providing funds to make these free concerts possible.

The complete program and schedule follows.

Nashville Symphony Community Concerts 2024
June 5–9, 2024 in Parks Throughout Middle Tennessee
Nathan Aspinall, conductor

John Stafford Smith: “The Star–Spangled Banner”
Franz von Suppé: Overture to Light Cavalry
Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Opus 72, No. 1 in B major
Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 5
Carlos Simon: “Ring Shout” from Four Black American Dances
Ennio Morricone: “Gabriel’s Oboe” from The Mission
Alan Menken: Aladdin Orchestral Suite
Bob Lowden: Armed Forces Salute
Harold Arlen: “Over the Rainbow”
John Williams: “Adventures on Earth” from E.T. (The Extra-Terrestrial)
John Philip Sousa: “The Stars and Stripes Forever”
Boudleaux and Felice Bryant: “Rocky Top”

The Downtown Commons
Wednesday, June 5th at 7:30pm
215 Legion Street
Clarksville, TN 37040
Montgomery County

Musicians Corner Stage, Centennial Park
Thursday, June 6th at 7:30pm
2500 West End Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203
Davidson County
Co–Presented with Musicians Corner