There are 32 article(s) tagged Memphis Symphony Orchestra:

• March 2025

  • Guest Column: Art brings people together

    “Five years ago, our world shut down. Today, we are selling out venues and filling up summer arts camps. Let’s keep the momentum going.”

    By Elizabeth Rouse March 26, 2025

• November 2024

  • Memphis Youth Symphony Program helps budding musicians dream big

    “I hope to show students that creating music is this gift and a tool that they can use not only to enrich their lives but the lives of others,” said Jenny Davis, executive director of the program.

    By Stevie Paige November 04, 2024

• September 2024

  • Memphis Symphony Orchestra brings ‘big band’ sound to Shelby County Corrections Center

    A choir belted out “Magnify the Lord with me,” a special guest sang “I’m Gonna Live Till I Die” and the Orchestra’s “big band” filled the air behind bars with marvelous music.

    By Aarron Fleming September 18, 2024

• June 2024

  • Lakeland strips vice mayor of title after ethics complaint

    A misstep in the process for approving a contract with a Memphis Symphony Orchestra group has led to Wesley Wright losing his vice mayor title in Lakeland.

    By Michael Waddell June 20, 2024

• February 2024

  • Free symphony raises funds to launch students into lifetime of music

    The Memphis Youth Symphony will present its annual fundraising concert, “Symphony ReDefined,” on Feb. 16 at Crosstown Concourse.

    By Sarah Dassinger February 10, 2024

  • The To-Do List: Mardi Gras, Valentine’s and a T. rex named Sue

    This week, a Black History Month exhibition opens at Arrow, the Brooks Museum celebrates Lunar New Year and Elvis tribute artists invade Graceland.

    By Bianca Phillips, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen, Chris Herrington, Christopher Wright, Alys Drake February 08, 2024

• November 2023

  • Five must-see shows for December 2023

    A Christmastime classic combines heavy metal, classical music and lasers at FedExForum, musical couples will perform together at the Graceland Soundstage and the Orpheum Theatre, and an ensemble performance — including dancing Santas — takes the stage at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts.

    By Elle Perry November 27, 2023

• September 2023

  • Memphis Symphony’s fall season highlights

    “From premieres to timeless classics, the Memphis Symphony Orchestra is set to provide a musical feast for symphony enthusiasts and newcomers alike,” says reviewer Žak Ozmo.

    By Žak Ozmo September 18, 2023

• August 2023

  • Meet the Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s latest fellows

    The latest Memphis Symphony Orchestra fellows hail from Argentina, Brazil and Memphis.

    By Rashod Cobb August 28, 2023

  • As hip-hop turned 50, a famed Memphis hip-hop producer turned 40

    Multiplatinum producer “Drumma Boy” is back in his hometown to celebrate his birthday and release of his book.

    By Kambui Bomani August 18, 2023

• May 2023

  • Where to take mom for Mother’s Day in Memphis

    Mother’s Day is May 14 and several Memphis restaurants will host brunches to celebrate. 

    By Holly Whitfield May 10, 2023

• April 2023

  • Memphis Symphony Orchestra: A preview of five performances

    The five remaining performances by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra range from the Sunset Symphony to “Brahms: A People’s Requiem.”

    By Žak Ozmo April 08, 2023

• March 2023

  • Snowden kids perform ‘Side by Side’ with Memphis Symphony Orchestra

    Clinks of glockenspiels and bombastic symphonic tunes roared from the Snowden School gym as members of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra joined the entire student body for the school’s third Orff Music Side by Side concert.

    By Alicia Davidson March 10, 2023

• February 2023

  • Juilliard-trained violinist returns for Memphis concert

    The concert, put on by the Iris Collective, features the work of Black and Chinese composers.

    By Jasmine McCraven February 28, 2023

  • Memphis Symphony Orchestra ‘thrills’ with Mendelssohn, Still and Schumann

    “Dispensing with the traditional orchestral introduction is as effective here as it was when the groundbreaking concerto was composed. The performance brought some much-needed beauty into this world.”

    By Žak Ozmo February 02, 2023

• September 2022

  • ‘Cancer Blows’ concert features band Chicago’s Lee Loughnane and 20 brass legends

    Twenty brass legends, including Chicago’s Lee Loughnane. will join Robert Moody, music director of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, for the “Cancer Blows” benefit concert Sept. 24 at the Cannon Center.

    By Alicia Davidson September 22, 2022

• March 2022

  • The To-Do List: Science fiction, secret feature (and some places to Gogh)

    This week, Arooj Aftab and Bang on a Can All-Stars perform at Crosstown Theater, Pussii Dusse’s music and art come to the Benjamin L. Hooks Library, bluegrass is back on the Collierville Town Square and the Metal Museum puts on “RINGS!”

    By Elle Perry, Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Abigail Warren March 24, 2022

• May 2021

  • The To-Do List: MSO connects music and the civil rights movement

    An “Orchestra Unplugged” concert includes a performance of “The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed.”

    By Peggy Burch May 27, 2021

• November 2020

  • Memphis Symphony fellows share ‘amazing talents’ in debut performance

    This fall, three classical musicians moved to Memphis to take part in a new fellowship between the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and the University of Memphis’ Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music.

    By Elle Perry November 04, 2020

• March 2020

  • MSO’s new season, from ‘La Mancha’ and Aretha to ‘Romeo and Juliet’

    The orchestra will salute Beethoven’s 250th birthday with Symphony No. 9, perform a tribute to Aretha Franklin and revisit “Romeo and Juliet” with the help of the Tennessee Shakespeare Company.

    By Jill Johnson Piper March 22, 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 13: Grizzlies to pay game-night employees

    • Germantown cancels programming until end of March
    • Bartlett changes municipal services
    • Municipal school districts to close through March 27
    • First Shelby County coronavirus patient released from hospital
    • Weekend looms large for restaurateurs

     

    Confirmed cases

    Tennessee

    26

    Shelby County

    2

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

  • Coronavirus daily blog, March 16: SCS extends closure to April 6

    Confirmed cases

    Tennessee

    52

    Shelby County

    2

    • Tunica casinos close temporarily
    • Catholic Diocese of Memphis decree cancels Eucharist celebration, excuses people from mass
    • U of M may postpone spring graduation 
    • Dow experiences worst day since 1987
    • Gov. urges all Tennessee schools to close

    By The Daily Memphian Staff March 20, 2020

• February 2020

  • Memphis Symphony director proves serious music needn’t be solemn

    For the era of inclusion, Moody seems to have come straight out of central casting. He’s 52 but he could pass for 38. He doesn’t mind a stunt, like conducting the theme to "Jurassic Park" in a T-Rex costume."

    By Jill Johnson Piper February 24, 2020

• December 2019

  • ‘Messiah’ soprano for hire: Mary Wilson loves to tell Handel’s old, old story

    “Audiences aren’t paying to hear me read the phone book,” Wilson says. “It’s about telling a story. That’s really important to me.” 

    By Jill Johnson Piper December 03, 2019

• September 2019

  • ‘All killer, no filler’ for joint Memphis Symphony, Opera Memphis season opener

    The concert is an exhilarating mix of the fresh and the familiar, from 'The William Tell Overture' to 'You'll Never Walk Alone.' 

    By Jill Johnson Piper September 23, 2019