Orchestra musician performances, conductor lectures, demonstrations, teaching tools, at-home activities and more available on NashvilleSymphony.org and via social media
Nashville, Tenn. (April 23, 2020) — With all ticketed concerts and education and community programs suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Nashville Symphony has expanded its presence online with a diverse array of entertainment and music education offerings on NashvilleSymphony.org and via the organization’s social networks.
These online resources – which include performances by orchestra musicians from their homes, lectures and demonstrations by Symphony conductors, teaching tools, at-home education activities, archived concerts and more – are enabling the organization continue its service to the Middle Tennessee community and engage, inspire and educate audiences in a new and creative way.
“This pandemic has forced all of us to adapt and find innovative ways to stay connected with each other until we can resume public activity,” said Alan D. Valentine, Symphony president and CEO. “Present circumstances prevent us from performing in our concert hall, but thanks to the resilience and creativity of our staff and musicians, these dynamic resources enable us to continue offering our programming to music lovers in our own community and around the world.”
Expanding the Symphony’s virtual entertainment and music education offerings has been a collaborative effort, with input and contributions from the orchestra’s 80-plus musicians, Music Director Giancarlo Guerrero, Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez, and Nashville Symphony Chorus Director Tucker Biddlecombe, as well as Symphony staff, board members and volunteers, and the general public.
The Symphony’s website serves as the centerpiece of the virtual experience, with content added regularly to a trio of dedicated landing pages:
NashvilleSymphony.org/MusiciansAtHome
Get to know the gifted and versatile musicians of the Nashville Symphony as they perform from their homes, both individually and collectively. Highlights include:
NashvilleSymphony.org/GiancarloAtHome
Spend time with Maestro Guerrero and enjoy archives of his twice-weekly social media videos, where he dives into classical repertoire and shares his own perspectives as a musician and conductor, featuring:
NashvilleSymphony.org/HomeResources
To help parents at home with school-age children, the Symphony’s Education and Community Engagement team has compiled music education resources and activities that families can engage in together, including:
Supplementing the offerings on NashvilleSymphony.org is an array of fun and engaging content on the organization’s social networks, which reach thousands each week.
Leading the way are numerous posts and stories each day on Instagram, including Symphony musician videos, educational presentations by Lopez-Yañez, a classical music trivia game each Thursday, and more.
On the Symphony’s Facebook page, visitors can watch Guerrero’s twice-weekly Facebook Live sessions, performances by Nashville Symphony musicians, archived Nashville Symphony recordings and weekly at-home educational activities featuring musicians and conductors, as well as videos featuring students from the Symphony’s Accelerando program. And the Symphony’s YouTube page continues offers numerous hours of video content, from newly published features to archived clips.
The Symphony is also partnering with WFCL/91 Classical to present broadcasts of Classical Series concerts from past seasons, airing on the station and 91Classical.org at 8 p.m. Central on Saturday evenings through the middle of May. The upcoming program schedule is:
April 25 – Rimsky Korsakov’s Cappriccio, Lalo’s Symphonie espagnole, Turina’s Danzas and Falla’s El sombrero de tres picos
May 2 – Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony and Haydn’s London Symphony
May 9 – Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins, Elgar’s Chansons & Enigma Variations and Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, featuring soloist Jun Iwasaki
May 16 – Tchaikovsky’s Winter Dreams and Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2, featuring soloist Emanuel Ax
New content will continue to be added to the Nashville Symphony’s website and social media accounts on a regular basis. For questions or interview requests, please contact Dave Felipe at dfelipe@nashvillesymphony.org.
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