2024
Seattle Symphony
December 19, 2024 at 7:30 pm
December 20, 2024 at 8:00 pm
December 21, 2024 at 8:00 pm
December 22, 2024 at 2:00 pm
Handel Messiah
Aram Demirjian, conductor (Seattle Symphony debut)
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Seattle Symphony
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL: Messiah
2025
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
January 16 & 17, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Mahler Symphony No. 5
Aram Demirjian, conductor
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (arr. STOKOWSKI): Toccata and Fugue in D minor
GUSTAV MAHLER: Symphony No. 5
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
February 20 & 21, 2025 at 7:30 pm
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Laura Beth Wells, narrator
Appalachian Ballet Company
Women of the Webb School & Pellissippi State Community College choirs
RUTH CRAWFORD-SEEGER: Rissolty, Rossolty
EINOJUHANI RAUTAVAARA: Cantus arcticus: Concerto for Birds & Orchestra
BEDRICH SMETANA: “The Moldau” from My Fatherland
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra
March 15, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Rhapsody in Blue
Aram Demirjian, conductor (Subscription Series debut)
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
CHARLES IVES: Fugue (from Symphony No.4)
PETER BOYER: Rhapsody in Red, White & Blue
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue
WILLIAM L. DAWSON: Negro Folk Symphony
BIG EARS FESTIVAL
March 2025
Lara Downes & Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Lara Downes, piano
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Rhapsody in Blue Reimagined (arr. Edmar Colón)
TYSHAWN SOREY: Adagio (for Wadada Leo Smith)
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
April 6, 2025 at 2:30 pm
Vivaldi’s Four Seasons
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Sean Claire, violin
Zofia Glashauser, violin
I-Pei Lin, violin
Kyle Venlet, violin
STACY GARROP: Spectacle of Light
CLARICE ASSAD: Suite for Lower Strings
MOLLY HERRON: Spin, Span, Spun
ANTONIO VIVALDI: Four Seasons
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
April 24 & 25, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Carmina Burana
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Knoxville Choral Society
Knoxville Symphony Youth Choir
CARLOS SIMON: Fate Now Conquers
SAMUEL BARBER: Symphony No. 1 in One Movement
CARL ORFF: Carmina Burana
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
May 15 & 16, 2025 at 7:30 pm
New World Symphonies
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Indigenous Vibes, drums
FLORENCE PRICE: Colonial Dance
DERRICK SKYE: New African Drum Concerto (KSO commission & world premiere)
ANTONIN DVORAK: Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
Previous
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Classical Christmas: Messiah
December 1, 2024 at 2:30 pm
The Florida Orchestra: Brahms’ Symphony No. 2
November 22 & 23, 2024 at 8:00 pm
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: The Firebird
November 14 & 15, 2024 at 7:30 pm
Billings Symphony: Beethoven 5
October 26, 2024
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
October 17 & 18, 2024
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Symphony No. 4
September 29, 2024
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven & Gershwin
September 19 & 20, 2024
WNYC & St. Ann’s Warehouse: Rhapsody for This Land: The American Odyssey in Music
July 27, 2024
Utah Symphony, Deer Valley Music Festival: Mendelssohn’s “Scottish” Symphony
July 17, 2024
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Verdi Requiem at 150 Years
May 16 & 17, 2024
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Cosmos Festival: The Planets
April 18 & 19, 2024
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Cosmos Festival: Mozart’s Jupiter & The Golden Record
April 14, 2024
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Violin Concerto
February 22 & 23, 2024
Tuscon Symphony Orchestra: Rachmaninoff’s Second
February 16 & 18, 2024
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: The Heavenly Life: Mahler Symphony No. 4
January 25 & 26, 2024
Kansas City Symphony: Handel’s Messiah
December 1, 2 & 3, 2023
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Classical Christmas: Messiah
November 26, 2023
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s “Pastoral”
October 19 & 20, 2023
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Pictures at an Exhibition
September 21 & 22, 2023
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: William Shaub Plays Mozart
September 17, 2023
Mostly Modern Festival: Mostly Modern Orchestra with Aram Demirjian, conductor
June 11, 2023
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven and The Rite of Spring
May 18 & 19, 2023
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 8
May 7, 2023
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Mozart Requiem
April 20 & 21, 2023
Big Ears Festival: Shara Nova and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: The Blue Hour
April 2, 2023
Big Ears Festival: Tessa Lark and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Cycle of Life
April 2, 2023
Big Ears Festival: Bill Frisell Trio with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra
March 30, 2023
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Appalachian Journeys
March 23 & 24, 2023
Symphony San Jose: Nakamatsu Plays Grieg
March 18 & 19, 2023
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27
March 5, 2023
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto
February 23 & 24, 2023
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: Jeff Midkiff’s Mandolin
January 29, 2023