Home for the Holidays with Martina McBride!

This just in, Martina McBride is joining the NSO and conductor Albert-George Schram for our "Home for the Holidays" concert December 10. If the cooler weather hasn't yet, I bet this video will begin to put you in the holiday spirit!

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YOUR REVIEWS - Michael McDonald

Did you attend the Michael McDonald concert at Lipscomb? If so we'd love to hear about your experience. Please submit your review of this concert in the comments section of this posting.

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Ben Folds VIP Update

Well, Ben's fans are coming out in droves, and we've sold a good number of tickets to his benefit already. In fact, someone has already swooped up the $800 seats to sit on stage with Ben and the orchestra. Tomorrow morning tickets, which start at $55, go on sale to the general public.

Grab 'em while you can!

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YOUR REVIEWS - Watts Plays Beethoven

Did you attend the Watts Plays Beethoven concert at Lipscomb? If so we'd love to hear about your experience. Please submit your review of this concert in the comments section of this posting.

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Your Reviews

We had a long discussion this morning about how to most effectively leverage social media outlets in spreading the word about all that we do at the Nashville Symphony. One of the ideas was to solicit and publish NSO concert reviews from our patrons. Starting today, I will be creating a entry each Friday morning of a SunTrust Classical and Bank of America Pops weekend to collect your reviews. To participate, simply add your review in the comments section of the corresponding entry. The Watts Plays Beethoven post is now up and ready for your review!

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Ben Folds Benefit Announced

Singer-songwriter Ben Folds has announced that he will perform a benefit concert for the Nashville Symphony's flood recovery efforts and some of the area's volunteer firemen on November 27 at TPAC. The concert, Keys to Music City, will conclude Folds' current tour in support of his newest release, Lonely Avenue.

The flood happened in a matter of hours, but digging out of it will take years,” Folds says. “This concert is an effort to help keep the recovery in the front of our minds and to help restore our great symphony hall. Of course, a donation to our first responders like our volunteer firemen is in order too, because without them the Middle Tennessee community would have lost so much more.”

Tickets to this concert will go on sale Friday, September 17 at 10 a.m. to Symphony donors and subscribers and to Ben Folds Fan Club members. They go on sale to the general public exactly a week later. Tickets start at $55, but those interested in a once-in-a-lifetime experience may purchase a special ticket package — limited to two people —that includes two seats on the stage and a post-concert meet-and-greet with the artist for $800.

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We're still here!

Please forgive the lack of blogging over the last few weeks! The lull has been caused not by a lack of blogworthy news, but rather by a new addition to this blogger's family!

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