FRI JAN 23, 2026 | 7:30 PM
SAT JAN 24, 2026 | 7:30 PM
SUN JAN 25, 2026 | 2 PM
Music Hall
Sarah Hicks conductor
Katelyn Drye vocalist
Hollie Hammel vocalist
Blair Lamb vocalist
Derek Drye acoustic guitar
John Shaw electric guitar
Dean Berner banjo/mandolin
Gary Lunn bass guitar
Luke Woodle drums
DOLLY PARTON’S THREADS: MY SONGS IN SYMPHONY
A Dolly Parton/Schirmer Theatrical/Sony Music Publishing Co-Production
All songs written by Dolly Parton, unless otherwise noted
Arrangements by David Hamilton
Threads Overture, arr. David Hamilton
Two Doors Down
My Tennessee Mountain Home
Blue Smoke
The Bridge
Better Get to Livin’, co-written by Kent Wells
Jolene
If You Hadn’t Been There
Backwoods Barbie
Eagle When She Flies
Light of a Clear Blue Morning
INTERMISSION
Threads Entr’acte, arr. David Hamilton
Here You Come Again, written by Cynthia Weil & Barry Mann
Islands in the Stream, written by Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
Coat of Many Colors
Travelin’ Thru
Baby I’m Burnin’
I Will Always Love You
All music under exclusive license from Sony Music Publishing to Schirmer Theatrical LLC unless otherwise noted. “Better Get to Livin’” under license from Sony Music Publishing and BMG Rights Management. “Islands in the Stream” under license from Universal Music Publishing Group.
Creative Team
Dolly Parton, Executive Producer & Songwriter
Betsey Perlmutter, Creative Director & Producer
Robert Thompson, Producer
Todd Ellis, Producer
David Hamilton, Arranger & Orchestrator
Adam Grannick, Director of Video and Animation
Alex Kosick, Associate Producer
Creative Services
Emily Yoon for Wasserman Music, Booking Agent
Black Ink Presents, Technical Services
Paul Bevan, Sound Design
Ten Two Six Music Group, Vocal Coaching & Casting
Stephen Lamb, Copyist
Immediate Family, Digital Marketing
NoisyBird Media, Logo Design


The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Pops Season Presenter PNC.
The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Val Cook whose generous endowment supports this performance.
The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra is grateful for the support of the Louise Dieterle Nippert Musical Arts Fund of the Greenacres Foundation and the Nina Browne Parker Trust, and for the thousands of people who give generously to the ArtsWave Community Campaign, the region’s primary source for arts funding. This project was supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Symphony magazine is a publication from the League of American Orchestras.

by Ann Lewinson
Dolly Parton has done it all: music, movies, television, Broadway, philanthropy, even her own theme park. The country music icon has embarked on what may be the only uncharted territory left— American orchestras—with Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony, which tours concert halls nationwide.