Tonight's performance is sponsored by Cataloochee Ranch and The Swag.
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Michael Rodgers, baritone
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
Vance Thompson, Founder and Director
WYNTON MARSALIS (b. 1961)
Swing Symphony (2010)
I. St. Louis to New Orleans
III. Midwestern Moods
II. All-American Pep
Knoxville Jazz Orchestra
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FERDE GROFÉ (1892-1972)
Grand Canyon Suite (1931)
III. On the Trail
GABRIELLA SMITH (B. 1991)
Field Guide (2017)
Spirituals (arr. Bonds)
Ezek’el Saw the Wheel
He’s Got the Whole World
Hold On
I Got a Home in that Rock
Joshua Fit the Battle
Michael Rodgers, baritone
AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)
Symphony No. 3 (1946)
IV. Molto deliberato - Allegro risoluto
Steinway is the Official Piano of the MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks Series
Tonight's concert will be broadcast on WUOT 99.1 FM on June 2 and Sept, 28, 2026
Program notes by Ken Meltzer
