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Marsalis Swing Symphony
May 14 & 15 at 7:30 pm | Tennessee Theatre
Program

Tonight's performance is sponsored by Cataloochee Ranch and The Swag.

Aram Demirjian, conductor

Michael Rogers, baritone

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra

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 Rogers, baritone

WYNTON MARSALIS (b. 1961)

Symphony No. 3 Swing Symphony (2010)

I. St. Louis to New Orleans

II. All-American Pep

III. Midwestern Moods

IV. Manhattan to LA

Knoxville Jazz Orchestra

---Intermission---

GABRIELLA SMITH (B. 1991)

Field Guide (2017)

FERDE GROFÉ (1892-1972)

On the Trail from Grand Canyon Suite (1931)

AARON COPLAND (1900-1990)

Finale from 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