The Tennessee Philharmonic Orchestra will honor veterans with patriotic music as it presents its second concert of this Season of Stories. Titled “Invincible,” the Thursday, Nov. 10 program pays tribute to U.S. military veterans from past to present, celebrating the courage and commitment of the bravest among us.
Conductor Robin Fountain, professor of conducting at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music, will lead an expanded orchestra for this performance.
The program will include “Stars and Stripes Forever,” the national march of the U.S.A., as well as other works by John Philip Sousa; “Liberty Fanfare,” a celebratory piece John Williams wrote for the centennial of the Statue of Liberty; a special arrangement of the service songs of branches of the armed forces; and “Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman,” a piece by Joan Tower with a particularly lengthy inventory of percussion instruments, among other pieces.
The Tennessee Philharmonic Orchestra also invites local music fans to listen to its Spotify playlist featuring the works performed at TPO shows.
Find tickets to the Nov. 10 performance, scheduled for 7 p.m. at Belle Aire Baptist Church (1307 N. Rutherford Blvd.), on Eventbrite; for more information about the Tennessee Philharmonic Orchestra, visit tnphil.org.
