Individual tickets are now on sale for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2026–27 season across each of its five series—MoxCar Marketing + Communications Masterworks Series, Roy Cockrum Chamber Series, Merchant & Gould Concertmaster Series, Q-Series of chamber ensemble music, and the KSO Pops Series. It all starts in September, so wise listeners will begin making plans for concert programs that promise both satisfying favorites and exciting journeys of music exploration. Find Tickets and concert information here.
SEPTEMBER 2026
Symphony in the Garden (Free Concert) – Thursday, September 3, 7:00 PM
Knoxville Botanical Garden and Arboretum
Symphony on the Square (Free Concert) – Thursday, September 10, 7:30PM
Market Square in Downtown Knoxville
Masterworks Series
“Gershwin’s An American in Paris” – Thu/Fri, Sep 17/18, 7:30 PM
Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Sterling Elliott, cello
Rhea Carmon, KSO poet-in-residence
Nicky Sohn: Is This The Happiest Place On Earth?
Dvorak: Cello Concerto No. 1 (Cellist Sterling Elliott)
William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 (“Afro-American”)
Gershwin: An American In Paris
Q Series
KSO Woodwind Quintet & KSO Principal String Quartet – Sep 23, Noon
Elks Lodge
Works By W.A. Mozart, Jeff Scott, Courtney Bryan, Julio Medaglia
Chamber Series
“Bach & Bluegrass” – Sun, Sep 27, 2:30 PM
Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Jeff Midkiff, mandolin
Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
O’Connor
Appalachia Waltz
Higdon
Mandolin Concerto
OCTOBER 2026
Concertmaster Series
“Mythic Proportions” – Wed/Thu, Oct 7/8, 7:00 PM
Knoxville Museum of Art
KSO Concertmaster William Shaub is the host for this series which features Shaub, his colleagues from the orchestra, and other guest performers.
Fritz Kreisler
Variations On A Theme By Corelli
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata In E Minor For Violin And Piano
Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne In D Minor, From Partita No. 2 For Solo Violin
Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto In D Minor For Two Violins – Jeff Midkiff, Mandolin, Performing Solo Second Violin Part
Pops Series
“ICON: The Voices That Changed Music” – Fri, Oct 9, 8:00 PM
Tennessee Theatre
Masterworks Series
“Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony” – Thu/Fri, Oct 15/16, 7:30 PM
Tennessee Theatre
Perry
Ye Who Seek The Truth
Bernstein
Songfest
Raquel González, soprano: Cierra Byrd, mezzo-soprano: Renée Tatum, alto: John Overholt, tenor; Stephen Salters, baritone; David Crawford, bass
Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5
Q Series
KSO String Quartet – Wed, Oct 28, NOON
Elks Lodge, 5600 Lonas Drive
Ravel
String Quartet
TBA
NOVEMBER 2026
Masterworks Series
“Bartok & Bolero” – Thu/Fri, Nov 12/13, 7:30PM
Tennessee Theatre
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Jeremy Denk, piano
Debussy
Clair De Lune (Arr. Caplet)
Bartok
Piano Concerto No. 2 (Jeremy Denk, piano)
Messiaen
L’Ascension
Ravel
Bolero
Chamber Series
“Classical Christmas: Handel’s Messiah” – Sun, Nov 22, 2:30 PM
Tennessee Theatre
Aram Demirjian, conductor
Song Hee Lee, soprano
Emily Marvosh, alto
Brian Giebler, tenor
Kevin Burdette, bass
Knoxville Choral Society
Special Performance
“How the Grinch Stole Christmas” – Sun, Nov 29, 3:00 PM
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
A film + orchestra performance of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas starring Jim Carrey. Film score by James Horner
DECEMBER 2026
Q Series
KSO Brass Quintet – Wed, Dec 9, NOON
Elks Lodge, 5600 Lonas Drive
Works by Paul Dukas, Tilman Susato, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Georges Bizet, Wilke Renwick, et at.
Special Performance
“40th Annual Clayton Holiday Concert” – Fri – Sun, Dec 18-20
Knoxville Civic Auditorium
