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Nashville Symphony Teams with Americana Music

As part of the opening gala weekend inaugurating the Nashville Symphony’s 2009/10 concert season, the Nashville Symphony is teaming up with the Americana Music Association for a one-of-a-kind musical event on Sept. 12 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center.
The concert features a stellar list of guest performers, including Alison Brown, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, Byron House, Buddy Miller, Karen Parks and Abigail Washburn. They will join the orchestra, led by Resident Conductor Albert-George Schram, to honor the rich weave of our country’s musical traditions — everything from blues and gospel to Aaron Copland and George Gershwin.
 
Headliners include Buddy Miller, the celebrated guitarist and noted singer-songwriter who has won more Americana Awards than any other artist. Grammy-winning, IBMA Instrumentalist of the Year Alison Brown is a progressive banjoist. A founding member of the influential New Grass Revival, mandolinist Sam Bush is one of acoustic music’s most respected figures, while Jerry Douglas is easily the world’s best-known Dobro player. Byron House adds the unique and acclaimed versatility that has made him one of the top bass players in the country. Soprano Karen Parks recently released a critically acclaimed collection of operatic spirituals, and vocalist Abigail Washburn is also a cross-genre banjoist who has collaborated with Béla Fleck.
 
The idea for this groundbreaking collaboration came from a casual conversation between Hilly and Alan D. Valentine, President and CEO of the Nashville Symphony. “We were former classmates in Leadership Music,” Valentine explained, “and one day we started talking about how magical it would be to bring together some fantastic Americana artists with the Nashville Symphony. The essential connections between these musical genres are amazing, as this concert will amply demonstrate.”
 
For ticket information, call the Symphony Center Box Office at 615.687.6400 or go on-line to NashvilleSymphony.org.