Headliner: Journalist JP Olsen on his Nashville Scene cover story about missing immigrant labor. Newsmaker: Luthier Manuel Delgado on new incentives approved by the Metro Council for “legacy” small businesses. Tastemakers: Maestro Leonard Slatkin and classical music commentator Colleen Wheelahan on saving the Nashville Symphony. Further Reading: Long live the community of musicians [Classically Colleen] […]
Nashvillager Podcast: The Nashville Symphony’s value proposition
What’s so important about having a symphony orchestra? Plus, the local news for October 6, 2026.
The Nashville Symphony’s season is back on after $10M ‘lifeline’ from Oracle
The tech giant Oracle announced it will partner with the Nashville Symphony while it finds its financial footing.
‘It’s humiliating:’ Nashville Symphony members react to furloughs
Symphony musicians in Nashville have been put out of a job this week with almost no notice — and they’re reeling.
Nashville Symphony suspending season amid ‘financial emergency’
The Nashville Symphony is suspending the rest of its season and furloughing musicians and staff.
Nashvillager Podcast: The Nashville Symphony’s new financial crisis
Can Music City’s orchestra afford to stay afloat? Plus, the local news for September 28, 2026.
Philanthropist and businesswoman Martha Ingram dies at age 90
Nashville businesswoman, philanthropist and arts advocate Martha Rivers Ingram has died at age 90. The Charleston native became CEO of her husband’s collection of businesses, Ingram Industries, after his death.
A little bit country, a little bit Desi: A Pakistani-American’s hybrid music
On May 31, Mo Sabri makes a landmark appearance with the Nashville Symphony for an orchestral rendition of his new album, “Tennessee Desi,” which blends Appalachian styles with Muslim devotional music.
Live with Maestro Leonard Slatkin
We bring Leonard Slatkin to our podium on the eve of his first performance in this new era at the helm of the Nashville Symphony. He’s one of the most prominent American conductors of our time, and he’s back in town 20 years after serving a similar interim period between permanent conductors. We get reacquainted, […]
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