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Symphony in the Gardens

May 8, 2022

5:00pm - 6:30pm

Dixon Gallery and Gardens

4339 Park Avenue
Memphis, TN 38117

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ENTRY: Gates open at 4:00pm

PARKING: Parking for this event is at 1023 Cherry (Stryker/Wright Medical). Carpooling is recommended.

Program by the Memphis Symphony Orchestra Big Band:

All Of Me, by Marks & Simon, arr. Billy Byers

Billie Bossa Nova, by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, arr. Carl Wolfe

Unit 7, by Sam Jones, arr. Carl Wolfe

Polka Dots & Moonbeams, by Jimmy Van Heusen, arr. Carl Wolfe

Rhapsody In Blue (and samba too), by George Gershwin, arr. Carl Wolfe

Memphis Blues, by W.C. Handy, arr. Carl Wolfe

No Time To Die, by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, arr. Carl Wolfe

Pavanne, by Morton Gould, arr. Carl Wolfe

Beatles Medley, by Lennon & McCartney, arr. Carl Wolfe

April In Paris, by Vernon Duke, arr. Wild Bill Davis

INTERMISSION

Sushi Samba, composed and arranged by Sam Shoup

Frame For The Blues, by Slide Hampton, arr. Carl Wolfe

La Belle Dame Sans Regrets, by Dominic Miller and Sting, arr. Carl Wolfe

What A Wonderful World, by Weiss & Thiele, arr. Carl Wolfe

Heartbreak Hotel, by Durden and Axton, arr. Sam Shoup

Oye Como Va, by Tito Puente, arr. Sam Shoup

Stardust, by Hoagy Carmichael, arr. Carl Wolfe

Knock On Wood, by Eddie Floyd and Steve Cropper, arr. Carl Wolfe

FOOD AND BEVERAGE: Cousins Maine Lobster, Memphis Dawgs, and MemPops will be offering food and beverages for purchase in Garrott Court, on the other side of the museum. Picnics and lawn chairs are welcome, please leave umbrellas at home for everyone's visibility.

T
his event has SOLD OUT. Mark your calendars for next year – Symphony in the Gardens will be held on May 14, 2023.


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