Photo: Photo courtesy of Dolly Parton
In 2025, Dolly Parton will premiere an innovative symphonic concert that features the globally-beloved country artist’s music and stories about her life. Parton announced world premiere details in an announcement on Wednesday morning (October 23).
Dolly Parton's Threads: My Songs in Symphony will share stories about the music legend’s songs “in an innovative multimedia symphonic experience featuring Dolly on screen,” states a press release. My Songs in Symphony will include special guests with “orchestrations of Dolly’s hit songs woven together into a full-evening multimedia symphonic story-telling experience.” Decades-spanning hits will include “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors,” “I Will Always Love You” and many more.
“The threads of my life are woven together through my songs,” Parton said in a statement. “That's why this project, Threads: My Songs In Symphony, is so special to me. It's all about sharing my music and my musical journey with audiences in a new way. I'm really excited for fans to experience it for the first time with the Nashville Symphony!"
Principal Pops Conductor Enrico Lopez-Yañez will lead the award-winning Nashville Symphony in the Dolly Parton’s Threads: My Songs in Symphony world premiere on March 20, 2025. Parton will make a special appearance that evening, per the press release. Tickets will be available on November 1. See the list of dates below.
· March 20, 2025: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
· May 17, 2025: Fort Wayne Philharmonic
· June 17, 2025: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
· June 29, 2025: San Diego Symphony Orchestra
· September 7, 2025: The Cleveland Orchestra
· September 18-20, 2025: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
· October 10, 2025: The Alabama Symphony Orchestra (Birmingham)
· January 23-25, 2026: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
· February 14-15, 2026: Oregon Symphony (Portland)
· March 28, 2026: Phoenix Symphony Orchestra
· May 1, 2026: Eugene Symphony Orchestra