The world-class Cannon Center for the Performing Arts officially opened to rave reviews in January 2003. The 2,100-seat multi-purpose facility is the home of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and hosts a multitude of other events including ballet, opera, pop and jazz concerts, touring theatrical productions, children's theater and general sessions for conventions in the Memphis Cook Convention Center.

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Heartbeats and Rachmaninoff
October 18, 2008 - October 19, 2008
Saturday, 18 October 2008 at 8 p.m.
Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

Sunday, 19 October 2008 at 2:30 p.m.
Germantown Performing Arts Centre

Key Performers:
David Loebel, conductor
Colin Currie, percussion

Program:

James MacMillan Veni, veni Emannuel

RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27


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CARLOS MENCIA
October 21, 2008
7:30 p.m. Tickets: $42.50. All seats reserved. NOW ON SALE at all Ticketmaster outlets or online at www.ticketmaster.com. To charge by phone, call (901) 525-1515.

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SMOKIE NORFUL - LIVE RECORDING
October 23, 2008
7:00 p.m. Tickets: $10 & 15. All seats reserved. NOW ON SALE at all Ticketmaster outlets or online at www.ticketmaster.com . To charge by phone, call (901) 525-1515.

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AGAPE CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES PRESENTS MARK SCHULTZ
November 15, 2008
7:00 p.m. Memphis Cook Convention Center Main Ballroom. Tickets: Dinner/Concert $75. Concert only $35 or $25 each for groups of 10 or more. General admission. For tickets contact 901-323-3600. www.agapeheartlight.com or www.agapemeanslove.org

For Ella with Patti Austin
November 15, 2008
Saturday, 15 November 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Cannon Center for the Performing Arts


Key Performers:
Steven Reinecke, conductor
Patti Austin, vocalist

Take the \\\"A\\\" train to a night with 2008 Grammy-Award winnind songstress, Patti Austin as she brings Ella Fitzgerald favorites to life. God-daughter of Quincy Jones and known for her hit ballads with James Ingram, Austin has been a standard on the jazz and pop music scene. Steven Reinecke conducts the orchestra with big band and Harlem Renaissance favorites.


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Themes on a Piano
November 22, 2008
Saturday, 22 November 2008 at 8 p.m.
Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

Sunday, 23 November 2008 at 2:30 p.m.
Germantown Performing Arts Centre

Key Performers:
David Loebel, conductor
Jonathan Biss, piano

COPLAND Orchestral Variations
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat Major, K. 482
MUSSORSGKY/GORCHAKOV Pictures at an Exhibition

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WILL DOWNING, LALAH HATHAWAY & GERALD ALBRIGHT
December 05, 2008
8:00 p.m. Tickets: $68, $59, $52, $49 & 39. All seats reserved. NOW ON SALE at all Ticketmaster outlets or online at www.ticketmaster.com . To charge by phone, call (901) 525-1515.

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Home for the Holidays
December 06, 2008
Saturday 6, December 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Cannon Center for the Performing Arts

Key Performers:
Jason Howland, conductor

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MOSCOW BALLET GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER
December 07, 2008
3:00 p.m. Tickets: $35.00 - $85.00. All seats reserved. NOW ON SALE at all Ticketmaster outlets or online at www.ticketmaster.com. To charge by phone, call (901) 525-1515.

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