FLORENCE-The Shoals Symphony at UNA offers a star-studded season in 2025–2026. You’ll hear hometown stars like The Secret Sisters, Nashville sars like Mandy Barnett, take in the stars above with The Planets, salute the stars and stripes in a 250th birthday celebration, and enjoy movie stars in Holidays on the Silver Screen and Jurassic Park.
The Shoals Symphony at UNA started in 1979 as a violin teaching program for students of all ages at the Tennessee Valley Art Center. The program grew and added new teachers, eventually developing into a thriving youth orchestra program. In 1985, the Tennessee Valley String School and Community Orchestra unified to form the Shoals Symphony Orchestra (the Association) with programs including the Symphony Orchestra, the Youth Orchestra, the Beginning Strings Orchestra, the Shoals Boy’s Choir, and the Shoals Symphony Chorus. Over time, the choral programs became independent, and the Peery Center for Orchestral Studies at UNA is undergoing a revision to form the UNA String Project for educational outreach. In 2002, the Shoals Symphony at UNA emerged through an affiliation agreement between the Symphony Association and the University Of North Alabama. The symphony conducts drives for annual memberships, contributions, concert sponsors, and ticket sales. The orchestra is recognized as semi-professional by the Alabama State Council of The Arts, and the University of North Alabama has instituted orchestral performance awards for collegiate musicians. The symphony seeks to create an exciting symphonic experience for newer generations while bringing a refreshed energy to the traditions of the orchestral repertoire.
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