“The Paducah Symphony Orchestra will be taking an extended rest, pushing the season a year, in the interest of safety for its patrons, musicians and staff,” reads an unsigned article in Thursday’s (8/13) Paducah Sun (Kentucky). “ ‘The 20/21 season was going to be grand, with lots of pivotal works in the classical repertoire, big orchestrations and perhaps the largest choir the Carson Center stage has ever seen,’ a release read. ‘The last thing we wanted to do was tear down such an extraordinary lineup to make it fit into this strange time. So, we didn’t.’ This adjustment places the next full-scale PSO concert in Sept. 2021. In the meantime, the arts organization will be putting on a variety of smaller programs: Brass on the Grass, a live brass concert on the Carson Center lawn on Sept. 19 [and] Off the Record, a ‘casual, no-rules’ pay-what-you-want chamber music performance. Two of these are planned, one on Oct. 10 and a second on Nov. 13. Season subscriptions for the 20/21 season have been commuted to the 21/22 season…. For updates on the Paducah Symphony Orchestra’s programming and operations … visit the organization’s website or social media channels.”
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