Oracle Gives $10 Million to Nashville Symphony, Restoring Cancelled Season
Oracle has pledged $10 million to the Nashville Symphony, reviving the orchestra's upcoming season and halting furlough plans that could have impacted 104 musicians and staff. Music director Leonard Slatkin expressed surprise at the sizeable donation, which allows the symphony to resume its planned performances. Meanwhile, in Graham, Washington, Shawn Reynolds from the Puyallup Tribe hosted an innovative headphone dance event at the South Sound Powwow, incorporating the participation of his autistic twin sons. The event aims to create a unique experience for attendees through curated music and choreography.
Key facts
- Oracle donated $10 million to the Nashville Symphony
- The gift reinstated a season the orchestra had cancelled a week earlier
- Furloughs of 77 musicians and 27 staff set to begin October 18 were ended
- Music director Leonard Slatkin had just conducted three sold-out concerts
- Adults and teens are 40 percent of Build-A-Bear's customers
- Build-A-Bear stock rose more than 2,000 percent between 2020 and 2025
- The NHL released 60-to-90-second romance-novel teasers featuring players like the Flyers' Trevor Zegras
- Novelist Emily Rath said she never turned down an offer so fast
- Shawn Reynolds, a Puyallup Tribe member, organized an accessible dance at the South Sound Powwow in Graham, Washington
- Reynolds' 11-year-old autistic twin sons led the procession
- In 1926 Edison told The New York Times radio was a fad and the phonograph would win listeners back
- The BBC began broadcasting the Proms in 1927 amid financial threats to the festival
Entities
Artists
- Leonard Slatkin
- Trevor Zegras
- Emily Rath
- Shawn Reynolds
- Thomas Edison
- Mark Tillinger
Institutions
- Oracle
- Nashville Symphony
- Build-A-Bear
- NHL
- Philadelphia Flyers
- Puyallup Tribe
- BBC
- The New York Times
- The New Yorker
- Wired
- OPB
- Classical Music
Locations
- Nashville
- United States
- Graham
- Washington