For 73 years, Knox Concert Series has delivered world-class performances to local and regional audiences. Our retrospective includes a diversity of artists, music genres, and performing art forms. Do you have an all time favorite? Take a stroll down memory lane with our series restrospective below, then send us your story in the comments section at the end of this page.
April 12, 1946 The First Concert
- Stanley Fletcher, Pianist
1946-1947 The First Season
- Jennie Tourel, Mezzo Soprano
- Albert Spalding, Violinist
- Barlett & Robertson, Duo Pianists
1947-1948
- Eugene Istomin, Pianist
- Mia Slavenska and Ballet Variante
- Igor Gorin, Baritone
1948-1949
- Helen Jepson, Soprano
- Stanton Carter, Pianist
- Saidenburg Sinfonietta
1949-1950
- Vronsky & Babin, Duo Pianists
- Louis Roney, Tenor
- San Antonio Symphony
- Ballet: “Streetcar Named Desire”
1950-1951
- Eleanor Steber, Lyric Soprano
- Byron Janis, Pianist
- Don Cossacks Male Chorus
- Birmingham Civic Symphony
1951-1952
- The Philharmonic Piano Quartet
- Mary Hutchinson, Dramatist
- Longines Sinfonietta
- Eugene Conley, Tenor

Anniston High School students around the Carrie Knox grand piano. Ca. 1950s.
1952-1953
- Frances Yend, Lyric Soprano
- William Kapell, Pianist
- Ballet ‘52
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
1953-1954
- Piano Playhouse, Milton Cross
- Michael Rabin, Violinist
- Columbus Boys Choir
- Eileen Ferrell, Dramatic Soprano
1954-1955
- George London, Metropolitan Opera
- Musical Americana in Dance and Song
- Amparo Iturbi, Pianist
- Saint Louis Sinfonietta
- David Gibson, Pianist (Bonus)
1955-1956
- Anna Russell, Concert Comedienne
- Ballet Espagnol
- Appleton and Field, Duo Pianists
- Walter Cassel, Metropolitan Opera
- Barbara Thomas and Lois Green Seas, Duo Pianists (Bonus)
1956-1957
- Jacques Abram, Pianist
- Chattanooga Symphony
- Aberkirchen Children’s Choir
- Robert Shaw Chorale
- Zinka Milinov, Metropolitan Opera
1957-1958
- Whittemore and Lowe, Duo Pianists
- University of Alabama String Quartet
- Jerome Hines, Metropolitan Opera
- Chicago Opera Ballet
1958-1959
- Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Henry Sopkin, Conductor
- Mozart’s “Cosi Fan Tutti”
- Clifford Curzon, Pianist
- Casar Siepi, Metropolitan Opera
1959-1960
- Golden Curtain, Kurt Adler, Conductor
- Vronsky and Babin, Duo Pianists
- Rosalind Elias, Metropolitan Opera
- Chicago Opera Ballet
1960-1961
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Brian Sullivan, Metropolitan Opera
- Sylvia Zaremba, Pianist
- Robert Joffrey Ballet
1961-1962
- The Zachary Solov Ballet Ensemble
- Luboshutz & Nemenoff, Duo Pianists
- St. Olaf Choir
- Jerome Hines
1962-1963
- The Little Orchestra of New York
- Joint Recital Metropolitan Opera
- Jacob Lateiner, Pianist
- Columbus Boys’ Choir
1963-1964
- Jacob Lateiner, Pianist
- Lynn Blair, Metropolitan Opera
- The National Ballet of Canada
- Roger Williams and His Company
1964-1965
- LaBoheme, Goldovsky’s Opera Theater
- Thomas Brockman, Pianist
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, with Marina Svetlova, Prima Ballerina and Oleg Briansky
- Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians
1965-1966
- The Music of Richard Rogers
- Rosalyn Tureck, Pianist
- The National Ballet
- The Texas Boys’ Choir
1966-1967
- Lisa Della Casa, Metropolitan Opera
- James Oliver Buswell IV, Violinist
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Steicher & Horowitz, Duo Pianists
1967-1968
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Richard Casper, Pianist
- Roger Williams and Company
- Ferrante & Teicher, Duo Pianists
1968-1969
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Stephen Manes Pianist
- The National Ballet of Washington
- Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians

Guy Lombardo
1969-1970
- Mary Costa, Metropolitan Opera
- David Bar Illian, Pianist
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Wayne King, The Waltz King
1970-1971 25th Anniversary
- Ferrante and Teicher, Duo Pianists
- John Alexander, Metropolitan Opera
- National Ballet of Washington, D.C.
- Jorge & Morel, Guitarist and Percussionist
1971-1972
- Peter Nero
- Don Cossack, Chorus and Dancers
- An Evening of Opera, Quartet with Piano
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
1972-1973
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- David Bar Illian, Pianist
- Joffrey Ballet
- Der Rosenkavalier (On film)
- Richard Tucker
1973-1974
- Victor Borge
- Pete Fountain and his Jazz Group
- Leonard Pennario
- Gerald Goodman, Troubador Harpist
1974-1975
- Van Cliburn, Pianist
- Roberta Peters and Raymond Gibbs
- The Big Band Cavalcade, Bob Crosby
- Vienna Johann Strauss Ensemble
1975-1976
- The New Christy Minstrels
- Eddy Arnold
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, with Lorin Hollander, Pianist
- The Royal Winnipeg Ballet

Eddie Arnold
1976-1977
- Ferrante and Teicher, Duo Pianists
- Robert Merrill, Metropolitan Opera
- The Canadian Opera Company
- Robert de Gaetano, Pianist
1977-1978
- The Royal Ballet of Flanders
- The Young Americans in West Side Story
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of Budapest
1978-1979
- Woody Herman and Young Thundering Herd
- The Canadian Opera Company
- Lorin Hollander, Pianist
- Misha Dichter, Pianist
- Chet Atkins
1979-1980
- Gilbert & Sullivan a la Carte
- Birmingham Pops, Johnny Green Conductor
- Roberta Peters, Metropolitan Opera
- The Nutcracker Ballet, UAB Ballet
- Vienna Chamber Orchestra
- Burl Ives
1980-1981
- Ray Price
- Eugene Fodor, Violinist
- Goldovsky Opera Company
- Atlanta Ballet
- Marvin Hamlisch
1981-1982
- Santiago Rodriquez, Pianist
- Carlos Montoya
- Erie Mills and Michael Ballam
- New Orleans Philharmonic, with Leonard Rose, Cellist
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Henry Mancini
1982-1983
- Prague Symphony Orchestra
- North Carolina Dance Theatre
- Itzhak Perlman
- Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Mitch Miller
- Canadian Brass
1983-1984
- Bamberg Symphony
- Steven DeGroote, Pianist
- James Galway
- Chet Atkins
1984-1985
- Johann Strauss Orchestra of Vienna
- The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
- Liberace
- North Carolina Dance Theatre
1985-1986
- Ransom Wilson, Flutist
- Philippe Bianconi, Pianist
- Isaac Stern
- Texas Opera Theatre, Die Fledermaus
- Wynton Marsalis
1986-1987
- Roy Clark
- Leontyne Price
- The Ballet de France
- London Royal Philharmonic, Vladimir Askenazy, Pianist

Gladys Knight
1987-1988
- The Oak Ridge Boys
- The Belgrade State Folk Ensemble
- Emanuel Ax and Yo Yo Ma
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Paul Polivnik, conductor
- The Canadian Brass
1988-1989
- Rudolf Nureyev and Stars of Paris Opera Ballet
- Roberta Peters
- The Alabama Symphony Orchestra, with Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Violinist
- Glen Campbell
- Vladimer Viardo, Pianist
1989-1990
- Marvin Hamlisch
- Western Opera Theater Carmen
- Masters of Blue Grass
- Nettle & Markham, Duo Pianists
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
1990-1991
- Ballet Francais De Nancy
- Wayne Newton
- Christopher Parkening, Guitarist
- The Scottish Chamber Orchestra
- Roger Williams, Pianist
1991-1992
- Lee Greenwood
- Gypsy
- Juilliard String Quartet
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra
1992-1993
- Willie Nelson & Friends
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Dmitri Ratser, Pianist
- The Washington Ballet
- The Summit Brass
- B.J. Thomas
1993-1994
- Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
- Peter Nero and The American Pops Orchestra
- Nadja Salerno Sonnenberg
- Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick
1994-1995
- Principal Dancers of the NYC Ballet
- Oliver
- Dudley Moore with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Monte Carlo Symphony Orchestra
1995-1996 50th Anniversary
- Marilyn Horne and Marvin Hamlisch
- The Manhattan Transfer
- Liverpool Symphony Orchestra
- The Bolshoi Ballet Ensemble
1996-1997
- ALABAMA
- Louis & Perry, duo pianists
- The Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
- Moscow Festival Ballet
1997-1998
- Julio Iglesias
- Stuttgartt Philharmonic with Mischa Dichter, pianist
- Vienna Boys Choir
- Grease
1998-1999
- The Statler Brothers
- St. Petersburg Symphony
- London City Opera, Die Fledermaus
- Russian National Ballet, Sleeping Beauty
1999-2000
- Crystal Gayle
- Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
- The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Ballet De L’Opera de Bordeaux Romeo and Juliet
2000-2001
- The Black Watch and Prince of Wales Band and Choir
- The Temptations
- London City Opera, Carmen
- Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
2001-2002
- My Fair Lady
- BBC Concert Orchestra
- The Grigorovich Ballet, Swan Lake
- Marvin Hamlisch and the Alabama Symphony Orchestra

My Fair Lady
2002-2003
- Georgian State Dance Company
- South Pacific
- Hungarian National Philharmonic
- Ray Charles and the Alabama Symphony Pops
2003-2004
- The Beach Boys
- Verdi Opera Company
- The Moscow Orchestra
- Moscow Festival Ballet, Cinderella
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra Pops
2004-2005
- Neil Sedaka
- Fiddler On The Roof
- Prague Symphony Orchestra
- Spirit Of The Dance
- Opera Verdi Europa La Boheme (Extra)
2005-2006
- Compagnia Espansol José Porcel
- Orchestra Europa
- “Mame”
- Helikon Opera, Die Fledermaus
- Amy Grant
2006-2007
- AIDA
- Air Supply
- BBC National Orchestra of Wales with Lyr Williams pianist
- Moscow Festival Ballet, Giselle
- Chip Davis and Mannheim Steamroller
- Bulgarian State Opera, The Marriage of Figaro
2007-2008
- LeAnn Rimes
- The Ten Tenors
- State Symphony Orchestra of Mexico
- Evita
- America
2008-2009
- Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
- Marvin Hamlisch: Broadway Gala
- Dublin Symphony Orchestra
- Russian National Ballet, Don Quixote
- CATS
2009-2010
- Sarah Evans
- CAMELOT
- Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
- Bernadette Peters
- Alabama Symphony Orchestra
2010-2011
- Aaron Neville and his Quintet
- Opole, Philharmonic Orchestra of Poland
- Russian National Ballet, Romeo & Juliet, Chopiniana
- Bowfire
- Vince Gill
2011-2012
- Chicago
- My Fair Lady
- Tschaikovsky St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra
- Gladys Knight
2012-2013
- Ronnie Dunn
- Celtic Woman, A Christmas Celebration
- China National Symphony Orchestra
- Russian National Ballet, A Gala Program
- A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line
2013-2014
- Michael McDonald
- Haifa Symphony Orchestra of Israel
- Amy Grant and Vince Gill
- Smokey Robinson
2014-2015
- Natalie Cole
- National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico
- Russian National Ballet, Sleeping Beauty
- RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles
- Michael Bolton

Michael Bolton
2015-2016
- Martina McBride
- The National Circus and Acrobats of China
- Celtic Woman, Home for Christmas
- Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra
- The Midtown Men
2016-2017
- Peter Cetera
- The National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine
- Moscow Festival Ballet. Cinderella
- Fire Irish Tenors
- Patti LaBelle
2017-2018
- Kenny Loggins
- Jason Isbelland the 400 Unit
- Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
- Dublin Irish Dance
- The Commodores

Kenny Loggins
2018-2019
- Old Crow Medicine Show
- Don Felder
- KC and the Sunshine Band
- ArtRAGEous
- Czech National Symphony Orchestra
- Rockland Road
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