Events

Award Ceremony: Tuesday, October 21, 2025 @ 4:30pm in Convocation Hall
Lecture: Wednesday, October 22, 2025 @ 4:30pm in McGriff Alumni House

Every year since 1987, the Sewanee Review has honored a distinguished poet in the maturity of their career with the Aiken Taylor Award in Modern American Poetry.  This year, University Vice Chancellor Dr. Robert Pearigen and Review editor Adam Ross will present Rebecca Gayle Howell with the award.

As part of this year’s award celebration, poet Corey Van Landingham will lecture on Howell’s body of work the following afternoon in McGriff Alumni House.

The University Bookstore will be onsite. Both events will have catered receptions. 

Thursday, October 9, 2025
7:30pm
Guerry Auditorium
Free Admission (and open to the public)

Join the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Mario Alejandro Torres, for a special concert, Anniversaries: From Rome to Provence. This program commemorates 500 years since the birth of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and 150 years since the passing of Georges Bizet, tracing a musical journey from sacred Renaissance devotion to Romantic exuberance.

Wednesday, September 17, 2025
7:30pm
St. Luke's Chapel
Free Admission

Rural Black string music flourished throughout the Jim Crow era, but few people know anything about it. On Wednesday, September 17, at 7:30 p.m. in St. Luke’s Chapel the musicians Earl White, Victor Furtado, and Tray Wellington will perform songs in that tradition. 

Friday, December 5, 2025
Doors at 6:00 PM CT | Concert at 7:00 PM CT
The Caverns, Pelham, TN
Admission: Free for South Cumberland residents with advance RSVP (starting October 15, limited seating). 

This December, the Sewanee Symphony Orchestra is joining with The Caverns and the South Cumberland Community Fund to bring something truly special to our community: Christmas in The Caverns: Symphony & Sing-Off.

This one-of-a-kind holiday concert will take place deep underground in The Caverns’ world-renowned venue, where the orchestra will bring festive music to life in a breathtaking setting. Adding to the magic, the evening will feature a regional Sing-Off competition, giving local singers the extraordinary opportunity to perform live with the Symphony.

Located on the second floor of duPont library, the Carlson Listening Room inside the Ralston library weekly brings stunning, life-changing sonic and aesthetic experiences to listeners.

Find out what is playing at the library this week!