Members of Chattanooga Symphony to Perform at Camp Jordan Park

The Chattanooga Symphony will be hosting two free concerts in Camp Jordan Park this week.

According to a press release, both performances will be at the Kitchen Pavilion,

The symphony’s String Quartet will perform on Thursday evening at 7 p.m., while the Wind Quintet will perform on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Officials said the song selection is still being finalized, but each concert will be about an hour long. Programs with the song listings will be available at this link prior to the performances.

Organizers of the event are asking for people who plan to attend to RSVP to anticipate the size of the audience. You may do that by clicking here.

Everyone who attends the concerts must wear masks and follow social distancing guidelines.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.