On Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 7 p.m. the New York City based, forty-two piece, orchestral collective, The Knights, perform at Diana Wortham Theatre.

The Knights ignite the concert experience by engaging listeners and defying boundaries with adventurous performances that showcase their expansive repertoire rooted in the classical tradition and passion for artistic innovation. They are also serious about having fun. The Asheville program will include works by Beethoven, Sufjan Stevens, and João Gilberto.

The Knights evolved from late night chamber music reading parties with friends at the home of violinist Colin Jacobsen and cellist Eric Jacobsen, who now serve as co-artistic directors. Among the group’s diverse talents are composers, arrangers, singer-songwriters and improvisers who bring a range of cultural influences.

The musicians are graduates of elite music schools, and members have performed as soloists with the New York Philharmonic, Chicago and San Francisco symphony orchestras. Each opportunity for these busy, versatile musicians to perform together as The Knights is a special occasion that they consider, quite literally, playtime.

For more information on The Knights, please visit www.theknightsnyc.com

If You Go: The Knights, Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 7 p.m. at the Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville. Tickets are $10; limited VIP tickets are $30 and include priority seating and a Free Range Survival Kit. Purchase tickets at the door and at www.dwtheatre.com.

Free Range Asheville is a fresh organization connecting culture and counterculture that crosses disciplines, traditions, and genres for people of all ages and economic backgrounds. Proceeds from the evening will support Free Range Asheville in bringing cultural events to Asheville. For more information, visit freerangeavl.org.