Alan Sherrod
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Drawing from a career background in music, motion pictures, and theatre, Alan Sherrod has been writing about Knoxville's diverse art and music scene since 2007 — first as the classical/new music writer for the alternative weekly Metro Pulse, then later in the same capacity for the Knoxville Mercury. After the closure of Metro Pulse in 2014 by its parent company, Sherrod created ARTS KNOXVILLE to provide a home for Knoxville arts journalism. In August, 2017, he expanded ARTS KNOXVILLE into the site it is today — a site dedicated to continuing the arts journalism legacy of those alternative weeklies. In addition to covering Knoxville's arts scene, he has also contributed music content to the Nashville Scene and other arts and entertainment publications around the U.S, including the website, Classical Journal. Mr. Sherrod was a recipient of a 2010 Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts — the Arts Journalism Institute in Classical Music and Opera — under the auspices of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. In 2019, Sherrod was inducted into the East Tennessee Writers Hall of Fame.

Review: KSO and Guests Deliver Sweeping Scale and Delicious Details in Dvořák and Tchaikovsky

March has been Guest Conductor and Cello month for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. For this weekend’s Masterworks concerts, Conductor Vinay Parameswaran and cellist Tommy Mesa joined the KSO for works by Dvořák (‘Silent Woods’ and Symphony No. 8) and Tchaikovsky (Rococo Variations).

Spotlight: Steve Keene – ‘The Punk Picasso’ – At the Red Gallery During Big Ears

Visitors to the Red Gallery on Jackson Avenue this month have entered a different side of the painting world, the touring exhibition of Steve Keene’s paintings, known at the Hirschhorn Collection. However, as Big Ears cranks up March 21 –…

Spotlight: KSO and Guest Conductor Vinay Parameswaran This Week

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concerts this week feature guest conductor Vinay Parameswaran and cello soloist Thomas Mesa. The program includes Dvorak’s Symphony No. 8 and Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations.

Review: ‘Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune’ – The Audience as Voyeur

The audience became a voyeur in this superbly compelling and impressive performance of Terrence McNally’s ‘Frankie and Johnny in the Claire de Lune.’ The two-character play was being given 5 performances in a “secret location” by Amber Collins Crane and Gregory Crane as the title couple with direction by David Ratliff.

Review: Amadeus Chamber Ensemble Glitters with “French Opera Jewels”

The Amadeus Chamber Ensemble Orchestra, Chorus, and soloists, led by conductor Brian Salesky, delved deeply into a cache of musical gems entitled “French Opera Jewels” – part of the Cathedral Concert Series.

New to Knoxville — Theater 23 Launches With Arlene Hutton’s ‘As It Is In Heaven’

Trying out the theatrical waters in Knoxville is a new enterprise, Theater 23, headed up by its Founding Artistic Director, Tom Eubanks, a recent Knoxville transplant from California. Their first production will be ‘As It Is in Heaven’ by Arlene Hutton directed by Eubanks and performed at the Old City Performing Arts Center.

Review: Guest Conductor Michelle Di Russo and KSO Bring An Exuberant Mendelssohn and Vivaldi

This month’s KSO Chamber Classics conductor on Sunday afternoon at the Bijou Theatre was Michelle di Russo, currently Associate Conductor with North Carolina Symphony. Two KSO cellists, Sarah Senn and Adam Ayers, were soloists in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos.

March First Friday: When Cometh Spring?

A deal may have been worked out with Mother Nature to spare Knoxville’s March First Friday from the rain, but one will still need a jacket that evening. That’s a small price to pay for being able to shake off…

This Sunday: KSO Takes An Italian Voyage with Mendelssohn, Rossini, and Vivaldi

On this Sunday’s KSO Chamber Classics Series concert at the Bijou, guest conductor Michelle di Russo leads the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra in works by Mendelssohn, Rossini, Vivaldi, and Romero. KSO cellists Adam Ayers and Sarah Senn will be soloists in Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos.

On Sunday: Amadeus Chamber Ensemble Goes Mining for “French Opera Jewels”

The magic of the 19th Century French Grand Opera is the intriguing subject of the next free concert by the Amadeus Chamber Ensemble as a part of the Cathedral Concert Series on Sunday, March 3.

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