Marble City Opera has announced the appointment of Lisa Muci Eckhoff as the company’s Managing Director, responsible, along with Founding Artistic Director Kathryn Frady and the MCO Board, for the organization’s administrative operations, fundraising, community partnerships, marketing, and strategic development. A…
Review: Knoxville Children’s Theatre, ‘The Crucible’
Editor’s Note: While Arts Knoxville has a long-standing policy of not critiquing non-professional performers under the age of 18, Knoxville Children’s Theatre and its current production of The Crucible has so impressed theatre-goers, that we will be making an exception…
Janelle VanderKelen Receives Creative Capital Award for ‘The Golden Thread’
Janelle VanderKelen, an Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and Time-Based Arts in the School of Art at the University of Tennessee, has received a 2025 Creative Capital Award and grant for her work in progress. Her project, The Golden Thread, is…
On Sunday: KSO’s Chamber Classics Features Flutist Devan Jaquez
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics Series concert on Sunday afternoon at the Bijou Theatre will feature KSO Principal Flute Devan Jaquez in Malcolm Arnold’s Flute Concerto No. 1. James Fellenbaum will conduct.
On Sunday: Amadeus Chamber Ensemble Explores the Sacred Music Glories of Rossini
…On Singing Rossini On Sunday, September 17, Knoxville audiences will have an opportunity to hear selections from Gioachino Rossini’s two sacred masterpieces: Stabat Mater and Messa Solenne. The Amadeus Chamber Ensemble’s 43-piece orchestra and 43-voice choir will perform a one-hour…
Amadeus Chamber Ensemble: The Sacred Side of Rossini
On September 17, the Cathedral Concert Series will present Amadeus Chamber Ensemble performing selections from Gioacchino Rossini’s sacred masterworks, Stabat Mater and Messe Solonnelle. Maestro Howard Skinner shared his thoughts on not only these works, but the oft-stereotyped composer behind…
Preview: Amadeus Chamber Ensemble’s ‘Hallelujah Handel!’ on Sunday
There’s a common joke in the music world that thousands of performers owe their December rent or mortgage payment more to Georg Friedrich Händel than any other source. That’s because his Messiah is probably the most often performed work throughout…
Andrew Swafford and Reid Ramsey Pick Their Top Films of 2019
Andrew Swafford: Top Ten Films of 2019 #10 – Knock Down the House By Rachel Lears [USA] Many great documentaries can trace their origins to the filmmaker being in the right place at the right time, and Knock Down the…
Andrew Swafford and Reid Ramsey Pick Their Top Films of 2018
Film critics Andrew Swafford and Reid Ramsey choose their Top Ten films of 2018. Check your list against theirs.
Saturday: Dogwood Arts – Art DeTour: Open Artist Studio Tours
After November’s First Friday comes First Saturday and a unique opportunity for the Knoxville public to get a first-hand glimpse of the creative processes of local artists and makers. Under the auspices of Dogwood Arts, Art DeTour: Open Artist Studio Tours is…
