Season after season, the Amadeus Concert Ensemble has taken its audience in the Cathedral Concert Series on a number of enlightening journeys, sometimes to familiar locales, but just as often, to charming and intriguing, but less-visited musical destinations. ACE is…
Review: KSO Concertmaster Series Opens With ‘Vices’ and Virtues
BY ALAN SHERROD In the space of only two weeks, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has launched four of its five performance series, with a fifth series opening just days away. The most recent of these season openers was last…
Review: Magical Season Opener for KSO Chamber Series at the Bijou
BY ALAN SHERROD With a big helping of momentum from its recent Masterworks season opener, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra turned its attention to the popular Chamber Series for its season opener Sunday at the Bijou Theatre. Once again, the…
On Sunday: KSO Chamber Classics Opens With Price, Strauss, and Mozart
Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra — “Mozart & More” Roy Cockrum Chamber Series — Aram Demirjian, conductor –Works by Florence Price, Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sunday, September 28, 2:30 PM Bijou Theatre, 803 S. Gay Street Tickets and Information …
Review: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Turns In A Sublime Beethoven Ninth To Open 2025-26 Season
BY ALAN SHERROD It came as no real surprise that Maestro Aram Demirjian chose to open the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 season with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. After all, the work is perfect for celebratory occasions, in this case, the…
Review: CBT’s ‘Sense and Sensibility’
Although there is peril in describing the current attention devoted to English novelist Jane Austen as a mania, that seems like an almost unavoidable conclusion. From the popularity of Jane Austen Regency Balls, Jane Austen Festivals in the UK and the U.S., not to mention a plethora of film and television projects in addition to the literature itself, the author’s fanbase is arguably second only to The Bard in the 21st Century. The fact that 2025 is the 250th anniversary of Ms. Austen’s birth has only added fuel to the fire of that attention.
Review: River and Rail Theatre Co. — A Feast of Performances in Ijames ‘Moon Man Walk’
There is nothing in the dramatist’s rulebook that says a play can’t be simple and complex at the same time. Those are certainly the traits of James Ijames’ Moon Man Walk, which opened last weekend for a three-week run at River & Rail Theatre Company.
On Sunday: UT Symphony Orchestra Opens 2025-26 Season With Rossini and Beethoven
The University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra, a part of UT’s Natalie L. Haslam College of Music, opens its concert season this Sunday afternoon, September 14, at 4:00 PM in the Cox Auditorium in the Alumni Memorial Building on the UT…
KSO To Open 90th Season with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and a World Premiere
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra opens its 90th season with a World Premiere by Jennifer Higdon, ‘XC Blast’; Aaron Copland’s ‘Old American Songs’; and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony.
On the Wall/Off the Wall: September Exhibition Openings
At last, Downtown Knoxville’s First Friday is upon us. Arts & Culture Alliance / The Emporium The Emporium, 100 S. Gay Street. Gallery hours: Mon-Fri 9-5; Sat 10-1; Additional hours: Fridays Sep 12, 19 & 26, 5-7 PM • Givin’…
