Spring is here and with it comes one of the city’s most anticipated events of the year. No, I’m not talking about March Madness or the Knoxville Marathon, although this Knoxville-based music festival can feel both a little mad and like an endurance test. It’s time once again for Big Ears!
Music
“If you don’t know what to do, there’s actually a chance of doing something new.”
― Philip Glass, Words Without Music: A Memoir
Big Ears 2019: A Day One Overview
By Eric Dawson Big Ears Festival continues to expand, evolve and surprise, the 2019…
Review: Shaub, Chen, and KSO Combine for An Evening of Symphonic Delights
By Alan Sherrod It is something of an understatement that Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto…
Review: Portraits of Three Strong Women Mark Marble City Opera’s Latest at Blount Mansion
By Alan Sherrod Strength and courage in the face of the ugliness of war…
KSO’s 2019-20 Masterworks Season Lineup: A Q&A with Maestro Aram Demirjian
By Alan Sherrod The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra released the news of their 2019-20 season…
Sunday, March 10: Young Pianist Series Wraps With Elliot Wuu
“Young” has been a key word in the 2019 Evelyn Miller Young Pianist Series recitals. Following last month’s recital by 17-year-old Ray Ushikubo, the series wraps up this month with 18-year-old Elliott Wuu this Sunday, March 10, at the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall.
Review: Pianist Chih-Long Hu and KSO Brighten a Sunday, Rainy Sunday
By Alan Sherrod It is sheer speculation on my part, but I’m betting that if…
Review: Nief-Norf’s Knoxville Concert Series – Fresh Ink
By Alan Sherrod The overture for the evening was the random, staccato beat of…
Review: Soprano Meryl Dominguez and Knoxville Opera Make for a Sensational ‘Lucia di Lammermoor’
By Alan Sherrod The rich history of Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor has always…
Big Ears 2019 – Q&A With Nate Wooley – ‘Columbia Icefield’
By Eric Dawson Nate Wooley has been an extremely active trumpet player in the…
