BY ALAN SHERROD With a big helping of momentum from its recent Masterworks season…
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
On Sunday: KSO Chamber Classics Opens With Price, Strauss, and Mozart
Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra — “Mozart & More” Roy Cockrum Chamber Series — Aram Demirjian,…
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…
Jennifer Higdon’s XC Blast – KSO Celebrates the Past and the Future
She’s won three Grammys, a Pulitzer, and has been composer-in-residence for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Next on her plate, composer Jennifer Higdon has written a celebratory fanfare for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s opening concerts of its historic 90th season on September 18-19. And what a moment that will be for us lucky East Tennesseans.
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…
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.
Amadeus Concert Ensemble Announces 2025-26 Season
The Amadeus Concert Ensemble has announced its 2025-26 season of free Sunday afternoon concerts that…
A Glimpse Ahead: 2025-26 Knoxville Music and Theatre Season
Waiting anxiously in the wings for its entrance cue, the 2025-26 season of theatre and…
Marble City Opera Announces Ryan Colbert as Associate Executive Artistic Director
Marble City Opera has announced that Ryan Colbert will be joining the company as its…
Friday: KSO’s Independence Day Concert at World’s Fair Park
Although the September opening of the 2025-26 Knoxville Symphony Orchestra season is still more than…

