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“If you don’t know what to do, there’s actually a chance of doing something new.”
― Philip Glass, Words Without Music: A Memoir

Knoxville Opera This Weekend: Donizetti’s ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’

Two previews of the cast and production of Knoxville Opera’s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Mary, Queen of Scots—opening this coming weekend at the Tennessee Theatre—can be found in the Knoxville Mercury.

A Big Weekend for Knoxville

Not particularly by design, there are those weekends in Knoxville when multiple diverse arts events…

This Weekend: UT Opera Theatre – ‘The Crucible’

The UT Opera Theatre offers Robert Ward’s ‘The Crucible’ this weekend for four performances at the Bijou Theatre.

KSO on Sunday, April 2: Respighi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky

Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra: “Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings”
Sunday, April 2 at 2:30 PM
Bijou Theatre, Downtown Knoxville

Review in Brief: The Final “Gabriel Lefkowitz and Friends”

After last weekend’s stellar final Masterworks concert appearance by outgoing concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz performing the…

Review in the Mercury: ‘Departing KSO Concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz Goes Out on a High Note’

In this week’s Knoxville Mercury and online: my review of last weekend’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra…

Review: Marble City Opera Takes ‘La Traviata’ To Another Dimension

Review of Marble City Opera’s ‘La Traviata’

KSO This Week – William Shaub’s Audition and Gabriel Lefkowitz’s Finale

This week’s Masterworks concerts by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra mark yet another transition for the organization. Just as the KSO’s Aram Demirjian begins the last three programs of his first season as music director and principal conductor, the KSO’s concertmaster Gabriel Lefkowitz ends his six year stint with the orchestra having taken up the comparable post with the Louisville Orchestra.

Sunday: UT Symphony, ‘Concertos and Classics’

Getting a sneak preview of classical music’s future stars is always incredibly satisfying. Just such a…

Composer Jennifer Higdon in Residency at UT School of Music

Composer Jennifer Higdon returns to Knoxville this weekend and next week for a composer-in-residence stint with the University of Tennessee School of Music.

The public is invited and encouraged to attend the concert events listed below. There is no admission charge for any of them.

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