By Alan Sherrod Perhaps it is the unseasonably warm weather that persists—although we’ve survived warm, dry autumns before. Still, things feel a bit different in Knoxville’s classical music scene this fall. First, it was the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s opening…
Review: Three Photographers Revealing Truths – “Science in Motion” at McClung Museum
By Alan Sherrod It’s a simple question today — Does a galloping horse ever have all four of its feet off the ground at the same time? In the 1800s of photographer Eadweard Muybridge, answering that question was anything…
Review: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Aims For The Stars and ‘The Planets’ in Season Opener
By Alan Sherrod In whatever way the musicians of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra spent their summer—playing festivals, traveling, or just chilling—they arrived on the stage of the Tennessee Theatre last evening to begin the 2019-20 Masterworks season visibly energized…
On Sunday: UT Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
By Alan Sherrod University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra Tan Dun: Internet Symphony ‘Eroica’ (conductor: Logan Campbell) Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor (conductor: James Fellenbaum) Sunday, September 22, 2019, 4:00 PM James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Building, UT…
Review: A Feast of Bach From the Amadeus Chamber Ensemble and the Cathedral Concert Series
By Alan Sherrod According to those who keep such records, Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach was the fourth most-performed composer worldwide in 2018. To Bachophiles, however—and I unabashedly admit to being one—there is simply no such thing as too…
Review: A Remarkable ‘All in the Timing’ at Theatre Knoxville Downtown
By Alan Sherrod Comedy—they are fond of saying—is all in the timing. Yes—in addition to trapeze artistry and knowing when to cut an avocado—comedy demands timing. Such is the premise behind David Ives’ collection of six short comic plays,…
Review: The Spoils of War – Marble City Opera Gives U.S. Premiere of ‘City of Ashes’
By Alan Sherrod Imagine Berlin in the days immediately following the fall of the Third Reich—a city being punished with physical and psychological destruction for its figurehead role in World War II. Although the war’s bombing caused many Berliners…
This Week: Marble City Opera Presents U.S. Premiere of ‘City of Ashes’
City of Ashes, a one-act opera by Evan Fein and Emily Anderson, receives its U.S. premiere this week on Thursday and Friday under the auspices of Marble City Opera and Friends of Music and the Arts (FOMA) at Knoxville’s Church…
Review: CBT’s ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ – A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
By Alan Sherrod It is said that there is a moment in a person’s life—usually in the adolescent or teenage years—when music begins to speak to them in a personal way, with that specific music magically acting as a…
Review: Life Goes On in ‘Circle Mirror Transformation’ at Flying Anvil Theatre
By Alan Sherrod What could be simpler—five men and women take a six-week acting class at a community center somewhere in Vermont, engaging in exercises designed to help them explore the projection of their feelings. For the audience of…
