If you can only make it to one of the KSO’s Concertmaster Series events this season, you should literally rush and purchase a ticket to this week’s performance at the Knoxville Museum of Art.
2017 Winners: Met Opera Auditions-Middle/East Tennessee District
On Saturday, January 7, twenty-seven singers competed in the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions for the Middle/East Tennessee District held in the University of Tennessee’s Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall. The judges chose three singers to advance to the next step in the competition, the Southeast Region competition. In addition, three singers received Encouragement Awards.
Saturday, Jan 7: Two Different Opera Experiences
Two very different experiences await Knoxville opera lovers this Saturday—but you’ll have to choose wisely.
In the Knoxville Mercury: 2016 Most Memorable Classical Music Performances
In this week’s Knoxville Mercury—the last issue of 2016—you can find my list of 2016’s Most Memorable Classical Music Performances in Knoxville. Thanks for reading—and Happy Holidays!
Dec. 20: ‘Music for the Mountains’ To Benefit Victims of Fire
The Musicians of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will be performing a benefit concert for the victims of the recent wildfires in Sevier County, TN. The program will contain a variety of ensembles performing traditional chamber music as well as familiar…
The Most Famous Reindeer of All
What I didn’t know at the time was the intriguing, and somewhat sad, back story behind Rudolph—a tale probably lost on children, but one with the heartbreak and irony that is all too familiar to adults.
KSO This Week: “Appalachian Spring”
This week’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks titled “Appalachian Spring” features works by Charles Ives, William Grant Still, Jeff Midkiff, and Aaron Copland
Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, downtown Knoxville
Thursday and Friday, November 17 and 18, 7:30 PM
Sunday: Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra—’Four Seasons of Buenos Aires’
The Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra’s Chamber Classics continues on Sunday afternoon, October 30, with a concert titled “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.”
(2:30 PM at the Bijou Theatre in Downtown Knoxville)
Conductor: James Fellenbaum
Violin soloist: Edward Pulgar
Review in Brief: Marble City Opera’s ‘La Davina’ and ‘Gallantry’
It seems that Marble City Opera crossed a mysterious, but rewarding, threshold last weekend with its performances of two one-act comedies La Davina (Thomas Pasatieri) and Gallantry (Douglas Moore). The performances in the gallery of the Emporium Center seemed to transcend an issue…
Review: KSO Brings Delectable Passions and Delicious Sublime Subversion
Review of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Masterworks concerts this weekend, concerts that featured Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and works by Rossini and Puccini.
