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

Preview: KSO This Week – Mozart’s Mystery and the Maestro’s Musings

BY DIANA SALESKY   Clouded in myth and speculation, Mozart’s Requiem remains a veritable mystery…

Preview: Amadeus Chamber Ensemble’s ‘Hallelujah Handel!’ on Sunday

There’s a common joke in the music world that thousands of performers owe their December…

Big Ears 2023 — Living Inside the Music

BY ERIC DAWSON   “This is the best music festival in America.”  (John Zorn at…

Review: William Shaub and Friends Make Sense of Beethoven’s Final String Quartet

BY ALAN SHERROD   The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Concertmaster Series with William Shaub has one…

Review: Big Ears Magic-Shara Nova and the Knoxville Symphony in ‘The Blue Hour’

BY ALAN SHERROD   As the 2023 Big Ears Festival was winding down on Sunday…

Preview: KSO’s Concertmaster Series – Beethoven’s Final String Quartet: The Answered Question

BY DIANA SALESKY   Most of us who study the violin dream of one day…

Review: Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Journeys Through Higdon, Copland, Sibelius

BY ALAN SHERROD   If you sat back, closed your eyes, and indulged your imagination…

Knoxville Symphony This Week: Jennifer Higdon, Aaron Copland, Jean Sibelius

BY DIANA SALESKY   Composer Jennifer Higdon: A Tennessee Treasure Comes Home Composer Jennifer Higdon…

Review: MCO’s ‘The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace’ Is Infinitely Charming

BY ALAN SHERROD   In its ten years of existence, Marble City Opera has filled…

Preview: Marble City Opera – “The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace”

For its mid-season production, Marble City Opera is presenting The Infinite Energy of Ada Lovelace—music…

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