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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
UPDATE: Knoxville Opera Postpones Spring Projects, Rossini Festival
“Flatten the curve” is a phrase we’re hearing a lot in relation to the COVID-19…
UPDATE: KSO Drops Plans for Live Broadcast This Thursday
UPDATE The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has dropped plans for a live broadcast of the March…
UT School of Music: Concerto Competition Winners
BY ALAN SHERROD We’ve been feasting on a lot of Beethoven as of late,…
How to Listen to Fennesz, Big Ears Glitch-Ambient Artist
BY ANDREW SWAFFORD When I began wading into the waters of ambient music, one…
UT Alumna Alexandria Shiner Wins In Met Auditions Grand Finals
In Sunday’s Metropolitan Opera National Council (MONC) Grand Finals Concert, UT Alumna Alexandria Shiner emerged…
Review: Marble City Opera’s ‘ShadowLight’ – A Stunning Celebration of the Art and Life of Beauford Delaney
BY ALAN SHERROD One of the greatest challenges of theatre is representing art through…
Review: Violinist Hristova Commands the Price – KSO Fashions an Heroic ‘Eroica’
BY ALAN SHERROD The lobby of the Tennessee Theatre has probably seen every kind…
Preview: Marble City Opera’s ‘ShadowLight’ Explores the Life and Art of Beauford Delaney
BY ALAN SHERROD One of the lamentable ironies of artistic creation is that the…
Preview: UT School of Music Presents Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
BEETHOVEN’S NINTH SYMPHONY University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra University of Tennessee Choral Ensembles Soloists: Sarah-Clementine…