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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

Review: Knoxville Opera’s ‘Roméo et Juliette’

Roméo et Juliette returned to Knoxville audiences this weekend with the atmospheric Shakespearean reminder intact.

Preview: Knoxville Opera Celebrates Valentine’s Day With Gounod’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’
By Alan Sherrod   Inarguably, no writer in history has had a greater influence on…
Arts Administrator Aaron Greenwald to Join Big Ears Festival as Managing Director

Since its first season in 2009, the Big Ears Festival has continued to find ways…

Review in Brief: Cavani String Quartet Wraps Up Its UT School of Music Residency With Beethoven, Shaw, and Mendelssohn

By Alan Sherrod   One would be hard-pressed to find a work that is a…

Review in Brief: KSO’s Concertmaster Series Dives Into Beethoven, Haydn, and Bates

By Alan Sherrod   Since its humble beginnings in the backroom of a coffee house,…

Violinist Itzhak Perlman Coming to Knoxville for a March Performance

In a continuation of last year’s Violins of Hope events, the University of Tennessee School…

Review: KSO Delivers a Memorable “Mozart and Mahler”

By Alan Sherrod   Mah•ler•i•an noun –  an admirer of the Austrian composer and conductor…

Critical Bind: Knoxville Opera Seeking New Scenery Storage Space

Knoxville Opera Seeking Scenery Storage Space Those platforms, columns, steps, and props that are used,…

2020 Winners: Met Opera Auditions – Middle/East Tennessee District

Auditions for the 2020 Metropolitan Opera National Council Middle/East Tennessee District were held on Saturday,…

The Beethoven 250 Celebration Year Begins for KSO and UT School of Music

By Alan Sherrod   Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, probably a day or…

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