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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
Review: KSO Ensembles Heat Up the Chamber Music Scene
By Alan Sherrod For the last several years, it has felt like something of…
2019 Winners: Met Opera Auditions – Middle/East Tennessee District
The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions for the Middle/East Tennessee District were held on Saturday, January 5, with three winners being chosen.
January Classical Music: Hope for a New World
The month of January has been known in recent years to have the mysterious ability…
Top Ten Most Read Arts Knoxville Stories of 2018
By Alan Sherrod Over the last week, we’ve taken a look back at 2018…
Most Memorable Classical Music Performances of 2018
By Alan Sherrod Although every music season differs in the performers involved and their…
Review: Symphony of Voices Enchants With Concerts of Holiday Music
By Alan Sherrod In my review of the debut concert of Symphony of Voices…
CD Review: Brendan McConville’s ‘Un D’Annunzio Nuovo’
By Alan Sherrod Competing pleasures confront the listener in Un D’Annunzio Nuovo, a recent…
Review: A Feast of Variety in “Classical Christmas” from KSO and Knoxville Chamber Chorale
By Alan Sherrod In 2015, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra took a chance and moved…
Review: An Exciting Circle – Conductor Eric Jacobsen and Pianist Gabriela Martinez Join KSO For “Schumann’s Circle of Friends”
By Alan Sherrod It begins and ends the same way, simply enough, with four…
