While the growth of Knoxville’s classical music scene has been quietly satisfying for audiences, the…
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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
Hark! January Classical Music!
The Knoxville classical and jazz music scene resumes this week, admittedly a bit slowly at…

In the Knoxville Mercury: My 2015 List of Most Memorable Performances
Looking for my annual list of Most Memorable Classical Music Performances in Knoxville for 2015?…

Review: Marble City Opera’s ‘Amahl and the Night Visitors’
Downtown Knoxville was—to say the least—packed last Friday evening. The seasonal Knoxville Christmas parade drew…

Review: KSO and Knoxville Chamber Chorale Make a Case for December Music
It was probably four or five years ago when I began mentioning in my columns…
Monday: Tenor Gerhard Siegel in Recital
German tenor Gerhard Siegel makes an appearance in Knoxville on Monday evening, November 23, courtesy…

KSO This Week: Guest Conductor “Z” Kuwahara and Pianist Stewart Goodyear
This week’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concerts will feature the second of six guest conductors…

Review: UT Opera Theatre’s ‘The Consul’
At the time Gian Carlo Menotti created his opera The Consul in 1950, American notions of…

This Weekend–UT Opera Theatre–Menotti’s ‘The Consul’
The University of Tennessee Opera Theatre brings a production of Gian Carlo Menotti’s opera The…

Friday Night: String Quartet Inner Voices at the Hive
The debut of string quartet Inner Voices comes to the Hive on Friday, November 13,…