This Week: KSO Concertmaster Series Leaps Into Autumn — and the Dvořák Piano Quintet No. 2

This week on Wednesday and Thursday at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster William Shaub and his colleagues will be opening the 2024-25 Concertmaster Series with the spirit of early autumn evocatively infused into its programming—an evening…

KSO Concertmaster Series This Week: Shaub Shares the Spotlight

When there’s an opportunity to hear the concertmaster and principal oboe as a duo, standing mere feet from one another instead of sitting myriad yards apart, it is, indeed, a rare treat. Knoxville audiences will have that opportunity on April 3 and 4 at the Concertmaster Series, where KSO Concertmaster William Shaub and KSO Principal Oboe Claire Chenette will present J.S. Bach’s Concerto for Violin and Oboe, BWV 1060R.

A Musical Balancing Act: Studying, Performing, and Listening

It’s both heartening and heartbreaking that our music schools and conservatories are filled to the brim with arguably the most talented generation of music students yet. Heartening that so many understand and value a solid arts education. Heartbreaking that so few will be able to have a career in this field. 

Review: KSO Concertmaster Series Looks at the Legacy of Violinist Jascha Heifetz

In the second Concertmaster Series outing of the 2023-24 season at the Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster William Shaub and his KSO colleagues chose to make the legendary violinist Jascha Heifetz the connecting force for their recital.

Review: KSO’s Concertmaster Series—Nostalgia and History

BY ALAN SHERROD   “Nostalgia is just History after a few drinks.” The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Concertmaster Series as hosted by Concertmaster William Shaub has always enjoyed displaying its dual personality of virtuosic violin showmanship contrasted with deep dives into…

Can Concertmaster William Shaub Pass His Own Music Programming Test?

BY DIANA SALESKY   “Somewhere in Time”— Knoxville Symphony Orchestra – Concertmaster Series William Shaub, violin; Kevin Class, piano; Rachel Loseke, violin; Katy Gawne, viola; Andy Bryenton, cello Knoxville Museum of Art Wednesday and Thursday, October 4 and 5—7:00 PM…

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 more performance of “The Late Genius: Beethoven’s Final Days”, Thursday evening, April 6, at 7:00, at the Knoxville Museum of Art. Tickets and Information  …

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 playing the late Beethoven string quartets. Most of us never will. Why? They are excruciatingly difficult. Due to the incredible technical requirements, as well as…

Review: KSO’s Concertmaster Series — A Brilliant Evening of Brahms, Schumann, et al.

BY ALAN SHERROD   Each of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s performance series have their own raison d’etre, from performing the historical and contemporary orchestral repertoire, to the intimacy of small ensembles bringing chamber music to life. In its 11th season…

KSO’s Concertmaster Series Returns: A Q&A with Concertmaster William Shaub

BY ALAN SHERROD   Although it seems like decades in our post-pandemic world, it was only five years ago in 2017 that we were introducing William Shaub as the new Concertmaster of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. Since that time, the…

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