BY ALAN SHERROD University of Tennessee School of Music: “Rachmaninoff Remembered” UT Symphony Orchestra, UT Concert Choir, Pianist Chih-Long Hu, Guest Victor Yampolsky James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Building on the UT Campus Friday, February 17, 7:30 PM…
Review: KSO Journeys Through Color and Emotions in Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, and McKay
BY ALAN SHERROD The fall Masterworks season for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has been an exploration of the colors of emotion in its various forms. Elgar’s Enigma Variations from the September concert described characters and toyed with our heartstrings,…
UT Symphony Orchestra on Sunday: Bartok and Shostakovich
University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra Viola Celebration Finale Sunday, October 24, 4:00 PM James R. Cox Auditorium on the UT Campus FREE Bartok: Viola Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 In Viola Celebration Finale, Three Notable Violists Combine for Bartok’s Viola…
Review: KSO Opens Its 2021-22 Chamber Classics Series
BY ALAN SHERROD Tchaikovsky By Any Other Name Would Sound As Sweet… The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra continued its season openers this past Sunday afternoon—this time with the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra and resident conductor James Fellenbaum starting off their…
KSO Chamber Classics On Sunday: Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Something Sorta New
Knoxville Symphony Chamber Classics Series Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra, conducted by James Fellenbaum Bijou Theater in Downtown Knoxville Sunday, October 3, 2:30 PM Jessie Montgomery: Strum Josef Suk: Serenade, Op. 6, E-Flat Major Theofanidis: Chamber Symphony No.1 (an arrangement of…
UT Symphony Orchestra on Sunday: Audiences Welcome For American Premiere of Work by Emilie Mayer
BY ALAN SHERROD The University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra Conductor: James Fellenbaum “Unfinished Business” Sunday, September 19, 2020 – 4:00 PM James R. Cox Auditorium on the UT Campus Free When one mentions the notable prolific symphonists of the…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: Live Performances Return for KSO, UT Symphony, As Fall Heats Up
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Although the KSO offered some performances last spring in front of limited-capacity audiences, the fall season is now here, and with it, an excitement for hearing live music again—albeit with some necessary safety restrictions in place instituted…
UT School of Music To Feature UT Symphony on Friday’s Virtual Concert Series
Although Covid has thrown all aspects of public music performance into disarray, the University of Tennessee School of Music has sought to overcome some of those limitations with a weekly drop of virtual performances—Virtual Concert and Lecture Series—ranging from individuals…
UT School of Music: Concerto Competition Winners
BY ALAN SHERROD We’ve been feasting on a lot of Beethoven as of late, thanks to the Beethoven250 anniversary events celebrating the composer’s 250th birthday this year. From the UT Symphony Orchestra this season and last, we’ve heard Beethoven’s…
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 Mire, soprano; Sarah Beegle, contralto; Miles Jenkins, tenor; Logan Campbell, bass-baritone Conductor: James Fellenbaum Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street, Downtown Knoxville 7:30 PM –…