It had become a familiar theme for me every December. “Where’s the Music?” was the question one article’s headline posed to the realization that in the most festive, and seemingly busiest, month of the year, there were actually few music…
Review: UT Symphony Continues Its Amazing Journey With Shostakovich 10th
There’s a lot of audience talk going around these days regarding the rapid ascent of the University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra this season into the lofty ranks of the best music school orchestras in the U.S. At this past Sunday’s…
Preview – ‘Viva l’Italia’: UT Symphony Opens Season With ‘Fountains of Rome’
University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra: “Viva l’Italia!” Conductor: James Fellenbaum Respighi: Fountains of Rome Albinoni: Adagio in G minor Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien 4:00 PM, Sunday, September 24, James R. Cox Auditorium, UT Campus FREE One of the joys of following…
KSO on Sunday, April 2: Respighi, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra: “Tchaikovsky Serenade for Strings”
Sunday, April 2 at 2:30 PM
Bijou Theatre, Downtown Knoxville
Sunday: UT Symphony, ‘Concertos and Classics’
Getting a sneak preview of classical music’s future stars is always incredibly satisfying. Just such a preview comes to Knoxville audiences this time of the year with a concert featuring the UT School of Music Concerto Competition winners in four categories…
Composer Jennifer Higdon in Residency at UT School of Music
Composer Jennifer Higdon returns to Knoxville this weekend and next week for a composer-in-residence stint with the University of Tennessee School of Music.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the concert events listed below. There is no admission charge for any of them.
Sunday: Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra—’Four Seasons of Buenos Aires’
The Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra’s Chamber Classics continues on Sunday afternoon, October 30, with a concert titled “The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires.”
(2:30 PM at the Bijou Theatre in Downtown Knoxville)
Conductor: James Fellenbaum
Violin soloist: Edward Pulgar
Review: KSO Brings Delectable Passions and Delicious Sublime Subversion
Review of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Masterworks concerts this weekend, concerts that featured Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and works by Rossini and Puccini.
Review: KSO Chamber Orchestra, “Mozart and Haydn”
In case there are any readers who haven’t noticed, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Classics Series at the Bijou is right up there as my favorite music series in Knoxville. The reasons for this are pretty obvious. The clarity of…
This Weekend: KSO Chamber Orchestra Offers Mozart and Haydn
Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Classics Series, “Mozart and Haydn” Conductor: James Fellenbaum • Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro • Mozart: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 with pianist Kevin Class •…