My review of last weekend’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concerts featuring works by Chadwick, Gershwin, Barber, and Bernstein is in this week’s Knoxville Mercury. Read it online here. Pianist: Sean Chen (Gershwin’s Concerto in F) Conductor: James Fellenbaum
Review in Knoxville Mercury: Lucas Richman’s Finale Concert with the KSO
In this week’s Knoxville Mercury, I review last weekend’s concert of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra—a concert that was the final one for Lucas Richman as the orchestra’s music director and conductor. The concert included Beethoven’s Overture to Egmont, the Tchaikovsky…
In Knoxville Mercury: Review of Knoxville Opera’s ‘Il Trovatore’
My review of Knoxville Opera’s production of Il Trovatore is now online at the Knoxville Mercury. Read it here. Thanks for reading.
In the Knoxville Mercury: So much to read, so little time…
Be sure to pick up a copy of the Knoxville Mercury this week—there are reviews of local performances plus the special pull-out-and-carry guide (necessary and indispensable) to Knoxville Opera’s Rossini Festival and the International Street Fair on Saturday. In that…
The Knoxville Mercury Launches
Knoxville’s new alt-weekly, the Knoxville Mercury, has finally arrived! You can find an issue in racks in retail stores, restaurants, and street racks around Knoxville. More distribution rack locations are coming. Please support local, independent journalism by picking up a…
A New Weekly For Knoxville: ‘The Knoxville Mercury’
The demise of the newsweekly Metro Pulse at the hands of its parent company, E.W. Scripps, two months ago, was painful for both its staff and its Knoxville readership. For many—and there is actual evidence to support this—Metro Pulse was the…