BY ALAN SHERROD Since its inception, the joy of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s Concertmaster Series has actually been its crescendo of dual attractions—shorter, intriguing works, often virtuosic, that may be new to the audience or works you probably won’t…
Impressions from Big Ears 2022
BY ERIC DAWSON “Make your choices and be at peace with them.” So said critic Nate Chinen during the Big Ears 2022 Pre-Festival Critics Roundtable, regarding the overstuffed schedule, which inevitably demands attendees make difficult decisions about which once-in-a-lifetime…
Review: CBT’s ‘She Kills Monsters’ – An Enchanting Finale for Carousel Theatre
BY ALAN SHERROD Theatre-goers have probably all heard the news—the University of Tennessee Department of Theatre and the Clarence Brown Theatre will be saying goodbye to the current incarnation of the Carousel Theatre following its current production of She…
Review: ‘Loot’ at Flying Anvil Theatre
BY ALAN SHERROD For the first two decades of its existence since its initial production in 1965, Joe Orton’s Loot continued to shock audiences with its satiric irreverence toward civic authority, middle-class propriety, the church, the police, and the…
Review: KSO Honors Ukraine’s Struggle; Brilliant in Tchaikovsky and Brahms
BY ALAN SHERROD Orchestra programming and guest artist booking by symphony orchestras are done a year or more in advance, so it hardly seems fair to dwell on unfortunate coincidences that somehow manage to sneak their way onto an…
Lorelei Ensemble’s ‘This Tyrant, Love’ Comes to Church of the Ascension on March 25
Lorelei Ensemble is a nine-member vocal ensemble that has become known for its inventive programs and its collaborations with noted music organizations and a host of today’s leading composers. Founded in Boston in 2007 and led by artistic director Beth…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: Harlem String Quartet, Flying Anvil Theatre, More Free Events at Big Ears
UTKSOM: Ready for the World Music Series The UT School of Music’s Ready for the World Music Series will be back to live performances this Sunday in a program that features the Grammy-winning Harlem String Quartet. The program will offer works…
KSO This Week: Connecting Brahms, Tchaikovsky, and Ethel Smyth
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks Series Aram Demirjian, conductor— Guest artist Tanya Gabrielian Tennessee Theatre, 604 S. Gay Street Thursday and Friday, March 17 and 18, 7:30 PM Tickets and Information Dame Ethel Smyth: The Boatswain’s Mate: Overture Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Piano…
Big Ears Festival Announces Free Concerts — And A Parade
It probably came as no surprise to many when the Big Ears Festival 2022 announced that it had reached a SOLD OUT status on all passes for the four day Festival March 24-27. After all, the scourge of Covid had…
Review: Morisseau’s ‘Blood at the Root’ in Clarence Brown Lab Theatre
BY ALAN SHERROD “Southern trees bear a strange fruit / Blood on the leaves and blood at the root…” “Strange Fruit” – Abel Meeropol, recorded by Billie Holiday (1939) Dominique Morisseau’s 2014 play Blood at the Root takes…