This week and weekend, holiday-themed theatre offerings abound at River & Rail Theatre Company, Clarence Brown Theatre, and Theatre Knoxville Downtown. While I haven’t heard of any sing-alongs, Nief-Norf is sponsoring its annual participatory “walk-along” Unsilent Night. And, of course,…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: First Friday, ‘The Nutcracker’, and More
Appalachian Ballet Company – The Nutcracker The Appalachian Ballet Company is presenting its 50th Anniversary production of The Nutcracker. The wildly popular Tchaikovsky ballet will be presented on two weekends in Knoxville and Maryville: December 4 and 5 at the…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: April 6, 2021 – Theatre, Music, et al.
It has been a constant discussion among performing arts organizations over the last year — how to maintain a performing presence while adhering to pandemic safety standards for audiences and performers…without compromising the essence of the art. Clarence Brown Theatre…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: July 7, 2020
As indecision continues for both artists and audiences as how one can avoid exposure to the Covid-19 virus and still produce music, theatre, and art, a few are experimenting with a variety of limitations and alternative practices in order to…
Most Memorable Classical Music Performances of 2019
By Alan Sherrod Regular readers of Arts Knoxville will recall that we have been unabashed advocates for the resurgence of Downtown Knoxville as a focal point for the city, if for no other reason than the environmental vitality it…
Review: Virtuosic Percussion and a Sublime Beethoven Seventh Mark KSO’s “Beethoven and the Art of Rhythm”
By Alan Sherrod While double bass players might argue to the contrary, it is an orchestral fact that percussionists—generally relegated to the back corner of the concert stage and, yet, responsible for a virtually infinite diversity of sounds—receive the…
KSO Masterworks This Week: Beethoven’s Seventh + Dorman’s ‘Spices, Perfumes, Toxins!’ with Nief-Norf
Beethoven and the Art of Rhythm • Beethoven: Overture from The Creatures of Prometheus • Dorman: Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! (with Nief-Norf) • Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks —Aram Demirjian, conductor Thursday and Friday, November 21 and 22,…
Big Ears 2019: Making Everything Seem Possible
By Alan Sherrod With minds mostly boggled and ears now feeling oversized, 2019 Big Ears Festival attendees have drifted back to their corners of the world, left to replay in their minds their adrenaline-fueled, four-day romance with music and…
Review: Nief-Norf’s Knoxville Concert Series – Fresh Ink
By Alan Sherrod The overture for the evening was the random, staccato beat of raindrops on an umbrella, a sound that somehow made for a reassuring counterpoint to the sloshing of footfalls on wet concrete. Coming upon Market Square…
Big Ears 2018 – Additions to the ‘Immersive’ Experience Feature the Intersection of Music and Film
Anyone who has attended one of the previous Big Ears Festivals will vouch for the thought-altering qualities of the “immersive” experience. What does that even mean, you ask? There is something quite indescribable that takes place when one is drawn…