I can virtually guarantee that everyone reading this has heard the work of tubist Jim Self, even if they didn’t realize it. Since 1974, Self has been a freelance musician in Hollywood, performing in orchestras for over 1500 motion pictures and…
September Events At the UT School of Music
Without doubt, the greatest bang-for-the-buck in Knoxville’s music scene often flies under the radar of Knoxville concertgoers — the University of Tennessee School of Music’s Guest Artist and Faculty recital series. The events roll on like clockwork when school is…
nief-norf Summer Festival Performances Begin Monday, June 12
nief-norf describes its Summer Festival as “an interdisciplinary summer music festival,” but that really falls substantially short in communicating just how important and compelling it is in the world of contemporary music. The festival brings together performers, composers, and scholars in…
nief-norf Summer Festival–June 7-20
The Big Ears Festival has benefited Knoxville in countless ways, some obvious and glaringly important, but many more invisible or understated and, nonetheless, critical to the music scene and the city’s image. One of these benefits has been the exposure and publicity…
Review: Sensuous and Comic-UT Opera Theatre’s ‘Don Giovanni’
Review: UT Opera Theatre’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni.
A Look at the Future: UT School of Music Concerto Competition Winners
Although it is not spring yet, this past Sunday had all the earmarks of an early spring day—warm-ish, sunny, and cheerful. I was lured back inside, though, for one of my favorite University of Tennessee School of Music events, the…
Recital Report: Brahms Chamber Music with Piano Wraps with 7th Recital
On Monday, Kevin Class wrapped up his seven recital series of the Complete Chamber Music of Brahms with piano. Over the seven recitals, Class was joined by 15 guest musicians and UTSOM faculty members.
Monday: Tenor Gerhard Siegel in Recital
German tenor Gerhard Siegel makes an appearance in Knoxville on Monday evening, November 23, courtesy of the University of Tennessee School of Music and their ongoing series of guest artist recitals. American audiences saw him as Mime in the Metropolitan…
UT Premieres Ellen Reid/Royce Vavrek, ‘Knoxville: Summer of 2015’
In this week’s Knoxville Mercury, I preview the new work by Ellen Reid and Royce Vavrek, Knoxville: Summer of 2015. On the concert at the Tennessee Theatre on Friday evening, that work follows a performance of the Samuel Barber work,…
Sunday: UT Symphony Orchestra and ‘Haydn’
In September, the University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra opened its 2014-15 season with a concert titled “España!”, an event I previewed briefly in an issue of Metro Pulse. At the time, I received very little information on the concert from…