The University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with its October concert featuring pianist Sean Chen. Chen was a Van Cliburn 2013 medalist and appeared with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra in…
Review Bits: UT Symphony Orchestra Opens the Season with “Italian” Flavor
There was a time in Knoxville’s music past when we treated the accomplishments of the University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra under music director and conductor James Fellenbaum as news. Sunday’s season opening concert program of the UTSO, which had as…
On Sunday: UT Symphony Orchestra Begins 2024-25 Season with Italian Flavor
“Italian” is the key word for Sunday afternoon (September 15) as the University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra begins its 2024-25 season. UTSO music director and conductor James Fellenbaum will lead the orchestra in a program of works that were written…
NY Phil Concertmaster Huang to Perform in Knoxville With UT Symphony
BY DIANA SALESKY The New York Philharmonic is, inarguably, one of the finest orchestras in the world. Therefore, it stands to reason that its Concertmaster position would be occupied by one of the finest violinists in the world. And…
This Weekend: UTSOM presents UT Symphony Orchestra and Recitals
University of Tennessee School of Music Concerts and Recitals UT Symphony Orchestra Music director and conductor James Fellenbaum is focusing on the musical “Narrative” in this Sunday’s UT Symphony Concert. In the three works on the program, composer Caroline Shaw…
UT Symphony Orchestra on Sunday: Bartok and Shostakovich
University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra Viola Celebration Finale Sunday, October 24, 4:00 PM James R. Cox Auditorium on the UT Campus FREE Bartok: Viola Concerto Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 In Viola Celebration Finale, Three Notable Violists Combine for Bartok’s Viola…
UT Symphony Orchestra on Sunday: Audiences Welcome For American Premiere of Work by Emilie Mayer
BY ALAN SHERROD The University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra Conductor: James Fellenbaum “Unfinished Business” Sunday, September 19, 2020 – 4:00 PM James R. Cox Auditorium on the UT Campus Free When one mentions the notable prolific symphonists of the…
Tuesday Arts Miscellany: Live Performances Return for KSO, UT Symphony, As Fall Heats Up
Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Although the KSO offered some performances last spring in front of limited-capacity audiences, the fall season is now here, and with it, an excitement for hearing live music again—albeit with some necessary safety restrictions in place instituted…
UT School of Music To Feature UT Symphony on Friday’s Virtual Concert Series
Although Covid has thrown all aspects of public music performance into disarray, the University of Tennessee School of Music has sought to overcome some of those limitations with a weekly drop of virtual performances—Virtual Concert and Lecture Series—ranging from individuals…
The Beethoven 250 Celebration Year Begins for KSO and UT School of Music
By Alan Sherrod Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, probably a day or so earlier than his recorded baptismal date of December 17, 1770. The composer’s subsequent life and work of 57 years shaped western music in ways…