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…
Review: Pianist Chih-Long Hu and UT Symphony – A Memorable Beethoven “Emperor”
By Alan Sherrod Ludwig van Beethoven—born on December 17, 1770—still has 14 months to go before his 250th anniversary, but that isn’t stopping musicians, ensembles, and orchestras all over the globe from taking advantage of a two-year celebration period…
On Sunday: UT Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
By Alan Sherrod University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra Tan Dun: Internet Symphony ‘Eroica’ (conductor: Logan Campbell) Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor (conductor: James Fellenbaum) Sunday, September 22, 2019, 4:00 PM James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Building, UT…
Saturday Evening: UT Symphony To Offer a Beethoven Fantasy and a Bruckner 7
By Alan Sherrod It isn’t at all uncommon for audiences today to willingly take in performances of four and five hours, or even more, if the occasion demands it. Marathon concerts, even all night ones, always attract the curious…
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…
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,…
“Vive La France” This Saturday Evening – UT Symphony Focuses on French Music
University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra “Vive la France” Dukas: Fanfare from from La Perà Fauré: Requiem Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor (“The Organ Symphony”) James Fellenbaum, conducting Saturday, February 21 7:30 p.m. James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial…