Grammy Award News — The Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance went to the Attacca Quartet for its recording of Caroline Shaw’s Orange, appearing on New Amsterdam and Nonesuch Records. NPR’s Tom Huizenga called it “A love letter…
January Classical Music: Hope for a New World
The month of January has been known in recent years to have the mysterious ability to inspire notable—dare I say, sublime—music performances for Knoxville audiences. The schedule for January 2019 gives a hint of what wintertime concertgoers might possibly expect…
James Fellenbaum Named Artistic Director/Conductor of Brevard Philharmonic
By Alan Sherrod One of Knoxville’s busiest musicians is about to get just a bit busier. James Fellenbaum, who holds multiple conductorships in the Knoxville classical music world, has recently been named Artistic Director/Conductor of the Brevard Philharmonic. Fellenbaum…
Review: UT Symphony Continues Its Amazing Journey With Shostakovich 10th
There’s a lot of audience talk going around these days regarding the rapid ascent of the University of Tennessee Symphony Orchestra this season into the lofty ranks of the best music school orchestras in the U.S. At this past Sunday’s…
Recital Review in Brief: ‘Geoffrey Herd and Friends’ at UTSOM
Even with the advantage of history, it’s hard to imagine that Johannes Brahms’ Piano Quartet in G Minor, Op 25, would have ever generated uncertainty or puzzlement in anyone. It’s said that Clara Schumann had slight misgivings about the work,…
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…
UT Alum Alexandria Shiner Joins Washington National Opera’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program
It goes without saying that the beginning of any career is full of uncertainties and daunting obstacles. For young opera singers, though, the keys to success are even more tantalizingly elusive, magnified by the stratospheric level of natural vocal talent…
This Weekend: UT Opera Theatre – ‘The Crucible’
The UT Opera Theatre offers Robert Ward’s ‘The Crucible’ this weekend for four performances at the Bijou Theatre.
Composer Jennifer Higdon in Residency at UT School of Music
Composer Jennifer Higdon returns to Knoxville this weekend and next week for a composer-in-residence stint with the University of Tennessee School of Music.
The public is invited and encouraged to attend the concert events listed below. There is no admission charge for any of them.
We’re Back! Pianist Eunsuk Jung and Colleagues Open UT Recital Season
It’s been a long, hot summer, but Arts Knoxville’s involuntary hiatus is now—thankfully—at an end. The University of Tennessee is back in session and the UT School of Music’s recital programs are warming up in the wings. The first faculty and guest artist recital of the season features pianist Eunsuk Jung and local colleagues in works by Glinka and Schubert.