The Knoxville Gay Men’s Chorus took a giant step forward in performance standards and production values with its “Make the Yuletide Gay” holiday concert at the Bijou Theatre Saturday night.
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‘Unusual Tale’ reveals humanity of Mary, Joseph
In the Bible’s story of the birth of Jesus in the book of Luke, there’s no mention of how Joseph feels about everything that’s happening. He is pictured as just …
Sounds of Middle East offer intriguing instruments, rhythms
The music of other regions and cultures around the world can sound strange to American ears that may have never heard it. At the University of Tennessee School of Music …
Guitar ensemble plays fascinating concert
Classical guitar music is always special. A classical guitar ensemble with 12 musicians playing guitars that range from high soprano to low contra-bass guitars, ukuleles and mandolins is very special …
The real Scrooge surfaces in Clarence Brown Theatre’s ‘A Christmas Carol’
There’s a moment early in this year’s Clarence Brown Theatre production of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” that reveals the true nature of Ebenezer Scrooge. But he hides it until …
Ring in the holiday season with ‘Unsilent Night’
When Nief-Norf’s artistic director, Andy Bliss, moved to Knoxville to take charge of the percussion studies area at the University of Tennessee School of Music seven years ago, one of …
KSO chamber musicians bring in Christmas charm
American composer David Maslanka, who died last year at 74, was long fascinated by J.C. Bach’s Chorales. So much so that he began each day singing and playing them as …
Kibeka Trio surprises with complex, demanding music
One would think a piano trio that has played together only a few times and at wide intervals would present music that is easy to wrap their heads around and …