When I went to the Clarence Brown Theatre to see Go! Contemporary Dance Works’ new production “New Territories” earlier this month, I wasn’t sure what to expect.
I haven’t written about …
Jason Overall: Serious music by creative mind with strong ideas
Hearing a concert of world premieres of a single classical composer’s music has been a rare occasion anywhere in the world in the last 100 years. Sergei Rachmaninoff played the …
Sunday is end date for opera’s ‘Schicchi’
Knoxville Opera’s first mostly local production in many years, a double bill of an adaption of Mozart’s 1786 “The “Impresario”” and a traditional performance of Puccini’s 1918 “Gianni Schicchi,” is …
Adams brilliant in Nief-Norf concert
Whether it’s Nief-Norf’s own concerts at the UT School of Music, or their appearances at Big Ears Festivals; encounters with the intriguing music on their programs or the brilliant and …
Fun times two in Knoxville Opera’s double-bill
Everyone at Knoxville Opera was working hard in dress rehearsals at the Tennessee Theatre Tuesday night preparing for KO’s double bill of Giacomo Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi,” being presented by the fictional …
‘Becky Shaw’ brings realism to UT lab stage
According to Pew Research data reported in December of last year, 19 percent of brides surveyed said they met their spouses online. Social media, it seems, works for both workaholics …
‘Gulf View Drive’ turns mundane life into drama
Raleigh (Rollin Prince) and May (Rachel Winfrey Norman) have moved from New York to the gulf coast of Florida so Raleigh could find new inspirations for the books he writes. …
KSO concert addresses power plays
At the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s October Masterworks concert at the Tennessee Theatre Thursday night, conductor Aram Demirjian gave two fairly lengthy introductions to music on the program that addresses issues …