Singing just for the glory of it

Harold DuckettOur Town Arts

More than 40 people, from as far away as Saluda, S.C., Carrollton, Ga., Champaign, Ill., and Albuquerque, N.M., as well as Blount, Knox, Jefferson and Sevier counties, gathered at the …

KSO Aram Demirjian era off to a crisp start

Harold DuckettOur Town Arts

If Thursday night’s opening concert of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 82nd season was any indication, the Aram Demirjian era as conductor and music director of the KSO is off to …

Appalachian autochthonous music coming

Harold DuckettOur Town Arts

Two autochthonous music events, celebrating our Appalachian mountain heritage will take place over the next couple of weeks.
This weekend, Sept. 23 and 24, will be first annual Wears Valley Singing …

KSO opens season with tribute to Knoxville

Harold DuckettOur Town Arts

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra opens its 2017-2018 concert season Thursday and Friday evenings, Sept. 21-22, at 7:30 p.m. at the Tennessee Theatre, with a program called Knoxville Postcards.
“I knew we …

The Vietnam War is hard to watch

Harold DuckettOur Town Arts

It’s been 48 1/2 years since I came home from serving as a medic in the Vietnam War. That’s a long time ago. But it didn’t make it any easier …

Vietnam veterans honor Eddie Mannis

Harold DuckettUncategorized

The Vietnam Veterans of America, Capt. Bill Robinson Chapter of Knoxville, chapter no. 1078, presented Eddie Mannis, founder and president of Prestige Cleaners, with Honorary Lifetime Membership in VVA Tuesday …

Getting a head start for ‘Turandot’

Harold DuckettUncategorized

With a gala concert to celebrate Knoxville Opera‘s 40th anniversary season on Oct. 27, instead of its usual fall opera production, KO is getting the chance to do something it …