I’ve never liked the word “dialogue” used as a verb referring to the act of having a conversation. Too much like a script. Too predictable. Too calculated. Maybe a dryness …
Clarence Brown and Symphony team up for ‘Candide’
The Clarence Brown Theatre and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will collaborate on a production of Leonard Bernstein’s operetta “Candide” next year. The production is funded by a grant from the Roy …
Opera on the verge
Could it be possible for Knoxville to have its own contemporary opera festival, say along the lines of Big Ears, the internationally known contemporary music festival created by Knoxville’s own …
Hot Jazz at the Bijou
A student evaluated UT course MUC0125 taught by Vance Thompson, director of the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra. It read: “8 Quizzes that are Tests – 10 percent of your grade each …
New director for Dogwood Arts
Sherry Jenkins is the new executive director of Dogwood Arts. The announcement came Tuesday from Shanna Browning, president of the Dogwood Arts board of directors.
Jenkins has served on the Dogwood …
KSO’s new concertmaster begins series Wednesday
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s very popular Concertmaster Series of chamber music concerts get underway this Wednesday and Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Knoxville Museum of Art, 1050 World’s Fair …
Jazz times two this week
The Knoxville Jazz Orchestra takes the stages downtown twice this week.
Tonight at the Bijou Theatre, the KJO is joined by John Beasley for a celebration of the 100th anniversary of …
Chamber Orchestra has fun at opening concert
Baritone Scott Bearden, who has sung in several Knoxville Opera productions, earned a well-deserved “Bravo!” for his multiple-characters role, performed as the chansonnier, in H. K. Gruber’s 1977 “Frankenstein!! A …