Following KSO’s growth

Harold DuckettFeature, Our Town Arts

When I first started attending Knoxville Symphony Orchestra concerts in 1972, the KSO performed at the Civic Auditorium. It was David van Vactor’s final season as conductor. A UT music …

‘Candide’ is rousing good time

Harold DuckettFeature, Our Town Arts

There are as many unseen stars off-stage as there are in front of the lights in Clarence Brown Theatre/Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s sumptuous production of Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide,” produced in celebration …

KSO, Choral Society deliver sensuous concert

Harold DuckettOur Town Arts

The Knoxville Symphony and Knoxville Choral Society delivered a sensational, sensuous performance of Carl Orff’s 1937 masterpiece “Carmina Burana” at the Tennessee Theatre this week. But it wasn’t the only …

Mozart in the mountains

Sandra ClarkOur Town Arts

Seventy-five Knoxville Symphony supporters gathered Sunday at Blackberry Farm for a fund-raiser: A great dinner and an intimate 30-minute performance by some of the Symphony’s best players. Jim and Natalie …

MLK Arts celebration day is Monday

Harold DuckettOur Town Arts

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, in collaboration with the Carpetbag Theatre and the Celebration Choir, will present “A Night with the Arts; A Celebration Concert” in honor of Dr. Martin Luther …