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
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 …
Knoxville Symphony 4th concert draws huge crowds to World’s Fair Park
A huge crowd, estimated by KSO officials at more than 40,000, filled both the south and north lawns at World’s Fair Park for the 34th annual Pilot Flying J Independence Day …
Concertmaster Series concludes with soulful, rousing music
One doesn’t go to a classical music recital expecting to hear arrangements of the African-American spiritual “Deep River,” or the Christian hymns “Jesus Loves Me” and “Shall We Gather at …
KSO, Choral Society deliver sensuous concert
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
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
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 …
Warm, vibrant music on a cold night at KMA
Like a teenager who couldn’t wait to tell her friends about her adventure, William Shaub’s violin took off in a breathless story that ran all over the place, telling everything …