Symphony orchestra rosters are generally very stable, but it is inevitable that both professional ambitions and personal needs produce some turnover of player personnel. Amazingly, the Knoxville ...

Music history is full of anecdotal accounts of collaborations between composers and soloists—some amicable and successful, while others, not so much. Certainly in the “amicable and successful” ...

we have become beautiful without even knowing it. – from “Nightclub” by Billy Collins I don’t know about you and yours, but a big part of my cohort went into Big Ears 2025 with a lackadaisical ...

Despite the oft-paraphrased enthusiasm of “My uncle’s got a barn—let’s put on a show!” from the Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland vehicle Babes in Arms, starting a theatre company and seeing that it ...

Roughly a year ago, Marble City Opera updated its claim in the site-suggestive and outdoor operatic production categories with a very notable take on Carlisle Floyd’s Susannah staged in the ...

As reported previously, ACE is now the Amadeus Concert Ensemble—a reflection of its sizable presence in Knoxville’s classical music scene and the impressive scale of its performances with full ...

Just what is the Tennessee Triennial for Contemporary Art? Every three years, participating Tennessee museums, arts venues, and arts organizations curate and present exhibitions under a common theme ...

It would be impossible to find a more relevant topic for contemporary theatre than that found in the Marble City Opera production of I Can’t Breathe, a new opera that received its world premiere on ...

It would be impossible to find a more timely subject matter for an opera libretto than Stuck Elevator, Knoxville Opera’s latest offering that had four performances this past weekend at the Old City ...

For one night only, writer and performer Chris McCreary presented his solo show Hot Nostalgia, a metatheatrical and eclectic mix of monodrama, stand-up, and sketch comedy. Collectively produced by ...

As we keep repeating as if it wasn’t obvious, 2021 has been a year like no other. Arts organization have had to reexamine their priorities and deal with new issues, like performer and audience safety, ...

The last ten years, or so, have been big ones for playwright Samuel D. Hunter. Along with a MacArthur Fellowship, his seventeen produced plays since 2010 include The Whale from 2012 which he ...