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KSO Finds Post-Election Common Ground With ‘Appalachian Spring’

In Classical Music by Alan SherrodNovember 22, 2016leave a COMMENT

In his introductory remarks to last weekend’s Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Masterworks concert at the Tennessee Theatre, KSO music director Aram Demirjian admitted that planning a program of American music for …

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From the Pit: KSO Pianist Emi Kagawa

In From the Pit by Carol Z. ShaneNovember 16, 2016leave a COMMENT

When Emi Kagawa sits down this week to play the piano part during the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring, she’ll be nestled in among the glockenspiel, …

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UT Opera Tackles Monteverdi’s Once-Obscure ‘Ulysses’ From 1640

In Classical Music, Performing Arts by Alan SherrodNovember 9, 2016leave a COMMENT

Mention the term “17th-century opera” to the occasional operagoer and you’re likely to see the quizzical look of someone imagining quaint ancient music emerging from a dusty score recovered from …

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KSO’s Increasingly Eclectic Chamber Series Spotlights Latin American Music

In Classical Music by Alan SherrodNovember 2, 2016leave a COMMENT

Of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s five major concert series, the Chamber Classics series at the Bijou Theatre occupies its own eclectic corner. These days, the series’ name has become somewhat …

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Yo Ho Ho: Knox Opera Successfully Revisits Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’

In Classical Music by Alan SherrodOctober 26, 2016leave a COMMENT

The last time Knoxville Opera performed Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance, in March 2010, it was a different time for the opera company. After several years of austerity …

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