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April 2011 Archives

Sunday: UT Horn Studio (and Friends) in Concert
The Horn Studio of the University of Tennessee School of Music wraps up its spring with a concert of seven works for horn and other...Read More Published 04/29/2011 at 3:39 PM 0 comments
Saturday: Oak Ridge Symphony
The Oak Ridge Symphony wraps up its season on Saturday, April 30, with a concert humorously entitled "Psalm and Dance." There seems to have...Read More Published 04/24/2011 at 9:33 PM 0 comments
Met Live in HD on Saturday: Strauss' "Capriccio"
The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series of broadcasts to movie theaters continues this Saturday afternoon with Richard Strauss' Capriccio. The broadcast time is 1...Read More Published 04/21/2011 at 8:58 AM 0 comments
Wednesday: Cellist Dave Eggar at Preservation Pub
Cellist Dave Eggar doesn't like the term "crossover artist." However, he is happy to "cross through" multiple genres of music on the way to achieving...Read More Published 04/18/2011 at 9:30 AM 0 comments
Sunday: Carmina Burana
Admittedly, Carl Orff's immensely popular work for chorus and orchestra, Carmina Burana, is somewhat of a crossover work. It appeals to many for its gigantic use...Read More Published 04/16/2011 at 5:29 PM 0 comments
KSO Offers Beethoven's 9th on Thurs and Fri
Assuming that one can still get a ticket, and that is a BIG if...the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra will offer concerts this week that should not...Read More Published 04/13/2011 at 4:11 PM 0 comments
KSO Hires New Concertmaster
The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has announced that it has hired Gabriel Lefkowitz as its new concertmaster. Lefkowitz will join the KSO beginning with the...Read More Published 04/12/2011 at 5:24 PM 0 comments
"Carmina Burana" at UT on Sunday
Carl Orff's immensely popular work for chorus and orchestra, Carmina Burana, will receive a performance this Sunday, April 17, courtesy of the UT Symphony Orchestra,...Read More Published 04/11/2011 at 12:25 PM 0 comments
Italian Street Fair Entertainment on Saturday
Andy Bryenton, principal cellist of the KSO who blogs for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, had a nice reminder on their blog of the diversity of...Read More Published 04/07/2011 at 10:38 AM 0 comments
Pianist Ian Hobson At Clayton Center on Sunday
Pianist Ian Hobson will make a concert stop at the Clayton Center for the Arts in Maryville on Sunday afternoon, April 10, 2 p.m. courtesy...Read More Published 04/06/2011 at 12:31 PM 0 comments
Rossini Festival Operas This Weekend
Knoxville Opera's annual spring time Rossini Festival takes place Downtown this weekend, so mark your calendar (or smartphone).----Knoxville Opera's big offering is a production of...Read More Published 04/05/2011 at 9:00 AM 0 comments
Tonight: Organist Michael Unger at Ascension
Michael Unger, organist, will give at recital this evening (Monday, April 4) at 7:30 p.m. at Knoxville's Episcopal Church of the Ascension on Northshore Drive...Read More Published 04/04/2011 at 12:08 PM 0 comments
Italian Street Fair on Saturday!
Knoxville Opera's Rossini Festival has become a very big deal for Knoxville. Even if one isn't an opera-goer, the Rossini Festival Italian Street Fair this...Read More Published 04/03/2011 at 10:30 AM 0 comments
Saturday: Graffe String Quartet in Oak Ridge
The Graffe String Quartet, hailing from the Czech Republic, will have a concert stop on Saturday evening courtesy of the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association...Read More Published 04/01/2011 at 12:06 PM 0 comments

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