Month: October 2019

the Nashville Symphony presents

the Subtle Similarities of Brahms, Dvořák, Adams and Ives

On the rainy weekend of October 25th, the Nashville Symphony performed a program that included works by Antonin Dvořák, Johannes Brahms, John Adams, and Charles Ives. The program reflected contemporariesRead More

Horror in Music City:

An Evening of Superior Cinematic Wonderment: Manual Cinema’s Frankenstein

Upon setting foot in the large black-box theater of OZ Arts Nashville and rounding the corner of a towering construction holding hundreds of stadium style chairs, it was evident IRead More

At TPAC

‘Once on this Island’ Opens its U.S. Tour in Nashville

A bustling stage and charged audience await the opening night of the National Broadway Tour for Once on This Island. Originally designed and performed “in the round”, the show accommodatesRead More

Horror in Music City:

Frankenstein Comes to OZ

Looking for something a little spooky to get in the spirit of the Season? OZ is bringing Manual Cinema’s reboot of Frankenstein to town October 24th-26th. “If I cannot inspire love,Read More

Nashville Opera’s Madama Butterfly

On October 10, Nashville Opera opened its 2019 season with a delightful production of Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at the Andrew Jackson Hall in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. TheRead More

Music City News:

The River as Song: Prolific American and Chinese Songwriters Take the Stage at Analog at Hutton

A concert that features multi-Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale and multiple national music award-winner Su Yang, from China is going to take place at the Analog at Hutton HotelRead More

Gateway Chamber Orchestra Presents

Ultra-Romanticism at the Franklin Theater

Deceptively spacious and nestled between two storefronts on the aesthetic and quaint Main Street of historic Franklin Tennessee, the Franklin Theater welcomes a vast array of events from musical theaterRead More

In Contemporary Reviews:

An Evening of Renewal with Intersection

Sustainability and environmental awareness were central themes when Intersection partnered with the Portara Ensemble this past Saturday evening at Lipscomb’s new Shinn Event Center for a concert billed as “Renewal”. Read More

Nashville Opera Presents:

Madame Butterfly

Giacomo Puccini is often considered one of the greatest Italian opera composers of all time. Madame Butterfly, in addition to La bohème and Tosca,  has become one of Puccini’s mostRead More

At the Schermerhorn...

Shostakovich at the Nashville Symphony: This is Why Art Matters.

As I write this, and most likely as you read it, we are both secure in the tacit knowledge that despite the imperfection, inequality, and division present in our currentRead More