Year: 2019

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

Nashville Ballet Presents

Romeo and Juliet

Two households, both alike in dignity,  In fair Verona, where we lay our scene… So begins the most renowned tragedy by William Shakespeare. Two brought so close by love yetRead More

At OZ Arts Presents

Instant Standing Ovation: “Electric…Profound…Beautiful”

Experiencing contemporary art can sometimes feel like stepping foot into the unknown: one must be patient and open your mind to the possibilities of what humans can create. Avant-garde JapaneseRead More

Nashville Symphony News

Nashville Symphony Presents Beyond the Score®: Shostakovich’s Fourth – Is Music Dangerous?

The Nashville Symphony’s 2019/20 Classical Series resumes on September 27-28 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center with Beyond the Score®: Shostakovich’s Fourth – Is Music Dangerous?, a program centered around Dmitri Shostakovich’sRead More

At the Schermerhorn...

Nashville Starts the Season with Tchaikovsky, Barber, and Hailstork

On Friday, September 13, the Nashville Symphony opened their 2019-2020 season spectacularly with Tchaikovsky’s Fifth, Samuel Barber’s piano concerto with guest soloist Garrick Ohlsson, and Adolphus Hailstork’s An American PortRead More