Year: 2020

Gateway Chamber Orchestra Presents:

Beethoven@250: Humanity in 2020

It is easy to forget that 2020 was supposed to be a celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday. Social unrest, contentious elections, and a global pandemic easily overshadow the events thatRead More

Premieres in Music City:

chatterbird to Premiere Leila Adu’s ‘Mahakala Oratorio’

Originally scheduled as a live performance in March, the project has been reimagined as a one-of-a-kind video project with contributions from interactive media artist Aaron Sherwood and will take placeRead More

An aTonalHits release

aTonal Hits ‘Movements’ — a wonderful listen for the coming wintry nights.

aTonal Hits is a small online team of Illya Filshtinskiy & Katha Zinn, and their prolific performing output shows them to be equally comfortable with Bach or Berg. While theRead More

A New Release from Avie:

Mythologies from Anna Clyne

On October 16th, 2020 AVIE Records released Mythologies, a feature on the composer Anna Clyne. This album includes five orchestral compositions, composed over a decade, recorded live by the BBCRead More

Live on the Internet:

Orpheus Chamber Orchestra performs Beethoven’s Egmont

Initially, one may ponder if Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday really needs to be celebrated with performances offered in his memory. Does extra attention need paid to a composer whoRead More

Nashville Opera

One Vote Won: A Streaming Must-See

Ask anyone from six months ago what they’d be doing right about now, and I’m sure it would be far different from what we’re pulling off now. For musicians, composers,Read More

Live Music in Nashville

Nashville Composer Collective at Asaph’s Chamber

This past Sunday afternoon (September 20th) the Nashville Composer Collective (NCC) put on their 22nd program in Belmont University’s intimate Asaph’s Chamber. Chairs were spread out out throughout the spaceRead More

Nashville Opera

An Opera Premiere from Nashville Opera…THIS WEEKEND!

Nashville Opera will open its season with a commission, N.O.’s first, in a performance of the election day drama One Vote One with music composed by Tennessee native David RaglandRead More

A New Release from Orange Mountain Music

From the Intimacy of Quarantine, Simone Dinnerstein’s “A Character of Quiet”

The tumult of 2020 has brought trials and tribulations to all, but as people discover silver linings in enjoying more time at home or taking up a new hobby toRead More

From Navona Records:

Liza Stepanova’s ‘E Pluribus Unum’

Pianist Liza Stepanova’s August 28th release E Pluribus Unum on Navona Records is described on her website as “Born out of the political climate of 2017” and “an artistic responseRead More