Year: 2021

The Nashville Symphony

An Evening of Americana and Itzhak Perlman’s Beethoven

Last Saturday night, December 11, 2021, the Nashville Symphony celebrated its 75th year with an exquisite fundraising concert featuring, in the Nashville tradition, three outstanding works of living composers pairedRead More

A Music City Happening

The Healing in ‘Steal Away’

There’s something to be said about artists that know what the people need. Composer Dave Ragland and choreographer Shabaz Ujima, along with over 30 Nashville-area performers, introduced a new workRead More

Veterans Day Concert

Fantastic Musical Moments from the Nashville Reading Orchestra

The Nashville Reading Orchestra, one the city’s newest performing arts organizations, gave a Veteran’s Day concert this past Sunday night and it was my first opportunity to hear the ensembleRead More

New from Deutsche Grammophon

Live Concerts and Musical Transcendence in Deutsche Grammophon’s ‘Live from Salzburg’

In Deutsche Grammophon’s upcoming release Live from Salzburg, which features astounding recordings of Richard Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and Gustav Mahler’s Rückert Lieder, the power and range of Elīna Garanča’s voiceRead More

At Oz Arts Nashville

Puremovement in OZ

Oz Arts Nashville kicked off their 2021-2022 season with a residency in October from Rennie Harris’s Puremovement ensemble, an energized blend of street dance and hip hop choreography morphed intoRead More

At the Nashville Symphony

Beethoven, Poulenc, and Stravinsky: Sounding Together at the Schermerhorn

The Nashville Symphony is back! Or rather it’s on its way back. The season may now be in full-swing, but as we all continue to navigate the realities of aRead More

Nashville Opera

Opera on Wheels Comes to the Parthenon

On Sunday, October 17th, Nashville Opera presented “Opera in the Park” as part of its Nashville Opera on Wheels series. It was a recital of chestnuts from local artists performedRead More

Philadelphia Orchestra Release

Florence Price’s music showcased by The Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin

Deutsche Grammophon will release an e-album on 24 September 2021 featuring two orchestral works by Florence Price (1887-1953) – Symphony No. 1 in E Minor (1932) and Symphony No. 3Read More

The Nashville Symphony

Fanfare for Music City

They are back. The Nashville Symphony has returned home to the Schermerhorn Symphony center. Some things have changed: masks are ubiquitous, physical programs are replaced by digital counterparts, and theRead More

From Oz Arts

(Coming in October) Rennie Harris and Puremovement in ‘Nuttin’ But a Word’

OZ Arts Nashville Presents Award-Winning Choreographer Rennie Harris and His Company Puremovement in Nuttin’ But a Word The life-giving mix of street dance, hip-hop and contemporary dance takes the stageRead More