Year: 2022

Nashville Opera Presents

Das Rheingold at Belmont

On May 6th, Nashville Opera presented Richard Wagner’s epic music drama Das Rheingold in the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Belmont University. A not-so-humble expression of former BelmontRead More

The Gateway Chamber Orchestra Presents:

Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony

On April 23, the Gateway Chamber Orchestra presented Gustav Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony (No. 2, 1894) in the Mabry Concert Hall at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville. Mahler’s “Resurrection” is aRead More

From Oz Arts:

Malpaso, Fusion of Modern Dance and Cuban Innovation: No Missteps Here

The healthy evolution of modern dance was clear Friday night, April 29, 2022, when Malpaso made its Nashville debut at the OZ Center. Founded in 2012 by a triumvirate consistingRead More

New in the Music City:

Blueprint & Jacob Jezioro at the Axiom Art Gallery

Nobody would blame you for missing the Axiom Art Gallery. Tucked away between Third Man Records and the Plaza art supplies store, the only signage in front of the buildingRead More

Live in Franklin:

LAGQ Concert at Franklin Theatre

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet brought a warmth to Franklin Theatre on an April night of near freezing temperatures at show time. The intimacy in which the four guitarists blendRead More

From Nashville Opera

Rigoletto Noir…Finally!

Over the weekend, Nashville Opera finally managed to pull off their long-awaited Rigoletto Noir, complete with a three-minute, film-noir-inspired cinematic short created by Nashville natives Chris Hollo and Mark MosrieRead More

The Nashville Symphony plays Coleridge-Taylor, Debussy, and Mendelssohn

Nature’s Passion on Land and Sea

On Sunday, April 10 2022 at 2 pm in the Schermerhorn Center, the Nashville Symphony continued its “Classical Series” with four works, two familiar and two relatively unknown in theRead More

The MCR Interview:

Bill Kanengiser of the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet

The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet (LAGQ) is marking their 40th anniversary with the release of Opalescent, a collection of works that “explore the luminous nature of music.” It features piecesRead More

From the Gateway Chamber Orchestra

With Golijov’s ‘La Pasion’ Gateway Lifts Every Voice in Clarksville

On March 19-20 Gregory Wolynec brought his Gateway Chamber Orchestra (GCO) to the beautiful Mabry Concert Hall at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville to perform the rarely heard LaRead More

The Nashville Symphony at the Schermerhorn

Kip Winger’s Symphony No. 1 and the Semiotics of the Musical Sublime

This past weekend, the Nashville Symphony presented its “Evening of Firsts,” a concert program featuring the premieres of works by Kip Winger, songwriter and rock musician turned composer, and BradRead More