Month: March 2023

From the Gateway Chamber Orchestra

Hispanic Lent with La Pasión Según San Marcos

A dust cloud arises above the ground gradually revealing an uncertain phenomenon. The more it becomes visible, the stronger is the instinct that something startling is about to happen. IsRead More

At the Andrew Johnson Theater in TPAC:

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

I was excited to see this play. I read Mark Haddon’s book, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in high school, and really enjoyed it. It isRead More

Ides of March at Schermerhorn

Music City Review Goes to War (and Leaves the Funk in Peace)

The lights were already dimmed as I raced in after seeking my reserved parking space in an apparently nonexistent parking lot. The Latino singer was midway through the first verseRead More

This Mosquito Doesn’t Bite: Kid Koala at OzArts.

The opening night of OzArt’s The Storyville Mosquito featured a unique kind of immersive storytelling: a movie in three acts created live. The show was sold out, an additional showingRead More

A Symphonic Sampler

Brahms, Dvořák, and Lutosławski at the Nashville Symphony

Laura Turner Hall was packed last Friday night and for good reason. Names like Brahms and Dvořák are sure to draw in crowds under any circumstances, but the addition ofRead More

Coming to the Nashville Repertory Theatre

Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Preview

“I first saw The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in a large theatre in its original Broadway run in 2015,” says Executive Director Drew Ogle. “I immediatelyRead More

A Chamber Music Series Concert Presented by Members of the Nashville Symphony

Modern Masterpieces for Brass

Select members of the Nashville Symphony presented ‘Modern Masterpieces for Brass’ at Schermerhorn Symphony Center on Wednesday, March 8, 6:00 p.m. This free event was offered as part of theRead More

Drumming from the Heart of Our Planet: 

Kodō Drummers’ “One Earth Tour”  at Schermerhorn Symphony Center

Kodō has a double meaning.  In Japanese, it means  both “heartbeat” and “children of the drum.” This latter also has a double meaning. It means children listening to the heartbeatRead More

The Nashville Repertoiry in Polk Theater

August Wilson’s Fences

I was unfamiliar with this play before seeing the Nashville Repertory Theatre perform it on opening night in TPAC’s Polk Theater, and I deliberately avoided reading about it beforehand toRead More

Gateway Chamber Orchestra Presents

La Pasión: A Culturally Diverse Musical Performance of the Last Days of Christ

Following their sensational debut performances of Argentinian composer Osvaldo Golijov’s work, La Pasión según San Marcos [St. Mark Passion] to pandemic limited audiences, (covered by MCR here) the GCO willRead More