Year: 2025

They Say it's a Birthday!

Reveling in Ravel: The Review

On Saturday, February 1 the Nashville Symphony hosted a concert celebrating Maurice Ravel’s 150th Birthday. While he was actually born in March, this is certainly close enough, and coming onRead More

Serie de conciertos de invierno de Cheekwood

“No pares, sigue sigue!”

(Version in English) Qué mejor que el intervalo de noches gélidas de enero se interrumpa con un poco de combustión. El espectáculo de Music City Latin Orchestra es un golpeRead More

Cheekwood's Winter Concert Series:

“Don’t stop, sigue sigue!”

(versión en español) What better way to interrupt the interval of freezing January nights than with a bit of combustion? The Music City Latin Orchestra’s performance is a heatstroke thatRead More

Coming this Month:

The Jazz Beat, February, 2025

This Month’s Highlights Here are the performances this month that I have picked out as really special, ones you won’t be able to catch any day of the week. TheyRead More

At the Schermerhorn

Welcome to the Year of the Snake

When you go to the symphony, you expect to hear high quality music both in terms of composition and performance. Nashville’s Lunar New Year: Year of the Snake certainly deliveredRead More

Coming to Street Theatre: Alice By Heart

Get ready to fall down the rabbit hole! Street Theater Company’s Alice By Heart brings a new twist to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, a heartfelt adaptation of the classic thatRead More

from the Nashville Opera

Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore

“We sail the ocean blue, and our saucy ship’s a beauty; We’re sober men and true, and attentive to our duty!” This boisterous opening chorus immediately set the tone forRead More

Faustin Linyekula’s ‘My Body, My Archive’

As a first-time visitor to OZ Arts Nashville, I have to say it offers a unique feel. The experience starts when you walk in the door, as if you wereRead More

Nashville, Meet Chicago

In 1920’s Chicago, two murderers try to use their celebrity and femininity to win sympathy from the press, the public, and the justice system to avoid the death penalty. AboutRead More

Coming from the Music City Baroque

Preview: Baroque Crossroads: A Celebration of Italian, German, and French Styles

There is much that can be said about Baroque performance practices. During my attempts at playing Bach during my undergraduate, I came across multiple ways of playing eighth notes; theRead More