Author: Joseph Morgan

A new music ensemble:

NAAWS (Nashville African American Wind Symphony): a welcome addition to the Scene

Nashville has a new ensemble, the NAAWS! Their mission is remarkable and important: The Nashville African American Wind Symphony presents a broad range of educational, entertainment, and cultural programs. WeRead More

Nashville Ballet presents

‘Attitude’ at the Martin Center

Currently running at the Martin Center for Nashville Ballet is Attitude, a series that has developed a reputation for its “game changing choreographies and uniquely Nashville musical collaborations.” This year,Read More

In Nashville Ballet

“Attitude’ Opens Next Weekend

Nashville Ballet will kick-off the new year with the return of their annual Attitude series February 11–20. Staged on-site at The Martin Center for Nashville Ballet, this year’s production will giveRead More

The Nashville Symphony

The Band is Back Together! Dvořák, Mozart and Suppé at the Schermerhorn

On Saturday, January 8th the Nashville Symphony returned to the Schermerhorn stage as a complete ensemble to give a rather excellent concert featuring Franz von Suppé’s Poet and Peasant Overture,Read More

New from OEHMS Classics

Thomalla and Clover’s ‘Dark Spring’: Will You Listen?

In all honesty, I received the assignment to review this opera in late September. That’s when I should have listened, but I didn’t. Life got in the way. Would itRead More

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

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

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

A New Season!

The Nashville Symphony at the Ascend: Beethoven under the Stars

It’s been a pandemic, and after a year and a half of tracking quarantines, vaccines and rates of infections, folks are desperately trying to get back to normal. For me,Read More

For Immediate Release from Chatterbird

Mark Volker’s ‘Body and Soul, After the Plague’ to premiere July 29th.

Join chatterbird for the world premiere of Mark Volker’s Body and Soul, After the Plague, a free performance that will premiere virtually on July 29, 2021. Based on the medieval textRead More