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The MCR Interview

Nashville Rep’s ‘Christmas Carol’ (Interview with Micah-Shane Brewer, Artistic Director)

As part of the MCR Interview series journalist Grace Tipton asks Micah-Shane Brewer about his design for the new production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Nashville Rep this December.  

Mussorgsky, Corigliano and Ravel at the Schermerhorn

On January 5th, 2024, the Nashville Symphony presented Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Maurice Ravel’s Valses Nobles et Sentimentales, and John Corigliano’s song cycle One Sweet Morning sung byRead More

Nuevo de Music City

Cultura hispanoamericana 1500-1800: una colaboración entre la Music City Baroque y la Frist

(English Version Here: https://wp.me/pabEmc-2yB) En colaboración con el Frist Art Museum, y junto con la exposición actual del museo Arte e Imaginación en la América Española, 1500-1800, the Music CityRead More

Musical Whirlwind: Fanfares, Waltzes, and the Irresistible Mambo Beat!

(Spanish version here: https://wp.me/pabEmc-2yI) In the innate expression of the human condition, which came first, music or dance? The mystery in this question, where all answers can be legitimate, hasRead More

At Play Dance Bar

Embracing a Queer Christmas: a review of Christmas Carol Circuit Party

A compelling parallel can be drawn between the era when Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol and Woven Theatre Company’s Christmas Carol Circuit Party. Already an internationally acclaimed literary celebrity andRead More

at the Blair School of Music

Nashville Scholars and Musicians Celebrate Florence Price

I attended the event Florence Price: A Celebration for Orchestra, November 14, 2023 in Martha Rivers Ingram Hall at the Blair School of Music in Vanderbilt University. The Vanderbilt UniversityRead More

At the Darkhorse Theater

A Fabric of Sound

A Fabric of Sound was presented in partnership with Global Education Center and was led by Daniel Arite. The event was held at the Darkhorse Theater located in West Nashville,Read More

del Schermerhorn:

Velada entre danzas y un duelo 

(English Version here: https://wp.me/pabEmc-2vN) Me atrevo a afirmar que la experiencia deseada por Aaron Copland, Astor Piazzolla y Antonio Estévez en cada composición, fue revelada de manera fascinante el pasadoRead More

From the Schermerhorn:

A Soirée between Dances and a Duel

(Versión en español aquí: https://wp.me/pabEmc-2vM) I would dare to say that the experience desired by Aaron Copland, Astor Piazzolla, and Antonio Estévez, in each composition, was revealed in a fascinatingRead More

A Tragic Ambush at the Noah Liff:

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat

As far back as the antiquity of Plato, Western culture has sought a rational explanation for the power that music has over us. As a rational pursuit this is pureRead More