Uncategorized

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.  

In Correspondence from San Francisco

Les Illuminations by Benjamin Britten and The Planets by Gustav Holst

(performed in Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, California, October 27, 2023. San Francisco Symphony, Elim Chan, conductor; Andrew Staples, tenor.) Greatness makes itself known, even to the least experienced musicRead More

From Clarksville

Stanley Yates, The Farewell Concert?

Years ago I was sitting in the flute section of a regional orchestra in California. The inventive Board had hired an up-and-coming acolyte of the Boston Symphony’s famed Seiji OzawaRead More

An Annual Music City Event

The International Black Film Festival

Perhaps one of the greatest hidden treasures of Music City, the annual International Black Film Festival (IBFF), is held on the last weekend of September (the same weekend as theRead More

From Nashville Opera

Pagliacci’s Suffering and Guilt

On September 21 Nashville Opera presented a wonderful performance of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s verismo masterpiece Pagliacci at Jackson Hall in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. A reprise of the company’s stagingRead More

From Nashville Ballet

Ups and Downs: The Nashville Ballet Tackles Mourning, Rabbits, and Stravinsky

The filmed introductions provided an attractive opening to the Nashville Ballet program this past weekend (Sept 22–25). Each intro featured someone deeply engaged in each of the three works. InRead More

A Guest Author Contribution:

The Future of TPAC

In February 2022, news broke that the State of Tennessee is looking to lease a nearly two acre parcel of land located at 301 Rep. John Lewis Way N. TheRead More

Coming in June

The Latin Nashville Sound, June

(Versión en español aquí) This June promises to kick off the summer season with an extraordinary variety of genres and artists who, from their Latin roots, have maintained their musical identityRead More

The Pirates of Penzance at Nashville Opera

I saw the Nashville Opera’s final performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penzance at TPAC’s Polk Theater this past weekend. This comic opera premiered over 150 years agoRead More

Upcoming in Music City:

Nashville Repertory Theatre 23-24 Season Preview

Nashville Repertory Theatre has unveiled their 23/24 Mainstage Season: “We’re so excited about the upcoming year,” said Micah-Shane Brewer, Artistic Director of Nashville Rep. “Our theme surrounding the season isRead More

The MCR Interview:

an Interview with Paul Vasterling

On the weekend of April 21-23 The Nashville Ballet will be holding a series of performances titled New in Nashville in honor of their departing artistic Director Paul Vasterling [PV].Read More