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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.  

de la ópera de nashville

La ópera necesitaba a Florencia y el realismo mágico necesitaba una ópera 

(English Version here: https://wp.me/pabEmc-2Ic) —¡Hace años que esperábamos este momento! Una llave de plata: la voz luminosa de Florencia Grimaldi reabrirá la cerradura dormida del teatro – Anunciaba un hombreRead More

From the Nashville Opera

The opera needed Florencia, and magical realism needed an opera 

(versión en español aquí: https://wp.me/pabEmc-2Ib) — For years we have waited for this moment! A silver key: Florencia Grimaldi’s dazzling voice will reopen the theater’s dormant lock – announced aRead More

From the Nashville Ballet

A Tale of Two Nutcrackers

The Nutcracker has been in the news lately. That’s unusual because this 19th-century masterpiece has been a staple of American holiday seasons for generations, remaining as part of the festiveRead More

New From Eric Nathan

Some Favored Nook

The 2023 release of Some Favored Nook is a project that brings together the talents of an impressive collective. Sonically weaving a web of cultural and societal connections, librettists MarkRead More

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