The MCR Interview

Interviews of folks who make things happen in the Music City!


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Tenor Anthony Kearns on his Career & Upcoming Concert in Nashville

Anthony Kearns, an internationally acclaimed tenor, record producer and member of the Irish Tenors speaks with MCR journalist Sarah Queener on his life and career, his perceptions of the UnitedRead More

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Conductor & Organist Wayne Marshall on His Upcoming Concert with the Nashville Symphony

The MCR Interview: Journalist Daniel Krenz interviews British conductor, organist, and pianist, Wayne Marshall.  Marshall is world-renowned for his musicianship and versatility on the podium and at the keyboard. OnRead More

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The African Company Presents Richard III: Interview with Director Lawrence James

Dr Lawrence James is directing a staged reading of The African Company Presents Richard III with the Nashville Shakespeare Festival at the Darkhorse Theatre February 22-24. This is a slightlyRead More

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Shamel Pitts, Founder and Artistic Director of TRIBE

The MCR Interview: Journalist Y. Kendell interviews Shamel Pitts, the founder and artistic director of TRIBE, about performance art, afrofuturism, the complexities of race and identity. TRIBE will be performingRead More

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Peter Otto, the New Concertmaster of the Nashville Symphony

After a wealth of experience in the role elsewhere, Peter Otto has joined the Nashville Symphony as Concertmaster. The Music City Review journalist Carly Brown took the opportunity to askRead More

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Denice Hicks on Her Career and The Nashville Shakespeare Festival

As actress and administrator, Denice Hicks has been one of the most pivotal players in Nashville theater for several decades. This year she announced her imminent departure from the NashvilleRead More

From Nashville Ballet

The MCR Interview: Mollie Sansone, resident choreographer for Nashville Ballet, discusses her work

A star on Nashville’s skyline since 2004, when she began her career with the Nashville Ballet, Mollie Sansone has had a remarkable career as a dancer, teacher, and choreographer. HerRead More

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Interview with Jess Chambers and Sonya Waters

On November 30th at Emerson Hall the Nashville-based chamber Ensemble Chatterbird will present ‘The Blossoming,’ a cross-collaborative concert with songwriter vocalist and instrumentalist known as Dream Chambers and solo synthRead 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

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Fable Cry’s 9th Festival of Ghouls (Interview with Zach Ferrin)

As part of the MCR Interview series journalist Bethany Morgan asks Zach Ferrin about his upcoming performance at OZ Arts with his band Fable Cry, as part of the 9thRead More