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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.  

From the Pedestrian Bridge:

Chatterbird Performs Honstein

Down Baby Down by New York composer Robert Honstein (b. 1980) is a piece for percussion quartet in six movements. One imagines that the composition process started with the composerRead More

Nashville Ballet

Blurring Ballet Lines: A Series of Moving Dialogues on Gender Identity and Stereotypes

Does movement imply gender? Do accepted norms impact freedom of self expression? Is creativity subconsciously limited by culturally-imposed stereotypes? These are the types of questions choreographers Carlos Pons Guerra, ErinRead More

At the Public Library

Intersection Celebrates Black History Month

I’ve been to a lot of concerts. I’ve seen Beethoven Symphonies and Handel Oratorios. I’ve laughed at Papageno in ​The Magic Flute ​ and held back tears as Mimi diesRead More

the Nashville Symphony

An Artist’s Dream at the Schermerhorn

On the weekend of November 7-9 the Nashville Symphony produced a concert that featured Hector Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique (Op. 14), Felix Mendelssohn’s Concerto No. 1 in G Minor for PianoRead More

Music City News:

The River as Song: Prolific American and Chinese Songwriters Take the Stage at Analog at Hutton

A concert that features multi-Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Jim Lauderdale and multiple national music award-winner Su Yang, from China is going to take place at the Analog at Hutton HotelRead More

Coming to TPAC:

Evan Hansen Lottery!

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Described by the Los Angeles Times as a “cultural phenomenon,” Dear Evan Hansen makes its Nashville debut Sept. 10-15 at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Jackson Hall. In advanceRead More

Traditions in Music City

Plaza Mariachi: Come for The Music, Stay for The Circus

Nolensville Pike, south of downtown Nashville, is known for being one of the most multicultural parts of town. Mexican taquerias are next door to Indian markets, Middle Eastern restaurants, andRead More

Traditions in Music City

Old Jams, New Jams, Blackberry Jams, and Blues

***This article is part of a new series, Traditions in Music City, which will focus on the many and diverse musical traditions happening around Nashville. Instead of a critical focus,Read More

Upcoming Performance

Chatterbird to Perform Improvisational Concert Using Footage from Nashville Metro Archives

Chatterbird, a Nashville-based chamber ensemble, has announced further details for their next performance, Historic Nashville: A Celebration in Music and Film. The concert is free and open to the publicRead More

News

Nashville Opera to receive $25,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts Acting Chairman Mary Anne Carter has approved more than $80 million in grants as part of the Arts Endowment’s second major funding announcement for fiscalRead More