The story of a soldier in Australia is the subject of a musical theater song that earned two local students national attention this August.
Suffrage In Song: Nashville’s Classical Music Celebrates The Centennial Of The 19th Amendment
Beginning this fall, Nashville will be marking the approaching centennial of the ratification of the 19th Amendment.
Six Questions With Student Composer Fellowship Mentor Cristina Spinei
Get to know one of our Student Composer Fellowship mentors through these six questions.
Nashville Symphony’s Accelerando Program Welcomes New Class Of Students
The Nashville Symphony announced the newest class of musicians to enter its Accelerando initiative on Friday. Now entering its fourth year, the program aims to prepare gifted young students from diverse backgrounds for careers in classical music through mentoring, performance opportunities and private lessons with Nashville Symphony musicians.
‘SilentWalk’ Invites Participants To Explore Centennial Park Through Music, Meditation and Motion
Listen / Classical audiences are generally expected to be as inconspicuous as possible: sit still, make as little noise as possible and clap only at the appropriate times. But composer Murray Hidary wants to take audiences from passive observers to active participants with an initiative he calls SilentWalk, which he’ll bring to Nashville this week.
Six Questions: Michael Alec Rose On Being ‘The Most Fortunate Composer Alive’
In celebration of 91Classical’s Local Composers Month, we posed six questions to some of Nashville’s classical music creators. For the final installment, get to know a little more about Michael Alec Rose, who is also an Associate Professor of Composition at the Blair School of Music.
With ‘The Fall Of Stag Lee,’ One Nashville Composer Turns A Legendary Murder Into An Opera
Listen / Since the early 20th century, the curious story story of Stag Lee has been woven into music, poetry in art. But local Nashville composer has taken it to the next level, giving the tale an operatic treatment. In 1959, Lloyd Price’s song about the legend of Stagger Lee reached number one on the […]
Six Questions: Composer Timbre Cierpke And The Meeting Of Musical Worlds
In celebration of 91Classical’s Local Composers Month, we posed six questions to some of Nashville’s classical music creators. This week’s featured composer is Timbre Cierpke, who feels equally at home performing and composing both classical and pop music.
Six Questions: Composer Gary Powell Nash And Music For Enriching The Spirit
In celebration of 91Classical’s Local Composers Month, we posed six questions to some of Nashville’s classical music creators. Gary Powell Nash, who teaches at Fisk University and draws from a rich variety of sources of inspiration for his own work, is our featured composer this week.
Six Questions: Telling Musical Stories With Composer Tracy Silverman
In celebration of 91Classical’s Local Composers Month, we posed six questions to some of Nashville’s classical music creators. This week, we’ll hear from composer, electric violin pioneer, and genre-bender Tracy Silverman.