Go behind the scenes of classical music in Nashville. Musician Colleen Phelps takes you backstage at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center for interviews with composers, conductors, and instrumentalists to give you an in-depth look at life in the orchestra. Get closer to the music and musicians behind classical music in Music City.
For every piece of music that’s ever been notated there’s a moment, however brief, where the composer has the inspiration, but nothing is yet written down.
Classically Speaking: Hearing Beethoven
As a musicologist, Dr. Robin Wallace has devoted much of his career to studying Beethoven.
Then his wife, Barbara, went deaf.
Classically Speaking: Hannibal Lokumbe And The Sacred Covenant Of Music
Hannibal Lokumbe is not caught up in what classical music “should” be. He composes for symphony orchestra, and improvises on the trumpet. He plays in concert halls, churches, and prisons.
Classically Speaking: Cheap Trills Live At PodX
Classically Speaking: Ben Folds Is The Rock Star Who Wrote A Concerto
When you’ve been playing in a rock band for your whole career the way Ben Folds has, getting in front of a huge symphony orchestra feels completely different.