Listen / Members of Nashville’s ALIAS Chamber Ensemble play works by two Baroque era favorites. The performers are Zeneba Bowers, violin; Matt Walker, cello; Kevin Bate, cello; Jessica Dunnavant, baroque flute and Francis Perry, theorbo.
Live in Studio C: Kevin Jablonski, double bass and Robert Marler, piano
Listen / So often, our only exposure to the double bass comes at an orchestral performance, when the instrument is used to provide a steady foundation of low notes deep below the rest of the ensemble. In Studio C, Nashville Symphony bassist Kevin Jablonski showcased the virtuosic possibilities the huge string instrument possesses, accompanied by […]
Live in Studio C: Nashville Concerto Orchestra
Listen / The Nashville Concerto Orchestra is a new ensemble made up of musicians of various experience levels, all pitching in to give local players a chance to perform concertos. Founder Roger Weismeyer modeled it on a group in San Francisco, and the premise is simple: Whether they’re pros or amateurs, instrumentalists who play four […]
Labyrinth Of Gallery “Pods” Invites OZ Arts Fest Visitors To Step Inside The Art
An unusual take on the idea of a group art show is reappearing at this week’s OZ Arts Fest. Modular Art Pods offer festival-goers a trip through tiny, interconnected spaces, each its own art installation. Walking through can give the same pleasant or thrilling sort of disorientation as a carnival funhouse. The walls of most […]
Live in Studio C: Governor’s School for the Arts Students
Listen / This summer, hundreds of young artists from around the state are in Murfreesboro at the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts. Music Division Director Jerome Reed brought a handful of young musicians, each a rising junior or senior in high school, to give a taste of how talented the Governor’s School students are.
Live in Studio C: Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts Faculty
Listen / Each summer, talented high school students from throughout the state gather on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University for several weeks of intensive training in music, dance, theater and visual art. The faculty for the Governor’s School for the Arts is drawn from around the region. In addition to running rehearsals, the […]
Watkins’ Oldest Alumna Uses Career In Sales To Fuel Artistic Drive
When Mildred Jarrett started her studies at Watkins College of Art and Design (or, as it was then known, Watkins Institute), she was considered too young to be in figure studies classes with nude models. When she graduated with her Associates Degree in Fine Art in 2001, she was a half-century older than her classmates.
Live in Studio C: Michael Samis and Amy Dorfman
Listen / As much as cellist Michael Samis enjoys the music written for his own instrument, he finds that transcriptions open up a larger musical world to him. Playing in Studio C, Samis and pianist Amy Dorfman performed a program entirely made up of duets derived from keyboard solos.
Nashville Symphony Caps Off A Massive Undertaking: All 9 Mahlers In 7 Years
This weekend, the Nashville Symphony completes a passion project of Artistic Director Giancarlo Guerrero: performing all of Gustav Mahler’s nine symphonies.
Live in Studio C: Jerome Reed, Piano
Listen / Jerome Reed returned to Studio C with a program of well-loved and well-played favorites, including a Brahms intermezzo that acts as a sort of musical mirror for him. On the instruction of a professor during his undergraduate years, Reed picked the intermezzo as something he would return to again and again through his […]
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