Listen / The Eastwood Ensemble’s Spring concert is all about music written by — or for — Americans. The program includes the world premiere of a movement by Nashville composer Kevin Jablonski and a performance dedicated to the memory of East Nashvillian Paul Gordon. Ahead of the concert at Eastwood Christian Church at 3pm on Sunday, […]
Young Conductors From Around The U.S. Get Chance To Show Their Skills In Nashville
The Nashville Symphony is helping to play matchmaker this week. At least, that’s the hope as the orchestra hosts a national showcase for up-and-coming conductors.
Live in Studio C: Portara Ensemble
Listen / Portara Ensemble’s name hints at the group’s mission: the choir seeks to be a gateway to collaboration within Nashville’s music community. Last year, Portara partnered with ALIAS Chamber Ensemble and the Nashville Ballet to commission and premiere new music by Paul Moravec. The result, ‘Amorisms,’ was released as an album earlier this year.
Influential Nashville Organist And Teacher Peter Fyfe Has Died
Nashville’s sacred music community lost one of its mainstays this weekend. Organist, choir director and teacher Peter Fyfe died Saturday at the age of 92.
Live in Studio C: Vox Grata Women’s Choir
Listen / Vox Grata Women’s Choir has an upcoming spring concert featuring music from Central and Eastern Europe. Among other pieces, they’ll be singing a set of songs by Rachmaninoff as translated into English by a pair of Nashvillians. Mark Herman and Ronnie Apter came to explain how they craft singable lyrics that sound good while also […]
Live in Studio C: Silviu Ciulei, guitar
Listen / An alumnus of Middle Tennessee State University’s guitar program, Silviu Ciulei now teaches the instrument at Furman University in South Carolina. He returned to Studio C with a program of French music, Django Reinhardt and his own flamenco compositions.
Nashville Ballet Premieres Its Version of A Middle Eastern Legend That Predates Muhammad
The Nashville ballet takes on one of the most retold stories in the Islamic world, this weekend: Layla and the Majnun. It’s something of a coincidence that the company is premiering a dance based on a Middle Eastern legend in a political season full of talk about Islam in schools and Syrian refugees.
Live in Studio C: Christine Kim and Arunesh Nadgir
Listen / Cellist Christine Kim and pianist Arunesh Nadgir are back in the midstate after a pair of performances on the road. Both are music professors at Middle Tennessee State University. In Studio C, they gave us a taste of what audiences in North Carolina and Indiana enjoyed, playing a sonata by Debussy in its […]
How ‘Die Fledermaus’ Brought Rock-And-Roll Sensibility (1870s Style) To Opera
The Nashville Opera mounts its 100th production this weekend with a lighthearted story of Old Vienna, Die Fledermaus. These days, the operetta by Johann Strauss Jr., is an extravagant look back at a golden age long gone, but the show found its first success by being very of-the-moment.
Young Classical Musicians Taking Stage All Around Nashville
Spring is the season for hearing talented young musicians at their best. It’s when honor bands and choirs meet, when music majors ending their college careers perform senior recitals, and when competitions identify budding soloists.
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