Between a monumental symphony, an “unplayable” piano concerto, and a portrait of an American town, there was a lot in the Nashville Symphony’s season-opening concert to inspire a menu from classical music lover, foodie, and Nashville Ballet company member Gerald Watson.
91Classical Announces Clara Schumann Festival
Roughly a century before Tennessee secured the right to vote for American women, across the Atlantic a woman was born who would quietly make a huge mark on the world of music.
Live In Studio C: Cheers To An Old Friend
Listen / In their first Live In Studio C performance in over a decade, Duology brought back several audience favorites, as well as a taste of their newest release. The guitar duo’s upcoming Christmas album is a mix of new pieces and traditional holiday music.
Applications Are Open For 91Classical Student Composer Fellowship
91Classical is launching its first Student Composer Fellowship.
Six Questions With Nashville Ballet Conductor Ming Luke
With their season-opening performances of Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, Nashville Ballet welcomes new conductor Ming Luke. Get to know him with his answers to these six questions.
Classically Speaking: Cheap Trills Live At PodX
Four friends got together and started a band? That’s so Nashville. The friends are a violinist, cellist, lute player, and countertenor? Yep. Still very Nashville.
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.
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.
Live in Studio C: When Segovia Went To Paris
Listen / When guitarist Andrés Segovia visited Paris in the 1920s he inspired many French composers who were not even guitarists to write with a Spanish flair. Richard Todd brought a selection of these pieces to Studio C.
‘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.
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