It came as no real surprise that Maestro Aram Demirjian chose to open the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 season with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. After all, the work is perfect for celebratory ...

There is nothing in the dramatist’s rulebook that says a play can’t be simple and complex at the same time. Those are certainly the traits of James Ijames’ Moon Man Walk, which opened last weekend for ...

She’s won three Grammys, a Pulitzer, and has been composer-in-residence for the Philadelphia Orchestra. Next on her plate, composer Jennifer Higdon has written a celebratory fanfare for the Knoxville ...

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Marble City Opera has announced that Ryan Colbert will be joining the company as its Associate Executive Artistic Director. She will begin her new role with MCO effective August 1, 2025. Founding ...

Whether it’s the flaming father of Hereditary or a visceral murder-suicide cold open in Midsommar that I’ve yet to shake, Aster takes great pleasure in such instances. Then, with Beau Is Afraid, Aster ...

For over 10 years, River & Rail Theatre has been a fixture in the Knoxville arts community, bringing together both local and national talent to tell stories about our city, its people, and its history ...

It would be impossible to find a more timely subject matter for an opera libretto than Stuck Elevator, Knoxville Opera’s latest offering that had four performances this past weekend at the Old City ...

It was almost exactly three years ago that the Knoxville-based drum ensemble Indigenous Vibes first performed with the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra. They were back for this past weekend’s Masterworks ...

When first announced by the University of Tennessee Opera Theatre, a production of Francis Poulenc’s Dialogues of the Carmelites at the Bijou Theatre seemed like a bold and challenging choice. As it ...

In the Clarence Brown Theatre’s production of The Play That Goes Wrong, the question confronting audiences is not whether they will laugh at the breathlessly farcical goings-on in this parody of ...

Artistic collaborations come in different shapes and sizes, but none have been more visibly impactful recently in the Knoxville area music community than one this past weekend that offered a ...