BY ALAN SHERROD   It is fair to say that our Christmas season today would be vastly different had Charles Dickens not treated ...

BY ALAN SHERROD   With the beginnings of the holiday season now upon us, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra Maestro Aram Demirjian ...

BY ALAN SHERROD   As the Bijou Theatre’s red curtain closed on the University of Tennessee Opera Theatre’s performance of two ...

BY HAYLEY WILSON   New Playwright, Unexpected Venue, and an Emphasis on Play First Take Co.’s next theatrical venture in ...

The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra has announced that Music Director Aram Demirjian has signed a new four-year contract that ...

I am fascinated to hear her answer to Gershwin’s iconic Rhapsody in Blue when she joins the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra on ...

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 ...

Hayley Wilson is a PhD candidate in the English department at UTK studying Black drama and performance. Her dissertation project looks at two beloved Harlem Renaissance playwrights, Zora Neale Hurston ...

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The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Aram Demirjian have announced the programs for the orchestra’s 2025 -26 season. With the announcement, 2025-26 series subscriptions are on sale now.

On average, how much music do you listen to in a day? Even if you work from home, have a job that allows you to wear earbuds, are retired or otherwise unemployed, most people probably don’t engage ...

Drawing from a career background in music, motion pictures, and theatre, Alan Sherrod has been writing about Knoxville's diverse art and music scene since 2007 — first as the classical/new music ...