Music This Week: November 5 - November 11
Get those concert reports done sooner rather than later. This is a sampling of upcoming events in Knoxville, Maryville, and Oak Ridge. Other concertgoing tools: Facebook events, my Twitter lists, and the Do's and Don'ts of Concert Attendance.
Check back throughout the week because I constantly update the blog as I learn of events. All events without specific ticket information are FREE. Remember that some venues have an age restriction; I will post this info when I have it.
Monday, November 5
I will add events as I learn of them.
Tuesday, November 6
7:00 pm Orchestra at Maryville College and Maryville College Community Chorus: Fall Concert (Facebook event LINK)
The Orchestra at Maryville College, under the direction of Dr. Eric Simpson, and the Maryville College Community Chorus, under the direction of Alan Eleazer, will present a fall concert titled “Play a Simple Melody: Songs from Broadway.”
Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts - 502 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville, 37804
Tickets: $5 for adults, seniors and area students. Admission is free for MC students, faculty and staff (although a printed ticket is required for admission). For tickets, please call the Clayton Center Box Office at 865-981-8590.
8:00 pm UT School of Music Ensemble Event: Jazz Big Band Fall Concert
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall , Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996
Wednesday, November 7
7:00 pm Knoxville Symphony: William Shaub & Friends: Devilish Vivaldi (1st night)
Knoxville Museum of Art - 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, 37916
Tickets: $25 (General Admission)
Thursday, November 8
7:00 pm Knoxville Symphony: William Shaub & Friends: Devilish Vivaldi (2nd night)
Knoxville Museum of Art - 1050 World's Fair Park Dr, 37916
Tickets: $25 (General Admission)
7:00 pm Maryville College Community Concert Band presents “Something Old, Something New”
Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts - 502 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville
Friday, November 9
7:00 pm UT School of Music graduate recital: Selene Wu, piano
Performing Beethoven's "Sonata Op. 90, E minor," Schumann's "Fantasy Op.17, C major," and Brahms' "Variation in Theme of Paganini, Op. 35, Book I"
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall , Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996
7:30 pm Scruffy City Orchestra presents "Colors of the Orchestra" (Premiere Performance, Facebook event LINK)
The line-up includes Debussy's "Petite Suite", Enesco's "Romanian Rhapsody No. 2", Holst's "A Somerset Rhapsody", Tchaikovsky's "Mazeppa Overture", Von Suppe's "Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna", Bizet's "Farandole" from "L'Arlesienne #2" and — a VERY special treat — the debut of local composer Vicki Nguyen's "Good Morning Moon".
Sacred Heart Cathedral - 711 S. Northshore Drive, 37919
Tickets: Admission is free (donations welcome). Tickets can be obtained at Paraclete Catholic Books located next to Sacred Heart Cathedral off Northshore Drive in Knoxville. Bookstore hours are Monday-Saturday, 9-5.
7:30 pm Voces8 (Vocal group, Facebook event LINK)
VOCES8 performs repertoire from Renaissance polyphony to contemporary commissions and arrangements; versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression is central to the ensemble’s performance ethos.
Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts - 502 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Maryville, Tennessee 37804
Tickets: $19.50 and up
8:00 pm UT School of Music Opera Theatre presents Mozart's The Secret Gardener (Show 1 of 4)
A wonderfully comedic opera about love and secret identities that has grown in popularity and become an audience favorite in recent years. UT Opera Theatre will present a fully staged production by guest Stage Director Scott Skiba.
Bijou Theatre - 803 South Gay Street, Knoxville
Tickets: $5-20
Saturday, November 10
2:30 pm UT School of Music Opera Theatre presents Mozart's The Secret Gardener (Show 2 of 4)
A wonderfully comedic opera about love and secret identities that has grown in popularity and become an audience favorite in recent years. UT Opera Theatre will present a fully staged production by guest Stage Director Scott Skiba.
Bijou Theatre - 803 South Gay Street, Knoxville
Tickets: $5-20
7:00 pm Knoxville Guitar Society presents John McClellan, guitarist (Facebook event LINK)
John McClellan is one of America’s most respected performers, teachers, writers and DVD film producers. He will present a program of rarely performed works by Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed.
The Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan - 425 N Cedar Bluff Rd, 37923
Tickets: $20 adults, $5 students, FREE for children under 12 with adult admission. More at knoxvilleguitar.org
8:00 pm UT School of Music Opera Theatre presents Mozart's The Secret Gardener (Show 3 of 4)
A wonderfully comedic opera about love and secret identities that has grown in popularity and become an audience favorite in recent years. UT Opera Theatre will present a fully staged production by guest Stage Director Scott Skiba.
Bijou Theatre - 803 South Gay Street, Knoxville
Tickets: $5-20
Sunday, November 11
2:30 pm UT School of Music Opera Theatre presents Mozart's The Secret Gardener (Show 4 of 4)
A wonderfully comedic opera about love and secret identities that has grown in popularity and become an audience favorite in recent years. UT Opera Theatre will present a fully staged production by guest Stage Director Scott Skiba.
Bijou Theatre - 803 South Gay Street, Knoxville
Tickets: $5-20