Music This Week: March 30 - April 5

You know the drill by now! This is a sampling of upcoming events in Knoxville, as well as Maryville and/or 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.

Monday, March 30

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Ensemble event: Spring Choral Concert
The UT Men's and Women's Chorales, along with contemporary acappella ensembles reVOLution and VOLume in their annual spring concert.
James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Building - 1408 Middle Drive, 37996

Tuesday, March 31

6:00 p.m. Maryville College Senior Recital: Robby Clemens '20
Maryville College senior Robby Clemens ’20 (tenor) will present his senior vocal and instrumental (piano) recital, which is free and open to the public.
Harold and Jean Lambert Recital Hall, Clayton Center for the Arts - 502 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, 37804

7:00 p.m. Pellissippi State: Spring Bluegrass Concert
Come listen to the school's very own talented bluegrass band, also known as the Hardin Valley Thunder!
Clayton Performing Arts Center - 10915 Hardin Valley Rd, 37932

7:30 p.m. UT School of Music & the Knoxville Jewish Day School Present: Itzhak Perlman
World-renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman performs a special concert alongside pianist Rohan DeSilva at the historic Tennessee Theatre as a continuation of the highly-acclaimed community event Violins of Hope, which was held in Knoxville in January 2019. This performance will be the capstone event of the Knoxville Violins of Hope experience. We hope you'll join us for an amazing evening in Knoxville with Mr. Perlman.
All net proceeds will support student scholarships at the UT School of Music and the Standford Eisenberg Knoxville Jewish Day School. For more information about this event, visit our website HERE. 
TICKETS: $78 and up. Tickets are available for purchase on the Tennessee Theatre website (LINK). 
Tennessee Theatre - 604 South Gay Street, 37902

Wednesday, April 1

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Studio recital: Flute Night
The UT Flute Studio performs some of the major flute solo repertoire from the Baroque period through the 21st century.
Room 32, Alumni Memorial Building - 1408 Middle Drive, 37996

Thursday, April 2

7:00 p.m. Maryville College: MC3Band Spring Concert
The MC3Band, under the direction of Dr. Eric Simpson, will present a spring concert. Free and open to the public. The Maryville College-Community Concert Band (MC3Band) serves a dual purpose: to provide a means of artistic expression for all its members (community, faculty, staff, and students) within the wind band medium, and to provide Maryville students with the opportunity to perform and learn within a large ensemble setting.
Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, Clayton Center for the Arts - 502 E Lamar Alexander Pkwy, 37804

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Ensemble event - VolOpera Spring Opera: Pinnochio
VolOpera will be performing a new opera composed by Aaron Hunt and conducted by Logan Campbell.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

Friday, April 3

6:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Graduate recital: Corey Martin, saxophone
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

6:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Studio recital: Trumpet Studio Recital
Room 32, Alumni Memorial Building - 1408 Middle Drive, 37996

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Graduate recital: Josh Sumter, organ
Church Street United Methodist Church - 900 Henley St, 37902

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Graduate recital: Sarah Beegle, mezzo-soprano
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

Saturday, April 4

2:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Joint junior recital: Alexus Keith, clarinet and Erin Parker, viola
Alexus Keith performs Carl Maria von Weber's Concertino in C, Wilson Osbourne's Rhapsody, Phillips Gaubert's Fantasie, and Kenchi Bunch's Four Flashbacks Mvt. 4. Erin Parker performs Ernest Bloch's Suite Hebraique Mvt. 1: Rhapsodie, Mark Summer's Julie-O, and Johann Sabastian Bach's Sonata No. 1, BMV 1027 for Viola de Gamba.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

4:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Senior recital: Zhen Zhang, piano
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Graduate recital: Elayna Sheffield, clarinet
Join Elayna Sheffield for an evening of Paul Hindemith, Claude Debussy, Robert Schumann, W.A. Mozart, and Arnold Cooke.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

Sunday, April 5

6:00 p.m. Oak Ridge Community Band: Hosanna! Palm Sunday Celebration (LINK) 
The Oak Ridge Community Band, under the direction of Mr. Shaun Salem, is proud to be one of the most active music organizations in Tennessee and one of the oldest organizations in the city of Oak Ridge and is dedicated to providing quality band music for the Greater Knoxville Area.  
TICKETS: Admission is FREE but seating is limited; tickets are available at the Paraclete Books and Gifts Store (located on the Cathedral campus) 865-588-0338, or at the door (doors open 1 hour before the concert). Please Respect our Sacred Space: No Food/Drink/Gum
Sacred Heart Cathedral - 711 S Northshore Dr, 37919

6:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Ensemble event: UT Small Jazz Ensemble Concert
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

7:30 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Studio recital: Clarinet Night No. 2
Members of the clarinet studio perform standard works.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

Music This Week: February 24 - March 1

Time for another concert list! Get those concert reports done sooner rather than later. This is a sampling of upcoming events in Knoxville, as well as Maryville and/or 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.

Monday, February 24

7:00 p.m. Knoxville Symphony Youth Orchestra (KSYO) Concerto Concert
This concert features the Youth Orchestra and winners of the 2019-2020 KSYO Concerto Competition.
TICKETS: $5 for adults, FREE to students K-12
Tennessee Theatre (LINK) - 604 S Gay St, 37902 

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Studio recital: Bass Studio Recital
Featuring students of Jon Hamar.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

Tuesday, February 25

6:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Graduate recital: Rob Linton, bass
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

6:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Guest artist recital: Shawn L. Copeland, clarinet
Shawn L. Copeland, clarinet faculty member at the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho, combines performance, pedagogy, and entrepreneurship in this guest artist performance.
Room 32, Alumni Memorial Building - 1408 Middle Drive, 37996

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Studio recital: Saxophone Studio Recital
An evening of saxophone music by the students of Allison Adams.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

Wednesday, February 26

I will add events as I learn of them.

Thursday, February 27

7:00 p.m. Pellissippi State: Winter Choral Concert
This concert features both of our college’s talented choirs, and this year our students will be joined by ensembles from Central High School and William Blount High School. The concert will also serve as a preview of our Variations choir’s upcoming Spring Break tour of Slovakia and Hungary.
Clayton Performing Arts Center - 10915 Hardin Valley Rd, 39732

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Senior recital: Claire Terrell, composition
A recital of works composed by senior Claire Terrell.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Boulevard, 37996

Friday, February 28

12:30 p.m. Pellissippi State Jazz Band
Pellissippi's own Jazz Band will present a concert celebrating music & Black History Month.
College Center, Goins Building - 10915 Hardin Valley Rd, 37932

7:30 p.m. Marble City Opera: Shadowlight (LINK) Performance 1 of 2 
Art, light, and friendship tell the story of celebrated African-American painter Beauford Delaney, who left the segregated South for the heady freedom of the Harlem Renaissance and Bohemian Paris. Famous singers, actors, writers, and artists adored him, Foremost among them his ‘spiritual son,’ writer James Baldwin, who credits his beloved mentor with teaching him how to live, learn, and see. This genial soul, frequently suicidal, was plagued by poverty and schizophrenic voices. Art became his lifeline, and he filled hundreds of bright canvases with joy and hope. Writer Henry Miller called them ‘canticles to the sun.’ Delaney’s journey out of darkness, ‘the misery,’ he called it, ‘of which the jewel of life is formed,’ is a splendid testament to the courage and resilience of a gifted man who found in the mystical marriage of color and shape the healing grace of love.
TICKETS: $15 students, $30 general seating, $50 premium seating
Beck Cultural Exchange Center - 1927 Dandridge Ave, 37915

Saturday, February 29

2:00 p.m. Oak Ridge Chorus: Leap Year & Light Opera (LINK) 
The Oak Ridge Chorus transports us to the land of Gilbert & Sullivan in this afternoon of light-hearted arias, choruses and scenes!
TICKETS: $15 Adults, $5 Students/Young Adults, FREE Students 18 and under
First United Methodist Church of Oak Ridge - 1350 Oak Ridge Turnpike, 37830

7:30 p.m. Marble City Opera: Shadowlight (LINK) Performance 2 of 2 
Art, light, and friendship tell the story of celebrated African-American painter Beauford Delaney, who left the segregated South for the heady freedom of the Harlem Renaissance and Bohemian Paris. Famous singers, actors, writers, and artists adored him, Foremost among them his ‘spiritual son,’ writer James Baldwin, who credits his beloved mentor with teaching him how to live, learn, and see. This genial soul, frequently suicidal, was plagued by poverty and schizophrenic voices. Art became his lifeline, and he filled hundreds of bright canvases with joy and hope. Writer Henry Miller called them ‘canticles to the sun.’ Delaney’s journey out of darkness, ‘the misery,’ he called it, ‘of which the jewel of life is formed,’ is a splendid testament to the courage and resilience of a gifted man who found in the mystical marriage of color and shape the healing grace of love.
TICKETS: $15 students, $30 general seating, $50 premium seating
Beck Cultural Exchange Center - 1927 Dandridge Ave, 37915

Sunday, March 1 

6:00 p.m. Of Stones and Stars
Presented by the Maryville College Concert Choir and Church Street UMC Youth Choir .
Church Street United Methodist Church - 900 Henley St, 37902