Music This Week: March 16 - March 22

It’s “slim pickins” this week, as we’re all on Spring Break! 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, March 16

I will add events as I learn of them.

Tuesday, March 17

I will add events as I learn of them.

Wednesday, March 18

I will add events as I learn of them.

Thursday, March 19

7:30 p.m. Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: A SHIFT Festival Send-Off (Performance 1 of 2, LINK)
Join the Knoxville Symphony before we hit the road for Washington, D.C. to be one of only four orchestras featured in SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This concert will give the Knoxville audiences a chance to get a taste of what we will be bringing to Washington D.C., even featuring music about our own Scruffy City!
TICKETS: $14 and up
Tennessee Theatre - 604 S Gay St, 37902

Friday, March 20

7:30 p.m. Knoxville Symphony Orchestra: A SHIFT Festival Send-Off (Performance 2 of 2, LINK)
Join the Knoxville Symphony before we hit the road for Washington, D.C. to be one of only four orchestras featured in SHIFT: A Festival of American Orchestras at the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This concert will give the Knoxville audiences a chance to get a taste of what we will be bringing to Washington D.C., even featuring music about our own Scruffy City!
TICKETS: $14 and up
Tennessee Theatre - 604 S Gay St, 37902

Saturday, March 21

I will add events as I learn of them.

Sunday, March 22

6:00 p.m. Citizens of Glory Concert
Help us “Pack the House” at Riverview! Citizens of Glory is a family of musicians and singers that love the Lord and have a message of Hope through their music! The concert is free and is part of a Celebration of the start of the revitalization of Riverview Baptist Church.
Riverview Baptist Church - 3618 Delrose Dr, 37914

Music This Week: September 30 - October 6

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, September 30

I will add events as I learn of them.

Tuesday, October 1

7:00 p.m. Pellissippi State Community College (LINK) Faculty Recital
Prepare for an entertaining evening of music performed by members of Pellissippi's music faculty!
Clayton Performing Arts Center, Hardin Valley Campus - 10915 Hardin Valley Rd, 37932

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) : Fall Choral Concert
James. R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Building - 1408 Middle Drive, 37996

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Guest artist recital: Toni Marie Marchioni, oboe & Jacob Coleman, piano
Two faculty members from the University of Kentucky perform works for oboe and piano.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Blvd, 37996

8:00 p.m. Knoxville Jazz Orchestra presents A Century of Heroes: Kurt Elling sings Sinatra, Nat "King" Cole, Ellington, & Jon Hendricks (LINK)
After 14 years atop the DownBeat Critics Poll and eight Jazz Journalists Association awards for Male Singer of the Year, Kurt Elling can safely be called the top male jazz vocalist of his generation. In this program, the Chicago-born baritone pays tribute to personal heroes Frank Sinatra, Nat “King” Cole, Duke Ellington and Jon Hendricks. The play list will include Come Fly With Me, You Are Too Beautiful, I Like the Sunrise, I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Nature Boy (LINK) and other selections.
Bijou Theatre (LINK) - 803 South Gay Street, 37902
TICKETS: $16 and up

Wednesday, October 2

6:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Graduate recital: Christian Swafford, percussion
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Blvd, 37996

Thursday, October 3

6:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Joint junior recital: Will Eakin & Cullen Burke, composition
This recital will feature new music by two student composers in the UT Composition Studio, featuring a variety of styles and instrumentation.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Blvd, 37996

Friday, October 4

8:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Ensemble event: University of Tennessee Percussion Ensemble with Michael Gould
The UT Percussion Ensemble performs a concert of improvised and self-composed works for chamber ensemble, directed by Andrew Bliss and joined by guest artist Michael Gould.
Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall, Natalie Haslam Music Center - 1741 Volunteer Blvd, 37996

Saturday, October 5

I will add events as I learn of them.

Sunday, October 6

6:00 p.m. UT School of Music (LINK) Faculty and guest artist recital: Katie Johnson-Webb and Jeffery Whaley, horns; & Chih-Long Hu, piano
UT associate professor of horn Katie Johnson-Webb and Jeffery Whaley, principal horn of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, join UT faculty pianist Chih-Long Hu in this special performance featuring works of various styles for two horns.
Natalie Haslam Music Center, Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall