Author: Brennan Wagner

Tower, Williams and Rachmaninoff at the Schermerhorn

This past weekend, our Nashville Symphony put on a splendid performance featuring pieces of the 20th and 21st Centuries. Joan Tower’s Tambor, John Williams’ Escapades for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra,Read More

From the Nashville Symphony

Success in a Shostakovich Community Event

This past week The Nashville Symphony continued their community series of free events with a pleasant evening at the Schermerhorn featuring two Shostakovich Quartets. The two quartets were the seventhRead More

In the Schermerhorn's Turner Hall:

Paremski was sublime as Francis Danced the NSO around the Block

The most recent addition to the Nashville Symphony’s classical series was not one to be missed. The program featured a diverse collection of music including Carlos Simon’s The Block, AntoninRead More

Nashville Symphony

Another Fantastic Night Coming to the Schermerhorn

This upcoming weekend the Nashville symphony will be performing the next addition of their Classical Series featuring Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto. Recovering from the psychological damage and toll of theRead More

Over at Vanderbilt:

The Attacca Quartet on the Quantum Potential

This past week I was honored to be invited to the latest recording of Vanderbilt University’s podcast, Quantum Potential. For this session they hosted the two-time Grammy award winning chamberRead More

The NPO’s ‘American Legends and Brahms’

The Nashville Philharmonic recently wrapped up their spectacular opening to the 2024-2025 season. The program, titled “American Legends and Brahms” was an excellent featuring works by Aaron Copland, Joan Tower,Read More

Music History in the Music City

How the Fiddle Became the Violin

On Sunday, September 29th, Music City Baroque put on a wonderful historical program mapping the history of violin in folk and art music. Titled “How the Fiddle Became the Violin”Read More

From the Blair Master Series:

Beethoven and Shostakovich at Turner Hall.

On Friday September 6th I was treated to a lovely night at Vanderbilt’s Blair School of Music. The occasion was a continuation of the Blair Master’s Series, this time featuringRead More

The Blueprint Ensemble’s ‘Summer Winds’ at Asaph’s

The Blueprint Ensemble is a Nashville based chamber group that is dedicated to performing music from Tennessee composers and other historical music. This past week I was able to seeRead More

Lake Street Dive at Ascend

Lake Street Dive is bringing a fusion of several styles including pop, jazz, funk, soul and many more. Bolstered by Rachael Price’s strong and powerful vocals their music tells stories,Read More