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After the Storm . . .

I’m not sure about you, but I’m already looking forward to putting 2020 in the rearview mirror.  We’re not even halfway through the year and we’ve weathered a catastrophic tornado and are grappling with a global pandemic . . . and we’re not out of the woods yet.  As our communities gradually reopen and we learn to adjust to what is a hopefully temporary “new normal”, we are all confronted with uncertainty and apprehension about the future.  But, even as we adjust to quarantine, social distancing, facemasks, and the elbow bump rather than the handshake – we can still takeRead More

A New Release:

SONUS’ ‘Let My Love Be Heard’

Marking a decade of boundary-pushing choral artistry, SONUS returns with a new EP, Let My Love Be Heard, that captures both the ensemble’s evolution and its unmistakable emotional core. Over theRead More

The Nashville Symphony's Search Continues:

José Luis Gómez and Verdi’s Requiem

The Nashville Symphony’s latest classical series performance was not one to miss. The orchestra and choir joined forces alongside soloists Katie Van Kooten, Kelley O’Connor, Rodrick Dixon, and Chris HumbertRead More

A Preview:

Puccini’s American Myth: La Fanciulla del West by Nashville Opera

This January, Nashville Opera opens its 2025 season with Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West (the Girl of the Golden West)—a rarely performed work that trades Italian salons for a CaliforniaRead More

Coming this Month!

Preview: Music City Oratorio Festival Brings Handel’s Messiah to Life — Nashville Style

Nashville, TN — Early Music City invites singers and music lovers to take part in the 2025 Music City Oratorio Festival, a two-day celebration of choral artistry and community music-makingRead More

At the Schermerhorn

The Nashville Symphony Reflects on Hope

The fortunate Nashville Symphony audience attending either “Reflections and Hope” performances experienced profound, deeply moving music. And the audience on Saturday night knew it. Though sparsely attended—undeservedly so—the potent silences,Read More

At the Schermerhorn

Fate, Pastoral Exile, and Black Dances

I attended the Nashville Symphony Orchestra’s concert on October 2, 2025, part of a two-night program at the Schermerhorn Symphony Center. Jonathan Taylor Rush conducted the evening’s performance. Rush hasRead More

World-Renowned Vocal Ensemble Polyphony Kicks off Their U.S. Tour in Nashville

On Tuesday, October 14th, Stephen Layton’s ensemble, Polyphony, made the first of nine stops on their tour of the United States at St. George’s Episcopal Church in Nashville. Polyphony, establishedRead More

The MCR Interview

Necessary: J’Nai Bridges on Art, Opening Minds, and the Responsibility of Voice

In this in-depth conversation (embedded below) mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges discusses her upcoming performance with the Nashville Symphony in Reflections and Hope, featuring Brian Field’s new composition Everything Hurts, inspired byRead More

A Spooky Season in the Music City Continues:

Ghosts! An Evening of Chilling Beauty from NCMS

This past weekend I had the great opportunity to attend the Nashville Chamber Music Society’s most recent concert. Themed appropriately for October and Halloween, the “Ghosts” themed concert was aRead More

Coming to Nashville Opera

The Sounds and Conventions of Madness in Moravec’s The Shining

In 2016, composer Paul Moravec and librettist Mark Campbell premiered their adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shining at St. Paul’s Ordway Center for Performing Arts with great success and excitement.Read More