The MCR Interview

Interviews of folks who make things happen in the Music City!


The MCR Interview

Nashville Rep’s ‘Christmas Carol’ (Interview with Micah-Shane Brewer, Artistic Director)

As part of the MCR Interview series journalist Grace Tipton asks Micah-Shane Brewer about his design for the new production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Nashville Rep this December.  

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Improvising a Dream: David Rodgers and the Birth of the Nashville Jazz Festival

For pianist and composer David Rodgers, the idea of a Nashville Jazz Festival has been simmering for more than a decade. Ever since arriving in the city as a VanderbiltRead More

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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

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A Broadway Actress Speaks about Life on Tour: Holly Ann Butler

Disney’s North American Tour of Beauty and the Beast is coming to Nashville in early November. Holly Ann Butler, who is playing the role of Madame, took the time toRead More

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Nashville Ballet’s 40th Season Brings Elvis Presley, Sherlock Holmes, and Local History to the Stage

Nashville Ballet launches its landmark 40th Anniversary Season with a bold mix of tradition, innovation, and local storytelling. In this interview with Audrey Conley of Music City Review, Artistic DirectorRead More

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Nashville Film Fest Executive Director Jason Padgitt on Running the Festival

The 56th annual Nashville Film Festival is coming up later this month for six days of over 150 films screening at venues across the city. Jason Padgitt, the executive directorRead More

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Leonard Slatkin on the Future of the Nashville Symphony

The Nashville Symphony is stepping into a new era, and few voices could frame the moment better than Leonard Slatkin. In a recent interview with Daniel Kren, the internationally celebratedRead More

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A Conversation with Maestra Eímear Noone

Irish conductor and composer Eímear Noone has carved out a singular place in the world of music. Best known for her groundbreaking work in video game scores such as WorldRead More

Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva on Creating and the Nashville Theater Scene

Jennifer Whitcomb-Oliva is a staple of the Nashville theater scene and will be performing on opening night of this year’s Kindling Arts Festival. Her solo performance art creation Effluvia, willRead More

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Soprano Rainelle Krause on Nashville’s Lucia di Lammermoor, the Queen of the Night, and other things!

Ahead of her upcoming appearance in Nashville Opera’s production of Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor on April 3rd and 5th, Journalist Sarah Featherston speaks with Soprano Rainelle Krause on theRead More

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Cellist Inbal Segev on Bach, Adamo and Her Compositional Process

Music City Review Journalist Jayna Powell speaks with Cellist Inbal Segev about her career, her working relationships with composers like Mark Adamo, Anne Clyne and Timo Andres, as well asRead More