Week of Events
Amplifying Solidarity: A Northrop Plaza Series
Amplifying Solidarity: A Northrop Plaza Series
Spend the last four Thursdays of summer lounging or lunching on Northrop Plaza while listening to music by spectacular Minnesota artists! A collaboration between Northrop, Radio K, Welcome Week, Multicultural Student Engagement, and the School of Music, Amplifying Solidarity is a program of free outdoor concerts with the intent to use music to lift the voices of people who have been […]
Convocation 2021 Live Concert
Convocation 2021 Live Concert
NEC kicks off the year with a live concert featuring faculty of the Contemporary Improvisation Department, with music from Persian, Appalachian, Middle Eastern, and Jewish traditions as well as jazz, Avant Garde, new works, and more. The concert will feature Department Chairs Eden MacAdam-Somer and Hankus Netsky (a BandQuest composer), founding Chair Ran Blake, as well as […]
Symphony on the Square
Symphony on the Square
Join the KSO for a free, family-friendly concert on Market Square in downtown Knoxville. Music features include Jennifer Higdon (a BandQuest and ChoralQuest composer). Patrons are encouraged to arrive early and bring blankets and lawn chairs. Convenient parking is free for those arriving after 6 p.m. in the city-owned Market Square, Walnut Street, Locust Street, […]
Malamanya w/ DJ Espada at Granada Theater
Malamanya w/ DJ Espada at Granada Theater
Check out the exciting new venue in Uptown GRANADA THEATER near Lake St and Hennepin Ave in the former Suburban World movie theater building. Malamanya (a Minnesota Music Creator Awards winner (formerly known as MECA winner)) will be joined with DJ Espada on Friday, September 10, 2021 at 8 PM CT. Malamanya is a United States […]
Last Night of the Proms 2021
Last Night of the Proms 2021
With his ‘thrilling vocal heroics’ and ‘magnetic stage presence’, Stuart Skelton is one of the great tenors of his generation, a regular in all the major international opera houses. The Australian singer is joined by charismatic Latvian accordionist Ksenija Sidorova for the climax of the 2021 festival – a musical celebration like no other. A […]
APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE WITH TRACY SILVERMAN, ELECTRIC VIOLIN
APOLLO CHAMBER PLAYERS WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE WITH TRACY SILVERMAN, ELECTRIC VIOLIN
Apollo's season opener marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with the live world premiere of With Malice Toward None by Vietnam veteran composer J. Kimo Williams. Juxtaposing the Enlightenment philosophies of Ludwig van Beethoven and President Lincoln, this new work weaves storytelling and social contradictions with calls to action and good old-fashioned rock ’n’ roll. World-renowned electric violinist Tracy […]
The Illustrated Pianist
The Illustrated Pianist
Hailed as “ingenious,” “mysterious,” and “inspiring,” The Illustrated Pianist combines science-fiction and adaptive visual installation in an imaginative concert of piano music, inspired by the timeless book The Illustrated Man. This unique multimedia event, assembled by the pianist and composer Nicole Brancato for the Old First Concerts in San Francisco, honors the centenary, in 2020, […]