91Classical

11/09/2020

Coming soon, the music played on 91.1 FM will change. When this occurs, classical music will move to digital platforms only. Here’s a quick Q&A on how to receive the digital signal.

Coming soon, the music played on 91.1 FM will change. When this occurs, classical music will move to digital platforms only. Here’s a quick Q&A on how to receive the digital signal. How can I listen to classical music when the switch is made? You will be able to access the classical station by str...

09/18/2020

As we anticipate the premiere of Nashville Opera’s “One Vote Won” a week from tomorrow, the Chattanooga Pulse has this profile of composer Dave Ragland. Ragland is also the vocal music mentor for our Student Composer Fellowship.

09/08/2020

Now you can follow our podcast Classically Speaking on all social media platforms! Be sure to catch the latest episode, featuring conductors JoAnn Falletta, Mei-Ann Chen, and Jeri Lynne Johnson, and get in on the conversation.

09/08/2020

Classically Speaking: Three superconductors take on 2020.

It’s not often that three conductors are in the same room – virtual or otherwise. But 2020 isn’t a typical year. With COVID-related closures orchestras are facing their largest existential crisis ever. Through World Wars, pandemics, and other worldwide crisis moments in the past, concert halls...

08/19/2020

Listen: Jennifer Higdon's take on the music she's created over time.

08/18/2020

In addition to Lara Downes: These Women Together at 7 pm, you can also watch Nashville Ballet's "72 Steps" tonight. Read more about the piece, in this story from the premiere.

Nashville’s role in the women’s suffrage movement has been turned into a ballet. The new piece 72 Steps highlights a specific moment that was pivotal to women getting the right to vote. During a rehearsal with Nashville Ballet’s second company NB2, the dancers seem to wander aimlessly, while e...

08/18/2020

Be sure to join us for Lara Downes: These Women Together tonight at 7 central!

91Classical presents pianist Lara Downes a recital in honor of the centennial of the 19th amendment's ratification, with special guest Simone Dinnerstein.

08/17/2020

In case you missed it: host Colleen Phelps looked toward the future of the orchestra this morning with conductors Jeri Lynn Johnson of Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, and JoAnn Falletta of Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Mei-Ann Chen Conductor of Chicago Sinfonietta.

08/17/2020

Higdon has written tone poems, operas, choral works, and band music. But her concerto list is by far the most varied and creative.

Composer Jennifer Higdon has built one of the most diverse and exciting catalogs of music in our time. She has written tone poems, operas, choral works, and band music. But her concerto list is by far the most varied and creative. There is a set of usual suspects to act as soloists with orchestra: p...

08/17/2020

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