Oak Ridge music association receives Tennessee arts grant
The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association recently received a $20,800 grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission for the 2012-13 season. The money is being used to help support Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra...
View ArticleRock to Bach Music Festival returns to Oak Ridge Jan. 26
Imagine Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms walking one way as they pass the Beatles walking in the other direction. That’s the mental image you might have if you attend Oak Ridge’s third Rock to Bach Music...
View ArticleRenowned pianist to debut in Isotone Concert
World-class pianist and East Tennessee newcomer Emi Kagawa will make her debut here in the Isotone concert on Saturday, Jan. 19—the third concert in the Chamber Music Series of the Oak Ridge Civic...
View ArticleKlezmer band part of Rock to Bach Music Festival Jan. 26
One of the groups that will perform at the third Oak Ridge Rock to Bach Music Festival on Saturday, Jan. 26, at Pollard Auditorium is the Dor L’Dor Klezmer Band. “Your father would love us,” said band...
View ArticleIsotone concert Saturday honors Russian physicist
The Isotone concert on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at the Clayton Performing Arts Center at Pellissippi State Community College will offer an assortment of instruments, talents and music in honor of a great...
View ArticleSee Oak Ridge mayor play at Rock to Bach Music Festival
Not every city has a mayor who plays a banjo in a band. Oak Ridge does. Mayor Tom Beehan and five other musicians are members of The Ridge City Ramblers. The band will perform at Oak Ridge’s third Rock...
View ArticleFormer City Council member Pat Rush dies
Former Oak Ridge City Council member Patricia “Pat” Lewis Paynter Rush died Wednesday at Methodist Medical Center after a short illness. She was 82. Rush was elected to City Council in 1987 and served...
View ArticleORCMA Coffee Concert features violin, piano, voice
“A Night of Violin, Vocal, and Piano Music” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at First Presbyterian Church in Oak Ridge. This first free coffee concert of the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association...
View Article‘Dialogue with Dan’ on Monday
Dan Allcott, music director of the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association and conductor of the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, will speak at noon Monday in the lobby of the historic Grove Theater,...
View ArticleSaturday concert features music by two Tennessee composers, dulcimerist
Dan Allcott has been conducting research—and two professional orchestras: the Bryan Symphony Orchestra in Cookeville and Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra. He has been studying the life and music of...
View ArticleORCMA, ORICL benefit from John Million bequest
John Million had a lifelong love affair with classical music, opera, and classic books. Before he died on March 21, 2012, he made sure that two Oak Ridge nonprofit organizations that contributed to his...
View ArticleORCMA Chamber concert features Adaskin String Trio
Submitted The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association Chamber Music Series concludes with a concert by the world-renown Adaskin String Trio, joined by members of Ensemble Schumann. The concert starts at 7:30...
View ArticleFinal ORSO concert Saturday features Tennessee composer, soloist
Two talented Tennessee women are playing major roles in the final Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra concert of a season devoted to showcasing Tennessee music, composers, and performers. The women, who both...
View ArticleArts Council has Tribute to the Arts on Thursday
The Arts Council of Oak Ridge and its member organizations are having a premier Tribute to the Arts on Thursday. It’s scheduled from 6-9 p.m. at the DoubleTree Hotel in Oak Ridge. “This exciting...
View ArticleOak Ridge Chorus ends season Saturday with concert at First Baptist
The Oak Ridge Chorus ends its season on Saturday. Conductor Dan Allcott will introduce Seth Maples, the new Oak Ridge Chorus Director. Maples will sing a solo as well as share the conductor duties with...
View ArticleORCMA elects officers, appoints board members
The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association recently elected new officers and appointed four new board members to its organization, a press release said. New officers are Audrey Stelson and Syd Ball,...
View ArticleNonprofit lease termination could leave vacant space in central Oak Ridge
A decision to terminate a 50-year lease agreement on a building once used by a national nonprofit organization to record audiobooks for the dyslexic and visually impaired could open up some office...
View ArticleORCMA opens season with ‘Double Dose of Awesomeness’ in October
The Oak Ridge Civic Music Association’s 70th musical season, “Excellence to the Second Degree, Bringing you Music that Matters,” will offer Oak Ridgers performances from the Oak Ridge Symphony...
View ArticleGrammy-winning bassist Edgar Meyer opens Chamber Music Series
The internationally renowned Oak Ridge bassist and composer Edgar Meyer, winner of four Grammy awards, will open the Oak Ridge Civic Music Association’s Chamber Music Series with a one-man concert at...
View ArticleCoffee Concert tonight at First Presbyterian
A Coffee Concert at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church features Ilia Steinschneider and Sean Claire on violin, Eunsoon Corliss on viola, and Eunsook Jung on piano. The concert will feature music by...
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