Tickets for Soles4Souls concert on sale

April 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Tickets have gone on sale for the benefit concert for Soles4Souls, a shoe drive to collect shoes for the needy in our community and abroad. Tickets can be purchased at Razzleberry’s Ice Cream Lab, the Oak Ridge Universalist Church, and can also be purchased at the Youth Advisory Board’s “Battle of the Bands,” which will be held April 19.

The Soles4Souls concert will be Friday, April 26, from 7 to 10 p.m. at Robertsville Middle School. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for 18 and under. There is limited seating available. [Read more...]

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Rick Springfield, The Dirty Guv’nahs to headline Secret City Festival

April 11, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Rick Springfield

Rick Springfield

Rick Springfield, the pop rock singer-songwriter and musician who won a 1981 Grammy for “Jessie’s Girl,” will headline the Saturday night concert at this year’s Secret City Festival, organizers said Thursday.

Springfield has sold 25 million albums worldwide, including 17 Top 40 hits, such as “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” “An Affair of the Heart,” “I’ve Done Everything for You,” “Love Somebody,” and “Human Touch,” a press release said. “Jessie’s Girl” was a No. 1 hit, and the song earned Springfield a Grammy for Best Male Rock Vocal.

The Friday night concert at the June 21-22 Secret City Festival features Knoxville-native rock ‘n’ roll band The Dirty Guv’nahs. [Read more...]

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ORCMA Chamber concert features Adaskin String Trio

April 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Adaskin String Trio

The Adaskin String Trio will play at Pollard Auditorium on Saturday evening in the last ORCMA Chamber Music Series concert of the season. (Submitted photo)

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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 p.m. Saturday, April 6, at the Pollard Auditorium.

The Adaskin String Trio’s stirring performances have thrilled audiences in the U.S. and internationally. Their playing has been hailed for “vigor, precision and stylistic certitude” (Charleston Gazette) as well as “spontaneity, intensity and charm” (Peninsula Review). The Boston Globe praised them for “directing the listener to the heart of the matter.”

The Trio members met in Montreal in 1994 where they studied chamber music with cellist Marcel Saint-Cyr. They are now based in New England, and perform extensively in the United States and Canada. They have appeared in the Merkin Concert Hall in New York and Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This dynamic ensemble commands a wide string trio repertoire ranging from Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven to Dohnanyi, Rozsa, and Villa-Lobos. [Read more...]

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Youth Aliyah concert on Sunday

April 4, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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The 2013 Ralph Einstein Hadassah’s Youth Aliyah concert will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church. This is an annual event that features performances by young area musicians.

This year’s program includes 11 performers ranging in age from eight to 17 who won an audition in March. Among the judges were Dan Alcott, music director of the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and Martha Anderson, principal clarinetist with the Oak Ridge Symphony and Oak Ridge Schools music teacher.

Two students were also selected to perform with the Oak Ridge Symphony in the Annual Family Concert. These students are Jenna Walters, 14, of Knoxville, on viola, who studies with Hillary Herndon, and Meghan Mayes, 17, of Seymour, who is a voice student of Marjorie Stephens. [Read more...]

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Grammy winner to perform at Princess Theatre, lecture at Roane State

April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Bill Miller

Three-time Grammy award-winner Bill Miller will lecture in Oak Ridge on Thursday and play in Harriman on Friday. (Submitted photo)

Three-time Grammy award-winner Bill Miller will perform Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the Princess Theatre in downtown Harriman.

Presented by Roane State Community College’s Arts and Lectures Committee, Miller plays rock, country, and folk music blended with Native American flutes and drums. His hits include “Reservation Road,” “My People,” and “Trail of Freedom,” and he has performed with artists such as Tori Amos, Eddie Vedder, the BoDeans, Richie Havens, and Arlo Guthrie.

A highly regarded lecturer on cultural awareness and race relations, Miller will also speak about addiction in the Native American community at the college’s Oak Ridge campus and at the Roane County campus in Harriman. [Read more...]

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Roane State will host April 6 alumni concert

April 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Roane State Community College’s Music Department will host an alumni concert on Saturday, April 6, from 7-9 p.m. in the O’Brien Theatre on the Roane County campus in Harriman.

Admission is free.

The concert will feature alumni from Concert Choir, Celebration Singers, Jazz Band, and Bluegrass Band. As this year’s virtual choir project, the Music Department will debut an original composition, “Diversity, Similarity,” by Roane State professor Geol Greenlee with lyrics by student Chris Arnold. [Read more...]

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Janelle Arthur survives another round of ‘American Idol’

March 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

Singer Janelle Arthur of Oliver Springs survived another round of fan voting on “American Idol” Thursday night, and she will be part of the television show’s final seven competitors.

Arthur will perform again next week and await the results of another round of viewer voting on Thursday night.

A video of her performance this week is available on Hulu.

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Music Arts has student recital

March 23, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Music Arts Recital

Pictured at a recent Music Arts recital are, front row, from left to right, Melody Guo, Torie Scott, Eli Ferguson, Atticus Harris, Catherine Albert, and Sam Neary; and second row, instructor Jodi Harbin, D.J. Roberts, instructor Lois White, Joseph LaFreniere, Kelsey LaFreniere, instructor Andy Bryenton, Bonnie Moon, and Melody Simmons. (Submitted photo)

Music Arts students recently played cello, piccolo, flute, and piano during a recital at West Village Christian Church on Robertsville Road.

“The performances went off without a hitch on Sunday afternoon, with applause filling the room as each of the students and instructors finished their performances,” a press release said. “This was something that we put on as a showcase of the many talents that abound here at Music Arts and was the first of 2013.”

Students that took part in the Feb. 24 recital were Sam Neary, Catherine Albert, Melody Guo, Eli Ferguson, Atticus Harris, D.J. Roberts, Joseph LaFreniere, Kelsey LaFreniere, Bonnie Moon, and Melody Simmons. [Read more...]

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Janelle Arthur still on ‘American Idol’

March 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

Oliver Springs native Janelle Arthur has made it to the final eight contestants on “American Idol.”

Arthur, who sang the Beatles’ “I Will” on Wednesday night, survived another round of viewer voting and will be back on the show next week.

A video of her performance on the popular television show is available on Hulu.

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Arte Musica to perform Friday at Roane State

March 18, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Arte Musica

Crossover band Arte Musica will play in the City Room at Roane State Community College’s Oak Ridge campus on Friday. From left are Wade Darnell, Rudolph Nemeth, and Travis Witherington. (Submitted photo)

Crossover band Arte Musica will play at 7 p.m. Friday at Roane State Community College in Oak Ridge.

The concert is free and open to the public. “Visitors can enjoy Arte Musica’s blend of classical, jazz, blues, and rock in the campus’s refurbished City Room, which features new seating,” a press release said.

“Crossover is an interesting style combination,” said pianist and Roane State adjunct professor Rudolph Nemeth. “It blends different genres and different instruments in new and exciting ways.”

[Read more...]

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Janelle Arthur of Oliver Springs moves into Top 9 on ‘American Idol’

March 15, 2013 By 1 Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

Oliver Springs native Janelle Arthur survived another round of voting Thursday night and will be part of the Top 9 on “American Idol” next week.

This is the third time that Arthur has competed on “American Idol,” and this is the farthest she has advanced in the competition.

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Janelle Arthur sings again on ‘American Idol’

March 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

Information from WYSH Radio

Oliver Springs native Janelle Arthur performed again on “American Idol” Wednesday night, singing Montgomery Gentry’s song “Gone.”

Her family was in the audience, but the community was also watching as Oliver Springs held a viewing party at City Hall. An “Idol” film crew was there documenting the support Janelle is getting.

The next round of voting is under way, and Janelle should learn tonight if she will be moving on to the next round.

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