Calendar of Events

8th Annual Viola Celebration
A weekend workshop of master classes, recitals and ensemble performances with renowned guest violists. Registration and fee required. For more information and to register: http://www.music.utk.edu/violacelebration/
Saturday and Sunday, November 1-2, 2014 at 8:00 a.m.
Natalie L. Haslam Music Center

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.) The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus.
*For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture will host a free Family Fun Day. Join us for free activities, crafts, tours, and more. We’ll be exploring natural history illustration in our new exhibit, Birds, Bugs, and Blooms: Natural History Illustration from the 1500s–1800s, and making our own artistic creations.

All materials will be provided. The program is free and open to the public. Reservations are not necessary.

McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture, 1327 Circle Park Dr on the UT campus, Knoxville, TN 37996. Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9AM-5PM, Sunday, 1-5PM. Information: 865-974-2144, http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu

GO! Contemporary Dance Works, a non-profit local dance company, will open its 12th season with Continuum, a superlative ensemble of choreographic virtuosity and versatility by both local and regional choreographers. GO! Contemporary Dance Works will perform at the Clarence Brown Theatre in partnership with the Penny4Arts Program and the Tennessee Arts Commission.

"This performance is the epitome of GO! Seven choreographers will present 12 choreographic works, delivering an exuberant and innovative repertoire. This performance is a storm of movement, music and choreography. It will take your breath away," shares GO! Contemporary Dance Works Artistic Director Lisa Hall Mckee. Among the works to be presented in Continuum is “Tacit” by guest choreographer Joy Davis. Joy Davis, one of only four certified Counter Technique teachers in the US, was commissioned by GO! to set a new piece on its senior company. A tension-filled piece, Davis considered herself to be more of a facilitator of the work than the choreographer. "This piece emerged organically from a few “scores" or task-based movement games and a couple of questions. Tacit is an abstraction of this conversation. It is what came out of a good conversation and incredibly talented dancers," says Joy Davis.

Lisa Hall McKee will also be setting new and revisited works, reviving the African based tribal favorite The Takora as well as setting an original work based on the silent film industry entitled "Silent Cinema." "This is an entertaining piece performed by our junior company that is full of fun and humor with fantastic roaring 20's music. The silent film era is so fascinating and we have blips of the three stooges, Charlie Chaplin and other stars doing cameos throughout the piece. Loads of fun!," added McKee.

McKee will also debut a new work, eLemenT/s, which overlays classical and contemporary ballet with aggressive floor and aerial work. "All the elements of movement exploration will be on the stage at the same time. It will show the delineation between the genres of dance while magnifying their similarities. It is a work that is very unafraid,” shared McKee.

Other works to be presented are Into the Darkness by Dylan Kendrick, Peace Awaits by Jill Frere and Convergent Boundaries by Denise Njuguna, a powerful and thought provoking work based on the theory of plate tectonics. Laura Shields will delve into Chinese cultures and traditions, including the tragic but true ritual of foot binding in the emotionally charged work entitled Golden Lilies. "The practice of Chinese foot binding was done in the Chinese culture to young girls ages four to seven and was banned in 1912. I found this intriguing and a deep premise for a ballet, very emotional and visual. The small feet of the young girls were referred to as Golden Lilies," Shields explains.

Performing arts at its best, Continuum will surpass all expectations of its audience with a highly charged and enthralling performance for all ages.

Tickets can be purchased at www.gocontemporarydance.com or by calling 865-539-2475. Advanced tickets are $18 for adults, $12 for seniors and students, and $20 and $15 at the door. Performances are on Saturday, November 1 at the Clarence Brown Theatre at 3:00 and 7:30pm. The matinee performance is in partnership with the Penny4Arts Program, where up to three children can attend for 1 cent with the purchase of an adult ticket. A limited number of seats are available for 1 cent.

Strange Company formed in 1986 with vocalist Nancy Strange and mandoinist Don Cassell as the core. Flatpick champion Steve Kaufman soon joined the group followed by bassist and fiddler Will Byers. They made their name playing in the Knoxville area, releasing an eponymous album in the late 1980s. Today Don is known as a hot bluegrass mandolinist, Steve as a master of flatpick, Will Byers for his Irish fiddling, and Nancy as a jazz and swing vocalist. Join them for a trip back 30 years to hear one of Knoxville’s hot bands of the mid-1980s.

Tickets, if available, will be for sale at the door for $12.

The Laurel Theater is located on the corner of 16th and Laurel Avenue in the historic Fort Sanders neighborhood of Knoxville near the UT campus. For additional information, call (865) 522-5851, e-mail concerts@jubileearts.org, or visit www.jubileearts.org.

The University of Alabama Contemporary Ensemble, featuring Amir Zaheri, director, is committed to performing the music of the 20th and 21st centuries, including masterworks by established composers, music by emerging composers, and the music of the University of Alabama student and faculty composers. Concert will feature: Lou Harrison Organ Concerto with organist Faythe Freese and a ten-piece percussion orchestra, soprano Amy J. Little singing a cycle of songs based on Native American poetry, for soprano, percussion, and flute, a woodwind trio and a string quartet.

Everyone invited; no cost.

Due to unexpected construction work in the Church Street Nave, this event will be held at:
First Christian Church, 211 West Fifth Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37919
Info: 865 524 3048, www.churchstreetumc.org

The Appalachian Arts Craft Center in Norris is hosting a Chili Supper including music by the Woodpickers and a silent auction from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday, November 1, at the Norris Community Building. The cost is only $10.00 for homemade chili, cornbread, dessert, drink, and live music by the Woodpickers. Those wanting their meal served in a handcrafted pottery bowl, can do so for only $25. Handmade crafts, services, and other items will be up for bid at a silent auction.

Appalachian Arts Craft Center: 2716 Andersonville Highway, Clinton, TN. Hours: Monday-Saturday 10AM-6PM, Sunday 1-5PM. Closed Sunday and Monday in January and February. Information: 865-494-9854, www.appalachianarts.net

Join the Knoxville Opera Guild as we Sail the Ocean Blue at the 2014 Opera Ball.
There will be dinner, dancing and auctions. This will be a nautical-themed evening reminiscent of a luxury cruise experience. The evening begins with a reception and silent auction. Then, enjoy a special gourmet menu paired with fiine wines and accompanied by a floor show by the cast of H.M.S. Pinafore, accompanied by Maestro Brian Salesky. After an exciting live auction, stay and dance the night away.

Please RSVP by October 17.
Saturday, Nov. 1, at the Knoxville Museum of Art at 6:30PM.
www.knoxvilleopera.com

A film by Booder Barnes and Norman Magden with music by Some Dark Holler, Steelism, David Bivens, and The Lone Tones.
8:00PM November 1, 2014. Regal Cinema Downtown West, 1640 Downtown W Blvd, Knoxville, TN 37919.
$10 donation suggested: every dollar goes to A1LabArts.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1496930197260814/

Viola Celebration Faculty Concert
UT Viola Professor Hillary Herndon and guest violists Karen Ritscher, Sally Chisholm, James Pryzgocki, Kathryn Steely and David Rose; accompanied by UT Symphony Orchestra. Free concert, open to public.
Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
James R. Cox Auditorium, Alumni Memorial Bldg.

UT School of Music: Unless otherwise noted, concerts are FREE and open to the public. The Alumni Memorial Building located at 1408 Middle Drive on the UT campus. (The James R. Cox Auditorium is located in the Alumni Memorial Building.) The Natalie Haslam Music Center is located at 1741 Volunteer Blvd on the UT campus.
*For individual or small group performances, please check the web site or call the day of the event for updates or cancellations: 865-974-5678, www.music.utk.edu/events

The Townsend Artisan Guild and Cades Cove Cellars is offering locally produced art and locally produced wine while listening to Townsend’s own Jeff Joping and his acoustical guitar. Twenty artisans will display their work including fiber arts, painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, stained glass and woodworking. The artists will be on hand to discuss their work and demonstrate some of their processes. Cades Cove Cellars will offer tastings of their wine. The festival atmosphere is completed with the musical performance of Jeff Joping and his band who will perform traditional favorites and original songs. The event will be held at 7126 East Lamar Alexander Parkway (Hwy 321) in Townsend.
Info: http://www.townsendartisanguild.org/pdf/fall-harvest-art-exhibit.pdf

This workshop will be held on SAFTA’s own Firefy Farms in Knoxville, Tennessee and will examine the importance of literary translation. Topics for discussion include how to preserve the integrity of original texts and how to work effectively within the translation/adaptation continuum. By analyzing modern English translations of both ancient and contemporary texts, participants will gain the tools needed to begin writing and critiquing retranslations of these texts in addition to learning basic design principles and how to apply them to their own translations. By the end of this workshop, attendees will create a visual translation to be workshopped, revised, and shared with the group. No second language experience is required to participate.

“Visual Translation: A Workshop” will be led by Nicole Oquendo, the author of the poetry chapbooks some prophets (2015, Finishing Line Press) and self is wolf (2015, dancing girl press). She is the Nonfiction Editor of the annual Best of the Net Anthology, serves as an Assistant Editor for Sundress Publications and Flaming Giblet Press, and is the Managing Editor of The Florida Review. She lives in Central Florida, where she writes, paints, translates, and teaches.

The workshop is $50 and open to the public. Space at this workshop is limited, so reserve your space today at https://squareup.com/market/sundress-publications.

Sundress Academy for the Arts: 195 Tobby Hollow Ln, Knoxville, TN 37931, (865) 560-6106,safta@sundresspublications.com, http://www.sundresspublications.com/safta

Thanks for pledging to keep the good music going during our Fall Harvest Fund Drive! You can still help us keep the good music going with your tax deductible donation. For more information about the Fall Fund Drive, visit our website.

And join us for Listener Appreciation Day! Music from Carolina Rose, Caleb Klauder Country Band, Subtle Clutch, and Matt Wallace & Jesse Gregory! Pick up your fund drive thank you gift, say hello to your favorite WDVX DJ, and listen to some great live music...it's the WDVX way of saying "thanks!"

WDVX, 301 S. Gay Street, Knoxville, TN 37902. Information: 865-544-1029, www.wdvx.com