"Sounds & Sweet Airs"

The TVUUC Performing Arts and Lectures Series (PALS) is proud to present: "Sounds & Sweet Airs: Shakespeare & Music"

Knoxville’s finest musicians and actors, led by composer James Carlson, present an innovative and imaginative evening of theater, music and dance inspired by the Bard. This unique performance will be unlike anything you’ve ever experienced, seamlessly blending scenes from Midsummer Night’s Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, The Tempest, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth with music of different styles and time periods.

Performances will feature The Wild Thyme Players, directed by Brandon Daughtry Slocum, Shake, Rattle & Role Stage Combat and Impulse Inc. Dance Co. The musical program will feature works by Korngold, Mendelssohn, Prokoviev, Purcell and James Carlson, with performances by Lorraine DiSimone, mezzo soprano, Patrick Harvey, piano, Hillary Herndon, viola, Rebekkah Hilgraves, soprano, Mary Hook, piano, Greg Horne, guitar/vocals, Julia Lawson, soprano, Lucie Novoveska Carlson, Mary Nelle Osborne, alto, violin, Maria Rist, soprano, Thomas Tallant, theorbo, and Daniel Stipe, organ.