On Keys
Friday nights at 8pm on WUOT
On Keys celebrates the great players and composers from across the globe in jazz and jazz adjacent music history. Join host Margherita Fava on a discovery from the classic years of jazz to the present day. Interviews, insights and much more for your ears.
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Matthew Motley speaks with Kathryn Frady MCO executive artistic director about the return of Opera in the Park and their upcoming production of The Tragedy of Carmen -
Melony Dodson talks with Brian Salesky, Artistic Director and Conductor of the Amadeus Concert Ensemble, about their upcoming performance, Rachmaninoff & Friends. The concert will take place on Sunday, May 31st at 5:30pm at the Cathedral of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, as part of the Cathedral Concert Series. -
Melony Dodson talks with Aram Demirjian and Vance Thompson about the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's (KSO) May Masterworks series program, which features a collaboration between the KSO and the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra. The two ensembles will present selections from the Swing Symphony by Wynton Marsalis. -
Melony Dodson talks with guest conductor, Ben Makino, and bass-baritone, Andrew Wentzel, about Knoxville Opera's upcoming production of Puccini's Gianni Schicchi. -
On Keys host Margherita Fava speaks with pianist and vocalist Dawn Clement about her eclectic career, her broad discography and her ties to Knoxville. -
Melony Dodson talks with conductor, Aram Demirjian, and composer, Nicky Sohn, about the music on the May 2026 Roy Cockrum Chamber Series concert. The program reflects themes of home and storytelling. -
Melony Dodson talks with James Kenon Mitchell, director of UT Opera Theatre and Kevin Class, music director of UT Opera Theatre and director of Collaborative Piano. The University of Tennessee Opera Theatre and Opera Orchestra present Leos Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, April 24th, 25th and 26th at the Bijou Theatre in downtown Knoxville. -
Melony Dodson talks with John Orr, conductor of the Knoxville Choral Society (KCS), and composer and pianist, Andrew Duncan. The KCS celebrates its 75th anniversary with the world premiere of a newly commissioned work by Duncan titled Images of Knoxville. -
Matthew Motley speaks with Katherine Benson and William Shaub about their new album Faces & Masques -
Matthew Motley speaks with composer Jonathan Leshnoff and KSO music director Aram Demirjian about the upcoming world premiere of Leshnoff's Quilts.
