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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Melony Dodson talks with artistic director and conductor of the Knoxville Choral Society (KCS), John Orr. The KCS presents its 2026 Fall concert in Knoxville on Friday, October 30th at 7pm. A second performance will be given in Tellico Village on Sunday, November 1st at 3pm. -
Melony Dodson talks with Ian Passmore, conductor of the Oak Ridge Symphony, about the free Halloween-themed family concert, coming up on October 24th. -
Matthew Motley speaks with stage director Dean Anthony and conductor Noam Aviel about Knoxville Opera's upcoming production -
On Keys host, Margherita Fava, talks with pianists, Alex Murphy and Matt Twaddle -
Melina Paxinos is an Athens-based saxophonist and composer whose music moves freely among jazz, improvisation, and modern classical. Her new recording, Muses, draws inspiration from some of her favorite surrealist artists. In this conversation, Melina Paxinos talks about making Muses, the musicians and musical ideas that informed it, and the experience of creating adventurous contemporary jazz from Athens, Greece. -
Melony Dodson talks with Maestro Aram Demirjian and mezzo-soprano, Renee Tatum, about Leonard Bernstein's Songfest. The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra performs it on Thursday and Friday, October 15th and 16th, along with Ye Who Seek the Truth by Julia Perry and Tchaikovsky's 5th Symphony. The concerts will be presented at 7:30pm in the Tennessee Theatre in downtown Knoxville. -
Matthew Motley speaks with ACE artistic director Brian Salesky about the ensemble's upcoming concert. -
Many cryptids are said to lurk in the shadows of Appalachia, including West Virginia’s Flatwoods Monster. -
Melony Dodson talks with conductor, Aram Demirjian and mandolinist, Jeff Midkiff. Midkiff will collaborate with the Knoxville Symphony Chamber Orchestra in a concert featuring music by J.S. Bach, Jennifer Higdon, Mark O'Connor, Caroline Shaw, and several original pieces by Midkiff himself. The concert is Sunday, September 27th at 2:30pm in the historic Bijou Theatre in downtown Knoxville. -
Matthew Motley speaks with Maestro Aram Demirjian and cellist Sterling Elliott who performs Dvorak's Cello Concerto on the KSO's September 2026 Masterwork concert.
