RALEIGH, NC – For some North Carolina residents, springtime means peeling back the icy layers of winter to expose dogwoods and sweet-smelling flowers. While for others, it means the onset of thick green pollen (that just...
Read MoreCHAPEL HILL, NC – UNC Symphony Orchestra Music Director and Conductor Tonu Kalam may not be quite as longstanding an institution as the first university in the state, but has been conducting this ensemble beautifully for the...
Read MoreDURHAM, NC – “Your attentive participation, through listening with your ears and your heart, will allow you to enjoy fully this exchange of ideas, to sense these various moods, and to reap the full therapeutic rewards that...
Read MoreWINSTON-SALEM, NC – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (“Choral”) by Ludwig van Beethoven (Germany, 1770-1827) is truly one of the turning points in music history. It is the first “symphony” (meaning...
Read MoreGREENSBORO, NC – Monday’s concert of the Bel Canto Company (BCC) with lots of company was a choral extravaganza, featuring a total of 150 voices! Five choirs in various arrangements presented a richly varied program that...
Read MoreBefore attending this concert, I had never been to Duke University Chapel. I had heard of its splendor, of the peace found within its walls, and of the reverence that its architectural design inspires. As I entered on Thursday...
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The popularity of Carmina Burana is great enough to have sold out a hall even as large as the Monroe Auditorium on a rainy night – but there are tickets still available for tonight’s repeat performance at the Schaefer Center in Boone, NC on the campus of Appalachian State University. Don’t miss this lively performance!
Read MoreThe Community Chorus of Kinston/Lenoir County joined forces with soloists and members of the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra to perform selections from Handel’s oratorio Messiah, under the direction of John O’Brien....
Read MoreTruth be told, I have struggled to find my Christmas spirit this season. That changed the minute I walked through the large wooden doors of Edenton Street United Methodist Church for the Raleigh Youth Choir‘s “Carols of Christmas” concert on Friday night. As nervous parents ushered their singers to the appropriate group, and smiling children eagerly lined up outside the sanctuary, I found myself instantly caught up in the excitement.
The Raleigh Youth Choir has been revitalized in recent years, transitioning from the Raleigh Boychoir to include children of all ages and genders. Their DEIA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Advocacy) statement acknowledges the desire to “honor each chorister, their background, and the fullness of their potential.” This was evident in spades on Friday night. The young musicians were the highlight from start to finish, beginning with the Beach String Quartet, a student string ensemble comprised of youth from the NC Chamber Music Institute (Owen Beal and Adrian McCall, violins; Max Owen, viola; Cashier Books, cello; and Luke Tychansky, bass). As artistic director Jeremy Tucker welcomed the audience, he specifically called attention to Dr. Fran Page, for whom the Page Singers are named, and she received perhaps the largest applause of the evening. Read about all of the Raleigh Youth Choir’s conductors here, and ensembles here.
Read MoreWe’ve reached that season when the arts calendar fills with a cluster of productions that reprise Dickens’ Christmas Carol, Handel’s Messiah, and Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker – a rather traditional...
Read MoreThe Bel Canto Company, along with the (recently formed) Gate City Voices, returned to its “home” venue Friday night for the “Harmonious Holidays” concert in the acoustically rich Christ United Methodist...
Read MoreThis featured preview has been provided by the Hickory Choral Society as part of a publicity exchange. To learn more about CVNC’s publicity exchange program, please follow this link. There’s no shortage of choral...
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