NC Dance Festival Collaboration: Dance Project, Music for a Great Space, & the Khemia Ensemble
Above: the Khemia Ensemble (photo by Angie Petty) will perform alongside works by Jiwon Ha, as...
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Category: Contemporary Music
Apollo’s Fire Illuminates the Road to Dublin at Rosen Concert Hall
Named for Apollo, the mythological god of music, healing, and the sun, Apollo’s Fire is an extraordinary ensemble of instrumentalists, singers and dancers, formed in 1992 by Jeannette Sorrell and now famous throughout the...
Read MoreModern Masters: Keb’ Mo’ and Allison Russell Wow Crowd at Appalachian Summer Festival
Performing to a jam-packed house at the Appalachian Summer Festival in Boone, showbiz veteran Keb’ Mo’ and his band of virtuoso musicians thrilled with a perfectly programmed evening of Delta and country blues and...
Read MoreAn Appalachian Summer Festival presents An Evening With Leslie Odom Jr., A Schaefer Popular Series Event
An Appalachian Summer Festival, App State’s award-winning month-long celebration of the arts, opened its 2023 season Saturday night with a charming evening of song by Leslie Odom Jr. Best known for originating the role of...
Read MoreREPEATS 6/24: Not a Question of “If” My Son, But “When” The Cautionary Love of a Black Mother in Driving While Black
A sudden, grievous red light cast the Greensboro Opera stage as cellist Cremaine Booker and percussionist David Verin churned up the sounds of undeniable frustration. Lead soprano and librettist, Roberta Gumbel, stumbled on...
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Introducing Wilmington’s Newest Ensemble: Wilmington Voices
Wilmington is a place of many possibilities, certainly when it comes to the cultural sphere. This...
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Hope for Tomorrow: Choral Society of Durham’s “Singing Sorrow, Singing Tomorrow”
Back by popular demand after its performance on March 11, the Choral Society of Durham presented a...
Read MoreÀ la carte: Not Your Ordinary Chamber Concert
The chamber series À la carte states in its promo materials, “At an À la carte concert, anything is possible,” and “Tired of same-old, same-old concert going? Hungry for something...
Read MoreBlack Ensemble Theater Tears off the Roof in You Can’t Fake the Funk
I can’t say what the best play of the 2022 National Black Theatre Festival is – I haven’t seen them all – but You Can’t Fake the Funk: A Journey through Funk Music performed by Black Ensemble...
Read MoreUNCSA Showcases the Works of Their Student Composers
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts Symphony Orchestra performed in Crawford Hall, but this time, the performers were not the focus of the concert. Instead, UNCSA’s student composers Connor May Kelly,...
Read MoreRaleigh Civic Symphony Orchestra Premieres The Other Side of the Hungry River by Tift Merritt
The Raleigh Civic Symphony Orchestra, the “big” ensemble component of the Raleigh Civic Symphony Association, came back to in-person, live-audience life with a marvelous afternoon of new music and a substantial...
Read MoreExperimenting with New Constellations in Music: Charlotte New Music on the Rise with Stargazer Music Festival
Local collaboration and vibes were the biggest winner at Charlotte New Music’s Stargazer Music Festival. Only a second-time venture for CNM, the Stargazer Festival was a promising success. Unsurprisingly, my work...
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