The Bechtler Ensemble’s Birthday Beatles Is a Big Hit
Celebrating her father’s 80th birthday, Tanja Bechtler and her string quartet found a charming way to mark the occasion, commissioning composer/arranger Mark Adam Watkins to produce a bouquet of a dozen new Beatles...
Read MoreThe Nat King Cole of Broadway: Leslie Odom, Jr., and the NC Symphony
Few names have been as synonymous with the phenomenal rise of the Broadway sensation Hamilton as Leslie Odom, Jr. He’s now diversifying into a growing recording a television career, and Odom’s performance with the...
Read MoreOur Own Nina Simone’s Only Major Celebration in Raleigh this Season
The Nina Simone weekend series, “Home Made Me” kicked off last night at the North Carolina Museum of Art. As the room buzzed with excitement and guests found their seats, Simone’s version of “Here Comes...
Read MoreMatt Lemmler & a 10-Piece Band Ignite a Stevie Wonder Sampler, Aided by Guest Vocalists
Anyone who seriously follows the work of jazz instrumentalists and vocalists has likely realized that, for the last 30 years and more, the compositions of Stevie Wonder have become as much a part of his contemporaries’...
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Ben Folds and the NC Symphony Inspire the “Mean Streets of Cary”
An unprecedented crowd filled Koka Booth Amphitheatre in the North Carolina Symphony’s...
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