Michelle Di Russo, conductor Grab your friends and family and join your North Carolina Symphony for an evening of classical favorites including works by Mozart, Gershwin, and Arturo Márquez.
Michelle Di Russo, conductor Grab your friends and family and join your North Carolina Symphony for an evening of classical favorites including works by Mozart, Gershwin, and Arturo Márquez.
Mysterium will be an adventure for all the senses, transforming the spaces of Kaleideum into a multi-sensory playground of music, taste, and interactive experiences. The evening begins with a cocktail hour, followed by an immersive journey through the museum’s floors, each featuring intimate performances by Winston-Salem Symphony musicians paired with signature drinks. The grand finale takes place on the rooftop beer garden, where a horn quartet will perform against the backdrop of the downtown skyline as the sun sets on the summer solstice.
Anna Handler, conductor Brahms: Tragic Overture Haydn: Symphony No. 49, “The Passion” Tchaikovsky: Selections from Swan Lake
Kevin Fitzgerald, conductor Back by popular demand, Cirque presents high-flying aerobatics with music by your North Carolina Symphony.
Bring the whole family to relive magical musical moments from some of the greatest films of all time! Gather under the stars at Symphony Park for inspiring and unforgettable music from The Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Star Wars, and more.
Join us to celebrate one of the most iconic rock groups in history. A masterful combination of symphonic arrangements and a full rock band deliver the Stones’ greatest hits including “Satisfaction,” “Paint It, Black,” “Ruby Tuesday,” and more.
In celebration of her ninth studio album, Keep Your Courage, ’90s alternative-rock superstar Natalie Merchant opens the festival, accompanied by Hickory, NC’s Western Piedmont Symphony. Rising to fame as the lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the folk-rock band 10,000 Maniacs (In My Tribe, Blind Man’s Zoo), Merchant’s success grew even more as a solo artist, cementing her place in the pantheon of literate, socially conscious songs (Tigerlily, Ophelia). Keep Your Courage is her first album of songs in nearly a decade.
Join your Charlotte Symphony for a stirring salute to America featuring patriotic favorites and iconic tunes that highlight our country's diverse musical heritage -- all topped off with a spectacular fireworks finale!
All ages will enjoy pieces like Mendelssohn's Reformation Symphony, written in honor of the 300th anniversary of the Augsburg Confession, Crown Imperial, written for the coronation of King George VI in 1937 and used later at the coronations of Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, written for World War II troops, and Liberty Fanfare by John Williams, commissioned to celebrate the Centennial of the Statue of Liberty in 1986. We will once again feature our amazing RCO vocalists.
The concert will feature works by two outstanding American composers, Libby Larsen and Florence Price. Larsen’s song cycle Sonnets from the Portuguese is based on the poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Our performance will feature the return to Hayti of acclaimed soprano soloist LaToya Lain, renowned (among other things) for her performance in the opera Sanctuary Road. The Violin Concerto No. 2 by trail-blazing African American composer Florence Price will be performed in its entirety by gifted young American violinist Holly Nelson. We will also pay homage to iconic female characters evoked by the music of Georges Bizet. The program will include instrumental pieces and “Micaela’s Aria” from Carmen (with soprano LaToya Lain). It will also include a salute to that opera’s unconventional heroine and selections from Bizet’s incidental music to the play L’ Arlésienne (“The Girl from Arles”).
Join us for a profound collaboration featuring the Durham Medical Orchestra, the Duke Chorale, and SONAM (Singers of New & Ancient Music). The evening will take you on a journey through the experiences of a cancer patient, the loss of a mother and wife, a funeral procession for a father and son who fell in battle, and a mass for peace. This concert of love and loss will feature: The Sacred Veil by Eric Whitacre "Dirge for Two Veterans" from Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan-Williams “Benedictus" from Missa L’homme Armé by Karl Jenkins "Psalm 150" from Gloria by Karl Jenkins
