Crossroads: Martha Bassett’s Quinteto Brasil

Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United States

The Crossroads Concert series opens with North Carolina singer/songwriter Martha Bassett and her Quinteto Brasil presenting a night of bossa nova standards and new arrangements such as Desafinado, Meditation, One Note Samba, and more.

$28

Masterworks: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United States

A program of classical music's “The Three Bs” - a Baroque power play of three on three, Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, the doubly demanding Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello featuring Misha Keylin, violin, and WPS principal cellist Samuel Magill, and the unforgettable first four notes tell you it's Beethoven's Fifth Symphony.

$20 – $50

Discovery Family Concert: Robots, Machines, and Music!

P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Discover musical adventures of live symphonic music and explore where music and science meet in a concert of fun and familiar music and songs. Activities begin at 2:00 p.m., the music begins at 3:00 p.m.

$5 – $14

Crossroads: Viola Celebration

Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Piano and violas come together in a lush program highlighting the dark, rich voice of the viola! Works Brahms, Bridge, and more.  Featured artists: Scott Rawls, viola; Kimberly Sparr, viola

$28

Foothills Pops: Holiday Spectacular

J.E. Broyhill Civic Center 1913 Hickory Blvd, Lenoir, NC, United States

Everyone’s favorite seasonal concert is back for an evening of holiday songs and winter music classics. And Santa Claus!

$30 – $50

WPS Youth Orchestras Fall Concert

Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Hear our young artists in performance! Both Debut Strings and the Youth Symphony will perform works from the classical repertoire.

$5 – $7

Crossroads: Valves and Keys Trio

Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United States

North Carolina artists David Dash, trumpet; Maria Serkin, horn; and Alison Gagnon, piano, perform poetic works by female composers Dorothy Gates, Whitney George, Cecilia McDowall, and Amy Beach.

$28

Masterworks: The Rite of Spring

P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Celebrate the artistic breadth and depth of the sensational The Rite of Spring, Stravinsky's ground-breaking 1913 work for orchestra. Other related works on the program include Debussy's Syrinx (1913), the unforgettable music from Psycho by American film composer Bernard Herrmann, and Mussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain.

$20 – $50

Masterworks: Symphony Swings

P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United States

A night of classic American jazz music featuring one of the greatest clarinetists alive, known as the Louis Armstrong of the clarinet, Doreen Ketchens, performing jazz swing music with the Western Piedmont Symphony. Other works include Soul Force by award-winning composer Jessie Montgomery, Bernstein's On the Town: Three Dance Episodes, and Ellington's Black, Brown, and Beige Suite.

$20 – $50

A Birthday Celebration

74 South at Moretz Mills 74 Eighth Street SE, Hickory, NC, United States

Celebrate our 60th birthday with us! More details to be announced!

$125

Crossroads: Gamelan-A Balinese Percussion Orchestra

Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Gamelan-a Balinese percussion orchestra, features more than 20 traditional instruments and musicians from Sekaa Gong Mandala Giri from Appalachian State University and Gamelan Giri Murti from Wake Forest University.

$28

Foothills Pops: What’s Goin’ On: Music of Disco and Motown

J.E. Broyhill Civic Center 1913 Hickory Blvd, Lenoir, NC, United States

Get ready to groove tonight! Western Piedmont Symphony and the Jeans ‘N Classics Band returns to perform the timeless pop hits of the Disco and Motown eras, from the 1970s to now.

$30 – $50

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