FREE EVENT: SOUNDSCAPES with BRITTON-RENE COLLINS
Ridgeview Library, 706 1st St SW, Hickory, NC 28602, USA 2 1st St SWJoin award-winning percussionist Britton-René Collins on a sound exploration through contemporary and multidimensional percussion works. This program embraces contrast, variety, and the magical sound possibilities of percussion.
CANCELED: Soundbites: Britton-Rene Collins, vibraphone
Keiser Community Room, 231 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC 28601, USA 2 3rd Ave NESoundbites has been canceled this season. (February 10, 2023)
Masterworks: Poetry in Motion
Award-winning vibraphonist Britton-René Collins joins the Western Piedmont Symphony for Masterworks: Poetry in Motion. Collins will perform the Concerto for Vibraphone (2010) by North Carolina-based composer Nathan Daughtry. Program also includes works by Marquez, de Falla, and Debussy.
Chamber Classics: John Salmon Jazz Trio
Drendel Auditorium, 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC 28601, USA 2 3rd Ave NETickets on sale August 15, 2022. The Chamber Classics Series present the John Salmon Trio (piano, bass, drums) for an evening of exhilarating interpretations of both jazz standards and new charts.
Dueling Pianos
Rock Barn Country Club 3791 Club House Drive NE, Conover, NCGet your song requests ready: Dueling Pianos is back! Join us for a lively and entertaining evening of music featuring pianists John Coffey and Darren Lael. Our guest artists will also perform a…
Masterworks: Mighty Mahler
P.E. Monroe Auditorium 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NCTickets on sale August 15, 2022. Western Piedmont Symphony principal flute Laura Dangerfield Stevens performs Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2. Then, the orchestra dives into the masterful Fifth Symphony by Mahler, featuring the adored Adagietto, Mahler's declaration of love to his wife, Alma.
Chamber Classics: the Balourdet Quartet
Drendel Auditorium, 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC 28601, USA 2 3rd Ave NETickets on sale August 15, 2022. The Chamber Classics Series closed with the award-winning acclaimed Balourdet String Quartet. Program repertoire to be announced.
CANCELED: Soundbites: Kinga Augustyn, violin
Keiser Community Room, 231 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC 28601, USA 2 3rd Ave NESoundbites has been canceled this season (April 21, 2023).
Masterworks: The New Colossus
P.E. Monroe Auditorium 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NCTickets on sale August 15, 2022. The 22-23 Masterworks season closes with a multi-media storytelling concert experience. Nkeiru Okoye's personal response to 9/11, Voices Shouting Out, opens the concert. Acclaimed violinist Kinga Augustyn will perform the Korngold Concerto for Violin. The evening culminates with Peter Boyer's visual telling of the immigrant experience, Ellis Island: the Dream of America.
Foothills Pops: Shaken, Not Stirred
J.E. Broyhill Civic Center, 1913 Hickory Blvd, Lenoir, NC 28645, USA 1395 Hickory Blvd SWTickets on sale August 15, 2022. The music of Bond, James Bond. Featuring the exciting themes of the James Bond movie series and other spy thrillers, including Live and Let Die, You Only Live Twice, Skyfall, Peter Gunn, and more. Guest artist Thomas Pandolfi brings an exhilarating mix of prowess, cool confidence, and astonishing virtuosity to the evenings program highlight, the Bond Piano Concerto.
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