Western Piedmont Symphony
Foothills Pops: The Music of John Williams
J.E. Broyhill Civic Center 1913 Hickory Blvd, Lenoir, NC, United StatesGet your light sabers ready for a night of the most famous and beloved film scores of John Williams, including Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, Superman, Harry Potter, and more!
Masterworks: Rhapsody in Blue
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesCelebrating the centennial of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, pianist Jeffrey Biegel and composer Peter Boyer launched the Rhapsody National Initiative with Rhapsody in Red, White, & Blue, a vibrant new work reflecting the American landscape, with the pulse, energy, and beauty of our shared identity as Americans. Western Piedmont Symphony is the only orchestra in North Carolina represented in this national symphonic project. Also on the program is the celebrated masterpiece Rhapsody in Blue, the lyrical and vivid Symphony No. 1 by living composer Adolphus Hailstork, and the mesmerizing Bolero by Ravel.
Crossroads: Martha Bassett’s Quinteto Brasil
Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesThe 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.
Masterworks: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesA 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.
Discovery Family Concert: Robots, Machines, and Music!
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesDiscover 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.
Crossroads: Viola Celebration
Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesPiano 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
Foothills Pops: Holiday Spectacular
J.E. Broyhill Civic Center 1913 Hickory Blvd, Lenoir, NC, United StatesEveryone’s favorite seasonal concert is back for an evening of holiday songs and winter music classics. And Santa Claus!
Crossroads: Valves and Keys Trio
Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesNorth 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.
Masterworks: The Rite of Spring
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesCelebrate 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.
Masterworks: Symphony Swings
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesA 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.
A Birthday Celebration
74 South at Moretz Mills 74 Eighth Street SE, Hickory, NC, United StatesCelebrate our 60th birthday with us! More details to be announced!
Crossroads: Gamelan-A Balinese Percussion Orchestra
Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesGamelan-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.