Dueling Pianos
Rock Barn Country Club 3791 Club House Drive NE, Conover, NC, United StatesGet 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 special tribute to pianist and friend of the Symphony, Greg Knight (1962-2022). Evening includes the performance, a chance to bid on your favorite songs, heavy hors d'oeuvres,…
Masterworks: Mighty Mahler
P.E. Monroe Auditorium 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesTickets 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 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesThe Chamber Classics Series closes with the award-winning, acclaimed Balourdet String Quartet. Works by Douglas Cuomo, Mendelssohn, and Beethoven.
23-24 Season Announcement
Western Piedmont Symphony 243 Third Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesAnnouncing our 2023-204 season of world-class performances!
Community Conversation – Welcoming the Stranger
Belk Centrum at Lenoir-Rhyne University 625 7th Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesWestern Piedmont Symphony and Catawba Valley Interfaith Council invite the community for a conversation about music, storytelling, and the immigrant experience.
Masterworks: The New Colossus
P.E. Monroe Auditorium 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesTickets 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.
WPS Musician Auditions 23-24 Season
Western Piedmont Symphony 243 Third Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesWestern Piedmont Symphony will hold musician auditions on Sunday, April 30, 2023, for the following vacancies: Section Violin, Section Viola, Section Cello, Section Double Bass, Horn II/IV, and Trumpet III. See announcement for complete details.
Western Piedmont Symphony Youth Orchestras Spring Concert
Drendel Auditorium, 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC 28601, USA 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesWestern Piedmont Symphony's two Youth Orchestras present their Spring Concert on May 1, 2023.
Spring Piano Recital with Dorothy Lewis-Griffith
Keiser Community Room, 231 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC 28601, USA 2 3rd Ave NE, United StatesWestern Piedmont Symphony presents pianist Dorothy-Lewis Griffith in a Spring Piano Recital. A special fundraiser to benefit the Western Piedmont Symphony. **Tickets Available at Door Only**
Foothills Pops: Shaken, Not Stirred
J.E. Broyhill Civic Center, 1913 Hickory Blvd, Lenoir, NC 28645, USA 1395 Hickory Blvd SW, United StatesThe 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.