Orchestra
WPS Auditions: Second Clarinet
Western Piedmont Symphony 243 Third Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesWestern Piedmont Symphony announces auditions on Sunday, August 25, 2024, for the following vacancies: SECOND CLARINET Audition date: Sunday, August 25, 2024 Application deadline: Friday, August 16, 2024 How to apply: Send a one-page performance résumé (.PDF) to WPS Operations and Education Manager Avery Bumgarner: [email protected] Auditions will be held at: Western Piedmont Symphony…
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.
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.
Foothills Pops: What’s Goin’ On: Music of Disco and Motown
J.E. Broyhill Civic Center 1913 Hickory Blvd, Lenoir, NC, United StatesGet 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.