Orchestra

  1. Events
  2. Orchestra

Events Search and Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Today

conductor in tuxedo raised arm leading orchestra

Masterworks: Orchestral Blockbusters

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

Maestro Matthew Troy leads the Western Piedmont Symphony in an evening of classical favorites old and new. Program includes works by Quinn Mason, Bizet, and Beethoven.

$25 – $45

white female with long dark hair flaing a flute

Masterworks: Mighty Mahler

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

Tickets 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.

$25 – $45

white female with long brown hair holding violin at the neck

Masterworks: The New Colossus

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

Tickets 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.

$25 – $45
orchestra in a large auditorium

WPS Musician Auditions 23-24 Season

Western Piedmont Symphony 243 Third Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United States

Western 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.

A conductor in silhouette in front of Disney's Cinderella's Castle with images of scenes from various classic Disney movies to either side.

Foothills Pops: DISNEY IN CONCERT-A Dream is a Wish

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

DISNEY IN CONCERT-A Dream is a Wish transports audiences into the musical world of classic and contemporary Disney Animated Feature films.

$30 – $50

Asian female in traditional gown holds a pipa, a Chinese lute, on shoulders.

Masterworks: Other Worlds

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

Experience music like no other with the Silk Road Ensemble’s Wu Man, the world’s foremost pipa artist, performing the cinematic Concerto No. 2 for Pipa and Orchestra by Jiping Zhao. Also featured on the opening Masterworks program: Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet Suite and the triumphant Pines of Rome by Respighi.

$20 – $50

Pianist Dmitri Vorobriev wearing a black shirt with a slightly blurry piano in the background.

Masterworks: Romance and Realism

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

Presenting Rachmaninoff’s beloved romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor and more.

$20 – $50

The Western Piedmont Symphony during the 2022 Holiday Pops concert, on stage at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center in Hudson.

Foothills Pops: Holiday Spectacular

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

The region’s best way to start December and get some holiday cheer!

$30 – $50

Kelly Hall-Tompkins wearing a silver-gray tank top and black pants, holding her violin in front of a distant city skyline and trees.

Masterworks: Symphonie Fantastique

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

Acclaimed violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins returns to perform Bruch’s Concerto No. 1 for Violin in G minor.

$20 – $50

group of orchestra players made up of teenager males and females on a stage holding instruments led by black male music conductor. stage is light wood, background is black

WPS Youth Orchestras Spring Concert (Debut Strings and Youth Symphony)

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

SOLD OUT! The WPS Youth Orchestras in performance this spring. Debut Strings and the Youth Symphony will perform works by John Williams, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, Rimsky-Korsakov, Bruch, Vivaldi, John Powell, and more.

$5 – $7