Orchestra
Masterworks: The New Colossus
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 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.
Foothills Pops: DISNEY IN CONCERT-A Dream is a Wish
J.E. Broyhill Civic Center 1913 Hickory Blvd, Lenoir, NC, United StatesDISNEY IN CONCERT-A Dream is a Wish transports audiences into the musical world of classic and contemporary Disney Animated Feature films.
Masterworks: Other Worlds
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesExperience 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.
Masterworks: Romance and Realism
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesPresenting Rachmaninoff’s beloved romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor and more.
Foothills Pops: Holiday Spectacular
J.E. Broyhill Civic Center 1913 Hickory Blvd, Lenoir, NC, United StatesThe region’s best way to start December and get some holiday cheer!
Masterworks: Symphonie Fantastique
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesAcclaimed violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins returns to perform Bruch’s Concerto No. 1 for Violin in G minor.
WPS Youth Orchestras Spring Concert (Debut Strings and Youth Symphony)
Drendel Auditorium, SALT Block 243 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesSOLD 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.
Foothills Pops: Totally Awesome 80s
J.E. Broyhill Civic Center 1913 Hickory Blvd, Lenoir, NC, United StatesJeans 'n Classics returns to perform totally rad hits from the 80s by Prince, The B-52s, Tears for Fears, Cindy Lauper, and many more!
Discovery Family Concerts: We are the Champions
P.E. Monroe Auditorium, LRU 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesDiscover musical adventures of live symphonic music and explore the inspiring and familiar music of sports and games.