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  • Behind the Music: Screening of PSYCHO with Footcandle Film Society

    Carolina Theater 222 1st Ave NW, Hickory, NC, United States

    Go behind the music of PSYCHO with Western Piedmont Symphony and Footcandle Film Society. Before the movie, WPS music director Matthew Troy shares the secrets to the chills and thrills of the iconic film score in conversation with Footcandle Film Society founder Alan Jackson.

    $5

  • a white male in all black clothes holding a violin, wearing glasses in fron t of greay textured wall and a white man balding in dark cuit playing a cello and looking up to the right corner

    Masterworks: Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

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

    A 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.

    $20 – $50

  • original artwork for The Rite of Spring (1913) by designer Nikolai Roerich a group of people dancing in a mountain

    Masterworks: The Rite of Spring

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

    Celebrate 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.

    $20 – $50

  • a black woman playing a clarinet and wearing purple green gold NOLA jacket

    Masterworks: Symphony Swings

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

    A 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.

    $20 – $50

  • a man wearing glasses and a purple jacket holding a mandolin

    Masterworks: Mozart and the Mandolin

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

    Bluegrass comes to the symphony featuring mandolin artist Jeff Midkiff performing his From the Blue Ridge concerto. Concert includes Rossini's Overture to La gazza Ladra and Mozart's Jupiter Symphony.

    $20 – $50

  • NEW DATE-Masterworks: Rhapsody in Blue

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

    SEASON FINALE! Celebrating 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.

    $20 – $50

  • Behind the Music: Screening of THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN with Footcandle Film Society

    Carolina Theater 222 1st Ave NW, Hickory, NC, United States

    Go behind the music of THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN with Western Piedmont Symphony and Footcandle Film Society. Before the movie, WPS Music Director Matthew Troy shares the secrets to the chills and thrills of the iconic film score in conversation with Footcandle Film Society founder Alan Jackson.

    $5

  • Masterworks: Elemental Music

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

    Experience an inspiring evening with Maestro Matthew Troy and the Western Piedmont Symphony as they explore the powerful connection between humanity and nature. Elemental Music brings the natural world to life through vivid orchestral works—featuring birdsong, pastoral scenes, and the forces of creation. From haunting to hopeful, this program invites you to reflect on the elements that shape our world and ourselves. 

    $20 – $58

  • Beyond the Instrument: Finding Joy in Your Creative Life

    Keiser Community Room, SALT Block 231 3rd Ave NE, Hickory, NC, United States

    Join Masterworks guest artist, life coach, and internationally acclaimed musician Ashley Hall-Tighe on Thursday, Nov. 20 (4:00–5:30 p.m.) at the Keiser Community Room, SALT Block, for Beyond the Instrument—a free, interactive workshop on creativity, resilience, and joy, open to all.

    Free

  • Masterworks: Italian Inspirations

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

    A musical journey of music inspired by classical, romantic Italy, featuring works by Bach, Pärt, Sammartini, Haydn, and Mendelssohn. Featured artist Ashley Hall-Tighe, trumpet. 

    $20 – $58

  • Masterworks: Romantic Masters

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

    An evening of classical music new and familiar, featuring Sibelius's Violin Concerto, a work of supreme virtuosity and eloquent, beautiful musical storytelling.

    $20 – $58
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