NEW DATE: Masterworks: Rhapsody in Blue will be Saturday, June 7, 2025.Due to the effects of Hurricane Helene upon our community and the greater Western North Carolina region, we have made the decision to postpone the October 12 Masterworks: Rhapsody in Blue concert.

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.