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  • 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 Beach Music Birthday Party Celebration

    74 South at Moretz Mills 74 Eighth Street SE, Hickory, NC, United States

    Celebrate our 60th birthday with us! More details to be announced!

    $125 – $140
  • Asian female in gold and red Balinese style traditional costume dancing in front of five white musicians in traditional gold turban and white shirts playing gamelan metal percussions instruments

    Crossroads: Gamelan-A Balinese Percussion Orchestra

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

    Gamelan-a Balinese percussion orchestra, features more than 20 traditional instruments and musicians from Sekaa Gong Mandala Giri from Appalachian State University and Gamelan Giri Murti from Wake Forest University.

    $28

  • Foothills Pops: What’s Goin’ On: Music of Disco and Motown

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

    Get 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.

    $30 – $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
  • orchestra ensemble of male and femal teenagers playing violins drums horns

    SOLD OUT: WPS Youth Orchestras Spring Concert

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

    SOLD OUT! Hear our young artists in performance! Both Debut Strings and the Youth Symphony will perform works from the classical repertoire.

    $5 – $7

  • 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

  • orchestra ensemble of high school aged musicians playing brass instruments and cellos all wearing black shirts and black pants

    WPS Youth Orchestras Auditions (Debut Strings and Youth Symphony) Fri., Sep. 5

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

    Announcing auditions for the 25-26 Season for our two Youth Orchestras: Debut Strings and the Youth Symphony.
    Friday, September 5, between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
    Saturday, September 6, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

  • WPS Youth Orchestras Auditions (Debut Strings and Youth Symphony) Sat., Sep. 6

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

    Announcing auditions for the 25-26 Season for our two Youth Orchestras: Debut Strings and the Youth Symphony.
    Friday, September 5, between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
    Saturday, September 6, between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.

  • q white feamle and two white males playing wooden bassoon instruments in a symphony orchestra

    WPS Auditions: Principal Bassoon

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

    WPS Auditions on Sunday, September 7, 2025 for the following vacancies for the 25-26 Season: Principal Bassoon

  • Foothills Pops: The Music of Pink Floyd

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

    Experience the epic soundscapes of The Wall and Dark Side of the Moon as Jeans 'N Classics Band joins Western Piedmont Symphony for a powerful tribute to Pink Floyd's greatest hits - live, in concert!

    $33 – $58
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