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Crossroads: Gamelan-A Balinese Percussion Orchestra

By Kelly Swindell | August 11, 2024

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

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.

Crossroads: Valves and Keys Trio

By Kelly Swindell | August 11, 2024

photo collage of three musicians, a white male in a black quit with long brown hair holding a silver trumpet, a white female in a red blouse with should length brown hair holding a brass french horn, an older white female with blonde grey short hair and wearing a glittery blouse sitting in front of a black grand piano

North Carolina artists David Dash, trumpet; Maria Serkin, horn; and Alison Gagnon, piano, perform poetic works by female composers Dorothy Gates, Whitney George, Cecilia McDowall, and Amy Beach.

Crossroads: Viola Celebration

By Kelly Swindell | August 11, 2024

older while male with thin fair hair holding a viola instrument wearing a black jacket and black shirt; whitefemale with grey curly hair wearing a frilly black blouse in front of a red velvet curtain back ground

Piano and violas come together in a lush program highlighting the dark, rich voice of the viola! Works Brahms, Bridge, and more. Featured artists: Scott Rawls, viola; Kimberly Sparr, viola

Crossroads: Martha Bassett’s Quinteto Brasil

By Kelly Swindell | August 4, 2024

black and white photo of white femail in white blouse with wooden necklace and wooden earrings black hari in a messy ponytail and looking to the right

The Crossroads Concert series opens with North Carolina singer/songwriter Martha Bassett and her Quinteto Brasil presenting a night of bossa nova standards and new arrangements such as Desafinado, Meditation, One Note Samba, and more.

Crossroads: Hank, Pattie and The Current with WPS Maestro’s Quartet

By Kelly Swindell | June 20, 2023

four musicians sitting on a stair way, a white femal with red hair smiling, a mixed race man in a suite and tie smiling, a white male looking to the left in a suit and white shirt, a white female in red dress and brown hair

NEW LOCATION! North Carolina’s Bluegrass-American juggernaut Hank, Pattie, and The Current. Hard-hitting bluegrass pickers who moonlight as symphonic classical musicians. Special guests the WPS Maestro’s Quartet.