Symphony Archives - Western Piedmont Symphony

Sight + Sound Film Series with Hickory Museum of Art

By Kelly Swindell | November 8, 2024

Western Piedmont Symphony + Hickory Museum of Art present Sight + Sound Film Series, featuring a great collaboration of symphony and metal rock captured on film.

A Birthday Celebration

By Kelly Swindell | August 11, 2024

overhead photo of an orchestra on a stage waving to a camera high above the stage

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

Western Piedmont Symphony Announces 2023-2024 Season

By Kelly Swindell | June 20, 2023

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HICKORY, N.C. (June 20, 2023) – Western Piedmont Symphony (WPS), the professional orchestra of the western foothills of North Carolina, announces its 2023-2024 season, MUSIC FOR YOU. The 59th season…

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.

Crossroads: KAIA String Quartet

By Ian | June 20, 2023

The KAIA String Quartet is an ensemble devoted to promoting the rich and colorful music of Latin America and more.

Crossroads: Ariel Pocock and Chad Eby Jazz Duo

By Ian | June 20, 2023

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Duo interpretations of jazz standards and other music.

Crossroads: Low and Lower

By Ian | June 20, 2023

Cellist Brooks Whitehouse and Bassist Paul Sharpe with their instruments

If you like stringed instruments and comedy, you cannot miss this performance.

Discovery Family Concerts: We are the Champions

By Ian | June 20, 2023

"We are the Champions" in gold and white on a black background, surrounded by musical instruments and sports supplies

Discover musical adventures of live symphonic music and explore the inspiring and familiar music of sports and games.

Foothills Pops: Holiday Spectacular

By Ian | June 19, 2023

The Western Piedmont Symphony during the 2022 Holiday Pops concert, on stage at the J.E. Broyhill Civic Center in Hudson.

The region’s best way to start December and get some holiday cheer!

Masterworks: Carmina Burana

By Ian | June 19, 2023

yellow background and red medieval drawing of a wheel of fortune for Carl Orff Camina Burana

One of classical music’s most spellbinding and immersive experiences, Carmina Burana is an epic, captivating choral masterpiece.