Masterworks: The New Colossus
P.E. Monroe Auditorium 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesTickets on sale August 15, 2022. The 22-23 Masterworks season closes with a multi-media storytelling concert experience. Nkeiru Okoye's personal response to 9/11, Voices Shouting Out, opens the concert. Acclaimed violinist Kinga Augustyn will perform the Korngold Concerto for Violin. The evening culminates with Peter Boyer's visual telling of the immigrant experience, Ellis Island: the Dream of America.
Masterworks: Mighty Mahler
P.E. Monroe Auditorium 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesTickets on sale August 15, 2022. Western Piedmont Symphony principal flute Laura Dangerfield Stevens performs Bach's Orchestral Suite No. 2. Then, the orchestra dives into the masterful Fifth Symphony by Mahler, featuring the adored Adagietto, Mahler's declaration of love to his wife, Alma.
Masterworks: Poetry in Motion
P.E. Monroe Auditorium 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesAward-winning vibraphonist Britton-René Collins joins the Western Piedmont Symphony for Masterworks: Poetry in Motion. Collins will perform the Concerto for Vibraphone (2010) by North Carolina-based composer Nathan Daughtry. Program also includes works by Marquez, de Falla, and Debussy.
Masterworks: Orchestral Blockbusters
P.E. Monroe Auditorium 775 6th St NE, Hickory, NC, United StatesMaestro Matthew Troy leads the Western Piedmont Symphony in an evening of classical favorites old and new. Program includes works by Quinn Mason, Bizet, and Beethoven.