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By Cecilia Whalen
CVNC

The Charlotte Symphony featured two outstanding guest artists Nov. 8 at the Knight Theater: guest conductor Hans Graf and the exceptional violinist Angelo [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum
Broadway World Review

Principal flutist Victor Wang started off the evening with his introductory remarks, citing a previous experience with Lees, when he led [..] Read More

By Cecilia Whalen
CVNC

As always, a country's history can be better understood through its music, and the Charlotte Symphony, conducted by Christopher James Lees, allowed its [..] Read More

By Gwendolyn Glenn
WFAE

On tap this weekend we have the Queen Charlotte Fair, opening night for the Charlotte Checkers and a food truck competition. Oh, and the world-renowned [..] Read More

By Ashley Mahoney
The Charlotte Post

You are your brother's keeper.

The Morehouse College National Alumni Association Charlotte Chapter Scholarship Fund [..] Read More

By Lawrence Toppman, Arts Corresponent
The Charlotte Observer

David Morrow tells people it's easier to get in the Morehouse College Glee Club than to stay in.

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By Lawrence Toppman, Arts Correspondent
The Charlotte Observer

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto irritated dedicatee Anton Rubinstein, the pianist and conductor who [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum
CVNC

Extra formality customarily adorns the opening concert of the season. Aside from maestro Warren-Green leading his musicians and his audience in the National [..] Read More

By southcharlotte.macaronikid.com
It's never too early to introduce children to music. The Charlotte Symphony's Family Series allows families to enjoy three exciting performances and [..] Read More

By Lawrence Toppman, Arts Correspondent
The Charlotte Observer

Perhaps you've never tried to play bassoon in a symphony orchestra while you were eight-and-three-quarter months [..] Read More

By Cristina Bolling
The Charlotte Observer

When Leo Driehuys arrived in Charlotte in 1977 from the Netherlands, he was charged with leading a Charlotte Symphony of part- [..] Read More

By Glenn Burkins
QCity Metro

The school's Charlotte alumni chapter wants to award $12,000 scholarships to five Charlotte-area Morehouse students each year.

Two years ago, [..] Read More

OBSERVER STAFF REPORTS

Mary Deissler is leaving her post as the Charlotte Symphony's president and CEO this summer after more than three years on the job, the organization announced in a [..] Read More

Everyone agrees that orchestra boards of directors should represent the rich diversity of the communities theyserve. But most orchestra boards remain overwhelmingly white. In the last few years, [..] Read More

The value of arts, science and history in the classroom is important to creating critical thinkers and problem solvers best able to meet the challenges of today. In Charlotte-Mecklenburg, the need [..] Read More

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The Charlotte Symphony Summer Pops season has arrived!

A Charlotte tradition since 1983, this year the series will include a couple of uptown in-theater experiences in addition to [..] Read More

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By Jody Mace
Charlotte on the Cheap

Charlotte Symphony's Summer Pops concerts, at Symphony Park at SouthPark, are a highlight of the summer for many people. Some Summer Pops [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum
CVNC

There is no such thing as "Bolero burnout" in Charlotte. Just three weeks ago, Charlotte Ballet capped its Innovative Works program at Knight Theater by [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum
CVNC

Beer gardens, rathskellers, and brewpubs have traditionally encouraged their patrons to listen to music, lift their glasses in song, and maybe dance a [..] Read More

At the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra performances last weekend of Mozart's Requiem and Salieri's symphony Il Giorno Onomastico, led by Music Director Christopher Warren-Green, "The orchestra began [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum
broadwayworld.com

Warren-Green's programming effectively flipped the Hulce-Abraham characters we remember from Hollywood's Amadeus, assigning all the frivolity [..] Read More

By Lawrence Toppman, Arts Correspondent
The Charlotte Observer

Thomas Edison reportedly said genius is 10 percent inspiration and 90 percent perspiration. If that's true, you can [..] Read More

By Cecilia Whalen
CVNC

On April 12, the Charlotte Symphony presented "Mozart's Requiem" at the Belk Theater at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. It was a three-piece program [..] Read More

The Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient Paul Huang speaks about playing the Dvořák Violin Concerto. He joins the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra under the direction of guest conductor Gemma New.
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What better way is there to teach children about an orchestra than with games? On March 23 at Knight Theater, the Charlotte Symphony is presenting The Orchestra Olympics, a concert specifically [..] Read More

When Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's season announcements and brochures were issued last July, Mahler's Symphony No. 1, "The Titan," stood alone on the program for their concert coinciding with [..] Read More

By the time this interview is released, the film industry will have capped off its awards season with the Oscars. While some focus on the more prominent awards like "Best Actress" or "Best Motion [..] Read More

We've had a copious amount of Russian music from Charlotte Symphony this year. Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade headlined the first two classics concerts of 2019, [..] Read More

Charlotte Symphony bassoonist Joshua Hood has prepared a playlist of the music that inspired his love of classical music, as well as some pieces by other African-American musicians that illustrate [..] Read More

Wilson is with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra as they rehearse for a weekend of performances including a special composition marking Charlotte's 250th anniversary.

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The Charlotte Symphony presented "Tchaikovsky Sleeping Beauty" at the Knight Theater, the title of a three-work evening that included Aaron Copland's Billy the Kid, Michael Daugherty's Trail of [..] Read More

A recent survey of 201 orchestras found that African-Americans made up only 4.5 percent of all reported conductors, according to the League of American Orchestras.

Locally, the Charlotte [..] Read More

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's music director Christopher Warren-Green, as well as President and CEO Mary Deissler, discuss the variety of series in the 2019-2020 season, and also how the orchestra [..] Read More

Charlotte Symphony celebrates Ludwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday this year with a talented group of guest musicians and composers. Bringing back their popular movies in concert, family series, [..] Read More

Expect Beethoven, as the coming year marks the 250th anniversary of his birth, from the Charlotte Symphony's next season. COURTESY OF THE CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY

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Among over 100 versions of Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade that you can find on Spotify, the name of the violinist who plays the title role, in rare instances, will appear on the album cover. Given [..] Read More

(8) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in Concert
March 8, 8 p.m.; March 9, 2 p.m., $55-80
Ovens Auditorium

Charlotte Symphony Orchestra

Charlotte Symphony: "Music for All" allows community members with EBT cards (federal assistance) to go to any concert for $1, with the tickets sold beginning one hour before any performance, for [..] Read More

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With no fewer than four recordings in my CD collection, the Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3 in C is a favorite of mine. What sounds blissfully familiar to me, however, may have struck subscribers as [..] Read More

The Sunday Evening with... series begins with the Charlotte Symphony's resident conductor Christopher James Lees. He has put together a playlist of beloved classics and some contemporary works, all [..] Read More

Jan. 29
Experience the symphony in a whole new way at the Charlotte Symphony On Tap. The sounds of music will fill NoDa Brewing Co.'s taproom at 2921 N. Tryon St., starting at 7 p.m. At $15, [..] Read More

What grabbed our attention in 2018? And how will those moments roll forward or be matched in the new year? Here's a look, from arts correspondents Lawrence Toppman, Cristina Bolling, Emiene Wright [..] Read More