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By David BoraksWFAEThe Charlotte Symphony has hired arts manager David Fisk as president and CEO after a yearlong search. Fisk has been executive director of the Richmond Symphony in Virginia for [..] Read More
By Sonia RaoThe Charlotte ObserverThe Charlotte Symphony announced on Wednesday it has chosen David Fisk, who currently serves as executive director of the Richmond Symphony in Virginia, to be its [..] Read More
By Jenna Martin - Digital Editor Charlotte Business Journal A new chief executive will take the reins of the Charlotte Symphony later this summer.A search committee unanimously selected David Fisk [..] Read More
By Lawrence ToppmanOf Note, WDAV Classical Public RadioThe Internet has been crammed for three months with well-intentioned, often makeshift performances designed to relieve the cultural drought. [..] Read More
By Sunny HublerQC ExclusiveEnjoy music from the safety of home with Charlotte Symphony al fresco, a new virtual concert series.The first concert is dedicated to hope and healing for our community, [..] Read More
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The Pastoral Symphony
If you hear a solitary melody floating through the air on Friday, April 17th at 3 p.m., you may be hearing one of the musicians of the [..] Read MoreBy Gwendolyn GlennWFAEAlthough members of the Charlotte Symphony won't be performing live anytime soon because of the coronavirus pandemic, they are doing something special for the public through a [..] Read More
By Catherine MuccigrossoThe Charlotte ObserverThe Charlotte Symphony confirmed Friday it has canceled its popular Summer Pops series.The move occurred as the orchestra and the rest of the arts [..] Read More
By Jennifer ThomasCharlotte Business JournalThe Charlotte Symphony's popular Summer Pops series has fallen victim to COVID-19.The orchestra has canceled or postponed 39 performances through the end [..] Read More
By CLTure NewsCharlotte Symphony has gone online and interactive. During the moratorium on live events, they've set up their website with streaming audio of past Charlotte Symphony Orchestra [..] Read More
By Katy SoltSpectrum NewsThe Charlotte Symphony is bringing the music out of the theater, and into the community through the Healing Hands program. Musicians take their talents to places like [..] Read More
By Lawrence ToppmanThe Charlotte ObserverThe upside? Free chamber music, almost all of it impossible to hear elsewhere in the region, played for sheer joy by members of the Charlotte Symphony [..] Read More
By Thomas LottIndependent TribuneIt was a packed house at All Saints Episcopal Church in Concord on Friday as the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra performed for families and children around the area. [..] Read More
By Lawrence ToppmanThe Charlotte ObserverLudwig van Beethoven's 250th birthday falls in December 2020, a boon to orchestras across the globe: They have packed the season leading up to that event [..] Read More
By Cecilia Whalencvnc.orgThe Charlotte Symphony presented a Valentine's-themed concert at the Knight Theater on Feb. 14, offering a four-piece program featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Chopin, [..] Read More
by Perry TannenbaumBroadway World ReviewWhen you think of an All-American concert at Belk Theater performed by the Charlotte Symphony, composers like Samuel Barber or Aaron Copland figure to be in [..] Read More
By Lawrence ToppmanThe Charlotte ObserverIf you visit Cherokee, N.C., you can see Indians as museum exhibits, denizens of a reconstructed village, perhaps croupiers in a casino resort or hawkers [..] Read More
By Courtney DevoresThe Charlotte ObserverShe may not have come in first as a competitor on Season 8 of "RuPaul's Drag Race," or on Season 3 of "RuPaul's Drag Race: All Stars," but Brooklyn musician [..] Read More
By Page LeggettThe Charlotte ObserverCharlotte's annual "Bridging Musical Worlds" concert started in 2009 to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and to bring together diverse musical styles in the spirit [..] Read More
By Lawrence ToppmanThe Charlotte ObserverBBC Music Magazine just gave a five-star review to Conrad Tao's "American Rage" album, praising performances of 20th-century pieces that are "craggy and [..] Read More
By Gregg ShapiroQNotesAnyone who has been watching "RuPaul's Drag Race" from the beginning knows that many of the queens' talents extend beyond just being able to lip-synch for their lives and [..] Read More
By Perry Tannenbaumcvnc.orgCelebrations of Ludwig van Beethoven don't really need to lean on a convenient excuse. Just before celebrations broke out worldwide on January 1, 2020, commemorating the [..] Read More
