The Winston-Salem Symphony Announces Its 2012-2013 Season!

The Winston-Salem Symphony is pleased to announce its Classics Series, Kicked-Back Classics, and Plugged-In Pops Series programming for the 2012-2013 Season. Join us for the following exciting concerts! Subscriptions are available by calling the WSS Box Office, (336) 464-0145. Call or stop by today!


Classics and Kicked-Back Classics Series
Kicked-Back Classics concerts denoted by KBC

Jennifer Koh, violin
Opening Weekend:
Virtuoso Showpieces

BEETHOVEN: Leonore Overture No. 3
SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto
COPLAND: Symphony No. 3

Robert Moody, conductor
Jennifer Koh, violin

Friday, September 21, 2012*
Saturday, September 22, 2012 KBC
Sunday, September 23, 2012

* Concert for Tuesday Subscribers takes place on Friday, Opening Weekend only.

Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano
Tchaikovsky’s Fifth

TIAN: A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
MENDELSSOHN: Piano Concerto No. 1
TCHAIKOVSKY: Symphony No. 5

Matthew Troy, conductor
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, piano

Saturday, October 13, 2012 KBC
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Symphony Chorale
Choral Spectacular!

BORODIN: Polovtsian Dances, No. 17
ADAMS: Dr. Atomic Symphony
GLICK: The Hour Has Come

Robert Moody, conductor
WSS Chorale | Carole Ott, director
UNCSA Cantata Singers | James Allbritten, director

Sunday, November 18, 2012
Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Saxton Rose, bassoon
Happy Birthday, Mozart!

STRAVINSKY: Symphony in C
MOZART: Bassoon Concerto
MOZART: Symphony No. 39

Robert Moody, conductor
Saxton Rose, bassoon

Saturday, January 12, 2013 KBC
Sunday, January 13, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

roses
Valentine’s Weekend:
Music for Lovers

HANSON: Symphony No. 2: “Romantic”
RAVEL: Daphnis et ChloƩ

Robert Moody, conductor
WSS Chorale | Carole Ott, director

Saturday, February 9, 2013 KBC
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Andreas Fischer, artist
Pictures at an Exhibition

HOVHANESS: Mysterious Mountain
Mason BATES: Liquid Interface
MUSSORGSKY / RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition

Robert Moody, conductor
Andreas Fischer, artist
Mason Bates, electronica

Sunday, May 12, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013


Plugged-In Pops Series

 

Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele
Jake Shimabukuro:
Ukulele Master

Robert Moody, conductor
Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele

Saturday, November 3, 2012

If you like Chris Thile and Time for Three, you’ll love Jake Shimabukuro. Come hear what Rolling Stone, TIME Magazine, and others are talking about: a virtuosic musician who has been compared to the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis.

 

Jake Shimabukuro on YouTube: click to view video

 

piano
New Year’s Eve with the
Piano Men

Robert Moody, conductor
Joe Boucher, piano and vocals

Monday, December 31, 2012

Rock in the New Year with a tribute to the amazing songs of Billy Joel and Elton John. From Your Song to Moving Out to Rocket Man, you’ll be humming all the way home.

Oscar
Night at The Oscars

Matthew Troy, conductor

Saturday, February 16, 2013 | Featuring some of the most beautiful movie music of recent decades.

Photo of a rock concert
Take It To The Limit
Music of The Eagles

Robert Moody, conductor
Jeans ‘n Classics

Saturday, April 20, 2013

It will be Life in the Fast Lane as the Symphony and the Jeans ‘n Classics Band perform chart-topping hits from the album Hotel California and other memorable Eagles hits.