Lawrence Loh, Conductor

As Music Director of Symphoria, the successor to the Syracuse Symphony, Lawrence Loh has helped to build a 21st century model of a modern symphony orchestra. “The connection between the organization and its audience is one of the qualities that’s come to define Syracuse’s symphony as it wraps up its 10th season, a milestone that […]

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Winston-Salem Symphony Elects New Board Members and Jay Reed as Board Chair

Winston-Salem Symphony Elects New Board Members and Jay Reed as Board Chair WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (August 2, 2023) – The Winston-Salem Symphony announced the election of new members to the Winston-Salem Symphony Association Board of Directors, Class of 2023. Elected Directors serve three-year terms. The Class of 2023 includes nine new Directors, two ex officio, and

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Winston-Salem Symphony Announces Honors to Two Long-Term Supporters

Winston-Salem Symphony Announces Honors to Two Long-Term Supporters WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (July 29, 2023) – The Winston-Salem Symphony recently bestowed honors on two of their long-term supporters. Mary Tucker received the Distinguished Service Award, and Gerry Gunzenhauser was named Honorary Director. Both accolades are reserved for distinguished service to the Symphony’s “Bringing Music to Life” mission.

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Nia Imani Franklin

After concluding her Lincoln Center fellowship in New York City, she earned the jobs of Miss New York 2018 and Miss America 2019. In September of 2021 Nia released her EP, “Extended,” which featured her RnB songs, and her orchestra piece, “Chrysalis Extended,” which has nearly 4 million views on her TikTok profile. In February

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Edgar Meyer, Double Bass

As a solo classical bassist, Mr. Meyer can be heard on a concerto album with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra conducted by Hugh Wolff featuring Bottesini’s Gran Duo with Joshua Bell, Meyer’s own Double Concerto for Bass and Cello with Yo-Yo Ma, Bottesini’s Bass Concerto No. 2, and Meyer’s own Concerto in D for Bass.

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Joe Lovano, Saxophone

Born in Cleveland, Ohio on December 29, 1952 he attended the famed Berklee College of Music in Boston where years later he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate. Since 2001 he has held the Gary Burton Chair in Jazz Performance and is a founding faculty member since 2009 of the Global Jazz Institute at Berklee directed

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Michelle Cann, Piano

Ms. Cann’s 2022-23 season includes an appearance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as part of the Rock My Soul festival, return engagements with the Cincinnati and New Jersey symphonies, and debut performances with the Baltimore, National, New World, Seattle, and Utah symphonies. She makes her debut at Carnegie Hall with the New York Youth Symphony

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Kentucky Thunder

Russ Carson came by his passion for the banjo honestly: his father has made handcrafted banjos and played old-time fiddle and banjo since the early 1970’s. As a result of the never-ending live music played around him while growing up, Russ started playing bluegrass at age 10, and has been an avid student and performer

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Ricky Skaggs

Ricky struck his first chords on a mandolin over 60 years ago, and this 15-time Grammy Award winner continues to do his part to lead the recent roots revival in music. With 12 consecutive Grammy-nominated classics behind him, all from his own Skaggs Family Records label (Bluegrass Rules! in 1998, Ancient Tones in 1999, History

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Kristin Lee, Violin

“Her technique is flawless, and she has a sense of melodic shaping that reflects an artistic maturity,” writes the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and The Stradreports, “She seems entirely comfortable with stylistic diversity, which is one criterion that separates the run-of-the-mill instrumentalists from true artists.” In addition to her dynamic performing career, Lee was recently appointed to the faculty of the

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Jason McKinney Baritone

Originally from Milwaukee WI, USA, Mr. McKinney graduated from the University Of North Carolina School of the Arts, where he studied voice with soprano Marilyn Taylor and tenor Glenn Siebert, Conducting with Maestro James Allbritten, and composing with Kenneth Frazelle. Whilst in school Mr. McKinney was the recipient of the Helen Odom scholarship, the Music

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Summer Opportunities

2024 Summer Festival June 10-15, 2024UNCSA School of Music (Strings)Moravian Music Foundation (Winds, Brass, and Percussion) Get your game going with five weekdays of intensive training and rehearsals for WSS Youth Orchestras Program students and prospectives! Schedule, repertoire, and activities will be announced soon. Deadline to register is Friday, June 9. Tuition must be paid

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Winston-Salem Symphony Presents: R.E.M. Explored

Winston-Salem Symphony Presents: R.E.M. Explored R.E.M. Co-founder Mike Mills to Perform WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (March 21, 2023) – The Winston-Salem Symphony is excited to announce a one-of-a-kind concert event featuring the music of R.E.M. arranged for full orchestra and Mike Mills’s Concerto for Violin, Rock Band & Orchestra. R.E.M. co-founder Mike Mills will take the stage

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Dvorak: Violin Concerto

Its premiere took place in Prague on October 14, 1883 with František Ondřĭček as soloist and Mořic Anger leading the National Theater Orchestra. It is scored for solo violin, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings. Less well-known than his magnificent Cello Concerto, Dvořák’s Concerto for Violin

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