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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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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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
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
The Winston-Salem Symphony is thrilled to announce the appointment of Michelle Merrill as the new Music Director for the symphony. An acclaimed conductor and experienced music educator, Merrill was one of six international candidates in a highly competitive audition process.
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“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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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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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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Its premiere took place in Prague on OcIn the year of Witold’s birth, Warsaw was part of the Vistulaland province of Imperial Russia. The family’s move to Moscow proved to be a fatal one for Józef, as the forces of the Bolsheviks led to his execution. After his mother moved the family to Ukraine, they
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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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He is best known for his symphonies, Violin Concerto, and above all his patriotic symphonic poem, Finlandia, which was composed in 1899 and received its premiere performance on July 2, 1900 with Robert Kajanus conducting the Helsinki Philharmonic. It is scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba,
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The Winston-Salem Symphony Presents Classics Series Concert Music from the Homelands Music Director Candidate Vinay Parameswaran to Conduct with Guest Violinist Lara St. John WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (February 10, 2023) – The Winston-Salem Symphony presents its next Classics Series concert cycle for the 2022–23 season entitled Music from the Homelands on March 4 and 5, 2023.
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Authoring Action and the Winston-Salem Symphony PresentChevalier: Composer + Liberator A Literary Event with Chamber Music on February 11 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (January 25, 2023) – Authoring Action and the Winston-Salem Symphony will come together on February 11, 2023, to present the collaborative project Chevalier: Composer + Liberator. The performance is the culmination of a project
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The Winston-Salem Symphony Presents Sensory-Friendly Family Concert “Worldwide Playlist: Dancing Around the Globe” WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (January 18, 2023) – The Winston-Salem Symphony will present the Ignite Family Series performance of Worldwide Playlist: Dancing Around the Globe at 3 p.m. on Sunday, February 5, 2023, at R.J. Reynolds Auditorium at 301 N. Hawthorne Road in Winston-Salem..
The Winston-Salem Symphony Presents Pops Series Concert “In The Air Tonight” Stuart Chafetz to conduct new arrangements of music by rock icons Genesis & Phil Collins WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (January 13, 2023) – The Winston-Salem Symphony presents its next Music That Pops Series concert, In The Air Tonight, featuring the music of rock icons Genesis and
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Symphony Unbound Concert Features Composer, Conductor, and Miss America Nia Imani Franklin WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (January 6, 2023) – Winston-Salem’s own Nia Imani Franklin—vocalist, composer, conductor, advocate, and Miss America 2019—joins members of the Winston-Salem Symphony for an unforgettable night of music on Saturday, January 21, 2023, at 7:30 p.m. in the McChesney Scott Dunn Auditorium
