The Winston-Salem Symphony Presents Classics Series Concert
Still Points & Turning Worlds

The Winston-Salem Symphony Presents Classics Series ConcertStill Points & Turning Worlds Music Director Candidate Paul Hass to Conduct with Guest Pianist Awadagin Pratt WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (September 22, 2022) – The Winston-Salem Symphony presents its next Classics Series concert cycle for the 2022–23 season entitled “Still Points & Turning Worlds.” The concerts will feature guest conductor

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The Winston-Salem Symphony Opens 2022–23 Seasonwith Classics Series Concert Mendelssohn’s Muse

The Winston-Salem Symphony Opens 2022–23 Seasonwith Classics Series Concert Mendelssohn’s Muse Music Director Candidate Andrew Grams to Conduct with Guest Violinist Simone Porter WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (August 31, 2022) – The Winston-Salem Symphony is opening its 2022–23 season with a Classics Series concert cycle entitled “Mendelssohn’s Muse.” The concerts will feature guest conductor Andrew Grams, one

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Bartók Concerto for Orchestra

One of the seminal figures of twentieth-century music, Béla Bartók was born in Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary (now Sînnicolau Mare, Rumania) on March 25, 1881 and died in New York City on September 26, 1945). In addition to his brilliant career as a composer, Bartók also was an important ethnomusicologist and pianist. His music is most strongly

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Prokofiev Symphony No. 5

Stalin’s repressive policies had a powerful, and often deleterious effect on the careers of Prokofiev and his colleague, Dmitri Shostakovich.  Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony was composed during the summer of 1944 and received its first performance in Moscow on January 13, 1945, with the Moscow State Philharmonic Orchestra performing under the composer’s direction.  The performance was

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Jessie Montgomery Rounds

She has been actively involved with the Detroit-based Sphinx Organization in supporting and encouraging young African American and Latinx string instrumentalists. Her works have been performed by many significant arts institutions (Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, to name but a few). She also has worked collaboratively with numerous colleagues in both music

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Felix Mendelssohn Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, op. 64

One of the greatest concertos ever penned for the instrument, Mendelssohn’s masterful Violin Concerto, composed between 1838 and 1844, is the fruit of his maturity. The work owes its existence thanks to the special working relationship that the composer enjoyed with the leader (concertmaster in today’s terms) of the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Ferdinand David.

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Single Tickets for All Winston-Salem Symphony 2022–23 Season Concerts on Sale August 1

Single Tickets for All Winston-Salem Symphony 2022–23 Season Concerts on Sale August 1 WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (August 1, 2022) – Single tickets for the Winston-Salem Symphony’s 2022-23 season go on sale today, Monday, August 1. They can be purchased online at wssymphony.org and via phone by calling 336.464.0145. Please refer to the 2022-23 Season Calendar on

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Michelle Merrill

In addition to her growing guest conducting schedule, Ms. Merrill currently serves as the Music Director of the Coastal Symphony of Georgia, where she has ignited the growth and expansion of the orchestra’s offerings both on and off the stage. Ms. Merrill’s most recent and upcoming engagements include the National Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Opera, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra (Canada), Minnesota Orchestra, River

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