CARMINA BURANA

Name: CARMINA BURANA
Start: 2027-05-29T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2027-05-29T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Reynolds Auditorium

Carmina Burana
plus Muhly’s Doom Painting

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Saturday
May 29, 2027
7:30 PM

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Sunday
May 30, 2027
3:00 PM

Winston-Salem Symphony
Tine Thing Helseth Trumpet
Ashley Fabian Vincent Soprano
Cooper Nolan Tenor
Ethan Vincent Baritone
Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus
Michelle Merrill Conductor

Nico Muhly
Doom Painting for Trumpet

Carl Orff
Carmina Burana

The 26/27 season concludes with composer Nico Muhly’s Doom Painting, written specifically for the incredible Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth and receiving its East Coast premiere. The Symphony Chorus then joins for Carl Orff’s instantly recognizable Carmina Burana and its spine-tingling “O Fortuna” chorus.

Pre-Concert Talk

Saturday at 6:30 PM | Sunday at 2:00 PM

All audience members are invited to join us in the Judy Voss Jones Fine Arts Center, directly behind Reynolds Auditorium on its west side, for a lively discussion about the music and surrounding context. Local musicologist Dr. Carol Reynolds is your guide—pre-concert talks are free to attend, and occur one hour before any Classics Series concert.

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Sat
May 29
7:30 PM

Sun
May 30
3:00 PM

Venue

Reynolds Auditorium
301 N. Hawthorne Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27104

Directions & Parking

Rideshare and Dining

What will my view be like?

While Reynolds Auditorium’s sightlines and sound are best enjoyed in the Mezzanine, Orchestra-level seating also offers superb viewing and sound, especially in rows F through O. Please bear in mind that Reynolds Auditorium is a historic venue; there is no elevator, thus the Mezzanine and Balcony levels are only accessed via stairs. Accessible seating is available on the Orchestra level at the rear of the house and along the outside left and right.

Michelle Merrill, conductor

WSS Music Director Michelle Merrill served four years as the Assistant and then Associate Conductor of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and also 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 is a proud recipient of a 2016 Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Award as well as the prestigious 2013 Ansbacher Conducting Fellowship as awarded by members of the Vienna Philharmonic and the American Austrian Foundation, which enabled her to be in residence at the world-renowned Salzburg Festival.

Reynolds Auditorium

301 Hawthorne Rd. NW
Winston-Salem, NC 27104 + Google Map

CARMINA BURANA