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SYMPHONY CHORUS
Choral beauty.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
Sunday
October 25, 2026
5:00 PM
Starting at $28
One hour, no intermission.
“Though human ingenuity may make various inventions, it will never devise any inventions more beautiful, nor more simple, nor more to the purpose than Nature does; because in her inventions nothing is wanting, and nothing is superfluous.”
—Leonardo da Vinci
Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus
Members of the Winston-Salem Symphony
Chris Gilliam Conductor
Jocelyn Hagen
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
40 minutes
Eric Whitacre
Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
9 minutes
Elaine Hagenberg
My Companion
5 minutes
A multimedia experience with full chorus and chamber orchestra. Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks are brought to life through his words and drawings in an unforgettable multimedia concert experience created for choir, orchestra, and video projections.
To complement, Eric Whitacre’s brief work poses a simple question: what would it sound like if Leonardo Da Vinci were dreaming? And more specifically, what kind of music would fill the mind of such a genius? Finally, Elaine Hagenberg’s “My Companion” serves as a delicate closer, a tender setting of a text by American poet Edith Franklin Wyatt that speaks of companionship and the joys of sharing it as we travel along the road of life.
Savings to sing about!
The Symphony Chorus performs on numerous concerts this season. Consider saving your seat to four of them, and saving 15% too. Starting at just $106, you’ll be enchanted.
Chorus 4-Pack | Save 15%
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$360.80
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The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Oct 2025
Sun
Oct 25
5:00 PM
Venue
Brendle Recital Hall
Scale Fine Arts Center, Wake Forest University
2629 Wake Forest Rd.
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Parking available in campus lots adjacent to Scales Fine Arts Center on the north and east (across the street, aside Wait Chapel) sides of the building.
Rideshare and Dining
Chris Gilliam, conductor
A conductor praised for his “precision and clarity,” and performances hailed as “enlightened,” Chris Gilliam is the Director of Choral Activities at Wake Forest University, director of the Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus, the artistic director and conductor for the Winston-Salem Choral Artists, and Director of Music at Highland Presbyterian Church in Winston-Salem.