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SUMMARY:Copland's Fanfare
DESCRIPTION:Copland’s Fanfare\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Buy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturdayMay 307:30 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Buy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSundayMay 313:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWinston-Salem SymphonyWinston-Salem Symphony ChorusJaki Shelton Green NarratorMichelle Merrill ConductorChris Gilliam Chorus Director \n\n\n\nConor Brown How to Relax with OrigamiDan Locklair SINCE DAWNAaron Copland Symphony No. 3 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Notes \n\n\n\n\n\nLocklair SINCE DAWNWinston-Salem Symphony | Wake Forest University ChoirsMaya Angelou Narrator | Peter Perret ConductorSeptember 1996 (world premiere) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Notes \n\n\n\n\n\nCopland Symphony No. 3Winston-Salem Symphony | Robert Moody ConductorSeptember 2012 \n\n\n\n\n\nConor Brown’s quirky How to Relax with Origami folds numerous\, varied miniatures into a brief opening work. Winston-Salem composer Dan Locklair pairs poetry by Maya Angelou—narrated here by NC poet laureate Jaki Shelton Green— with a large orchestra and chorus. Copland’s enormous Symphony No. 3 celebrates the contributions of everyday\, hard-working people and its familiar melody (“Fanfare for the Common Man”) makes for a stunning conclusion to the season and a remarkable fête for America 250. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSingle tickets to this event go on sale June 2\, but you can save your seat with a subscription! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Subscribe now.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturdayMay 307:30 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSundayMay 313:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-Concert Talk\n\n\n\nSaturday at 6:30 PM | Sunday at 2:00 PM \n\n\n\nAll 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. Wake Forest University emeritus professor of music Dr. David Levy is your guide—pre-concert talks are free to attend\, and occur one hour before any Classics Series concert. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\nReynolds Auditorium301 N. Hawthorne Rd.Winston-Salem\, NC 27104 \n\n\n\n\nDirections & Parking\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRideshare and Dining\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat will my view be like?\n\n\n\nWhile 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.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJaki Shelton Green\n\n\n\nJaki Shelton Green\, ninth Poet Laureate of North Carolina appointed in 2018\, is the first African American and third woman to be appointed as the North Carolina Poet Laureate. Some of her recognitions include North Carolina State University 2026 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters\, 2022 Forbes Magazine 50 Over 50 Lifestyle List\, 2021 UNC Chapel Hill Frank B. Hanes Writer in Residence\, 2021 recipient of the George School Outstanding Alumni Award\, 2020 Kathryn H. Wallace Award for Community Service\, 2020 St. Andrews University Ethel Fortner Award\, 2020 Northern Orange County Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. Achievement Award\, 2020 Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award\, 2019 Academy of American Poet Laureates Fellow\, 2019 North Carolina Humanities Council Caldwell Award\, 2019 Woman of Distinction Excellence in Humanities Award\, 2014 Induction into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame\, 2009 North Carolina Piedmont Laureate appointment\, 2003 recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature. \n\n\n\nJaki Shelton Green recently retired as professor of documentary poetry at Duke University Center for Documentary Studies. Her publications include Dead on Arrival\, Masks\, Dead on Arrival and New Poems\, Conjure Blues\, singing a tree into dance\, and breath of the song\, published by Blair Publishers. Feeding the Light\, i want to undie you\, The Communion of White Dresses published by Jacar Press\, and i want to undie you\, English /Italian bilingual edition published by Lebeg Publishers of Rome Italy. Juneteenth 2020\, she released her first LP poetry album\, The River Speaks of Thirst\, produced by Soul City Sounds and Clearly Records and released a CD\, i want to undie you in 2021. \n\n\n\nJaki Shelton Green is the owner of SistaWRITE providing writing retreats for women writers in across the United States\, Northern Morocco\, the Loire valley in France\, and Ireland. She has been involved with numerous public art collaborations and projects including the NC Freedom Park\, Dix Park Conservancy\, City of Asheville Riverwalk Project\, Mint Museum of Charlotte\, North Carolina African American Heritage Commission Africa to Carolina public art installation. \n\n\n\nHer poetry has been commissioned\, performed\, choreographed\, and translated into symphonies\, film\, and paintings by visual artists\, dance companies\, and musicians including Flutronix\, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra\, The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra\, The Art Project of Chicago\, The New York City Girls Choir\, Wichita Falls Texas Symphony\, Lexington Kentucky Philharmonic Orchestra\, Duke University Black Music Lab Project\, the Miami City Ballet\, the Justice Project Theater\, Murmurations Dance Company\, Choreodance Company\, Elon University Dance Department\, Chuck Davis African American Dance Company at the Kennedy Center\, DancaNova at Naropa Institute\, Two Near the Edge Dance Company\, North Carolina State University Dance Department\, North Carolina Central University Dance Department\, North Carolina State University Craft Center\, Gregg Museum of Art and Design\, and Theatre Charlotte. Other collaborations include 2026 Artist in Residence at the Durham NC Unitarian Universalist Fellowship\, the Moroccan Ministry of Education\, the History Museum of Charlotte\, the Blowing Rock Arts and History Museum\, Poet Laureate in Residence at the North Carolina Museum of Art (2021-2024)\, poetry editor for WALTER Magazine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou May Also Like…\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMozart & Ravelplus the Crouching Tiger Concerto\n\n\n\nPaperhand Puppet Theatre brings their GIANT puppets to the stage for Ravel’s Mother Goose ballet suite; Christine Lamprea shines in a cello concerto by Tan Dun while Mozart’s “Magic Flute” sets the scene.  \n\n\n\n\nNov 15 & 16\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Music ofFLEETWOOD MAC\n\n\n\nThe WSS\, guest vocalists\, and the fan-favorite Jeans ‘n Classics band come together to celebrate the supergroup’s decades of hits. \n\n\n\n\nApr 6\, 2024
URL:https://www.wssymphony.org/event/coplands-fanfare/2026-05-30/
LOCATION:Reynolds Auditorium\, 301 Hawthorne Rd. NW\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27104
CATEGORIES:Classics Series,Symphony Chorus
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SUMMARY:Copland's Fanfare
DESCRIPTION:Copland’s Fanfare\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Buy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturdayMay 307:30 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Buy\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSundayMay 313:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWinston-Salem SymphonyWinston-Salem Symphony ChorusJaki Shelton Green NarratorMichelle Merrill ConductorChris Gilliam Chorus Director \n\n\n\nConor Brown How to Relax with OrigamiDan Locklair SINCE DAWNAaron Copland Symphony No. 3 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Notes \n\n\n\n\n\nLocklair SINCE DAWNWinston-Salem Symphony | Wake Forest University ChoirsMaya Angelou Narrator | Peter Perret ConductorSeptember 1996 (world premiere) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Notes \n\n\n\n\n\nCopland Symphony No. 3Winston-Salem Symphony | Robert Moody ConductorSeptember 2012 \n\n\n\n\n\nConor Brown’s quirky How to Relax with Origami folds numerous\, varied miniatures into a brief opening work. Winston-Salem composer Dan Locklair pairs poetry by Maya Angelou—narrated here by NC poet laureate Jaki Shelton Green— with a large orchestra and chorus. Copland’s enormous Symphony No. 3 celebrates the contributions of everyday\, hard-working people and its familiar melody (“Fanfare for the Common Man”) makes for a stunning conclusion to the season and a remarkable fête for America 250. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSingle tickets to this event go on sale June 2\, but you can save your seat with a subscription! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  Subscribe now.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSaturdayMay 307:30 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSundayMay 313:00 PM \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPre-Concert Talk\n\n\n\nSaturday at 6:30 PM | Sunday at 2:00 PM \n\n\n\nAll 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. Wake Forest University emeritus professor of music Dr. David Levy is your guide—pre-concert talks are free to attend\, and occur one hour before any Classics Series concert. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVenue\n\n\n\nReynolds Auditorium301 N. Hawthorne Rd.Winston-Salem\, NC 27104 \n\n\n\n\nDirections & Parking\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRideshare and Dining\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat will my view be like?\n\n\n\nWhile 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.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJaki Shelton Green\n\n\n\nJaki Shelton Green\, ninth Poet Laureate of North Carolina appointed in 2018\, is the first African American and third woman to be appointed as the North Carolina Poet Laureate. Some of her recognitions include North Carolina State University 2026 Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters\, 2022 Forbes Magazine 50 Over 50 Lifestyle List\, 2021 UNC Chapel Hill Frank B. Hanes Writer in Residence\, 2021 recipient of the George School Outstanding Alumni Award\, 2020 Kathryn H. Wallace Award for Community Service\, 2020 St. Andrews University Ethel Fortner Award\, 2020 Northern Orange County Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. Achievement Award\, 2020 Lucy Bramlette Patterson Award\, 2019 Academy of American Poet Laureates Fellow\, 2019 North Carolina Humanities Council Caldwell Award\, 2019 Woman of Distinction Excellence in Humanities Award\, 2014 Induction into the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame\, 2009 North Carolina Piedmont Laureate appointment\, 2003 recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature. \n\n\n\nJaki Shelton Green recently retired as professor of documentary poetry at Duke University Center for Documentary Studies. Her publications include Dead on Arrival\, Masks\, Dead on Arrival and New Poems\, Conjure Blues\, singing a tree into dance\, and breath of the song\, published by Blair Publishers. Feeding the Light\, i want to undie you\, The Communion of White Dresses published by Jacar Press\, and i want to undie you\, English /Italian bilingual edition published by Lebeg Publishers of Rome Italy. Juneteenth 2020\, she released her first LP poetry album\, The River Speaks of Thirst\, produced by Soul City Sounds and Clearly Records and released a CD\, i want to undie you in 2021. \n\n\n\nJaki Shelton Green is the owner of SistaWRITE providing writing retreats for women writers in across the United States\, Northern Morocco\, the Loire valley in France\, and Ireland. She has been involved with numerous public art collaborations and projects including the NC Freedom Park\, Dix Park Conservancy\, City of Asheville Riverwalk Project\, Mint Museum of Charlotte\, North Carolina African American Heritage Commission Africa to Carolina public art installation. \n\n\n\nHer poetry has been commissioned\, performed\, choreographed\, and translated into symphonies\, film\, and paintings by visual artists\, dance companies\, and musicians including Flutronix\, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra\, The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra\, The Art Project of Chicago\, The New York City Girls Choir\, Wichita Falls Texas Symphony\, Lexington Kentucky Philharmonic Orchestra\, Duke University Black Music Lab Project\, the Miami City Ballet\, the Justice Project Theater\, Murmurations Dance Company\, Choreodance Company\, Elon University Dance Department\, Chuck Davis African American Dance Company at the Kennedy Center\, DancaNova at Naropa Institute\, Two Near the Edge Dance Company\, North Carolina State University Dance Department\, North Carolina Central University Dance Department\, North Carolina State University Craft Center\, Gregg Museum of Art and Design\, and Theatre Charlotte. Other collaborations include 2026 Artist in Residence at the Durham NC Unitarian Universalist Fellowship\, the Moroccan Ministry of Education\, the History Museum of Charlotte\, the Blowing Rock Arts and History Museum\, Poet Laureate in Residence at the North Carolina Museum of Art (2021-2024)\, poetry editor for WALTER Magazine. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nYou May Also Like…\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMozart & Ravelplus the Crouching Tiger Concerto\n\n\n\nPaperhand Puppet Theatre brings their GIANT puppets to the stage for Ravel’s Mother Goose ballet suite; Christine Lamprea shines in a cello concerto by Tan Dun while Mozart’s “Magic Flute” sets the scene.  \n\n\n\n\nNov 15 & 16\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Music ofFLEETWOOD MAC\n\n\n\nThe WSS\, guest vocalists\, and the fan-favorite Jeans ‘n Classics band come together to celebrate the supergroup’s decades of hits. \n\n\n\n\nApr 6\, 2024
URL:https://www.wssymphony.org/event/coplands-fanfare/2026-05-31/
LOCATION:Reynolds Auditorium\, 301 Hawthorne Rd. NW\, Winston-Salem\, NC\, 27104
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