Winston-Salem Symphony
Robert Young Saxophone
Michelle Merrill Conductor

Our season-opening weekend coincides with the centennial celebration of High Point native John Coltrane, who left an enduring legacy in the jazz idiom. Saxophonist Robert Young brings Coltrane’s influence to bear in a recent concerto by Guillaume Connesson. Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and Rachmaninoff’s fiery Symphonic Dances, two of the rare orchestral pieces that include saxophone, round out this program.

Winston-Salem Symphony
Robert Young Saxophone
Michelle Merrill Conductor

Our season-opening weekend coincides with the centennial celebration of High Point native John Coltrane, who left an enduring legacy in the jazz idiom. Saxophonist Robert Young brings Coltrane’s influence to bear in a recent concerto by Guillaume Connesson. Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and Rachmaninoff’s fiery Symphonic Dances, two of the rare orchestral pieces that include saxophone, round out this program.

In this program, we remember victims of the Holocaust in a deeply musical way: by performing on surviving instruments of the Holocaust, collectively known as the Violins of Hope, in music of Mendelssohn, Bernstein, John Williams, Jessie Montgomery, and others. Guest pianist Sara Davis Buechner also joins for UNCSA faculty composer Jared Miller’s poignant work Shattered Night in remembrance of the November anniversary of Kristallnacht.

In this program, we remember victims of the Holocaust in a deeply musical way: by performing on surviving instruments of the Holocaust, collectively known as the Violins of Hope, in music of Mendelssohn, Bernstein, John Williams, Jessie Montgomery, and others. Guest pianist Sara Davis Buechner also joins for UNCSA faculty composer Jared Miller’s poignant work Shattered Night in remembrance of the November anniversary of Kristallnacht.

The incredibly popular, high-flying acrobats, jugglers, and contortionists of Cirque de la Symphonie join to ring in the holiday season. with two shows to choose from on Thanksgiving weekend, you can bring the whole family!

The incredibly popular, high-flying acrobats, jugglers, and contortionists of Cirque de la Symphonie join to ring in the holiday season. with two shows to choose from on Thanksgiving weekend, you can bring the whole family!

Hear two Winston-Salem Symphony premieres on one concert! Enjoy the Symphony’s first-ever performance of the overture to Beethoven’s only ballet, Creatures of Prometheus, plus the vibrant violinist Yevgeny Kutik in the Second Violin Concerto of Philip Glass. Known for his mesmerizing “minimalist” sound, Glass’s music has a broad appeal among symphony audiences, opera lovers, and movie buffs. Brahms’ captivating First Symphony—which took Brahms over twenty years to write—balances the program.

Hear two Winston-Salem Symphony premieres on one concert! Enjoy the Symphony’s first-ever performance of the overture to Beethoven’s only ballet, Creatures of Prometheus, plus the vibrant violinist Yevgeny Kutik in the Second Violin Concerto of Philip Glass. Known for his mesmerizing “minimalist” sound, Glass’s music has a broad appeal among symphony audiences, opera lovers, and movie buffs. Brahms’ captivating First Symphony—which took Brahms over twenty years to write—balances the program.

Shakespeare’s most beloved drama, performed live by actors from Concert Theatre Works (who are returning after 2023’s WSS performances of The Chevalier), is interspersed with selections from Prokofiev’s powerful and enduring Op.64 ballet score—one of his most popular orchestral landscapes.

Shakespeare’s most beloved drama, performed live by actors from Concert Theatre Works (who are returning after 2023’s WSS performances of The Chevalier), is interspersed with selections from Prokofiev’s powerful and enduring Op.64 ballet score—one of his most popular orchestral landscapes.