SEASON 24 | 25
Music Director Michelle Merrill has curated an exciting year of concerts and we’re thrilled to begin bringing that music to life in September. Scroll through the season offerings below, then Experience Music in a New Way.
Rhapsody in Blue
SEP 21 & 22, 2024
Ray Ushikubo Piano
Strauss: Suite from Der Rosenkavalier
Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Brahms: Symphony No 2
Familiar American masterpiece | Lush sounds | Exciting highs and lows
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Jurassic Park
OCT 13, 2024
Winston-Salem Symphony
Damon Gupton Conductor
John Williams’s score performed LIVE to the film!
Jurassic Park In Concert is a sponsored project of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County and funded through ARPA supported by the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners.
Light, Love, & Joy
A Choral Kaleidoscope
NOV 3, 2024
Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus
Winston-Salem State University Singing Rams
Chris Gilliam Conductor
Vytautas Miškinis: Light Mass
André Thomas: Mass: A Celebration of Love and Joy
Jazz and gospel settings of the Latin mass | Chorus with jazz trio
Expansive Soundscapes
NOV 16 & 17, 2024
Sterling Elliott Cello
Jodi Burns Soprano
Jason McKinney Bass-Baritone
Dvořák: Cello Concerto
Nielsen: Symphony No. 3, “Espansiva”
Passionate energy | Big sounds
A Carolina Christmas
DEC 1, 2024
Dee Donasco Thompson Vocals
Winston-Salem Symphony & Symphony Chorus
Michelle Merrill Conductor
Your favorite holiday tunes for orchestra and chorus with stunning soprano—and Michelle’s college classmate—Dee Donasco Thomson. A family-fun way to kick off the holiday season!
Handel’s Messiah
DEC 10, 2024
Winston-Salem Symphony
Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus
Estelí Gomez Soprano
Sylvia Leith Mezzo Soprano
Lunga Eric Halla Tenor
Enrico Lagasca Bass
Michelle Merrill Conductor
Traditional classical sounds | Operatic solo singers | “Hallelujah” chorus
Beyond the Blue Ridge
JAN 11 & 12, 2025
Mark & Maggie O’Connor Violins
Elmer Bernstein: The Magnificent Seven
Copland: Billy The Kid
Mark O’Connor: Strings & Threads
Old and new orchestral sounds | Cowboy vibe
Cirque de la Symphonie
FEB 8, 2025
Winston-Salem Symphony
Michelle Merrill Conductor
High-flying acrobatics | Juggling and tumbling | Light classics and popular gems
A Chamber Serenade
MAR 8 & 9, 2025
Karim Sulayman Tenor
Christopher Caudill Horn
Winston-Salem Symphony
Michelle Merrill Conductor
Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, & Strings
Mozart: Symphony No 41, “Jupiter”
Lean orchestral sounds | GRAMMY-winning singer | Exciting classical
SIMPLY THE BEST: THE MUSIC OF
Tina Turner
APR 5, 2025
Tamika Lawrence, Shaleah Adkisson, and
Scott Coulter Vocals
Michelle Merrill Conductor
Verdi’s Requiem
APR 26 & 27, 2025
Winston-Salem Symphony
Symphony Chorus
Othalie Graham Soprano
Raehann Bryce-Davis Mezzo Soprano
Cooper Nolan Tenor
Daniel Rich Bass-Baritone
Michelle Merrill Conductor
Large orchestra and chorus | Powerful drama
TITAN
MAY 10 & 11, 2025
Winston-Salem Symphony
Michelle Merrill Conductor
Sarah Kirkland Snyder: Something for the Dark
Mahler: Symphony No 1, “Titan”
Fresh, contempo opener | Gripping symphony