Exciting classical, pops and family concerts featuring award-winning guest artists and musicians from your Winston-Salem Symphony in universally regarded masterpieces, new favorites, and music with a regional flair. There’s no sound like home.
Classically inspired.
6 classical music concerts on Saturday evenings and Sunday afternoons in Reynolds Auditorium
GERSHWIN,
RACHMANINOFF,
& TRANE
SEP 26 & 27, 2026
MICHELLE MERRILL CONDUCTOR
ROBERT YOUNG SAXOPHONE
GERSHWIN
Symphonic Portrait
on Porgy & Bess
CONNESSON
A Kind of Trane
RACHMANINOFF
Symphonic Dances
VIOLINS of HOPE
NOV 14 & 15, 2026
MICHELLE MERRILL CONDUCTOR
SARA DAVIS BUECHNER PIANO
SYMPHONY CHORUS
MENDELSSOHN
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
MILLER Shattered Night
McCULLOUGH We Remember Them
WILLIAMS Schindler’s List
MONTGOMERY Soul Force
BERNSTEIN Make Our Garden Grow
BRAHMS 1
+ Beethoven and Glass
JAN 23 & 24, 2027
MICHELLE MERRILL CONDUCTOR
YEVGENY KUTIK VIOLIN
BEETHOVEN
Creatures of Prometheus
GLASS
Violin Concerto No. 2
“The American Four Seasons”
BRAHMS
Symphony No. 1
ROMEO & JULIET
MAR 6 & 7, 2027
MICHELLE MERRILL CONDUCTOR
CONCERT THEATRE WORKS
BILL BARCLAY
WRITER & DIRECTOR
PROKOFIEV
Romeo & Juliet, Op 64
Shakespeare’s most beloved work, interspersed with selections from Prokofiev’s powerful ballet score.
FALSE HEROES
Don Quixote & Beethoven’s “Eroica”
APR 24 & 25, 2027
MICHELLE MERRILL CONDUCTOR
BROOKS WHITEHOUSE CELLO
SIMON ERTZ VIOLA
STRAUSS
Don Quixote
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 3, “Eroica”
CARMINA BURANA
+ Muhly’s Doom Painting
MAY 29 & 30, 2027
MICHELLE MERRILL CONDUCTOR
TINE THING HELSETH TRUMPET
SYMPHONY CHORUS
MUHLY
Doom Painting for Trumpet
ORFF
Carmina Burana
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Popular favorites.
4 popular programs, from folk to film to fun, in Reynolds Auditorium
AOIFE O’DONOVAN:
America, Come
OCT 10, 2026
MICHELLE MERRILL CONDUCTOR
GRAMMY® winning singer/songwriter Aoife O’Donovan brings her flavorful blend of folk, roots, and bluegrass to Winston-Salem for this electrifying, one-night-only event. Enjoy favorite hits “Briar Rose” and “Magic Hour” alongside numbers from her latest album All My Friends, including the poignant, Suffrage anthem “America, Come” featuring girls from the Winston-Salem Choral Academy chorus.
CIRQUE de la
Symphonie
NOV 28 & 29, 2026
MICHELLE MERRILL CONDUCTOR
The incredibly popular, high-flying acrobats, jugglers, and contortionists of Cirque de la Symphonie join to ring in the holiday season on this year’s A Carolina Christmas.
With two shows to choose from on Thanksgiving weekend, you can bring the whole family!
JOHN WILLIAMS @ 95
FEB 6, 2027
LARRY LOH CONDUCTOR
The musical genius of John Williams spans nearly our entire lifetime. Experience his sublime movie music, from Jaws to Star Wars, Indiana Jones to Harry Potter and beyond. Larry Loh (from our Home Alone performances in 2023) returns to lead the orchestra.
NEXT LEVEL
Video Game Music in Concert
MAY 8, 2027
J. AARON HARDWICK CONDUCTOR
Following a hugely successful, sold-out debut with the Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor J. Aaron Hardwick leads an orchestral tour of the gaming world’s most hardcore scores. Ready, player one!
Family fun.
HALLOWEEN
Spooktacular!
OCT 17, 2026
MICHELLE MERRILL CONDUCTOR
Wear your costumes and be ready for tricks and treats from your Winston-Salem Symphony!
Project TRIO
APR 10, 2027
MICHELLE MERRILL CONDUCTOR
Kid-favorite, flute/sax/bass trio brings rockstar flare to a blend of classical, jazz, hiphop, rock, and bluegrass.
Choral beauty.
Symphony Chorus:
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
OCT 25, 2026
CHRIS GILLIAM CONDUCTOR
HAGEN The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
A multimedia experience with full chorus and chamber orchestra.
Handel’s
MESSIAH
DEC 17, 2026
MICHELLE MERRILL CONDUCTOR
A stunning Thursday-evening presentation of this Christmastime tradition blends your Symphony and Chorus with fantastic soloists for one of music’s most cherished works.