Piedmont Arts

Charlotte’s Three Bone Theatre presents the premiere of a play based on the memoir of a well-known Charlotte holocaust survivor. Protective Custody: Prisoner 34042 tells the story of Dr. Susan Cernyak Spatz, who survived Auschwitz to become Professor Emerita at UNC-Charlotte. This episode of Piedmont Arts features interviews with playwright Charles LaBorde and actor Leslie Ann Giles. Learn more about Protective Custody: Prisoner 34042 Leslie Giles Charles LaBorde

Davidson College music department chair Neil Lerner talks about the seminar he’s teaching on horror movie music. To read more about how he came to study music in horror films and posts on the topic from his seminar students, click here .

The latest Classics Series season from the Winston-Salem Symphony opens with a program conducted by the orchestra’s new Music Director, Timothy Redmond. He talks about the upcoming concerts as the orchestra’s new artistic leader.

Piedmont Opera begins a new season with Donizetti’s Bel Canto setting of the historic tale of Mary, Queen of Scots at the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem, NC. Artistic director, James Allbritten, speaks about why he chose this work to open the season. Learn more about Piedmont Opera's “Mary, Queen of Scots”

For more than twenty years, the Sphinx Organization has been dedicated to the development of young African-American and LatinX musicians. The annual Sphinx Competition recognizes rising young classical musicians of color, and the Sphinx Virtuosi is a chamber orchestra that features recent contestants. Afa Dworkin, the group’s artistic director, talks about the ensemble's performance in Watson Hall at UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC. Learn more about the Sphinx Virtuosi in Concert Pictured: Afa Dworkin; by Kevin Kennedy

Acclaimed choral conductor Craig Hella Johnson is the composer of Considering Matthew Shepard , a “fusion oratorio” that examines the notorious 1998 hate crime that triggered a new era of activism. He talks about the work and its regional premiere by the Charlotte Master Chorale. Learn more about the Charlotte Master Chorale's performance of Considering Matthew Shepard

Since 2006, Charlotte Symphony concertgoers have heard the sound of trombonist Tom Burge playing in the brass section of the orchestra, and for more than ten years WDAV listeners could also enjoy the Australian musician’s cheery “G’day” greeting when he welcomed them to his Sunday Evening with Tom Burge program. He’ll be leading a quartet of trombones unofficially known as “The Four Horsemen” when they appear for the Music at St. Alban’s concert series.

David Rudge, music director for the Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra, previews their program titled “Gypsy Love.” The program features mezzo-soprano Victoria Vargas singing one of the Ruckert-Lieder of Gustav Mahler as well as music from de Falla’s El amor brujo, and the Sibelius Second Symphony. Learn more about the Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra's upcoming performances Pictured: David Rudge; photo by Danielle Bock.

David Rudge, music director for the Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra, previews their program titled “Gypsy Love.” The program features mezzo-soprano Victoria Vargas singing one of the Ruckert-Lieder of Gustav Mahler as well as music from de Falla’s El amor brujo, and the Sibelius Second Symphony. Learn more about the Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra's upcoming performances Pictured: David Rudge; photo by Danielle Bock.

UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem is renowned for its success in preparing young people for careers in the performing arts, not only in music, but also in dance, drama and design as well as filmmaking. The Community Music School’s artistic director Cameron McManus and Dmitri Shteinberg of UNCSA’s piano faculty stop by to discuss the program and Open House for interested students and parents. Learn more about UNCSA's Community Music School and Open House