Piedmont Arts

Kenney Potter, Director of Choruses for the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, talks with WDAV’s Matt Rogers about the upcoming performances of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem.

It's a perennial favorite, and it’s back: Charlotte Ballet’s Innovative Works runs through February 21 st . Each performance features four new contemporary ballets set to music by Bach, Verdi, and more. Matt Rogers talks to dancer Anna Gerberich and David Ingram, a former dancer with the company who is back as a choreographer, about this year’s program.

Composer John Allemeier and choreographer/dancer E. E. Balcos talk about thier collaboration on "Deep Water: The Murder Ballads." A program of three original dance pieces set to new music, based on murders in 19th-century North Carolina.

Frank Dominguez talks to Andrew Griffiths and Kate Ashby, members of Stile Antico about their music and also about how they collaborate as a self-directed group without a conductor. Andrew and Kate also share stories about their recent experiences, including touring internationally with Sting.

In advance of Charlotte Ballet's production of "Dangerous Liaisons," Matt Rogers interviewed Associate Artistic Director Sasha Janes and dancers Anna Gerberich and Josh Hall. The original music for the show is by cellist Ben Sollee.

Alan Black, Artistic Director of the Davidson College Concert Series, gives WDAV's Matt Rogers a preview of what the upcoming series has in store, starting with pianist Blair McMillen.

Robert Moody reflects on ten years with the Winston-Salem Symphony and offers a preview of this season's final concert featuring Mahler's First.

WDAV's Matt Rogers features the North Carolina Dance Theatre's production of Carmen. He speaks with dancers Melissa Anduiza (Carmen) and Naseeb Culpepper (Joe), plus Associate Artistic Director and Choreographer Sasha Janes.

On October 30, Christ Church Episcopal in Charlotte will show the 1925 silent version of Phantom of the Opera with organ accompaniment by Rob Ridgell, Director of Music. WDAV's Matt Rogers talks with Rob Ridgell about the event and about the evocative qualities -- both religious and secular -- of the organ.

WDAV's Matt Rogers talks with North Carolina Dance Theatre's artistic director Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux and dancer Pete Leo Walker about their production, Innovative Works. The popular series challenges the dancers and audiences with new choreography of diverse styles.