Press Releases
2024
September
August
- Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and Musicians Reach New 3-Year Contract Agreement [Read]
- Scott Freck Appointed Vice President of Artistic Operations and General Manager of the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
July
- Charlotte Symphony Announces Annual Gala and Concert - An Evening with Sphinx Virtuosi [Read]
May
- Charlotte Symphony Announces Updates to 2024 Summer Pops [Read]
April
- Charlotte Symphony Announces 2024-25 Season [Read]
March
- The Charlotte Symphony and Blumenthal Arts Present MERGE: Symphonic x Electronic [Read]
- 2024 Summer Pops, Presented by Novant Health, Programs and Dates Announced [Read]
2023
December
- Kwamé Ryan Named Next Music Director of the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
November
- Charlotte Symphony Orchestra to Launch CSO Roadshow [Read]
October
- Cody Fry Live in Concert with the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
August
- Charlotte Symphony Annual Gala and Concert with Renée Fleming [Read]
July
- Celebrate Christmas in July with the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
April
- Charlotte Symphony Announces the 2023 Summer Season [Read]
March
- Charlotte Symphony Announces the 23-24 Season [Read]
February
- The Charlotte Symphony & Johnson C. Smith University Present CSO in Concert with JCSU [Read]
January
- Angel Adams Appointed Vice President of Finance and Administration at the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
2022
December
- Michael Reichman Appointed Vice President of Artistic Operations and General Manager at the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony and Queens University of Charlotte Present Together We Rise [Read]
November
- Mical Hutson Appointed Vice President of Marketing & Audience Development at the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
October
- Celebrate the Holidays with Your Charlotte Symphony [Read]
August
- Charlotte Symphony and Musicians Reach New Contract for 2022-23 Season [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Annual Gala An Evening with Rhiannon Giddens [Read]
July
- Shayne Doty Appointed Vice President of Development [Read]
May
- The Charlotte Symphony Presents Free Concerts for the Community [Read]
April
- Charlotte Symphony Announces 2022 Summer Season [Read]
- Christopher Warren-Green to Conduct Final Concerts as Charlotte Symphony Music Director [Read]
- The Charlotte Symphony Presents Sounds of Joy! with Blood Sweat & Tears [Read]
March
- Charlotte Symphony Announces the 2022-23 Season [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony 90th Birthday Celebration [Read]
February
- Charlotte Symphony and Morehouse College Glee Club Present Concert to Benefit Student Scholarships March 4 2022 [Read]
- The Charlotte Symphony and Queens University Present Music & Healing [Read]
2021
December
- Charlotte Symphony Launches New Youth Ensemble at First Baptist Church-West Led by Eric Thompson [Read]
November
- Charlotte Symphony Partners with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools to Eliminate Fees for CMS All-County Honors Orchestra and Band [Read]
- The Charlotte Symphony Celebrate the Holidays [Read]
September
- Halloween with the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
- The Charlotte Symphony to Require Proof of Vaccination or Negative COVID-19 Test to Attend Indoor Performances [Read]
- The Charlotte Symphony’s 90th Season Begins [Read]
July
- Charlotte Symphony Extends Resident Conductor Christopher James Lees's Contract Through 2024-25 [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony al Fresco Returns this Summer [Read]
June
- Anne Marie Forbes Named VP of Development at the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
May
- The Charlotte Symphony Presents Celebrate America at Truist Field, Home of the Knights [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony One of 25 Orchestras to Receive Catalyst Fund Grant from League of American Orchestras to Advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Within Their Organization [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Announces the 2021-22 Season [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Announces the 2021-22 Season [Read]
April
- The Charlotte Symphony Welcomes Audiences Back to the Concert Hall [Read]
February
- Charlotte Symphony Announces Updated Spring Schedule [Read]
January
- Charlotte Symphony Announces Revised Concert Schedule Due to Mecklenburg County’s New COVID-19 Directive [Read]
2020
December
- Charlotte Symphony Announces Revised Winter Season [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony’s 2020-21 Season: Concert Listing [Read]
November
- Charlotte Symphony Announces Holiday Concerts [Read]
October
- Charlotte Symphony Adds Six New Members to Board of Directors [Read]
- The Charlotte Symphony Presents A Concert for Charlotte in Partnership with the Charlotte Knights [Read]
September
- CHARLOTTE SYMPHONY ANNOUNCES A REVISED FALL SEASON [Read]
July
- David Fisk Named President and CEO of the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
June
- Charlotte Symphony al Fresco [Read]
May
- Charlotte Symphony Announces New Summer Schedule for Concerts Postponed due to COVID-19 [Read]
April
- Charlotte Symphony to Suspend All Concerts through June + Launch of #CSOatHome [Read]
March
- Charlotte Symphony Presents Beethoven Meets 90s Vibe [Read]
February
- Charlotte Symphony Announces 2020–21 Season [Read]
January
- Charlotte Symphony Names Deirdre Roddin Director of Communications [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony to Receive $15,000 Grant from the NEA [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony and Morehouse College Glee Club Present Concert to Benefit Student Scholarships [Read]
2019
November
- Ovens Auditorium Announces the Third Installment of the Harry Potter Film Concert Series with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™ in Concert [Read]
October
- Charlotte Symphony Receives $250,000 Grant from Wells Fargo Foundation [Read]
July
- Charlotte Symphony and Carolina Voices Combine Longstanding Holiday Traditions [Read]
May
- Charlotte Symphony Summer Season Features Symphony Park Concerts, Music of Queen, Video Games Live [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Receives Grant from the League of American Orchestras’ Catalyst Fund to Advance Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion [Read]
2018
October
- Charlotte Symphony Presents Orchestra Premiere of Eric Whitacre’s Deep Field Film [Read]
September
- Symphony and Blumenthal Present Star Wars Movie In Concert in April 2019 [Read]
June
- Charlotte Symphony Expands Summer Pops Offerings [Read]
April
- Charlotte Symphony Names Christopher James Lees Resident Conductor [Read]
February
- Title I Students to Perform Onstage With Charlotte Symphony and Charlotte Ballet in Rite of Spring Reinvented [Read]
- Preserving and Pioneering-Charlotte Symphony Announces 2018-19 Season [Read]
January
- Charlotte Symphony, Queens University, and Southminster Partner for New Alzheimer's Study [Read]
2017
November
- Celebrate the Magic of Christmas with the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Names John Clapp General Manager [Read]
October
- New Five-Year Contract Enables Solid Financial Future [Read]
September
- Charlotte Symphony and CPCC Introduce New Chamber Series [Read]
August
- Listen Up, Charlotte Program Expands to North and East Charlotte [Read]
- Piano Great Yefim Bronfman Steps In for Charlotte Symphony Opening Night [Read]
June
- Project Harmony Offers Free After-School Orchestra Immersion to Unserserved Communities [Read]
- Lang Lang Tickets On Sale June 12 [Read]
April
- Charlotte Symphony Announces 2017 Summer Pops Series [Read]
- New Charlotte Symphony Collaboration Promotes Unity [Read]
March
- Charlotte Symphony Offers Inaugural Pro-Am Experience [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Presents Music Without Borders [Read]
February
- Beethoven to Beatbox: Charlotte Symphony Announces 2017-2018 Season [Read]
2016
December
- Charlotte Symphony Names Violinist Composer Mark O'Connor Artist-in-Residence [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Celebrates 20 Years of Magic of Christmas [Read]
October
- Charlotte Symphony Kicks Back With New Brewery Series [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Supporters Awarded Top Philanthropy Honor [Read]
September
- Charlotte Symphony Offers Free Community Concert for Peace [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony and Community School of the Arts Present Winterfield Community Festival [Read]
August
- Charlotte Symphony Announces Free Season Preview Concert [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Announces New altsounds Series [Read]
June
- Christopher James Lees Named Assistant Conductor of Charlotte Symphony [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Presents The Music of David Bowie [Read]
May
- Charlotte Symphony's Free Community Plazacast Returns [Read]
April
- Hugh McColl to Receive 2015-2016 Spirit of the Symphony Award [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Announces 2016 Summer Pops Series [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Names Mary Deissler President and CEO [Read]
February
- Charlotte Symphony Presents R&B Icons Boyz II Men [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Announces 2016-2017 Classics Series [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony 2016-2017 Classics Series - Lineup [Read]
January
- Music Inspires Digital Interactive Art at ¡Sinfonica! [Read]
2015
November
- Celebrate the Season with the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
- Choral Students to Debut with Charlotte Symphony [Read]
October
- Charlotte Symphony Continues On-Campus Collaboration [Read]
- KnightSounds Series Begins October 23 [Read]
September
- The Theme is Change for Charlotte Symphony's Chorus [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Opens Pops Series with Singin' in the Rain [Read]
August
- Charlotte Symphony Announces Free Season Preview Event [Read]
May
- Charlotte Symphony Announces 2015-2016 Pops Series [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Announces 2015 Summer Pops Series [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Extends Music Director Warren-Green's Contract Through 2019 [Read]
March
- Charlotte Symphony Community Event at Shalom Park [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Announces New Director of Choruses [Read]
- Spirit of the Symphony Award 2014 [Read]
- A Night In New York [Read]
February
- Charlotte Symphony Announces 2015-2016 Classics Series [Read]
January
- Sir James and Lady Jeanne Galway Tickets Now on Sale [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony January Events [Read]
2014
November
- Charlotte Symphony presents Magic of Christmas [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony presents Cirque Musica [Read]
- Orchestra On Campus Partnership Continues [Read]
October
- Charlotte Symphony continues Backstory Lectures [Read]
September
- Charlotte Symphony Announces Scott Allen Jarrett is Leaving [Read]
June
- Symphony in the Park June 14 [Read]
April
- Symphony's Pops in the Park 2014 kicks off June 8! [Read]
- Youth Festival 2014, April 23, celebrating our symphonic future [Read]
- Charlie Chaplin's CITY LIGHTS, with live orchestra accompaniment, Apr 25 & 26! [Read]
March
- A LITTLE KNIGHT MUSIC, WITH LUNCH [Read]
February
- Polymath pianist Stephen Hough with Charlotte Symphony Mar 14 & 15 [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Announces 2014-15 Classics Season [Read]
January
- CSO Launches New Website, Patrons Catherine and Wilton Connor Make it Possible [Read]
- Recapture the Heart of Motown Jan 31 & Feb 1 [Read]
2013
December
- Frank Gentry receives 2013 Sally Ann Hall Spirit of the Symphony Award [Read]
October
- Symphony's Gift is a Musical Holiday Tradition [Read]
- Sixties hits with the Midtown Men [Read]
- Adventures in Outer Space opens Lollipops Series [Read]
- Festival of Trees kicks off with Children’s Fashion Show at Nordstrom [Read]
- A Toast to the Classics, Oktoberfest-Style [Read]
- Education Behind the Scenes for 10/11-10/12 concerts [Read]
September
- Indigo Girls with the CSO as Part of First-time-Ever Symphony Tour [Read]
August
June
- CSO welcomes new VP of Development [Read]
May
- CSO names Roger Kalia new Assistant Conductor [Read]
- Classics Season Ends with Record Breaking Numbers [Read]
- CSO lays out Ambitious Future [Read]
April
- Beethovens 9th Symphony May 10, 11, 12 [Read]
- Kavadlo to name Principal Viola Chair in Mother's Honor [Read]
- CSO names Sticker Executive Director [Read]
- An Evening of British and American Movie Music [Read]
- Music the Holocaust [Read]
- 2013 Summer Pops [Read]
- Jussen piano brothers with the CSO Apr 26 27 [Read]
- American Music Masters and Pioneers [Read]
March
- 2013 Ulysses Festival 'Brave New Worlds: Technology and Art [Read]
- Jonathan Stewart to appear at Classical Idol [Read]
- CSO Announces its 2013-14 Pops Series [Read]
- Endless Possibilities 5th Grade Field Trip [Read]
- Adele Anthony to replace Augustin Dumay [Read]
February
- CSO to name Kate Whitner McKay Chair [Read]
- Donors Contribute $2 Million [Read]
- Natalie Merchant with the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
- 2013-2014 Classics Season Announced [Read]
- Itzhak Perlman to take the Stage with the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
January
- Pop-Up Opera with Oratorio Singers of Charlotte [Read]
- Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams and Walton [Read]
2012
December
- Instruments For Kids Donation to Druid Hills Academy [Read]
November
- Experience the Magic of Oz with the Charlotte Symphony [Read]
- Entire CSO Family to Take the Stage for the First Time [Read]
October
- Charlotte Symphony Opens Lollipops Season Nov 10 [Read]
- CSO and CPCC Expand Orchestra On Campus [Read]
September
- Charlotte Symphony Presents America in Concert.pdf [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Presents Stayin' Alive [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony opens third KnightSounds season with ‘the power of the song’ and karaoke contest [Read]
August
- Charlotte Symphony Music Director Renews Contract Through 2016 [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Names Interim Executive Director [Read]
June
- US Airways Sponsorship Brings World-Class Artists to Charlotte [Read]
February
- Charlotte Symphony to Perform the Music of Michael Jackson [Read]
- Marand Builders Sponsors Live Image Magnification and Audience Polling at Charlotte Symphony Classics Concerts [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Presents Carmina Burana February 24 & 25 [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony Young Affiliate Group [Read]
- Charlotte Symphony to Perform with Guest Conductor Michael Stern [Read]
January
- Charlotte Symphony Chorus Director Scott Allen Jarrett receives Grammy nomination for Performance with Seraphic Fire Ensemble [Read]
