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By Michelle Medina-Villalon, CVNC-- As we prepare to ring in the New Year, there is still a lingering holiday cheer in the air. For those who would like to continue the festivities before the [..] Read More

By Anders J. Hare, QCity Metro-- For many, New Year's Eve has been a time to reflect on the year behind and embrace what is to come. This season, you can join the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra for a [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum, CVNC-- The first thing to know about Thorgy Thor, a distinguished alum from the eighth season of RuPaul's Drag Race, is that she is outrageous. If political correctness is your [..] Read More

By Michelle Medina-Villalon, CVNC - The most wonderful time of the year has arrived! Many of us cherish the cold nights with family, where we can come together and watch holiday classics like Home [..] Read More

By Jonathan Limehouse, The Charlotte Observer -- A joint donation from the Charlotte Symphony and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will waive all fees for students who want to participate in the All- [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum, CVNC -- Vaccinated, boosted, masked, and carded, we're all starting to feel more comfortable at public events these days. The Charlotte Symphony performed with more than twice [..] Read More

Phil Harris, K104.7 -- All of the sudden, out of the blue, my wife says to me, "You know what I'd like to do? Go to a Charlotte Symphony concert." I can count on one hand the number of times we've [..] Read More

By Anders J. Hare, QCity Metro -- The sounds of triumphant, heart-wrenching soul and R&B are landing at Charlotte's doorstep. In a program unlike any other, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra [..] Read More

By Lawrence Toppman, WDAV -- Twelve years ago, Christopher Warren-Green auditioned for the job of music director with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra, guest-conducting a concert capped by a vivid [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum, CVNC -- Holding our collective breaths, subscribers can hope that the current Charlotte Symphony program represents the last retreats from the fare originally announced for the [..] Read More

Guest conductor Roderick Cox talks about how he chose the music for his program with the Charlotte Symphony, and why the Brahms Serenade No. 2 is particularly close to his heart. He also describes [..] Read More

WFAE | By Gwendolyn Glenn -- Halloween is just around the corner during this spooky season, and that means scary events are on Charlotte's weekend entertainment schedule. As Axios Charlotte's [..] Read More

By Anders J. Hare, QCityMetro -- Maestro Roderick Cox's appearance with the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra could not have come at a better time. As the first guest conductor of CSO's 90th season -- [..] Read More

By Ryan Kruger, FOX46 Charlotte -- Music is in the air once again in the Queen City. [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum, CVNC -- Charlotte Symphony had plenty to celebrate as their 2021-22 Classical Series began: they were playing on the Knight Theater stage for the first time since February [..] Read More

By Hannah Smoot, The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra will require all guests to provide proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test at indoor concerts starting next month, [..] Read More

WFAE | By Jodie Valade -- Add two more arts organizations to the list of those requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test within 72 hours of attendance: The Charlotte Symphony and [..] Read More

CHARLOTTE -- The Charlotte Symphony announced Friday that anyone attending performances at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center will be required to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID- [..] Read More

By Page Leggett, The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra was in its final rehearsal in March 2020 for "The Empire Strikes Back" when musicians learned that the next night's show was [..] Read More

by Ashley Mahoney, The Charlotte Post Unlikely spaces have become hubs for arts activation.The Beatties Ford Strong project X Charlotte Symphony Orchestra launched a series of pop-ups in June at [..] Read More

By Cecilia Whalen, CVNC Any Fourth of July party risks irony, particularly after a year marked by social injustice, an attempted coup d'état, and a pandemic. Thus, I must admit that while standing [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum, CVNC Whether or not history ultimately judges them premature, the reawakenings happening across America this past month at sports and performing arts are destined to be [..] Read More

By Cecilia Whalen, CVNC The Charlotte Symphony's "Evenings at the Park" series continued on June 11th with a brief program of Daugherty, D'Indy, and Stravinsky. The concert was performed at [..] Read More

By Timothy H. Lindeman, CVNC The Charlotte Symphony, led by resident conductor Christopher James Lees, performed works by W.A. Mozart and Ottorino Respighi Saturday night. The concert opened with [..] Read More

FOX46 Good Day Charlotte The Charlotte Symphony is heading to Truist Field on June 25. Conductor Christopher James Lees joined Good Day Charlotte to discuss the return to in-person performing. < [..] Read More

By Timothy H. Lindeman, CVNC The Charlotte Symphony , led by music director Christopher Warren-Green , served up an evening of Beethoven and Schubert fare Saturday night. [..] Read More

by Cristina Bolling, The Charlotte Ledger

Excitement in the air at Charlotte's first major post-Covid symphony concert Friday: smaller crowd, shorter show ... but a feast for the senses

By Lawrence Toppman, WDAV "Of Note"

Belk Theater was full Friday night for the public return of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra.

Not full of listeners: We sat in masked [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum, CVNC More than 15 months had elapsed since my wife Sue and I had sat together at Belk Theater and enjoyed a Charlotte Symphony concert exactly 15 months since we had seen [..] Read More

By Tim Boyum, Spectrum News 1 After the pandemic shuttered theaters across the state and country, classic musicians are left without a place to perform. So, the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra made a [..] Read More

The Strad Christopher Warren-Green, a former concertmaster of the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted at the weddings of Princes Charles, William and Harry.British violinist and conductor Christopher [..] Read More

Carolina Impact, WTVI PBS Charlotte When's the last time you heard live music? Not online, or on TV, but really live? Concerts return to Charlotte. [..] Read More

By Adam Bell & Heidi Finley, The Charlotte Observer Christopher Warren-Green is turning in his baton and stepping down as the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's music director at the end of the [..] Read More

By Andrea McKerlie Luke The Charlotte Symphony's latest installment of its Classical Series: Reimagined was a pleasant, bite-sized concert featuring no more than forty minutes of accessible [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum, CVNC Exactly one year after I last saw the Charlotte Symphony in live performance at Belk Theater, the orchestra returned to that same stage with music director Christopher [..] Read More

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Watch VideoThe wait is almost over! The Charlotte Symphony is getting ready to hold its first live in-person performance in more than a year at Belk Theatre.We're [..] Read More

Rachel Stewart, WDAV/Piedmont Arts Podcast Host Since 1950, the Symphony Guild of Charlotte has been supporting the Charlotte Symphony and Charlotte Symphony Youth Orchestras and promoting interest [..] Read More

By Catherine Muccigrosso, The Charlotte Observer The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is trumpeting its return to live indoor performances after more than a year of having to cancel concerts because [..] Read More

by Rebecca Winzenried, Symphony Magazine Orchestras are thinking small--as in the size of ensembles, the size of audiences, the size of programs. Granted, it was not entirely by choice. Pandemic- [..] Read More

WFAE | By Elvis Menayese / Queens University News Service At a time when social distance is everything, you might think the Charlotte Symphony has been silenced.However, a glimpse inside the life [..] Read More

It has been a long year without having live performing arts, but that is beginning to change. The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra has announced some upcoming dates at Cabarrus Brewing Co. where people [..] Read More

The city has long funded the arts with major donations that make their way to organizations and individuals through the Arts &Science Council. But recently, Charlotte's City Council proposed [..] Read More

On this episode of Hello CMS, we're exploring Youth Arts Month with Dr. Chilcutt and art partners from The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art and The Charlotte Symphony. The Bechtler Museum of Modern [..] Read More

By Jon Wilson, WCCB CHARLOTTE, NC -- Christopher James Lee and Andrea Mumm Trammell of the Charlotte Symphony join Wilson's World to talk about its upcoming Spring schedule that will feature [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum, CVNC Another harbinger of spring and burgeoning optimism could be found in CSO's most recent Mozart + Wirén concert. Back in February at the Holst + Elgar concert, only Holst's [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum, CVNC Assailed by the ongoing pandemic, the postponement of vaccinations, and a midwinter cold snap, we must be contented when we receive short rations of Edward Elgar without [..] Read More

By Perry Tannenbaum, CVNC One of Mozart's most beloved compositions and the inspiration for the title of a Stephen Sondheim musical, Eine kleine Nachtmusik is perennially popular on [..] Read More

By Jon Wilson, WCCB Charlotte Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born on this day in 1756 and to celebrate the Charlotte Symphony is going virtual with a full schedule of concerts beginning in February. [..] Read More