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The board of directors of the Piedmont Wind Symphony in Winston-Salem recently hired Mark A. Norman as the organizationâs music director and conductor.
He replaces Matthew Troy, who left the position in early 2020 to lead the Western Piedmont Symphony in Hickory.
Norman has more than 30 years of experience as a conductor and tuba performer. He has been working closely with the Piedmont Wind Symphony on a recording project since late 2020, but his first day on the job as music director/conductor was Feb. 26.
He is also director of Instrumental Ensembles and a conducting faculty artist at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
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Wil - A virtual reading of Wil, a new feature project written by Dan Rosen, and benefiting The Actors Fund and The AFC, will be presented March 12-17, 2021. The reading of Rosen s screenplay will be produced by Richard Middleton and Kelly McCall. In addition, Sara Botsford will direct and co-produce, and Christopher Brown will stage manage and co-produce. Rosen is also set to produce. This mostly Canadian all-star cast features Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Eric McCormack as Bernie Shylock, Oliver Dench as Wil, Lucy Peacock as Gertrude, Tony award nominee and Obie award winner Will Swenson as Richard, Colm Feore as Polonius, Jonathan Scarfe as The Narrator, Zuleikha Robinson as Ophelia, Luke Humphrey as Hamlet, Geraint Wyn Davies as Falstaff, Andre Sills as Fortinbras, Christopher Shyer as Edgar, Erin Karpluk as Mistress Quigly and Kendra Leigh as Anne Hathaway, among many others. click here
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National Radio Series Program 24: Courageous Women - Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center- Ruth Crawford Seeger s String Quartet appears alongside Alan L. Smith s Vignette s Covered Wagon Woman. click here
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Backstage LIVE with Richard Ridge - Nothing can stop BroadwayWorld s Richard Ridge from bringing you interviews with your favorite Broadway stars! Special guest: Sam Harris! click here
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Lemuria - Written by Bonnie Antosh. Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh. In the animal kingdom and in our own, how does a queen pass the crown to another queen? LEMURIA is queer King Lear in a North Carolina lemur lab. click here
SUPPORT
Friday Morning Support Group: 10:30 a.m.-noon. For adults with any mental health issue. 336-768-3880 or www.triadmental health.org
Tides and Thrives Support Groups: 10:30 a.m.-noon virtual meeting. To access the Thrive support group: 701-802-5332, access code: 579141#, online meeting ID: thrive91. For Tides support group: 978-990-5127, access code: 815890#, online meeting ID: tides.
THEATER
The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem: “Hadley High”: March 5-14. A new play by Chad Edwards on YouTube. Tickets are $11.49 including fees and can be purchased by calling 336-725-4001 or www.LTofWS.org.
F UNCSA: Contemporary Voices: A Virtual Theater Festival in March with livestreams of two prerecorded plays. “Down in the Gace of God” will be livestreamed at 7:30 p.m. on March 5-6 and at 4 p.m. on March 7. “Sweat” will be livestreamed at 7:30 p.m.March 12-13 and 4 p.m. March 14. Reservations are available at www.uncsa.edu/performances or by calling the UNCSA box office at 3