The Symphony of Rutherford County, conducted by Dr. Patricia Sparti, will ring in the holidays with its annual Holiday Concert at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 1, with an optional
The Bechtler Ensemble Piano Trio features an all-Female Composers concert with romantic compositions to contemporary atonal works. The program features the music of Clara Schumann, Grammy-award and Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Higdon and the world premiere of a work by <br/>Davidson, NC composer Mary Armstead-Jones. Musicians are founder, director, and cellist Tanja Bechtler, violinist Kari Giles and pianist Tomoko Deguchi.<br/>More information: Clara Schumann, supported her husband, Robert Schumann, throughout his life, left us with only a few gems of her own, including this lovely piano trio. American contemporary composer from Davidson N.C., Mary Armstead-Jones, wrote her last romantic composition in 2020 and we are honored to give this piece its world premiere. We end our program with a more atonal piece by three-time Grammy award winner and Pulitzer Prize winner, Jennifer Higdon from New York, called Pale Yellow.<br/>