Western Piedmont Symphony to hold âComeback Concertâ
The Western Piedmont Symphony will return to symphonic music with a Comeback Concert on Saturday, May 15, live at J.E. Broyhill Civic Center and via livestream at 7:30 p.m.
This concert will feature Mozartâs Overture to âCosì fan tutte,â Haydnâs Symphony No. 82, âThe Bear,â and Joseph Bologneâs Violin Concerto in C Major, featuring violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins.
Winner of a Naumburg International Violin Competition Honorarium Prize and featured in the Smithsonian Museum for African-American History, Hall-Tompkins is a violin soloist entrepreneur who has been acclaimed by the New York Times as âthe versatile violinist who makes the music come alive,â for her tonal mastery.
Production begins this weekend at Green Room
The Green Room Theatreâs Southern comedy âAlways a Bridesmaidâ promises to offer plenty of laughs, but actresses caution attendees not to expect valid wedding planning advice!
This Jones Hope Wooten play revolves around four friends who promised the night of their high school prom that they would be bridesmaids in one anotherâs weddings. Thirty years later, the weddings are still happening, but not without setbacks such as fistfights, cold feet and bad timing as the doves are released.
âAlways a Bridesmaidâ will be onstage May 7-16. Show times are 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Fridays and Saturdays (May 7, 8, 13, 14, 15) and 3 p.m. on Sundays (May 9 and 16). The show is produced by Interstate Foam and is directed by Jeanne Laws.
Symphony announces upcoming concerts
HICKORY â The Western Piedmont Symphony announces two âConcerts for the Communityâ to unite through music Saturday, March 6, and Saturday, April 24, at the Drendel Auditorium on the SALT Block and via livestream at 7:30 p.m.
Each concert will highlight incredible music, covering a wide range of styles that also create many important partnerships related to the music. Thirteen cultural organizations feature as part of these collaborations in pre-recorded videos prior to each piece of music.
Partner organizations for these performances include the Hickory Choral Society, Greater Hickory Ministerial Alliance, Hickory Area Ministers, Green Room Community Theatre, Catawba Valley Camera Club, Hickory Museum of Art, Womenâs Resource Center, Catawba Science Center, Hickory Public Library, Footcandle Film Society, Greater Hickory International Council and Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts.