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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.
HICKORY — Women’s Resource Center will host its inaugural “Art in the Park” event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 22, in the Ivey Arboretum/Sally Fox Park
Western Piedmont Symphony to hold community concert
The Western Piedmont Symphony will perform another âConcert for the Communityâ performance on Saturday at the Drendel Auditorium on the SALT Block and via livestream at 7:30 p.m.
This concert will highlight incredible music, covering a wide range of styles that also create many important partnerships related to the music. Six local cultural organizations feature as part of these collaborations in pre-recorded videos prior to each piece of music.
Partner organizations for this performance include the Womenâs Resource Center, Catawba Science Center, Hickory Public Library, Footcandle Film Society, Greater Hickory International Council and Hickory Ballet & Performing Arts.
Model train show set for this weekend
HICKORY â The 19th annual NC Railroad Expo will be held Friday and Saturday, April 9 and 10, at the Hickory Metro Center. Approximately 275 tables full of railroad lanterns, timetables, books and models of all scales will be available.
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Admission is $5 for adults, while children younger than 12 are admitted for free. Show hours are from noon to 7 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The show is sponsored by the Alexander Chapter of the National Railway Historical Association.