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This event is intended to provide fun and exciting Christian entertainment to both families and singles by showcasing the diverse gifts and talents of various aspiring Christian artists. There will be plenty of food, prizes and first-class entertainment. And the event will benefit the fight against human trafficking locally and provide funds for greater Christian entertainment and films to be made.

Carolina Pro Musica is pleased to present an all-Italian music program featuring important early 18th century composers. These musicians worked in major Italian cities and charted the paths for the Baroque. The concert will include works by little-known composers like Dario Castello, and Domenico Sarri, as well as Corelli, Marcello, Veracini, and Bononcini. Henry Trexler, double bass joins Carolina Pro Musica regulars for diverse program of cantatas and trio sonatas. The concert is Friday, February 24, 2023, at 7:30 pm, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 1001 Queens Rd, Charlotte, NC 28207. Tickets ($16 regular admission, $8.00 students, or seniors) are available online or at the door. More information and ticket purchase: www.carolinapromusica.org

Hickory Music Factory’s annual "Swingin’ Under the Stars" will be held in Downtown Hickory at the "Sails on the Square" on Sunday, May 28th from 6:30-9:30pm. The FREE outdoor event features the Hickory Jazz Orchestra and will perform big band arrangements from the great American songbook. Hickory Music Factory's “Swingin' Under the Stars” was the 2009 winner of the "Best Outdoor Event for NC".

In addition, the Hickory Music Factory will pay tribute to members of the community for their years of dedication and musical contributions. So put on your dancing shoes or bring a chair and relax and enjoy the show!

In the 5th Annual Talking Policy in the Queen City, presented by The University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s Public Policy Ph.D. Program, Bitzer will give a brief overview of the forty-year redistricting battles in North Carolina. His discussion will focus on what we learned from the results of the 2022 midterm elections and what might be in store for 2023. The Ph.D. program, which has operated for over 20 years, also presents a research poster presentation session to highlight the work of its doctoral students with a light reception.


The event is open to the public at no charge.

ClearWater Arts Center and Studios is pleased to host the Opening Reception for the returning annual exhibit of Rowan Cabarrus Community College's Art and Design students! Join us on Friday, March 31, 2023 will be starting at 5:00 pm until 7pm. Open to the public with light refreshments provided by students and sponsors.

See our FaceBook Event Page for the Opening to see ongoing photos, comments and updates!

After a 2 year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, this marks Year Seven (7) of this collaboration between the City of Concord's ClearWater Arts Center & Studios, and the Fine & Applied Arts Department at RCCC. RCCC has art classes on both its Salisbury and its Concord campuses.

The exhibit will be on view in the ClearWater Main Gallery through Wednesday, May 3, 2023. It is a Free and Public Event.

Visit our Website Event Page to see information about the exhibit.

The Department of Theater presents Lynn Nottage's Sweat. The Pulitzer Prize-winning play portrays a meeting between a parole officer, two ex-convicts and three women who were childhood friends and had worked in the same factory. Set in a dying blue collar town, it also examines the disintegration of a friendship, after two of the women – one white, one Black – apply for the same management job.

Ben Brantley of The New York Times called Sweat a "bracingly topical portrait of American dreams deferred in working-class Pennsylvania," written by "a justly acclaimed dramatist of ambitious scope and fierce focus."

Directed by Ron McClelland.

Tickets are $8-$18. CoAA Faculty, Staff, and Students are eligible for free tickets to this performance. Please log into your Niner account in the ticketing system to redeem.

Please note: This production contains violence and explicit language.

Phil Wiggins, broadly acknowledged as the greatest blues harmonica player of our time, is the second of our NEA Folk Heritage Fellows to perform on this series. He performed for decades with the late John Cephas in the duo Cephas and Wiggins. Since the death of John Cephas, Mr. Wiggins has created a variety of ensembles to continue the tradition. We have the honor to present him with his largest ensemble, the Chesapeake Sheiks. In addition to playing Piedmont Blues, they also perform a lot of early jazz, including the music of Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. They make a great evening of music and dance!

For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Free for Davidson students, but tickets are required.

Celebrate the close of the DCSO and Jazz Ensemble’s concert season as we ring in sunshine and summer.

Free and open to the public Tickets are not required.

We welcome alumni and our wider community to gather on the eve of the Class of 2023 Graduation to celebrate our season and seniors. This intimate performance will feature choral favorites of the graduating class and a reflection in song of the memories made in the Davidson choral family. Alumni are encouraged to join us in our alma mater and fight songs.
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Director Patrick Brown leads the Davidson College Jazz Combos in an evening of chamber jazz music.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Come and hear our senior voice students as they sing their last solos on the stage of Tyler Tallman. All friends and family are invited to this special moment.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Davidson College’s voice students from the studios of Jacquelyn Culpepper, Ilana Lubitsch, Harrison Bumgardner, Melinda Whittington, and Amanda Sesler take the stage in Tyler-Tallman Hall for a program of solo and collaborative works accompanied by Tomasz Robak.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

A returning crowd favorite event, Charlotte's own bluegrass and folk music stars Jon Singleton and Jon Hill will perform a concert of Irish American music to celebrate the heritage of old St. Patrick! Fiddle and clawhammer banjo meet accordion, piano, mandolin, and guitar. There will be plentiful songs and brisk, bonny dance tunes that will set your feet tapping!


Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Patrick Brown, director


Under the direction of Patrick Brown, the Davidson College Jazz Ensemble performs their second concert of the spring semester featuring trumpeter Scotty Barnhart. Barnhart is an internationally acclaimed jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, educator, author, and is the director of the Count Basie Orchestra. A featured trumpet soloist with the orchestra for over twenty years, he’s a two-time Grammy Award winner, appears on three critically acclaimed recordings with pianist Marcus Roberts, and over fifteen others with artists as diverse as Tony Bennett, Diana Krall, Ray Charles, and Tito Puente. This special concert will feature compositions from The Count Basie Orchestra!

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Marus Pyle, interim director

In this season finale concert, the DCSO performs Tchaikovsky's monumental and virtuosic Symphony no. 4 and Beethoven's jubilant homage to Baroque masters, The Consecration of the House Overture.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra joins the Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Choral Arts Society Davidson to present one of Johann Sebastian Bach's greatest and uplifting vocal works, the Magnificat in D Major. Be transported to a majestic Baroque cathedral with this celebratory work for five-voice chorus, soloists with colorful orchestration.

***Please note that this concert has been rescheduled from the original date and location.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Celebrate local sustainability leadership by attending the 11th annual Sustain Charlotte Awards presented by Duke Energy on April 27.

This unique gala honors inspiring people and organizations making a difference in OUR community. Join Sustain Charlotte, community leaders and media for a night of drinks, dinner and delight as we celebrate sustainability leadership in the Queen City. Secure your seat for this memorable evening at sustaincharlotte.org/awards.

Renata Berlin, director

25 years have passed since Matthew Shepard, a young, gay student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die in a field under a blanket of stars. Five days later, when Matt passed away, the world watched and reacted, passing hate crime legislation at the state and federal level. We will sing Matthew’s story by performing Craig Hella Johnson's oratorio, Considering Matthew Shepard. A compelling array of musical styles and texts from Hildegard of Bingen, Lesléa Newman, Michael Dennis Browne, and Rumi, passages from Matt’s personal journal, interviews and writings from his parents Judy and Dennis Shepard and newspaper reports, convey that light prevails over darkness and love over hate.

Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Piano students from the studios of Cynthia Lawing and Will Fried take center stage in Tyler-Tallman Hall for a program of solo and collaborative works.
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Musician. Griot. Drummer. Poet.

These are some of the people who will share the importance of storytelling in Black culture at "EQUALibrium Live: The Power of Black Storytelling."

Africans who were forced into the trans-Atlantic slave trade preserved many of their traditions by passing stories down generation after generation.

Featured performers (subject to change):

+ Drums 4 Life

+ Hannah Hasan, storyteller and spoken word poet

+ Cheryl "Sparkle" Mosley, storyteller

+ Sean C. Watson (SWATS), musician

Host:

Chris Jones, WFAE on-air announcer