Charlotte Symphony

World-renowned soprano Renée Fleming is the special guest at this year's Charlotte Symphony Orchestra annual gala. In addition to her performance Wednesday with the CSO, Fleming will also don a newer hat — that of arts and health advocate — as she moderates a panel discussion on music, neuroscience and mental health care.

Musician Rhiannon Giddens has made a name for herself in the folk music world with a pair of Grammy wins and a MacArthur award, but she's also a classically trained vocalist. She returns to North Carolina this weekend to perform at the Charlotte Symphony Gala.

The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra's new youth ensemble is different than its existing youth programs. They require auditions; this one doesn't. Symphony CEO David Fisk says that lowers a potentially huge barrier to entry for learning how to perform for audiences.

The Crave Charlotte food festival is in full swing. The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra celebrates America at Truist Field. And you can hear a lecture on artificial intelligence at Discovery Place.

Charlotte Symphony's "Celebrate America" concert Friday night at Truist Field will be its largest performance in front of an in-person audience since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event has patriotic music, a tribute to front line workers and those who died during the pandemic, and fireworks to kick off the Fourth of July holiday week.

At a time when social distance is everything, you might think the Charlotte Symphony has been silenced.However, a glimpse inside the life of the symphony’s principal harpist, Andrea Mumm, tells you otherwise.

After canceling its spring and summer seasons because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Charlotte Symphony will be back on the concert stage beginning this…

The Charlotte Symphony has hired arts manager David Fisk as president and CEO after a yearlong search. Fisk has been executive director of the Richmond…

Updated May 12, 2020Several of Charlotte's most prominent arts organizations have gotten loans through the federal Paycheck Protection Program, or PPP.…

Charlotte Symphony President and CEO Mary Deissler is leaving at the end of the summer to work as an arts consultant in Boston.“Mary has been an absolute…