Performances

AOIFE O’DONOVAN

GRAMMY®-winning singer/songwriter Aoife O'Donovan brings her flavorful blend of folk, roots, and bluegrass to Winston-Salem for this electrifying, one-night-only event. Featuring girls from the Winston-Salem Choral Academy chorus.

Halloween Spooktacular

Wear your costumes and be ready for tricks and treats from your Winston-Salem Symphony!

Symphony Chorus

Sunday, Oct 25, 2026 | 5:00 pm Brendle Recital Hall $28 – $98 SYMPHONY CHORUS Sun, Oct 25 | 5:00pm Jocelyn Hagen's The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci blends beautiful, evocative sonority with a multimedia visual experience for full chorus and chamber orchestra.

Mary Lou Kapp Peeples Recital

As part of Mary Lou Kapp Peeples's Harpsichord recital at Bethania Moravia Church, there will be a performance of A Day in the Country for flute, cello, and harpsichord an original composition by Wade Peeples, which premiered in 2003. This trio features Kathy Levy on Flute and Ryan Graebert on cello.

Another Sunrise & Before It All Goes Dark

Piedmont Opera presents the North Carolina premieres of two powerful one-act operas by Grammy Award–winning composer Jake Heggie and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Gene Scheer.

Another Sunrise & Before It All Goes Dark

Piedmont Opera presents the North Carolina premieres of two powerful one-act operas by Grammy Award–winning composer Jake Heggie and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Gene Scheer.

Another Sunrise & Before It All Goes Dark

Piedmont Opera presents the North Carolina premieres of two powerful one-act operas by Grammy Award–winning composer Jake Heggie and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Gene Scheer.

Another Sunrise & Before It All Goes Dark

Piedmont Opera presents the North Carolina premieres of two powerful one-act operas by Grammy Award–winning composer Jake Heggie and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Gene Scheer.

Another Sunrise & Before It All Goes Dark

Piedmont Opera presents the North Carolina premieres of two powerful one-act operas by Grammy Award–winning composer Jake Heggie and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Gene Scheer.

Another Sunrise & Before It All Goes Dark

Piedmont Opera presents the North Carolina premieres of two powerful one-act operas by Grammy Award–winning composer Jake Heggie and Pulitzer Prize–winning librettist Gene Scheer.

The Messiah

Handel’s Messiah is one of the most enduring works in the choral repertoire, first performed in Dublin in 1742. Rather than telling a single narrative, it reflects on the life of Christ through a series of texts drawn from scripture, moving from prophecy and birth to sacrifice and redemption.

Holiday Concert

2026 Christmas Concert

2026 Christmas Concert

Handel's Messiah

This stunning Christmastime tradition blends your Symphony and Chorus with fantastic soloists for one of music’s most cherished works.

Holiday Pops

Holiday Pops brings together the sounds of the season in a program that balances familiar favorites with orchestral color and a sense of fun.

BRAHMS 1 + Beethoven and Glass

Hear two Winston-Salem Symphony premieres on one concert! Enjoy the Symphony’s first-ever performance of the overture to Beethoven’s only ballet, Creatures of Prometheus, plus the vibrant violinist Yevgeny Kutik in the Second Violin Concerto of Philip Glass. Known for his mesmerizing “minimalist” sound, Glass’s music has a broad appeal among symphony audiences, opera lovers, and movie buffs. Brahms’ captivating First Symphony—which took Brahms over twenty years to write—balances the program.

BRAHMS 1 + Beethoven and Glass

Hear two Winston-Salem Symphony premieres on one concert! Enjoy the Symphony’s first-ever performance of the overture to Beethoven’s only ballet, Creatures of Prometheus, plus the vibrant violinist Yevgeny Kutik in the Second Violin Concerto of Philip Glass. Known for his mesmerizing “minimalist” sound, Glass’s music has a broad appeal among symphony audiences, opera lovers, and movie buffs. Brahms’ captivating First Symphony—which took Brahms over twenty years to write—balances the program.

Aurora Featured

Ryan Graebert is the featured soloist Performing the Shostakovich cello concerto!

Aurora Featured

Ryan Graebert is the featured soloist Performing the Shostakovich cello concerto!

ACTION! The Legacy of John Williams

The musical genius of John Williams spans nearly our entire lifetime. Experience his sublime movie music, from Jaws to Star Wars, Indiana Jones to Harry Potter and beyond. Larry Loh (from our Home Alone performances in 2023) returns to lead the orchestra.

Romeo & Juliet

Shakespeare’s most beloved drama, performed live by actors from Concert Theatre Works (who are returning after 2023’s WSS performances of The Chevalier), is interspersed with selections from Prokofiev’s powerful and enduring Op.64 ballet score—one of his most popular orchestral landscapes.

Romeo & Juliet

Shakespeare’s most beloved drama, performed live by actors from Concert Theatre Works (who are returning after 2023’s WSS performances of The Chevalier), is interspersed with selections from Prokofiev’s powerful and enduring Op.64 ballet score—one of his most popular orchestral landscapes.

Motown, Soul, and Symphony

Motown, Soul, and Symphony brings together the sound of a defining era in American music with the color and power of the orchestra.

Barber of Seville

The anniversary season ends on a high note with one of opera's greatest comedies, The Barber of Seville. Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with unforgettable characters and infectious melodies, this fresh, colorful production features a whimsical new set. Created in partnership with Charleston Opera Theater, the set evokes the zany spirit of The Rabbit of Seville, the classic Bugs Bunny cartoon that introduced generations of Americans to Rossini's unforgettable music and made the opera's overture one of classical music's most recognizable tunes. It's the perfect finale to a season celebrating Piedmont Opera's remarkable past and its exciting future

Concert for Community

Free concert for the community featuring the winners of the Peter Perret Talent Search competition and a side-by-side performance of the Winston Salem Symphony and Winston Salem Symphony Youth Orchestra.

Barber of Seville

The anniversary season ends on a high note with one of opera's greatest comedies, The Barber of Seville. Laugh-out-loud funny and filled with unforgettable characters and infectious melodies, this fresh, colorful production features a whimsical new set. Created in partnership with Charleston Opera Theater, the set evokes the zany spirit of The Rabbit of Seville, the classic Bugs Bunny cartoon that introduced generations of Americans to Rossini's unforgettable music and made the opera's overture one of classical music's most recognizable tunes. It's the perfect finale to a season celebrating Piedmont Opera's remarkable past and its exciting future

Project Trio

Kid-favorite, flute/sax/bass trio brings rockstar flare to a blend of classical, jazz, hiphop, rock, and bluegrass.

False Heroes

WSS principal cellist Brooks Whitehouse portrays the pseudo-hero adventurer Don Quixote with principal violist Simon Ertz as his sidekick, Sancho Panza, in Richard Strauss’ epic tone poem. Then, on the second half, enjoy Beethoven’s “heroic” Symphony No. 3, originally dedicated to Napoleon before he crowned himself emperor and prompting Beethoven to angrily remove the dedication.

False Heroes

WSS principal cellist Brooks Whitehouse portrays the pseudo-hero adventurer Don Quixote with principal violist Simon Ertz as his sidekick, Sancho Panza, in Richard Strauss’ epic tone poem. Then, on the second half, enjoy Beethoven’s “heroic” Symphony No. 3, originally dedicated to Napoleon before he crowned himself emperor and prompting Beethoven to angrily remove the dedication.

Next Level

Following a hugely successful, sold-out debut with the Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor J. Aaron Hardwick leads and orchestral tour of the gaming world's most hardcore scores. Ready, player one!

Carmina Burana

The 26/27 season concludes with composer Nico Muhly’s Doom Painting, written specifically for the incredible Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth and receiving its East Coast premiere. The Symphony Chorus then joins for Carl Orff’s instantly recognizable Carmina Burana and its spine-tingling “O Fortuna” chorus.

Carmina Burana

The 26/27 season concludes with composer Nico Muhly’s Doom Painting, written specifically for the incredible Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth and receiving its East Coast premiere. The Symphony Chorus then joins for Carl Orff’s instantly recognizable Carmina Burana and its spine-tingling “O Fortuna” chorus.

Pops at the Post