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The Carolina Summer Music Festival
 Read About the Festival . . . Carolina Summer Music Festival Finale - Sunday Serenade (A Review by Peter Perret) (From Classical Voice of North Carolina) August 31, 2008, Winston-Salem, NC: The closing concert of the inaugural Carolina Summer Music Festival season was a delightful mix of wind and string pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven, and by Danish composer, Carl Nielsen. The performers are all seasoned Triad area musicians with the addition of the Charlotte Symphony’s principal cellist, Alan Black. This Sunday afternoon’s audience in the Gray Auditorium of the Old Salem Visitors Center made up in enthusiasm what it may have lacked in numbers – and rightfully so; this was a lovely concert! . . . Read more. SAMPLER: First summer festival a success . . . (From the Winston-Salem Journal, August 28, 2008) There are three things in life that seldom fail to please: wine, music and food. There was a good bit of each last night as patrons of the Carolina Summer Music Festival took in a "Festival Sampler" concert in a very crowded Zevely House . . . Read more. Carolina Summer Music Festival: Panning for Gold…or Silver in the Moravian Archives (A Review by William Thomas Walker) (From Classical Voice of North Carolina) August 21, 2008, Winston-Salem, NC: Parisian salons were hotbeds for contemporary music during the time period covered by three French composers featured in the third concert of the Carolina Summer Music Festival. The intimate and resplendent surroundings of the venue, the Jon Kuhn Gallery, evoked much of the ambience and excitement of that era. Only 100 music lovers were fortunate enough to attend; they were seated within a narrow, roughly rectangular space and surrounded by the play of prismatic colored lights from the rotating, free-standing and wall-mounted glass sculptures of the internationally-known artist. Read more. Carolina Summer Music Festival: A Resplendent Evening with French Composers (A Review by William Thomas Walker) (From Classical Voice of North Carolina) August 21, 2008, Winston-Salem, NC: Parisian salons were hotbeds for contemporary music during the time period covered by three French composers featured in the third concert of the Carolina Summer Music Festival. The intimate and resplendent surroundings of the venue, the Jon Kuhn Gallery, evoked much of the ambience and excitement of that era. Only 100 music lovers were fortunate enough to attend; they were seated within a narrow, roughly rectangular space and surrounded by the play of prismatic colored lights from the rotating, free-standing and wall-mounted glass sculptures of the internationally-known artist. Read more. Artistic Gems: Chamber music shines at gallery . . . (From the Winston-Salem Journal, August 22, 2008) A program called "Sparkling French" got the second week of the Carolina Summer Music Festival under way. But the music -- all of it by French composers -- wasn't the only thing that was sparkling last night. . . Read more. Summer Music at Reynolda House: Scintillating Gershwin (A Review by William Thomas Walker) (From Classical Voice of North Carolina) August 17, 2008, Winston-Salem, NC: August has always seemed to be the doldrums for Piedmont music lovers, though some will remember a few brief seasons relieved by the defunct Foothills Chamber Music Festival. The Carolina Chamber Symphony has stepped up to the plate with the inaugural Carolina Summer Music Festival, August 14-31, held in a series of intriguing venues across Winston-Salem. The second concert of the series, held in the intimate Babcock Hall in Reynolda House had been sold out for days in advance. The engaging program consisted of original and arranged piano works by George Gershwin, leavened by violin and piano duo transcriptions by Jascha Heifetz. . . Read more. Narrators are chosen for festival concerts . . . (From the Winston-Salem Journal, August 17, 2008) Organizers of the Carolina Summer Music Festival have announced narrators for the festival's "Carolina Scrapbook" family concerts. . . Read more. Carolina Summer Music Festival: Gershwin, By George (A Review by Peter Perret) (From Classical Voice of North Carolina) August 14, 2008; Winston-Salem, NC: By any measure, the opening concert of the new Carolina Summer Music Festival in Gray Auditorium of the Old Salem Visitors Center was a success! An opening night sell-out and a program full of familiar Gershwin tunes promised and delivered the overflow audience a delightful evening. . . Read more. Classic: Gershwin show starts festival in grand fashion. (A Review) (From the Winston-Salem Journal, August 15, 2008) By George, that's great music -- especially when some of this area's finest players perform it. . . Read more. Festival to present eight concerts, each with its distinctive flavor and combination of players (From the Winston-Salem Journal, August 10, 2008) Violinist Jacqui Carrasco likes Gershwin's music so much that she and her friends are serving it up two ways on consecutive evenings . . . Read more. Triad Arts Up Close with Bradley George (From WFDD-FM 88.5, August 4, 2008) Bradley George Interviews Joe Mount, one of the Co-artistic directors for the Carolina Summer Music Festival . . . Listen to the Program. Winston-Salem will host Carolina Summer Music Festival (From the Triad Business Journal, June 20, 2008) Winston-Salem will serve as the permanent host city for the Carolina Summer Music Festival, organizers announced this week . . . Read more. Festival aims to revive chamber music in August (From the Winston-Salem Journal, June 17, 2008) Fans of locally performed chamber music will be able to hear it again in August. A new festival, called the Carolina Summer Music Festival, will be presented Aug. 14-31 by Old Salem Museum & Gardens and the Carolina Chamber Symphony Players of Winston-Salem . . .Read more. |
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