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Aliénor

919-493-4706, harpsichord-now.org/

All events held at Home of Elaine Funaro and Randall Love, 3 Sylvan Road, Durham.

• Harpsichord Mania with Beverly Biggs, Elaine Funaro, Jeanne Jennings, Rebecca Pechefsky and Lilian Pruett, Sept. 29.

Baroque & Beyond / Preservation Society of Chapel Hill

919-942-7818, baroqueandbeyond.org

• Classical Riches, Oct. 14, Chapel of the Cross, 304 E. Franklin St., Chapel Hill.

Carolina Performing Arts

919-843-3333, carolinaperformingarts.org

All events held at Memorial Hall, 114 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill.

• Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano, Nov. 11.

• Gilberto Gil, For All, Nov. 12.

• Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, Nov. 14.

• Brooklyn Rider, Nov. 16.

• Chucho Valdes, Nov. 27.

Cary Children’s Concert Choir

919-319-6534, c4.concertsingers.org

• Auditions for spring semester, Dec. 18, Greenwood Forest Baptist Church, 110 S.E. Maynard, Cary.

Chapel Hill Philharmonia

919-493-5491, chapelhillphilharmonia.org

• Children’s Concert, Oct. 21, Kenan Rehearsal Hall, 125 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill.

• Chapel Hill Philharmonia featuring violinist Yoram Youngerman, Dec. 9, Hill Hall Auditorium, East Cameron Avenue, Chapel Hill.

Choral Society of Durham

919-560-2733, choral-society.org

• Chamber choir performs “Cries of Revelation” and “Mantra Cantata,” Oct. 21, First Presbyterian Church, 305 E. Main St., Durham.

• Christmas concert, Dec. 8-9, Duke Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham.

Church of the Nativity

919-846-8338, nativityonline.org

• Ein’ feste Burg ist unser Gott, Cantata 80: J.S. Bach, Choirs of Church of the Nativity and St. Michael’s Episcopal Church, Oct. 21, Church of the Nativity, 8849 Ray Road, Raleigh.

Concert Singers of Cary

919-249-6421, concertsingers.org

All events held at Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Ave.

• Landscapes of American music and poetry, Nov. 18.

• Holiday Pops with guest Bill Leslie, Dec. 8.

Concert Singers of Cary and Cary Youth Chorale

919-319-6534, c4.concertsingers.org

All events held at Greenwood Forest Baptist Church, 110 S.E. Maynard, Cary.

• Holiday for All Concert, Dec. 7.

Duke Divinity School

919-660-3456, divinity.duke.edu

• A Concert for Two Pianos featuring Jeremy Begbie and Cordelia Williams, Aug. 28, Goodson Chapel, Westbrook Building, Duke University, 407 Chapel Drive, Durham.

Duke Performances

919-660-3356, dukeperformances.duke.edu

All events are at Durham addresses.

• Fanfare Ciocarlia, Sept. 23, Duke Gardens, 402 Anderson St..

• Eliot Fisk, guitar, Sept. 28, Reynolds Theater, Bryan University Center, 125 Science Drive.

• Ciompi Quartet with Eliot Fisk, guitar, Sept. 29, Nelson Music Room, Duke University, 1304 Campus Drive.

• Pandit Birju Maharaj and Company, Oct. 4, Reynolds Theater.

• Ciompi Quartet featuring Allan Ware, clarinet, Oct. 28, Nelson Music Room.

• Meredith Monk, Nov. 2-3, Reynolds Theater.

• Tenebrae Choir, Nov. 4, Duke Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive.

• Béla Fleck and Marcus Roberts Trio, Nov. 8, Carolina Theatre, 309 W. Morgan St..

• JACK Quartet, Dec. 2, Sheafer Lab Theater, Bryan University Center.

• Lost in the Trees with Chamber Orchestra, Dec. 7, Reynolds Theater.

• John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble, Dec. 8, Reynolds Theater.

Durham Symphony Orchestra

919-491-6576, durhamsymphony.org

• Fall Classical: “Cultural Connections,” Oct. 13, Carolina Theatre, 309 W. Morgan St., Durham.

• Holiday Pops, Nov. 30, Durham Armory, 220 Foster St., Durham.

Halle Cultural Arts Center of Apex

919-249-1120, apexnc.org/halle

All events held at Halle Cultural Arts Center, 237 N. Salem St., Apex.

• Raleigh Symphony Orchestra’s Free Spirit Ensemble, Sept. 9, Oct. 7, Nov. 18.

• Triangle Brass Band, Sept. 21.

• JazzLive series with Lenore Rapheal, Sept. 29.

• American Air Force Band Heritage Ramblers, Oct. 13.

Mallarmé Chamber Players

919-560-2788, mallarmemusic.org

• Classical Revolution: Chamber Music for the People! featuring Rich Robinson, Sept. 30, Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St., Durham.

• Family Concert: “The Legend of Pecos Bill,” Oct. 13, Kirby Horton Hall, Duke Gardens, 420 Anderson St., Durham.

• Good Music Is Sc(e)arce, Oct. 27, Eno River Universalist Unitarian Fellowship, 4907 Garrett Road, Durham.

• Silent film Nosferatu with live chamber music accompaniment, Oct. 28, Carolina Theatre, 309 W. Morgan St., Durham.

Meredith College

919-760-8536, meredith.edu/music

All events held on campus, 3800 Hillsborough St., Raleigh.

• Gilbert & Sullivan’s Patience directed by Jim Waddelow, Aug. 26, Jones Auditorium.

• Guest Recital: Richard and Renee McKee, duo-pianists, Sept. 7, Carswell Concert Hall.

• Guest recital: Geoffrey Simon, organ, Oct. 14, Jones Chapel.

• Meredith Sinfonietta concert, Oct. 18, Jones Auditorium.

• Fall choral concert, Oct. 21, Jones Chapel.

• Debussy Festival, Oct. 26-28, Carswell Concert Hall.

• Opera workshop, Nov. 16-17, Carswell Concert Hall.

• Guest Recital: Richard Reid, solo pianist, Nov. 26, Carswell Concert Hall.

• Graduation Piano Recital: Mary Royall Hight, Dec. 1, Carswell Concert Hall.

• Winterfest concerts: Meredith Chorus, Chorale, Encore! and Sinfonietta, Dec. 2-3, Jones Auditorium.

• Capital City Girls Choirs Christmas concert, Dec. 7, Jones Auditorium.

N.C. Master Chorale

919-856-9700, ncmasterchorale.org

All events held at Meymandi Concert Hall, 2 E. South St., Raleigh.

• Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, Nov. 4.

• “Joy of the Season,” Dec. 11.

N.C. State University Music

919-515-2981, ncsu.edu/music

• Arts NOW, Sep. 18 and Oct. 16, Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre, East Dunn Avenue, Raleigh.

• PMC Lecture: Laith Ulaby, Music and Arab Spring, Sept. 21, Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre.

• Guest Artist Tiffany Ng: Carillon Concert, Oct. 13, N.C. State University Bell Tower, Hillsborough Street, Raleigh.

N.C. Symphony

919-733-2750, ncsymphony.org

Unless noted, all events held at Meymandi Concert Hall, 2 E. South St., Raleigh.

• Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody, Sept. 14-15.

• Brahms’ First Symphony, Sept. 20, Memorial Hall, 208 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill.

• Music of Ray Charles, Sept. 28-29.

• Bolero, Oct. 5-6.

• Bolero, Oct. 7, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill.

• Brahms’ Second Symphony, Oct. 18-19.

• Halloween Spooktacular!, Oct. 27.

• Song of the Earth, Nov. 2-3.

• Mozart’s “Prague” Symphony, Nov. 9.

• Leningrad, Nov. 16-17, Meymandi Concert Hall.

• Leningrad, Nov. 18, Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill.

• Wizard of Oz, Nov. 23-24.

• Messiah, Nov. 30-Dec. 1.

• Holiday Pops: A Pink Martini Christmas, Dec. 21-22.

• New Years in Vienna, Dec. 31.

Oakwood Waits

919-622-8264, oakwoodwaits.com

• Hospice benefit concert presented by Oakwood Waits, Dec. 9. See website for details.

• Traipse, Dec. 15, Historic Oakwood. See website for details.

Performance Edge

919-420-0365, performanceedge.net

• N.C. Honors Chorus workshop, Sept. 23, Highland United Methodist Church, 1901 Ridge Road, Raleigh.

Philharmonic Association

919-645-8434, philharmonic-association.org

• Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble, Nov. 4, Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Ave., Cary.

• Triangle Youth Philharmonic, Nov. 18, Meymandi Concert Hall, 2 E. South St., Raleigh.

• Triangle Youth orchestra and symphony concerts, Nov. 20, Meymandi Concert Hall.

• Triangle Youth Philharmonic holiday concert, Dec. 12, Meymandi Concert Hall.

Raleigh Boychoir

919-881-9259, raleighboychoir.org

Locations for all events are to be announced.

• Concert, Oct. 7.

• Fall concert, Oct. 21.

• Carols of Christmas, Dec. 15.

Raleigh Chamber Music Guild

919-821-2030, rcmg.org

• Lawrence/Shteinberg Duo, Sept. 23, N.C. Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh.

• Tokyo String Quartet, Oct. 7, Fletcher Opera Theater, 2 E. South St., Raleigh.

• Aurora Musicalis, Oct. 28, N.C. Museum of Art.

• Parker Quartet, Nov. 11, Fletcher Opera Theater.

Raleigh Children’s Orchestra

919-420-2329, MannMusicStudios.com

• Raleigh Childrens Orchestra, Nov. 15, Sertoma Arts Center, 1400 W. Millbrook Rd., Raleigh.

Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra

919-515-8279, www.raleighcivicsymphony.org

• Fall classical, Oct. 28, Titmust Theatre, Thompson Hall, 2241 Dunn Ave., Raleigh.

Raleigh Civic Symphony

919-515-8279, raleighcivicsymphony.org

• Fall Classical, Nov.18, Stewart Theatre, N.C. State University, 2610 Cates Ave., Raleigh

Raleigh Concert Band

919-846-1944, thercb.org

• Sunday in the Park with Raleigh Concert Band, Aug. 26, Pullen Park, 520 Ashe Ave., Raleigh.

• Fall formal concert, Oct.13, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh, 3313 Wade Ave..

• Raleigh Concert Band at Governor’s Christmas tree lighting ceremony, Dec. 6, State Capitol, 1 E. Edenton St., Raleigh.

• Christmas concert, Dec. 9, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh.

Raleigh Ringers

919-847-7574, rr.org

• Holiday concerts, Dec. 8-9, Meymandi Concert Hall, 2 E. South St., Raleigh.

Raleigh Symphony Orchestra

919-546-9755, raleighsymphony.org

• A Moment In Time, Sept. 9, Halle Cultural Arts Center, 237 N. Salem St., Apex.

• Lights! Colors! Music!, Oct. 7, Halle Cultural Arts Center.

• A Pair of Sevens, Oct. 21, Jones Auditorium, 3800 Hillsborough St., Raleigh.

• Name That Tune!, Nov. 18, Halle Cultural Arts Center.

St. Stephen’s Concert Series

919-489-7030, ssecdurham.org

All events held at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 82 Kimberly Drive, Durham.

• Andrew Tyson, piano, Oct. 7.

• Joan Lippincott, organist, Frank Hawkins Kenan Memorial Recital, Nov. 4.

• Voices of a New Renaissance: Nathan Leaf and Friends, a consort of voices, lute and continuo, Dec. 2.

Triangle Wind Ensemble

919-451-5177, trianglewind.org

• Fall Concert: “Myth, Mischief and Celebration,” Nov. 9, Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Ave.

UNC Music Department

919-962-1039, music.unc.edu

All events are in Chapel Hill.

• UNC Faculty Jazz Trio: American Songbook II, Sept. 6, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall, 125 S. Columbia St..

• Breaking Free: Jennifer Curtis, violin; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Shawn Conley, double bass and composer, Sept. 14, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall.

• Music of Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff: Andrea Edith Moore, soprano; Keiko Sekino, piano; Hye-Jin Kim, violin; Emmanuel Gruber, cello, Sept. 16, Hill Hall Auditorium, 145 E. Cameron Ave..

• Carolina Wind Quintet: Works by Gounod, Tansman and Foerster, Sept. 18, Hill Hall Auditorium.

• Talking Music Series: Frederic Rzewskis 36 Variations on The People United Will Never Be Defeated featuring Stefan Litwin, piano, Sept. 27, Person Recital Hall, 181 E. Cameron Ave..

• Rudnicki and Postle Electric Duo: Matthew Postle, trumpet and Radoslaw Rudnicki, electronics, Oct. 2, Hill Hall Auditorium,.

• UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band, Oct. 3, Memorial Hall, 114 E. Cameron Ave..

• UNC Symphony Orchestra: Beethoven Consecration of House Overture, Stravinsky Four Norwegian Moods, and Hanson Symphony No. 2, Romantic, Oct. 4, Memorial Hall.

• William S. Newman Scholarship Series: Matthew McClure, saxophone, and Nancy Whelan, piano, Oct. 16, Hill Hall Auditorium.

• Faculty recital: Michael Kris, trombone, and Nancy Whelan, piano, Oct. 23, Hill Hall Auditorium.

• New Music from Composition Studio, Nov. 6, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall.

• UNC Percussion Ensemble, Nov. 8, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall.

• UNC Opera, Nov. 10, Hill Hall Auditorium.

• UNC Guitar Ensemble, Nov. 11, Hill Hall Auditorium.

• University Chamber Players, Nov. 13, Person Recital Hall.

• UNC Chamber Singers: Music of Josquin, Schütz and J.S. Bach Cantata BWV 182, Nov. 15, Hill Hall Auditorium.

• Talking Music Series: Ensemble Ascolta (Stuttgart), Silent Films with Original Live Music, Titus Engel, conductor, Nov. 16, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall.

• Talking Music Series: UNC Wind Ensemble, UNC New Music Ensemble, Film Music by Hanns Eisler, Nov. 17, Varsity Theater, 123 E. Franklin St..

• Ensemble Ascolta (Stuttgart): Music by Sven Ingo Koch, Elena Mendoza, Mauricio Kagel and Stefan Litwin, Nov. 17, Kenan Music Building, Rehearsal Hall.

• William S. Newman Scholarship Series: The Piano Music of Debussy: A Tribute at 150, Thomas Otten, piano, Nov. 18, Hill Hall Auditorium.

• UNC Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs, Nov. 18, Hill Hall Auditorium.

• Gamelan Nyai Saraswati, Nov. 27, Hill Hall Auditorium.

• William S. Newman Scholarship Series: Carolina Choir with the UNC Wind Ensemble; Music of Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky and Stravinskys Symphony of Psalms, Nov. 30, Hill Hall Auditorium.

• Symphony Orchestra with Brent Wissick, cello: Britten Symphony for Cello and Orchestra and Tchaikovsky Suite from Swan Lake, Dec. 3, Memorial Hall.

• UNC Wind Ensemble with Carolina Choir and UNC Symphony Band, Dec. 4, Memorial Hall.

• UNC Baroque Ensemble: Music by Bach and Other Germans, Dec. 9, Person Recital Hall.

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