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An Inspiring Spring Line-Up for CSA Students

By Andrea Stevenson, Community School of the Arts

As the new year begins, Community School of the Arts looks forward to a remarkably busy spring for its Knight Artistic Engagement Fund.   The Fund, which provides tickets to outstanding professional performances and exhibitions for low-income children in CSA’s music and art programs, has enabled CSA to purchase tickets for a wide range of major arts events in Charlotte this spring.

Just as they did for dozens of children and their families in the fall semester, these spring events will broaden students’ horizons, inspire them in their musical and artistic studies, and bring their families together to experience the best of Charlotte’s arts community.  Here are the Knight-supported performances CSA students are eagerly anticipating this spring.

JANUARY

  • January 13: Charlotte Symphony; Grant Llewellyn, conductor & Joyce Yang, piano
    •    LISZT Mazeppa
    •    RACHMANINOFF Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
    •    LISZT Mephisto Waltz No. 2
    •    RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
  • January 27: Charlotte Concerts, Salzburg Chamber Soloists
  • January 29: Opera Carolina, Madama Butterfly

FEBRUARY

  • February 3: Charlotte Symphony: Christopher Warren-Green, conductor; Chad Hoopes, violin
    •    STRAUSS Don Juan
    •    MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
    •    BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
  • February 11 – May 13: Mint Museum Exhibition:  Surrealism and Beyond
  • February 13: Charlotte Symphony, Michael Stern, conductor
    •    BARBER Overture to The School for Scandal
    •    MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17
    •    COPLAND Symphony No. 3

MARCH

  • March 3 – July 7: Mint Museum, Exhibition:  Fairytales, Fantasy & Fear
  • March 16: Charlotte Concerts, Vienna Boys Choir
  • March 25: Opera Carolina, Eugene Onegin

APRIL

  • April 20: Charlotte Concerts, Canadian Brass

ONGOING EXHIBITIONS

  • Bechtler Museum of Art: Permanent collection
  • Mint Museum:
  •        Threads of Identity: Contemporary Maya Textiles
  •        The Transformed Self: Performance Masks of Mexico
  •        Celebrating Queen Charlotte’s Coronation
  •        The Shape of Life:  Contemporary Native American Ceramics

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