“The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra will do its first free ‘plazacast’ outside to audiences at Levine Avenue of the Arts and Tryon streets” for April 17 and 18 concerts in the Knight Theater in Charlotte, writes Lawrence Toppman in Thursday’s (3/12) Charlotte Observer (North Carolina). A 6-by-19-foot screen with speakers will broadcast the concert live. “Music director Christopher Warren-Green will conduct … selections from Leonard Bernstein musicals … traditional Jewish Klezmer music commissioned for CSO principal clarinetist Gene Kavadlo; and George Gershwin’s ‘Rhapsody in Blue.’ … Members of Charlotte Ballet II will join the CSO onstage for dance selections from ‘On the Town.’ After the concert, guests will hear live jazz from two Jazz Arts Initiative ensembles…. Patrons will be encouraged to download the Charlotte Symphony app for Apple or Android to see the concert’s digital program book…. The CSO has been more innovative over the last five years, partly in an effort to reach younger audiences and partly because it wants all of Charlotte (not just a moneyed elite) to realize it’s relevant. It always has been, of course, but not everyone has noticed. Taking music to the streets for free is a smart way to make them aware.”
Posted March 13, 2015
Pictured: Christopher Warren-Green leads the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra
