“Greensboro Symphony Orchestra President and CEO Lisa Crawford says the musicians are ready to move forward and perform for live audiences once again,” writes Bruce Buchanan in Thursday’s (2/4) News and Record (Greensboro, NC). “The Greensboro Symphony plans to open its 2021 season on April 29 with a Masterworks series concert titled ‘Maestros & Mendelssohn’ with Gerard Schwarz, conductor, and Dmitry Sitkovetsky, violin and conductor. The symphony’s opening weekend will include … music from the popular Harry Potter movie series…. It also will be the orchestra’s debut at its new permanent home, the Tanger Center…. The 2021-22 season … starts Aug. 29 with … ‘Michael Cavanaugh: The Music of Billy Joel.’ … For Crawford, her staff and the symphony’s musicians, April 29 hopefully marks the end of a difficult period. The pandemic shut down live performances just two days after musicians held their first rehearsal in the Tanger Center. ‘This crisis has made us really value our subscribers, donors and board members,’ Crawford said…. ‘It’s humbling to think that we have that type of support.… It is going to be an incredibly emotional moment when we are able to get our full orchestra onstage in front of an audience,’ Crawford said.”
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