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2009 Festivals - ongoing:
Cross Currents Chamber Music Arts Festival (Raleigh, Cary, & Durham) through July 11;
NC Symphony: Summerfest (Cary) through July 18;
Swannanoa C-M Fest. (Charlotte, Waynesville, & Swannanoa) through July 21;
American Dance Festival (Durham) through July 25;
Appalachian Summer Festival (Boone) through July 25;
Duke Summer Music (Durham) through July 29;
Eastern Music Festival (Greensboro) through August 1;
Brevard Music Center Summer Institute & Festival (Brevard) through August 9;
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Fest. (Highlands/Cashiers) through August 9;
Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre (Snow Camp in Alamance County) through August 22;
Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy (Raleigh) through September 20;
Outdoor Dramas through October 4;
Rocky Hock Playhouse (Washington) through December 19

2009 Summer Festivals - by starting date:
Carolina Summer Music Festival (Winston-Salem) August 19-29
[UNCSA Summer Performance Festival (Manteo) cancelled for 2009]

•  Through Saturday August 1
  Eastern Music Festival
  Various Greensboro locations & times.
  $. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

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•  Thursday July 9
  EMF: Jeffrey Multer, violin, & Young Artists Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
  Program: Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 61; & Mahler: Totenfeier
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25/$19. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  Related event: 7/10 @ 4p - Master Class with Jeffrey Multer, violin Sternberger Auditorium. $15, free to season ticket holders.

•  Thursday July 9
  EMFfringe Series
  Program: The Chris Hicks Band
  Triad Stage, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $22. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•  Friday July 10
  EMF
  Program: Violin Master Class with Jeffrey Multer
  Sternberger Auditorium at Guilford College (5800 West Friendly Avenue, Greensboro), 4:00 p.m.
  $15. Free for season ticket holers. http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Friday July 10
  Diggs Gallery & Winston-Salem Parks and Recreation Department
  Program: Leander Sales: “The Life I Meant to Live”*
  Dillard Auditorium, Anderson Center, WSSU, Winston-Salem. 6:00 p.m.
  Free. 336/750-2458
  *"'The Life I Meant to Live' is the story of a mother, Narvis, who is terminally ill with ... sickle cell anemia. As she examines her life, she makes recordings of her voice to leave a lasting impression of herself with her toddler son, Cole. Narvis also struggles to prepare her husband, Abner, to become a more responsible parent given her fate. The film was shot in Winston-Salem and features recognizable places such as the Trade Street Arts District and Happy Hill Gardens."

•  Friday July 10
  EMF: Neal Cary, cello, & Young Artists Orchestra, José-Luis Novo, conductor
  Program: Boccherini-Grützmacher: Cello Concerto in B-flat, G.482; & Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25/$19. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  Related event: Musically Speaking @7p, Moon Room, Dana Auditorium. Free.

•  Saturday July 11
  EMFkids
  Program: Shana Banana’s Banana Beach Party USA
  Triad Stage, Greensboro. 10:30 a.m.
  $10 Adults/$6 Children 12 and under, 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•  Saturday July 11
  EMF: Sarah Chang, violin, & Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
  Program: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64; & Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $55/$45. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  Related events: 1) Musically Speaking @7p, Moon Room, Dana Auditorium. Free.; & 2) Concert prelude, in front of Dana Auditorium @ 7:15 p.m. Free.

•  Sunday July 12
  EMF Student Piano Recital
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 3:00 p.m.
  $10, free to season ticket holders. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•  Sunday July 12
  EMF Bonus Concert: Northwest Boychoir
  First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro. 5:00 p.m.
  $10, seniors $6, free to season ticket holders. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•  Sunday July 12
  EMF
  Program: Young Artists Pops Concert (part of Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park)
  The Lawn at Guilford College, Greensboro. 6:00 p.m.
  Free. 336/272-0160 or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•  Sunday July 12 - Boone
  Appalachian Summer Festival & EMF: Sarah Chang, violin, & Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
  Program: Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64; & Mahler: Symphony No. 7 in E minor
  Farthing Auditorium, ASU, Boone. 8:00 p.m.
  $25, students $15, children 6-18 $16, children 5 & under $10. 800/841-2787 or 828/262-4046

•  Monday July 13 - High Point
  EMF - High Point University Gala
  Program: EMF Faculty and Young Artists Chamber Music
  Hayworth Fine Arts Center, High Point University, High Point. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/841-9220

•  Monday July 13 - Elon
  EMF Student Orchestra
  Program: Young Artists Pops Concert
  Under the Oaks (on the lawn beside Whitley Auditorium), Elon University, Elon. 7:30 p.m. - bring a chair or blanket for seating. Rain location: McCrary Theatre
  Free. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•  Monday July 13
  EMF-UNCG Chamber Series, featuring Bright Sheng, piano
  Program: Beethoven: Quintet in E-flat, Op. 16; Bright Sheng: A Night at the Chinese Opera; & Dvorák: Piano Quintet in A, Op. 81
  Recital Hall, UNCG, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $20. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•  Tuesday July 14
  EMF Carnegie Chamber Series, featuring Bright Sheng, piano
  Program: Milhaud: Suite in D, Op.157b; Loeffler: [2] Rapsodies; Bright Sheng: [4] Movements for Piano Trio; & Brahms: String Quintet No. 1 in F major, Op. 88 (Spring)
  Carnegie Room, Hege Library, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•   Wednesday July 15
  EMF
  Program: Bach: Brandenburg Concerti Nos. 3-6, S.1048-51
  First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•  Thursday July 16
  EMF: Les Roettges, flute, & Young Artists Orchestra, Bright Sheng, conductor
  Program: Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96; Bright Sheng: Flute Moon; & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor. Op. 64
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25/$19. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Friday July 17 - Washington, DC
  EMF
  Program: EMF at the Kennedy Center*
  Millennium Stage, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC. 6:00 p.m.
  Free. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  *Streaming video at http://kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/schedule.html

• Friday July 17
  EMFkids
  Program: Dan Zanes & Friends
  Greensboro Day School, Greensboro. 7:00 p.m.
  $18 General Admission/$59 Family Four Pack. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•   Friday July 17
  EMF: Young Artists Orchestra, José-Luis Novo, conductor
  Program: Poulenc: Les biches (The Does): Suite; & Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25/$19. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  Related event: Musically Speaking @7p, Moon Room, Dana Auditorium. Free.

•   Saturday July 18
  EMF: Horacio Gutiérrez, piano, & Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz & Bright Sheng, conductors
  Program: Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b, & Piano Concerto No. 4 in G, Op. 58; Bright Sheng: Tibetan Swing; & Janácek: Sinfonietta
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $51/$41. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  Related events: 1) Masterclass 7/16 @ 4p, Sternberger Auditorium. $15, free to season ticket holders; & 2) Concert prelude, in front of Dana Auditorium, 7/18 @ 7:15 p.m. Free

• Saturday July 18
  EMFfringe Series
  Program: Steep Canyon Rangers
  Triad Stage, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $22. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•  Sunday July 19
  EMF Student Piano Recital
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 3:00 p.m.
  $10, free to season ticket holders. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Sunday July 19
  EMF Bonus Concert: Bel Canto High School Choir Festival
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 6:00 p.m.
  $5, free to season ticket holders. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Monday July 20
  EMF Young Artists Chamber Recitals
  Program: announced afternoon of performance
  Sternberger Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 1:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/272-0160 or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Monday July 20
  EMF-UNCG Chamber Series, featuring Horacio Gutiérrez, piano
  Program: Schubert: [5] Deutsche Tänze with Coda & [7] Trios for String Quartet, D.90; Takemitsu: And then I knew 'twas Wind; & Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
  Recital Hall, UNCG, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $20. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Tuesday July 21
  EMF Young Artists Chamber Recitals
  Program: announced afternoon of performance
  Sternberger Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 1:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/272-0160 or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Tuesday July 21
  EMF Carnegie Chamber Series
  Program: Persichetti: Serenade No. 10 for Flute and Harp; Still: Little Folk Suite from the Western Hemisphere No. 1; Thierry de Mey: Musique de Table (Table Music); & Beethoven: Piano Trio No. 6 in E-flat, Op. 70/2
  Carnegie Room, Hege Library, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Tuesday-Wednesday July 21-22
  EMF with Greensboro Opera - Elena DeAngelis, soprano, Janine Hawley, mezzo-soprano, John Wesley Wright, tenor, & Jeffrey Carlson, baritone
  Program: One Enchanting Evening - Songs of Rodgers & Hammerstein
  Temple Emanuel, 1129 Jefferson Road, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m. Heavy hors d’oeuvres & desserts B.Y.O. wine. Casual dress.
  Note: 7/22 is SOLD OUT; tickets remain for 7/21 (an added performance) at $35. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  Related event: 7/22 @ 4p - Master Class with Margo Tatgenhorst Drakos, cello - Sternberger Auditorium. $15, free to season ticket holders.

• Thursday July 23
  EMF: James Giles & Ju-Ying Song, pianists, & Young Artists Orchestra, José-Luis Novo, conductor
  Program: Mozart: Concerto for 2 Pianos No. 10 in E-flat, K.365 (K.316a); & Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25/$19. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Thursday July 23
  EMFfringe Series
  Program: The Waybacks
  Triad Stage, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $22. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Friday July 24
  EMF: John Cerminaro, horn, & Young Artists Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
  Program: Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 (Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell); Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat, K.495; & Brahms; Symphony No. 1 in C minor. Op. 68
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25/$19. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  Related events: 1) Masterclass 7/23 @ 4p, Sternberger Auditorium. $15, free to season ticket holders.; & 2) Musically Speaking 7/24 @7p, Moon Room, Dana Auditorium. Free.

• Friday July 24
  EMFfringe Series
  Program: The Larry McCray Band
  Triad Stage, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $22. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Saturday July 25
  EMF: Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin, & Festival Orchestra, Jahja Ling, conductor
  Program: Glinka: Russlan and Ludmilla: Overture; Shostakovich: Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 99; & Dvorák: Symphony No. 8 in G, Op.88
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $55/$45. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  Related events: 1) Masterclass 7/24 @ 4p, Sternberger Auditorium. $15, free to season ticket holders; 2) Musically Speaking 7/25 @7p, Moon Room, Dana Auditorium. Free; & Concert prelude in front of Dana Auditorium at 7:15 p.m. Free.

• Saturday July 25
  EMFfringe Series
  Program: The John Cowan Band
  Triad Stage, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

•  Sunday July 26
  EMF Student Piano Recital
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 3:00 p.m.
  $10, free to season ticket holders. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Sunday July 26
  EMF @ Reynolda
  Program: Young Artists Piano Recital
  Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem. 3:00 p.m.
  $16 & $13. 336/758-5150

• Sunday July 26
  EMFfringe Series
  Program: Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park: The New Familiars
  The Lawn at Guilford College, Greensboro. 6:00 p.m.
  Free. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Monday July 27
  EMF Young Artists Chamber Recitals
  Program: announced afternoon of performance
  Sternberger Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 1:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/272-0160 or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Monday July 27
  EMF-UNCG Chamber Series, featuring John Cerminaro, horn
  Program: Mozart: Ein Musikalischer Spaß (A Musical Joke) in F, K.522; Ligeti: [6] Bagatelles for Wind Quintet; & Dvorák: String Quintet No. 2 in G, Op. 77
  Recital Hall, UNCG, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $20. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Tuesday July 28
  EMF Young Artists Chamber Recitals
  Program: announced afternoon of performance
  Sternberger Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 1:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/272-0160 or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Tuesday July 28
  EMF Carnegie Chamber Series
  Program: Reinecke: Trio for Piano, Oboe, and Horn in A minor, Op.188; Bartók: Contrasts; & Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-flat, Op.47
  Carnegie Room, Hege Library, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $25. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Wednesday July 29
  EMF Bonus Concert: EMF Brass Ensemble
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 4:00 p.m.
  $9, seniors $7, free to season ticket holders. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Wednesday July 29
  EMF
  Program: Pianopalooza
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $19/$16. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Thursday July 30
  EMF: Concerto Competition Winners & Young Artists Orchestras, José-Luis Novo & Chelsea Tipton II, conductors
  Program: Concerto selections t.b.a.; Coleridge-Taylor: Danse Nègre, Op. 35/4; Peck: Peace Overture; & Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $31/$25. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  Related event: 7/30 @ 4p - Master Class with Maximilian Dimoff, double bass Choir Room, Dana Auditorium, Guilford College. $15, free to season ticket holders.

• Thursday July 30
  EMFfringe Series
  Program: Mike Cross
  Triad Stage, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $27. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Friday July 31
  EMF: Concerto Competition Winners & Young Artists Orchestras, José-Luis Novo & Chelsea Tipton II, conductors
  Program: Concerto selections t.b.a.; Falla: El sombrero de tres picos: Suite No. 2 ("Three Dances"); & Strauss: Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $31/$25. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  Related event: Musically Speaking @7p, Moon Room, Dana Auditorium. Free.

• Saturday August 1
  EMF Young Artists Chamber Recitals
  Program: announced afternoon of performance
  Sternberger Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 1:30 p.m.
  Free. 336/272-0160 or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Saturday August 1
  EMF Bonus Concert: EMF Percussion Ensemble
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 4:00 p.m.
  $9, seniors $7, free to season ticket holders. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/

• Saturday August 1
  EMF: Xavier Phillips, cello, & Festival Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz, conductor
  Program: Hugh Aitken: new work; Debussy: La Mer; & Strauss: Don Quixote, Op. 35
  Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, Greensboro. 8:00 p.m.
  $47/$37. 336/272-0160, 866/579-TIXX(8499), or http://www.EasternMusicFestival.org/
  Related events: 1) Masterclass 7/31 @ 4p, Sternberger Auditorium. $15, free to season ticket holders.; 2) Musically Speaking 8/1 @7p, Moon Room, Dana Auditorium. Free.; & Concert prelude, in front of Dana Auditorium at 7:15 p.m. Free.

• Friday August 7
  Cinema Under the Stars
  Program: Victor Fleming’s The Wizard of Oz (1939)*
  Reynolda House, Winston-Salem. 9:00 p.m. Picnics encouraged, beer and wine for purchase only.
  $5, members $3. 336/758-5150 or http://www.reynoldahouse.org/index.php
  *Unrated, 101 min. Starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, and Margaret Hamilton

• Friday August 14
  Cinema Under the Stars - double feature
  Program: Richard Lester’s A Hard Day’s Night (1964)*; & Philip Kaufman’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)**
  Reynolda House, Winston-Salem. 9:00 & 11:00 p.m. Picnics encouraged, beer and wine for purchase only.
  $5, members $3. 336/758-5150 or http://www.reynoldahouse.org/index.php
  *Unrated, 87 min. Starring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison; &
  **Rated PG, 115 min. Starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy

• Wednesday August 19 - Saturday August 29
  Carolina Chamber Symphony Players
  Program: Carolina Summer Music Festival
  Visitors Center, Old Salem Museums and Gardens, & other venues around Winston-Salem.
  $. 336/721-7350 or http://www.carolinasummermusicfestival.org/

• Wednesday August 19
  Carolina Chamber Symphony Players
  Program: “Carolina Summer Music Festival Preview”:
  Zevely House Restaurant, Winston-Salem. 6:30 p.m..
  $55 - includes hors d’oeuvres, wine, dinner, & a 30-minute musical performance by artists from the Festival. 336/721-7350 or http://www.carolinasummermusicfestival.org/

• Friday August 21
  Cinema Under the Start
  Progam: Robert Wise’s The Sound of Music (1965)*
  Reynolda House, Winston-Salem. 9:00 p.m. Picnics encouraged, beer and wine for purchase only.
  $5, members $3. 336/758-5150 or http://www.reynoldahouse.org/index.php
  *Unrated, 174 min. Starring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, and Eleanor Parker. "The aerial shot of Julie Andrews singing the title song in the Austrian Alps is one of the most spectacular film openings of all time, and with song lyric subtitles we can all sing along. Children will be encouraged to make their 'favorite things' at nearby craft tables, to wave as they are mentioned by Maria and the Trapp family singers."

• Saturday August 22
  Carolina Chamber Symphony Players: Martha Bassett, vocalist, with Matt Kendrick, Federico Pivetta, John Wilson, Wally West, Ken Wilmot, & Jacqui Carrasco
  Program: “My Funny Valentine” - 2 sets of classic songs from the Rodgers & Hart Songbook including “The Lady is a Tramp,” “Manhattan,” “My Funny Valentine,” “This Can't Be Love,” and “Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered.”
  James A. Gray, Jr., Auditorium, Old Salem Visitor Center, Winston-Salem. 7p & 9:30p (2 performances).
  $15, seniors $12, sudents $5. 336/721-7350 or http://www.carolinasummermusicfestival.org/

• Sunday August 23
  Carolina Chamber Symphony Players: Glenn Siebert, tenor, Peter Kairoff, piano, Jacqui Carrasco, violin, & Elizabeth Ransom, flute
  Program: “American Landscape” - includes MacDowell: "Woodland Sketches" & Vaughan Williams: “Along the Fiel.”
  Reynolda House Museum of American Art, Winston-Salem. 3:00 p.m.
  $15, seniors $12, sudents $5. 336/721-7350 or http://www.carolinasummermusicfestival.org/

• Thursday August 27
  Carolina Chamber Symphony Players: Alex Maynegre, piano, Elizabeth Ransom, flute, Anthony Taylor, clarinet, Anna Lampidis, oboe, Joe Mount & Robert Campbell, horns, & Carol Bernstorf, bassoon.
  Program: “Summer Music” - Music by Barber, Poulenc, & Beethoven
  Jon Kuhn Studio Gallery, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $15, seniors $12, sudents $5. 336/721-7350 or http://www.carolinasummermusicfestival.org/

• Friday August 28
  Cinema Under the Stars
  Program: Baz Lurhmann’s Moulin Rouge! (2001)*
  Reynolda House, Winston-Salem. 9:00 p.m. Picnics encouraged, beer and wine for purchase only.
  $5, members $3. 336/758-5150 or http://www.reynoldahouse.org/index.php
  *Rated PG-13, 127 min. Starring Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, and Jim Broadbent. "Moulin Rouge! recasts Verdi’s La Traviata as a romantic musical in a fin de-siècle Paris cabaret, accompanied by the songs of Madonna, Elton John, and Nirvana."

• Saturday August 29
  Carolina Chamber Symphony Players: Chris Ferguson, trombone, Matt Ranson, tuba, & John Beck, drums
  Program: “Carolina Scrapbook: A Family Concert” - a multi-media history tour of the sights and sounds of North Carolina featuring the Festival Brass and a ... narrator
  James A. Gray, Jr., Auditorium, Old Salem Visitor Center, Winston-Salem. 11:00 a.m.
  $9, sudents $5, children < 2 free. 336/721-7350 or http://www.carolinasummermusicfestival.org/

• Saturday August 29
  Carolina Chamber Symphony Players: Jacqui Carrasco, violin, Matt Kendrick, bass, Federico Pivetta, piano, Elizabeth Ransom, flute, Joseph Pecoraro, guitar, & others t.b.a.
  Program: “Tango!” - Music of Astor Piazzolla including a sextet & “L’histoire du tango”
  James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium, Old Salem Visitor Center, Winston-Salem. 7:30 p.m.
  $15, seniors $12, sudents $5. 336/721-7350 or http://www.carolinasummermusicfestival.org/

• Friday September 4
  Cinema Under the Stars
  Program: Randall Kleiser’s Grease (1978)*
  Reynolda House, Winston-Salem. 9:00 p.m. Picnics encouraged, beer and wine for purchase only.
  $5, members $3. 336/758-5150 or http://www.reynoldahouse.org/index.php
  *Rated PG, 110 min. Starring John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, and Stockard Channing