Davidson College Jazz Ensemble - Charlotte On The Cheap

Davidson College Symphony Orchestra. Photo courtesy of Davidson College Music Department

Davidson College’s Music Department presents many concerts throughout the year. Some feature student groups, like the jazz ensemble or Davidson Chorale, some feature faculty members and some feature guest performers. You can see the whole calendar here.

Some concerts are free and others have modest ticket prices. Here are some of the free concerts coming up. They are on the Davidson College campus, but make sure to take note of the individual locations. Scroll down for a map of the campus.

Here’s information on the venues:

Tyler Tallman Hall
In Sloan Music Center
323 Concord Road, Davidson

Davidson College Presbyterian Church
102 North Main Street, Davidson

Duke Family Performance Hall
On the lower level of the Knobloch Campus Center
207 Faculty Drive, Davidson

900 Room
Inside the Alvarez College Union, within the Knobloch Campus Center
207 Faculty Drive, Davidson

Davidson Town Green
119 S Main Street, Davidson

If you’re not familiar with the Davidson campus, the maps on this page might help.

Upcoming concerts with Davidson College Music Department

Although many of these concerts are free, some (even free ones) still require tickets. Contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135.

Please follow each link for more information.

Davidson College Jazz Ensemble: Lauren Sevian, baritone saxophone
Saturday, February 11, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Duke Family Performance Hall, Knobloch Campus Center
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Under the direction of Patrick Brown, the Davidson College Jazz Ensemble performs their first concert of the spring semester featuring Grammy award winning baritone saxophonist, Lauren Sevian. Co-director of the all-female collective “Lioness,“ Sevian can also be heard regularly with the Mingus Big Band and has performed with countless other groups such as Steely Dan, Veronica Swift, the Dizzy Gillespie all-star big band, Christian McBride’s Big Band, Robin Eubanks Big Band, and the legendary Count Basie Orchestra.

Davidson College Symphony Orchestra: Saint-Saëns’s Organ Symphony
Thursday, February 16, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Duke Family Performance Hall, Knobloch Campus Center
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Dr. Marcus R. Pyle leads the DCSO in a performance of Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 3, featuring organist Tomasz Robak. The concert also includes selections from two rarely performed operas–L’amant anonyme by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges and the stirring and passionate “Intermezzo” from Franz Schmidt’s opera, Notre Dame.

William Fried, piano: Gradus ad Parnassum
Sunday, February 19th, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Davidson College Artist Associate in Piano William Fried performs Rzewski’s epic variations The People United Will Never Be Defeated! and miniatures by Fauré and Ligeti.

Andrew Fierova, horn
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

In his fifth year as horn instructor, Andrew Fierova is presenting an evening of lush and beautiful horn music including Arnold Cooke’s Nocturnes with soprano Jacquelyn Culpepper and pianist Cynthia Lawing. Featuring works from the past and present, this performance will be a horn lover’s delight!

Rhiannon Giddens
Sunday, February 26, 2023
2:00 P.M. Q&A With Rhiannon Giddens Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center
7:30 P.M Concert

Duke Family Performance Hall, Knobloch Campus Center Marcus Pyle, artistic director
The Davidson College Concert Series and C. Shaw and Nancy K. Smith Artist Series are proud to welcome acclaimed musician Rhiannon Giddens to the Duke Family Performance Hall. A MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient, Giddens co-founded the Grammy Award-winning Carolina Chocolate Drops. She most recently won a Grammy Award for Best Folk Album for “They’re Calling Me Home,” which she made with multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi. Giddens is now a two-time winner and eight-time Grammy nominee for her work as a soloist and collaborator.
Tickets are free of charge and prioritized for current Davidson College students, faculty, and staff. Below is the schedule and details of the release of tickets.

Alumni and general public: There has been an update to how tickets will be released to the public. There will NOT be advance tickets available. Instead, an in-person wait list will be formed starting at 6 p.m. on February 26th, 2023, in the lobby of the Duke Family Performance Hall.

Spring Voice Studio Recital
Saturday, March 18, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Davidson College’s voice students from the studios of Jacquelyn Culpepper, Ilana Lubitsch, Harrison Bumgardner, Melinda Whittington, and Amanda Sesler take the stage in Tyler-Tallman Hall for a program of solo and collaborative works accompanied by Tomasz Robak.

An Afternoon of Irish Tunes
Sunday, March 19, 2023
3:00 P.M.
Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

A returning crowd favorite event, Charlotte’s own bluegrass and folk music stars Jon Singleton and Jon Hill will perform a concert of Irish American music to celebrate the heritage of old St. Patrick! Fiddle and clawhammer banjo meet accordion, piano, mandolin, and guitar. There will be plentiful songs and brisk, bonny dance tunes that will set your feet tapping!

Davidson College Chorale and Chamber Singers: Considering Matthew Shepard
Friday, March 24, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Davidson College Presbyterian Church
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Renata Berlin, director
25 years have passed since Matthew Shepard, a young, gay student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die in a field under a blanket of stars. Five days later, when Matt passed away, the world watched and reacted, passing hate crime legislation at the state and federal level. We will sing Matthew’s story by performing Craig Hella Johnson’s oratorio, Considering Matthew Shepard.

Spring Piano Studio Recital
Thursday, March 30, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Piano students from the studios of Cynthia Lawing and Will Fried take center stage in Tyler-Tallman Hall for a program of solo and collaborative works.

Davidson College Jazz Ensemble
Saturday, April 15, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Duke Family Performance Hall, Knobloch Campus Center
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Patrick Brown, director
The Davidson College Jazz Ensemble performs their final concert of the season featuring a guest artist in residency.

Davidson College Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4
Thursday, April 20, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Duke Family Performance Hall, Knobloch Campus Center
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

In this season finale concert, the DCSO performs Tchaikovsky’s monumental and virtuosic Symphony no. 4 and Beethoven’s jubilant homage to Baroque masters, The Consecration of the House Overture. Marus Pyle, interim director.

Davidson College Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Choral Arts Society Davidson: Bach Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
7:30 P.M.
Davidson College Presbyterian Church
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Renata Berlin, director
The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra joins the Chorale, Chamber Singers, and Choral Arts Society Davidson to present one of Johann Sebastian Bach’s greatest and uplifting vocal works, the Magnificat in D Major. Be transported to a majestic Baroque cathedral with this celebratory work for five-voice chorus, soloists with colorful orchestration.

Senior Goodbye Song
Saturday, May 13, 2023
1:00 P.M.
Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

Come and hear our senior voice students as they sing their last solos on the stage of Tyler Tallman. All friends and family are invited to this special moment.

Farewell to Seniors Concert
Saturday, May 13, 2023
7:15 P.M
Davidson College Presbyterian Church
Free and open to the public. Tickets are not required.

We welcome alumni and our wider community to gather on the eve of the Class of 2023 Graduation to celebrate our season and seniors. This intimate performance will feature choral favorites of the graduating class and a reflection in song of the memories made in the Davidson choral family. Alumni are encouraged to join us in our alma mater and fight songs.