Greensboro Symphony Orchestra

The Brahms concerto was completely stunning. We were in the presence of a consumate master of the violin AND a stunning interpreter of the music of Brahms. Sitkovetsky played as if from 'within' the orchestra, he knew every note in EVERY part. It was overwhelming. How lucky are we to have this remarkable musician participating in our community. Thank you, Dmitri, and the GSO for a performance to remember. the night owl

We went with 4 of our friends to see this concert. The seats were great, the music was awesome and we enjoyed it very much. The Greensboro Symphony does a wonderful job with it's Pops Concerts! Would go to all of them!

Was a great performance and would definitely go see again.

The symphony performed like one would expect a fine first-class international orchestra and each of the three young soloists was amazing. In particular, the violinist, Stefani Collins, performed superbly. Her selections were totally virtuosic and she demonstrated the ability to perform like a seasoned virtuoso!! My congratulations to all!

The entire event was special, the location, casual and quiet, the snow outside and the wonderful musicians and singers. Lot's of memories and well worth the trip.

Excellent combination of show tunes. The orchestra was great the soloists were charming and talented. A wonderful evening! Let's have more.

Although I had heard such good things about this group, I was still unprepared for how much I would enjoy this concert. Although the vast majority of the audience was adults, I took two third grader(who both play the violin) and they were absolutely blown away by the concert. It is so easy to get drawn into the excitement on stage and the joy with which these musicians play is infectious. Clearly this group's music transcends generations and I am incredibly grateful that I could expose these young girls to a concert which will inspire their muscial efforts as these young girls certainly represent the upcoming generation of music lovers. This was one of the best concerts I have attended. I hope to see them re-booked year after year. Bravo to the guys in "Time for Three"!

It's was memorizing listening to a group so unique in their musical style- using violins and a bass to present classical, jazz, rock, hip hop, and blue grass. Very friendly with the audience and interactive.

The performance (especially from the singers) seemed to lack a certain Latino passion that I would expect from a salsa performance.

Great show! John Denver's music is marvelous for the soul. Jim Curry did thesongs justice and the orchestra back-up added greatly to the pleasure of John's poetry. Thanks for this great concert!

the lyrics of John Denver's songs are poems. I forgot how beautiful they are. Jim Curry and company have the sound down perfectly. Greensboro Symphony Pops was excellent. The auditorium at Westover was ideal: sound and video was wonderful.

The Jim Curry concert with the Carolina Pops was excellent. I was impressed with the quality of the orchestra and the way they accompanied Mr. Curry and his group with litte practice. Having seen John Denver in concert in the 1990's, I was prepared to be disappointed. I came away very satisfied. The music was right on, and Mr. Curry's voice was strong John Denver. I closed my eyes, and it took me back to my earlier concert. My only hang up was that Mr. Curry tried a little too hard to recreate John Denver in his dress and mannerisms. The music was good enough to stand on its own.

He was terrific - and the orchestra did an outstanding job.... Could almost close my eyes and think John Denver was on the stage!!!! Great performance!!!!! A very talented musician....

We thoroughly enjoyed Jim Curry and company. I was totally impressed with Westover Church. Never been to that church and thought from the parking to the filming of the orchestra was well done. We got to watch on the big screens the intrumentalist. Normally we can only see the front row. I would have liked to purchase Jim's CD but we exited to the right rear of the auditorium and there were no tables set up to purchase in that area or as we exited through the lobby. We will watch for events at Westover Church and buy tickets.

A trip back in time. A wonderul tribute to a wonderful time of life with John Denver's music.

The tribute to John Denver was spectacular. I loved it, and so did my 20-something daughter and daughter in law. It's good for the old John Denver fans, and the future fans. If they come back, I would see it every time.

What a great tribute to the legendary John Denver. Jim Curry, backed by the Carolina Pops Orchestra was just outstanding. Jim not only brought his music and singing tribute of John Denver, he brought many wonderful insights into John Denver that not many people knew. And to have three of John Denver's original band members along was added delight. Jim's singing of "Annie Song" was just spectacular. Bruce Keseling's direction of the Carolina Pops Symphony was great. From " Rocky Mountain" High to "I'm Just a Country Boy" was great. I highly recommend Jim Curry. If he could only sing a bit more. The audience wanted more.

The soloist was delightful, animated even when not performing. Orchestra was good, too, but the audience was rather plebian.

From the start to finish, the performance was fantastic. Dima's performance on his Stradivarious was truly outstanding....! kudos to GSO and all the artists.

Amazing night, although the weather was terrible, I had an amazing night at the Greensboro Symphony! Five Stars!

Saturday night, Emmanual Ax played Beethoven's 4th Concerto for Piano and Orchestra wonderfully. The orchestra gamboled about with him as he and the conductor clearly had a good time playing a piece, as the concert notes indicated, that Beethoven wrote at the height of his creativity. However, it appeared that the orchestra was better rehearsed on the piece with Ax than the other two pieces that were on the play bill. Where was the horn and woodwind sections in the Scottish symphony? They had no life; no brightness. The strings played beautifully but may have overwhelmed the smaller horn and woodwind sections.

Emanuel Ax was amazing. I wasn't looking at a man of great talent; I watched a man of genius. Obiviously the music flowed through him and he became part of the music.

The New Year's Eve pops concert of the GSO was excellent in all respects. The vocal soloist, Diane Penning, had a beautiful classically trained voice bust careful to temper her use of range, volume, and technique to songs in the Broadway and film musical traditions. The instrumental soloists, Rich Ridenhour (piano) and his son Brandon Ridenhour (trumpets) were top notch. Rich is a virtuoso, Juilliard trained, pianist who demonstrated his "chops" on Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. He quickly built a rapport with the audience with his relaxed and unassuming manner. Brandon is a phenomenal trumpeter and a former member of the Canadian Brass. His technique and expression on three instruments was most impressive. Finally, the GSO performed with aplomb and precision. As a former member, I was gratified to hear the orchestra playing so well under the direction of Nate Beversluis, its very capable conductor

The Symphony and performers were excellent. I was hoping for some older Disney music as I'm not as familiar with the newer movies (ie., Mulan, Princss and the Frog) but I understand that the younger crowd would expect that. I wanted to bring my grandchildren yet the performance was past their bedtime but hopefully next year. Great show!

I would listen to Sitkovetsky and Cho anytime I had the opportunity. However, the whole chamber of violins, viola and cellos were remarkable. It was the highlight of my week. It is obvious why Cho is such an award winner. Bravo!

Wonderful Music,High Wire Couple performance scary but rewarding.

the gso symphony was fabulous while cirque was very mediocre. there was only 1 performer for every other song. Alot of the acts were very repetitive. If you have ever seen a real cirque performance you will be extremely disappointed.i was very impressed with the symphony but not so with cirque.

Excellent show; Cirque plus symphony, 2 great events together. Simply awesome!!!!!!!

Maestro Sitkovetsky engineered another innovative and sonorous event. The soloists were Outstanding; the instrumentalists (with whom we were all familiar) played with great understanding of the program. All in all a fun night to see and listen to.

A very well performed concert. All band members are great as well as the Greensboro symphony orchestra. Wonderful music and will hope to see them perform again in Raleigh, NC next year

The mystery tour when combined with the Greensboro Sympohny was amazing!

Excellent show - really enjoyed the evening and the musicians as well as the symphony. Evening went by so quickly.

Great show... 2 1/2 hours. Will see again if available

My husband and I were spell bound for the 2 hour Classical Mystery Tour performance. The music was spot on, just the way you remembered hearing it on the original recordings. The singer were fabulous musicians as well as two of them being almost dead-ringers for Paul McCartney and John Lennon. The addition of the symphony at just the right times made it an incredible experience! Would go back to see it again!!

Was a Beatles journey to the past. Outstanding performance by both the group and the Symphony. Enjoyed every minute of it.

Tribute band was very good. Song selection & arrangements were excellent. Got cold because seats were under a vent. Moved back one row to some empty seats after intermission - that solved the problem for us.

Great! Performance was fabulous and fun! Performers were great Beatles impersonators!

Talked to lots of people who would've wanted to hear more OLD Beatles, early 60's I want to Hold your Hand, She loves You, etc. With age group in attendance lots of white hairs, older Beatles would've been better I actually see what this is called my hubby bought tickets at last minute if I had seen mystery tour I would've told him to save his $80.00 We had season tickets in past and saw some impersonators at War Memorial and they were great, played all old old Beatles from early sixties, don't think they were these same guys but would be curious to know.

These guys backed by the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra provided a great retrospect to many of the wonderful hits we've all loved throughout the decades in a way the Beatles were never able to do in concert.

This performance was the second of two back-to-back shows, and it was amazing! Sitkovetsky's skills are incredible, both conducting and playing. I was absolutely impressed and cannot wait for the next performance!

Outstanding -enjoyed both the performances & the selections !

Enjoyed every second of this concert. I was smiling from ear to ear from start to finish. The Greensboro Symphony does it again!

This was the best show of the season - the orchestra sounded wonderful and the entertainers excellent. I could have sat there all night and listen to them.

It was a wonderful evening, we were sorry when it came to an end. We enjoyed the orchestral numbers but were blown away by the singers both individually and in groups. We knew most of the songs and felt that they were performed brilliantly. Bring them back!

Outstanding venue; the acoustics were incredible. The music was fun, lively, well played and exceedingly well sung. We are new to the area and had no idea what the church setting was like. We were not expecting this type auditorium and would definitely return. The only piece lacking was either a program or more comment from the conductor on the music: I couldn't identify which musical for each song and knowing that would have enhanced my experience. Overall: topnotch.

A fantastic evening. Comfortable and attractive venue with great sound, easy parking and nice folks. An outstanding symphony and an entertaining and informative conductor. 4 strong voices, who exhibited outstanding voice ranges. A thoughtfully delightful selection of Broadway showstoppers. I give it a check plus smiley face.

Hope this performance will return next year! The vocalists and symphony together were fabulous!

This was the best show my wife and I have seen in quite some time. We were most impressed with the performance of all the artists. I would vote for a repeat booking next year. Carl and Meredith Curry

I loved this concert! The voices were fabulous and the music selections were absolutely wonderful. I didn't want it to end. Thank you, Greensboro Symphony!

Amazing talent combined with beautiful music and powerful medleys in a gorgeous setting. Soloists had real star power and great command of the material. I didn't want the show to end!

Wonderful, great program, bad parking - plan ahead! Great father/daughter moments. Musicians were wonderful, they all deserve standing ovations!

The music was great and the performance was just the right length and the weather was perfect.

Music was good but singers were poor. Could not hit high notes. Worst in years.

The musical selections were great, especially Rhapsody in Blue. The orchestra brought color to the evening, and the guest piano soloist's explanations and anecdotes about the music added to the evening. It should be noted, however, that the over-amplification of the piano affected the overall quality and enjoyment of the piano solos.

Even though Richard Glazier is a fine pianist, I thought the show focused on him way too much. I wanted to hear a lot more singing from Michael and Natalie. I believe that Natalie sang 1 song prior to intermission, and 3 in the second half. Michael sang a total of 6/7 songs. To me, Natalie and Michael were not treated fairly, and the audience was left with a large void. In years past, the soloists were featured as they sang many songs, but this wasn't the case Saturday evening. With intermission, the show went from 8pm to 10:25pm which is too long. Think the show should be no more than 2 hours. Overall, I would not want to sit thru this particular show again. If there was much more singing, I would love to be there.

This performance far exceeded my expectations! Mr. Glazier's story made it so much more than a musical concert. Mr. Andrew and Ms. Cordone were fabulous! The orchestra was outstanding. We took my husband's daughter and 14-year old grandson to see it, not quite sure whether or not he would enjoy it. He loved it! All in all, a great experience.

Got 14 friends to join us for a fun evening, very disappointed, will think before doing this again.

Great performance. Intimate venue. Need to raise profile of this magnificent ensemble.

For my husband's birthday, as a surprise, I purchased tickets to see the Doo Wop Project! It was an evening of "pure" entertainment that would put a "happy" face on anyone who attended. The group of singers were talented, charismatic and pure delight to watch. From outstanding harmony to great choreography, their repertoire of songs took us down memory lane into the popular music of today. Each of the performers had their own story to tell and a unique delivery of the songs they sang. I cannot emphasize enough how much we enjoyed the concert, especially my husband. He said it was one of the best birthday presents he ever received! Hopefully, the Doo Wop Project will return to Greensboro. Also, I would be remiss in not mentioning the Greensboro Symphony who gave an outstanding performance and enhanced the music presented throughout the evening!

The Guys from Doo Wop Project were wonderful! The Symphony complemented the so well!

The Doo Wop Project performance in Greensboro was EXCELLENT! The talent of these young men is phenomenal! The venue is lovely and well kept. There isn't a bad seat in the house and acoustics are great. The orchestra was on point too! There couldn't be a better way to introduce our daughter to this genre of music. She loved it and has a new playlist of doo wop classics and the DooWop Projects album as well. We are so glad that the Pops series included this act. Songs included were: The Angels Listened In, Tracks of My Tears, I Only Have Eyes for You and more. They also doo wop-ified several current songs from Maroon 5, Adele, Sam Smith and Jason Mraz. A classic take on some great songs. I didn't think that I would like this part of the show but I was WRONG! DON'T MISS THIS SHOW!

The Doo Wop project is one of the best shows we have experienced. The "Boys" are fantastic singers as well as showmen.

This was a wonderful experience and brought back many memories of fun times in high school.

The best performance I have been to in a long time. Just an amazing performance.

Our first time at the GSO Symphony since moving to this area. Tremendous talent. Thank you for a wonderful evening.

A great symphony and family friendly. Family always enjoys the fun of seeing the 501st and everyone is dressed as various characters.

This was such a unique experience, I loved it! It was especially great to see all different types of people or various ages enjoying it in their own way.

Dave Bennett and his band put on an unusual and delightful performance, and were beautifully supported by the GSO Symphony; I would certainly go see them again - somewhere else. Sadly, Westover Church was not a good setting. Our seats were excellent, and clearly Westover has invested in a state of the art sound system. Unfortunately that system could not make up for a hall that has fundamentally poor, unfocused and mushy acoustics (at least for this kind of music). We were able to move around and try seats in three different sections & levels, none of which offered any better sound. We will not attend another musical performance at this venue in the future.

A great performance by the husband and wife team of Broadway singers. One can certainly understand why he was the Phantom and she was Christine in "Phantom Of The Opera".. They were brilliant vocalists. I enjoyed their diversity of song selections, meaning several of their songs from popular Broadway musicals were not the well-known songs, but were other less heard songs. There final song was a favorite of mine, "Love Changes Everything". The Greensboro Symphony was also brilliant. Greensboro folks are extremely lucky to have such wonderful musicians and directors in our community. The overall program was superb, and I can't wait til next year.

This was an excellent show. The symphony orchestra was great as were the two wonderful singers. The performers were top notch and really connected to the audience. Sung songs from many shows.

We decided rather too late, to go to the Symphony Pops New Years Eve concert, so did not get the best tickets ( our fault!). Our seats were somewhere at the back, but we still had an excellent view. Being new to Greensboro, this was our first time hearing the GSO symphony and it was well worth it. It was also a treat to have broadway artists Sandra Joseph and Ron Bohmer, both stars of Phantom of the Opera on Broadway. Spectacular voices with an excellent symphony orchestra, well led by assistant conductor Nate Bersluis. The evening was filled with broadway show favorites. Very nostalgic and entertaining! A nice & different ring into the New Year. Got home well in time to celebrate!

We're always looking for the right event for us to enjoy and boy this was great.

The New Year's Eve performane was wonderful! Not only did the Symphony do an incredible job, but the husband/wife singers were excellent! What a treat to have two Broadway stars perform the music from the roles they performed for so long in New York. Overall, a most enjoyable way to end 2016!

I saw the Texas Tenors 2 years ago at Wendover. At that performance it was only the Texas Tenors, I also did not realize this was a Christmas program....not advertised that way. Very disappointing. I brought 6 people to see the Tenors thinking they would be singing popular and favorite songs as their previous performance. Did not like all the videos on the back wall either. I will not attend a Tenor concert again with the Greensboro Symphony.

Took my 9 year old to his first symphony. It was beautiful. Looking forward to future events with him.

The paintings featured in the first piece added a needed visual dimension. I had never heard this particular piece, and I must say its not my favorite Tschaikowsy piece. Sleeping beauty was ethereal, breathtaking in its depth and well performed. The 1812 Overture was flawless. My only complaint was the lack of respect shown to the performers by some members audience and ushers. There is no excuse for banging doors in the middle of a performance. If one has arrived late, and must be seated between movements, one should move quickly and quietly to a seat, not parade down the aisle waving to one's friends. Ushers should enforce this, and control the closing doors if the music has started.

To have the beautiful melodies and passionate crescendos of Tchaikovsky put to the artwork of Aleksander and Lyuba Titovets on a slide show was absolutely brilliant. Greensboro Symphony Orchestra did one fantastic job with this venue.

This performance will always be amongst my favorites. The Greensboro Symphony did an excellent and energetic rendering of the complex textures and colors of Tchaikovsky's works. He is my favorite composer and I had the privilege of having my father, who introduced me to classical music when I was five, there to enjoy his favorite piece the "1812 Overture". Many thanks to all who made this evening possible.

Front row center for such an amazing event! The guest conductor was amazing and funny. The performances were amazing and the art showing by the two guest artists from Russia only made it more magical.

I was expecting more oscar winning themes rather than musical scores.The guest artist Rich and Brandon Ridenour were absolutely wonderfulThey were Marvelous!!.I was not expecting to here American in Paris , Rhapsody in Blue or Sumertime by Gershwin but they are my favorites so that was a pleasant surprise.I hope that the symphony would consider doing a tribute to Gershwin. I must be honest in saying that I did not care for the guest singer.I or none of the people that I was with cared for her style .I have heard the selections that she sung done much better. Over all it was a good concert a lot of fun.I love the Westover Church venue and hope to attend more symphonies there.Except for the guest singer I would have rated 5 stars.All things considered 4 stars.

Great entertainment for New Years Pops Concert. Excellent soloists and the orchestra was very good!

The New Year's Eve event was truly outstanding! With humor, spontaneity, and professionalism, the orchestra performed in an atmosphere of joy that brought along the audience every step of the way. The headliners could not have done better! Beautiful music in an outstanding setting!

Concert was a total blast from beginning to end! We had a great time. A terrific orchestra, and great guests.

The Greensboro Symphony and Alexander Schimpf were absolutely phenomenal! Schimpf had beautiful technique and blended well with his accompanists. Just magnificent.

Both the Greensboro and Winston-Salem Symphonies were fantastic. Zuill Bailey was amazing.

most fabulous thing I have ever witnessed or heard had to be there to believe the magnitude of the greatness of the talent

This was very disappointing. An exceptional clarinet player was coming, and the Bruckner Symphony was the other draw. Not only did the clarinettist drop out (no reason given to patrons), but the program bore no relation to the original, and the Bruckner disappeared.

Wonderful concert! Thank you to the GSO and Dmitry Sitkovetsky!

Awesome concert! Very true to him. Brought tears to my eyes.

Show was better than expected. What a great experience to hear Jim Curry sing these songs with the Greensboro Symphony backing. All on John Denver's 70th birthday! Jim Curry is amazing. I only wish the show was longer. 2 hours was worth the money but not long enough to do the music justice. The great camera/screen work really helped make seating in the back OK.

Jim Curry sounds so much like John Denver, it almost seems like I have gone 30 years back in time and am at a John Denver concert. This was the second Jim Curry/Greensboro Symphony concert I have attended. I hope there will be another one soon.

Jim Curry is very respectful of the legacy of John Denver's music. He performs beautifully ... nostalgic fun show. It feels like John is in the room!

Jim Curry was wonderful and the backing of the symphony enhanced his performance!

My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed Jim Curry's performance! The GSO Symphony was perfect in its accompaniment and background, the flautist and bass player PLUS Jim's wife were simply great. The young man who performed the duet with Jim on "Perhaps Love" was truly spectacular, and to think he is a local talent, too! Jim's renditions of John's songs brought tears to both our eyes and we hated to have the performance end. Kudos to all who brought this to Greensboro! Glad there was an excellent turnout, too.

Fantastic! During most songs you could close your eyes and feel John Denver was back live on stage. Lee Holdridge as conductor, with his experience actually working and arranging for John Denver, added tremendously to the overall experience. This show was much improved over Jim Curry s first appearance here a few years ago!

I picked this program because the last time I went to the symphony, I ended up wishing it would be over some during the last half. I knew that with the ballet component and the choice of music that there would be enough going on that I would be able to enjoy the whole thing. LOVED IT- from start to finish!

The music was great and the dancing was a super addition. Really liked the show . Well done.

My husband and I loved the orchestra! It was very well done. The ballet was okay but has a lot of room for improvement. Overall it was a lovely evening out. Would recommend.

Visiting from out of town, we decided to check out the local symphony. The venue was old but serviceable (they are building a new one), the snack bar was minimal, but the performance was first rate. The Russian conductor was excellent, as was his orchestra. The Greensboro ballet troupe provided several dancers to enhance the evening's music and they performed credibly. The choice of music proved to be top rate and there were no 'nodding heads' at this performance! We were thoroughly pleased with our evening.

You just never know when life will present to you just the right alignment of circumstances to produce a revelation of beauty or truth or both, such that you not only are thrilled at what's unfolding but you also are keenly aware that you're the witness of some kind of miracle. This was the case on Saturday evening, May 11, in Greensboro NC, quite a few hours from where I & my friends live. In short, let me just highlight the facts: two violin concerti in one evening, the first one feature two violins (Bach's incomparable "double concerto" in D minor, which I never before got to hear live); two first-class players, one of whom is the symphony's own gifted conductor Dmitry Sitkovetsky, the other his own nephew, the touring violinist Alexander Sitkovetsky; first-class orchestral players across the boards; better-than-average acoustics in the "Dana Auditorium" of Guilford College (go there!); the tonally well-chosen programming & dynamic performance of a composite symphony crafted out of 4 separate symphonies of Beethoven (the three [French] horn players in the trio of the third movement, the scherzo from the "Eroica," were as good as it gets); a thunderstorm that roared outdoors, but only faintly audible during the music, having mostly spent itself by the time we all exited into a cool night with only light rain; an audience that knew something extraordinary was up; etc.!