Davidson College Union

The DCSO opens their season with an eclectic mix of dance music including Argentine tango, Mexican jarabe, a deep south cakewalk, Viennese ballroom, and a cosmic dance of Shiva as Nataraja. Composers featured include José Elizondo, Michael-Thomas Foumai, Florence Price, and Johann Strauss, Jr.

Admission is free, but tickets are required. For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. *Online ticket sales are subject to an Etix convenience fee.

The 2021 International Bluegrass Music Association Momentum Band of the Year, the Stillhouse Junkies demonstrate the impossible – that hard driving bluegrass can be accomplished with just three virtuoso musicians. Their combination of fiddle, bass, and guitar/mandolin, and their impeccable three-part vocal harmony, will create the liveliest concert experience!

Commemorating 400 years since the death of William Byrd, our choirs are joined by professional, Grammy nominated and London based ensemble, Stile Antico. Together, they present this season’s InChoir series concert, a program of dazzling Renaissance polyphony alongside contemporary selections.

New York Philharmonic Concertmaster Glenn Dicterow formed the Amerigo Trio with Grammy-nominated violist Karen Dreyfus and critically acclaimed cellist Inbal Segev. Their concerts have been hailed as a “virtuoso performance….an extraordinary interchange of musical thought” by the Maine Sunday Telegram and The Strad has praised Amerigo’s “personality, purpose, and captivating energy.”

Since the group’s founding, they have been invited to perform at some of the most prestigious concert series in the US, including Lorin Maazel's Castleton Festival, The Hotchkiss School, the Concord Chamber Music Society, Tannery Pond Concerts, the New York Chamber Music Festival at Symphony Space, Dumbarton Concerts, and the Phillips Collection Concert Series. 

For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Free for Davidson students, but tickets are required.

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  Jon Hill & Jon Singleton: Old-time Music
  Sunday, October 15, 2023
  3:00 P.M.
  Tyler-Tallman Hall, Sloan Music Center
  
  

  
  

Join this old-time power duo for a concert full of traditional music rooted in the Appalachians.

Burt Bacharach was the most successful pop composer of the 60s, with over 70 top-40 hits, six Grammys, three Oscars, and performances of his music from over 1,200 artists. Join us for a one-night-only celebration of his life and music featuring singers Jacquelyn Culpepper, Ilana Lubitsch, Dan Boye, instrumentalists Cynthia Lawing, Patrick Brown, Bill Lawing, Matthew Rybicki, and Al Sergel, with narration by Sharon Green, in tribute to this remarkable and original composer who died in February at the age of 94.

An annual audience favorite, this concert features the winners of our 2023 Concerto Competition. Winners will be announced in late September.

If one could imagine a Grand Ol’ Opry for Black Musicians, it would be The Black Opry Revue, a collective of many Black musicians who share a kinship with some form of country music. Our Black Opry Revue will feature three musicians: Julie Williams, a Duke alumna with a degree in public policy who is following her singer/songwriting passion in Nashville; Joe West, who has been heard by countless thousands of travelers to and through the Nashville International Airport, and Mel Washington, currently living in Charleston but formerly from Nashville. All three are deeply gifted artists who will give us many of their original compositions.

Davidson students perform a Classical smorgasbord of operatic selections by Mozart, Puccini, and many more! This 90-minute program is a workshop in English to showcase and highlight the history, technique, and traditions that students learned in their Opera Workshop class. 

The Burnett Sisters learned their craft through the wonderful JAM (Junior Appalachian Musician) program, taught in small communities throughout the mountains of North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Kentucky. From a very early age they were part of an award-winning ensemble, Strictly Strings. Reaching adulthood, they formed their own family band that has its essential roots in Old-time music, but that borrows heavily from bluegrass and country music. Despite their youth, their many years as family members and ensemble members have honed their skills. They are musically far ahead of their time, and we will be hosting them on their way up.          

The Jazz Ensemble is excited to welcome saxophonist Alexa Tarantino to the Duke Family Performance Hall. An award-winning musician, composer, and educator, Alexa’s high-octane energy and original compositions establish her individual voice which shines through as a dynamic performer and educator. Tarantino was recently named one of the top five alto saxophonists of 2019 by the JazzTimes Critics’ poll and nominated as a Rising Star - Alto Saxophone by Downbeat Magazine’s 2020 and 2021 critics’ poll.

We enthusiastically welcome drag performance artist and professional musician Thorgy Thor for an explosive collaborative performance with the DCSO. Since appearing on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Thorgy has been traveling the world, bringing audiences her trademark wit, sense of humor, and musical charm.

For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Free for Davidson students, but tickets are required.

The Davidson College Choirs combine with choirs in the Davidson community, including Davidson College Presbyterian Church, St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, and Davidson United Methodist Church to present choral works with dramatic organ.

A returning crowd favorite event, Charlotte's own old-time, 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 mandolin and guitar. There will be plentiful songs and brisk, bonny dance tunes that will set your feet tapping!

The Charlotte Symphony Brass Quintet headlines with selections from West Side Story and other powerhouse works for brass ensemble. It draws its musicians—Alex Wilborn, Jon Kaplan, Andrew Fierova, Tom Burge, and Scott Hartman—from the Charlotte Symphony. Join us for a concert of brass works from Felix Mendelssohn to Price to Lutoslawski.

For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Free for Davidson students, but tickets are required. 

Since 1985, John Patitucci’s association with Chick Corea has brought him worldwide acclaim and put him at the forefront of the jazz world. His many recordings with Chick Corea’s Elektric Band and Akoustic Band, his six solo recordings for GRP Records and his subsequent recordings have brought him two Grammy Awards, one for playing and one for composing, and over fifteen Grammy nominations. Patitucci is currently a Visiting Scholar at Berklee, teaching in both the Global Jazz Institute and the Bass Department.

For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Free for Davidson students, but tickets are required.

Rarely performed and agonizingly sublime, this concert features Rossini’s liturgical setting of the anguish of Mary.

For tickets, please contact the Union Box Office at 704-894-2135. Free for Davidson students, but tickets are required.

Join the DCSO for Bedřich Smetana’s powerful Šárka, The High Castle, and The Moldau from My Country.