FEATURING UNC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Evan Harger PROGRAM Ferdinand Hérold Overture to Zampa Ingrid Stölzel City Beautiful Gustav Holst Somerset Rhapsody -Intermission- Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges L’Amant Anonyme Overture Léo Delibes Sylvia Ballet Suite TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Evan Harger with Juan Álamo, percussion Rafael Rodriguez, flute Armando Ramirez, Composer-In-Residence Guest conductor Claudio Cohen, Maestro Titular e Diretor Artístico da Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santor PROGRAM Armando Ramirez Concerto for Percussion and Flute, featuring Juan Álamo and Rafael Rodriguez Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky Capriccio Italien -Intermission- Heitor Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No. 7 with Guest Conductor, Claudio Cohen TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Evan Harger featuring winners of the Annual Concerto and Aria Competition PROGRAM TBA TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

FEATURING UNC Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Evan Harger with Heidi Radtke, saxophone PROGRAM Robert Ward Concerto for Tenor Saxophone and Orchestra, featuring Heidi Radtke -Intermission- Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor TICKETS $10 general admission $5 students, faculty, and staff Free UNC Music students, faculty, and staff $5 live stream Purchase tickets or livestream registration online. Tickets are also available at the door, 30 minutes prior to the concert start time. PARKING Please plan to arrive early as parking on campus can be tricky. Learn more about parking and directions to UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus. This event is part of the 2026-2027 Martha Flowers Ensemble series.

To be in the room when Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax perform together is to witness a musical relationship shaped by more than four decades of friendship, trust, and curiosity. Ax has described their collaboration as one in which the music leads and the musicians follow. Their performances carry an ease and intimacy that only comes from years of listening closely to one another, responding in the moment, and returning again and again to the joy of making music together. What makes this collaboration remarkable is not simply technical mastery. It is the sense of connection that runs through every note. Audiences can hear it in the way one musician follows the other’s lead, anticipates a phrase, or finds space for an unexpected idea to emerge. Both artists are familiar faces at Carolina Performing Arts; Ma through multiple appearances with the Silkroad Ensemble and Ax through recitals and orchestral performances. Experiencing them together offers a rare opportunity to witness two lifelong friends in conversation through music. Student tickets always $11. Eligible for CLE. Find out more and buy tickets at: