North Carolina Symphony to perform at Kennedy Center in 2017
The North Carolina Symphony is one of four orchestras invited to perform in 2017 at a new, week-long musical festival at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
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Joining the NC Symphony at the SHIFT Festival, March 27 through April 2, 2017, will be the Boulder Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and a Brooklyn-based ensemble, The Knights. The festival is designed to highlight North American orchestras of all sizes.
In addition to Kennedy Center performances, each orchestra will serve a residency in D.C., performing a number of ticketed and free concerts at other venues including schools and parks.
The NC Symphony's main concert is scheduled for March 29, 2017, at 8 p.m. Tickets will go on sale in the fall of 2016.
“Though not intentional, the orchestras we ultimately selected represent an almost perfect cross-section of North American orchestras in terms of geographic location, programming focus, budget size and thematic inspiration," said Kennedy Center President Deborah F. Rutter in a statement. "Their enthusiasm for showcasing music that reflects their cities, and their innovative concepts for engaging with the community outside the walls of the concert hall, to us, reflect a fundamental and positive shift in how today’s orchestras view their role in the community.”
The SHIFT Festival is a collaboration between the Kennedy Center and Washington Performing Arts funded by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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