WDAV has teamed up with Free Range Brewing to offer a fun Concert Series that brings together good music, good people, and good beer. Below is a listing of past performances in the series.
Season 4
(Virtual) Small Batch with Beo String Quartet Friday, June 26 at 5:00 p.m.
(Virtual) Small Batch with Opera Carolina featuring Johnathan Stanford White and Melinda Whittington
Thursday, April 16 at 5 p.m.
(Virtual) Small Batch with Barbara Krumdieck
Friday, April 10 at 5 p.m.
(Virtual) Small Batch with Pamela Howland
Friday, April 3 at 5 p.m.
(Virtual) Small Batch with Ethan Uslan
Tuesday, October 15 at 5:30 p.m.
WDAV’s ground-breaking program Concíerto is turning 10 and we’re throwing a Small Batch concert to celebrate. Oskar Espina Ruiz and Friends will perform a program filled with a diverse program of works by Latin American composers, from beloved Piazzolla and Villa-Lobos to groundbreaking innovators such as Alfonso Fuentes, and Orlando Jacinto García.
Tuesday, November 19 at 5:30 p.m.
The Verona Quartet are winners of the 2015 Concert Artist Guild competition, and quartet-in-residence at the New England Conservatory of Music. Learn more about Verona Quartet.
Program:
Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18, No. 1 Szymanowski: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 56 Ravel: String Quartet in F Major
Sunday, December 8 at 4:00 p.m.
Grand prize winners of the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and Second Prize Winners of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition. Top prize at the 2019 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, the 2018 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and the 2018 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Learn more about Callisto Quartet.
Program:
Beethoven: String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 18 No. 6 Ligeti: String Quartet No. 1 “Métamorphoses nocturnes” Debussy: String Quartet in G minor, Op.10
Sunday, January 26 at 4:00 p.m.
Ethan Uslan is a ragtime/jazz pianist, raconteur and a 3-time winner of the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest (yes – that really exists!) His concerts are filled with passion, humor, virtuosity, and a deep love for America’s rich musical past. Learn more about Ethan Uslan.
Wednesday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. **Event Cancelled**
Founded in Ann Arbor, the Ivalas Quartet won first prize at the 2018 Briggs Chamber Music Competition and the 2019 WDAV Young Chamber Musicians Competition. Learn more about Ivalas Quartet
Tuesday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m. **Event Postponed**
For the third year running, WDAV and Charlotte New Music Festival co-present Beo String Quartet for an extraordinary evening of world premieres and new music.
The Winthrop Percussion Collective, led by accomplished percussionist Adam Snow, brings together young musicians for a truly innovative program. The all-percussion performance will feature cool contemporary works and clever arrangements of classical favorites.
Sunday, March 31, 2019 at 4 p.m.
Cellist Norbert Lewandowski will present a groundbreaking program of works by Pulitzer-prize winning composer David Lang, an original arrangement of a work by Philip Glass, and a fascinating piece by young American composer Andy Akiho. Lewandowski’s use of technology and recorded cellos will challenge your conception of chamber music, while adding a never-before-seen component to our Series.
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.
WDAV partners with the Charlotte New Music Festival to present the final Small Batch Concert of the season. Beo String Quartet, the festival’s quartet in residence, will present a program of fresh chamber works.
Season 1
Monday, November 6, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.
Our first concert has an incredible string quartet featuring musicians of the Charlotte Symphony, including concertmaster Calin Lupanu, violinist Monica Boboc, principal violist Ben Geller, and assistant principal cellist Jon Lewis.
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. WDAV is partnered with the Charlotte New Music Festival to present the final Small Batch Concert of the season. Beo String Quartet, the festival’s quartet in residence, will present a program of fresh chamber works.
WDAV’s ground-breaking program Concíerto is turning 10 and we’re throwing a Small Batch concert to celebrate. Oskar Espina Ruiz and Friends will perform a program filled with a diverse program of works by Latin American composers, from beloved Piazzolla and Villa-Lobos to groundbreaking innovators such as Alfonso Fuentes, and Orlando Jacinto García.
Grand prize winners of the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and Second Prize Winners of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition. Top prize at the 2019 Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition, the 2018 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and the 2018 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition. Learn more about Callisto Quartet.
Ethan Uslan is a ragtime/jazz pianist, raconteur and a 3-time winner of the World Championship Old-Time Piano Playing Contest (yes – that really exists!) His concerts are filled with passion, humor, virtuosity, and a deep love for America’s rich musical past. Learn more about Ethan Uslan.
Wednesday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m.
For the third year running, WDAV and Charlotte New Music Festival co-present Beo String Quartet for an extraordinary evening of world premieres and new music. 
Sunday, November 4 at 4 p.m.
The Winthrop Percussion Collective, led by accomplished percussionist Adam Snow, brings together young musicians for a truly innovative program. The all-percussion performance will feature cool contemporary works and clever arrangements of classical favorites. 
Tuesday, June 26, 2018 at 7:30 p.m.
