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Secrest Artists Series with Rachel Podger has been canceled

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The Secrest Artists Series with violinist Rachel Podger scheduled for March 29 and 30 as well as the masterclass with Wake Forest music students scheduled for March 28 have been canceled.

“I am heartsore to have to miss performing my beloved solo Bach for you next week in Brendle Recital Hall,” said Podger. “I felt hugely honored to have been asked to play in such a beautiful hall, had been keenly anticipating the prospect of its acoustic and was looking forward to coaching and engaging with Wake Forest’s exceptional students. I’m sorry not to be with you as planned, but hope to see you very soon.”

“We are very sorry to share this news,” said Hayden Barnes, manager of the Secrest Artists Series. “For all those who planned to attend the event, we appreciate your support and your patience as we work to reschedule this opportunity for our community and for our faculty, staff and students to engage with Ms. Podger for a later date.”

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Secrest Artists Series presents Rachel Podger, March 29

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Secrest Artists Series presents violinist Rachel Podger on Wednesday, March 29 and Friday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall.

Podger has established herself as a leading interpreter of Baroque and Classical music. Her appearance at Wake Forest University will be a two-concert set of the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin.

In addition to the concerts, Podger will conduct a masterclass with Wake Forest music students in Brendle Recital Hall on Tuesday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. This event is free and open to the public.

Wake Forest University and medical school faculty, staff and retirees receive free admission for themselves and one guest to each Secrest Artists Series performance. Register here.

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Secrest Artists Series presents Stewart Goodyear, piano

Due to artist’s illness, this event has been canceled. 

The Wake Forest University Secrest Artists Series will present a special holiday concert on Thursday, Dec. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall. The concert will feature Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear performing one of his signature works – his virtuosic transcription for solo piano of the complete Nutcracker ballet by Tchaikovsky.

Proclaimed “a phenomenon” by the Los Angeles Times and “one of the best pianists of his generation” by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Stewart Goodyear is an accomplished concert pianist, improviser and composer. Mr. Goodyear has performed with, and has been commissioned by, many of the major orchestras and chamber music organizations around the world.

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Secrest Artists Series: Jean-Guihen Queyras on Oct. 28

This is a guest post from the Secrest Artists Series. 

Photo of internationally renowned cellist Jean Guihen Queyras holding his cello on his shoulder and smilingThe Secrest Artists Series is pleased to kick off its 2020-21 season with cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras on Thursday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Brendle Recital Hall.

Voted “Artist of the Year” by readers of the Diapason and “Best Instrumental Soloist” for the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2008, internationally renowned French cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras presents a program of works for unaccompanied cello by Bach and Britten, concluding with the magisterial Sonata for Solo Cello by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály.

Wake Forest University and Medical School faculty, staff and retirees receive free admission for themselves and one guest to each Secrest Artists Series performance. WFU students receive free admission for themselves. Simply show your WFU I.D. at the door. We encourage those with a WFU I.D. to pre-register so we can keep track of available seats for the community at large.

Tickets for the community are $5-$18. Seating is unassigned.

Face masks are required regardless of vaccination status. Please visit the Our Way Forward website to view the University’s COVID-19 protocols for performances.

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Secrest: Elias String Quartet concerts rescheduled for March 2022

Black and white photo of a person playing a violinThe Wake Forest University Secrest Artists Series: Elias String Quartet concerts have been rescheduled from October 2021 to March 15, 16 and 18, 2022. Each event will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall.

All other concerts in the Secrest Artists Series 2021-22 season will be held as scheduled, and Jean-Guihen Queyras will kick off the season on Oct. 28.

The Elias String Quartet have quickly established themselves as one of the most intense and vibrant quartets of their generation. The Quartet was formed in 1998 at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester where they worked closely with the late Dr. Christopher Rowland.

Wake Forest University and Medical School faculty, staff and retirees receive free admission for themselves and one guest to each Secrest Artists Series performance. Admission is free for WFU students with ID.

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