Piedmont Arts Podcast
Interviews with artists, performers and community arts leaders.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2025
A Preview of Indie Films and Small Batch Baroque
The Charlotte Film Festival was started in 2006 to give established and emerging filmmakers a place to showcase their work. After 19 years, it’s still going strong. This year’s festival is at the Int…
Mon 15 Sep 2025
David Fisk on the Charlotte Symphony Season, Plus a Visual Arts Preview
The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 season gets underway at its annual Gala concert on September 18th with a very special guest. The CSO’s President and Chief Executive Officer, David Fisk, te…
Mon 08 Sep 2025
Alejandro Cerrudo on the Charlotte Ballet
Charlotte Ballet's new season begins in October. We talk with artistic director Alejandro Cerrudo about what you'll see - from a world premiere by a South African choreographer to "The Nutcracker" to…
Mon 01 Sep 2025
Joseph Mechavich and Opera in the Carolinas
Piedmont Opera has a new interim artistic director, Joseph Mechavich, who has put together a varied and innovative ‘25/’26 season. It includes everything from an unusual, immersive production of Pagl…
Mon 25 Aug 2025
Three Bone Theater on "Electricidad"
Three Bone Theatre’s mission is unique among Charlotte’s theater companies. They focus on contemporary works centered around diversity and social justice that can be a catalyst for change in the comm…
Mon 18 Aug 2025
Meredith Thompson on 25 Years of Charlotte Pride
In 2025, Charlotte Pride celebrates 25 years of LGBTQ arts and culture with the annual Charlotte Pride Festival in its new location at First Ward Park. On this Piedmont Arts podcast, we hear from the…
Mon 11 Aug 2025
Jen McGivney on “Finding Your Walden”
Henry David Thoreau’s Walden was written in 1854 but has lessons for life in the 21st century. In her new book Finding Your Walden, Charlotte author Jen McGivney explores how the ideas in Walden can …
Mon 04 Aug 2025
Chuck Still on The Lost Colony Play
Since 1937, visitors to North Carolina’s Outer Banks have been enhancing their beach vacations by taking in a performance of The Lost Colony at the Waterside Theater in Manteo. We talk to Chuck Still…
Mon 28 Jul 2025
Inside the Charlotte Strings Collective
Charlotte Strings Collective was formed five years ago, in the midst of Black Lives Matter protests, to promote the music of Black composers. On this Piedmont Arts podcast, we talk with three members…
Mon 21 Jul 2025
Sherry Blevins on the International Choral Composers Institute
Charlotte will become the home to the first ever International Choral Composers Institute, a 5-day immersive program dedicated to nurturing and teaching choral composers and lyricists of all levels. …
Mon 14 Jul 2025
YUNG Citizen on the Charlotte Music Scene
Charlotte is home to a growing community of music creators of all types. It’s a collaborative community where musicians work across genres, as evidenced by WDAV’s own NoteWorthy and Small Batch conce…
Mon 07 Jul 2025
Poet Laureate Junious “Jay” Ward
Did you know the city of Charlotte has its own Poet Laureate? If not, that might be because there has only been one so far. His name is Junious “Jay” Ward, and you’ll get to know him on this episode …
Mon 30 Jun 2025
Michael Graff on Charlotte’s New Local Newsletter
There's a new weekly email newsletter in Charlotte focusing on local people and issues. The Charlotte Optimist is published by longtime local writer and editor Michael Graff. On this Piedmont Arts he…
Mon 23 Jun 2025
Tom Gabbard on Blumenthal Arts Broadway Lights
Broadway is bigger than ever. For the 2024-25 season, Broadway took in $1.9 billion across all productions, which is a record and a 23% increase from the previous year. Many of those shows come to Ch…
Mon 16 Jun 2025
Alvin C. Jacobs on Archiving Black Biker Culture
Alvin C. Jacobs is a Charlotte-based photographer and image activist. His new exhibit "Black Behind Bars" about Black biker culture is on display at the Gantt Center in uptown Charlotte through Septe…
Mon 09 Jun 2025
Christopher James Lees on the Charlotte Symphony's Summer Pops
The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra is ready to kick off its 2025 Summer Pops season. On this Piedmont Arts, we ask the CSO’s resident conductor, Christopher James Lees, about what we can expect to hear…
Mon 02 Jun 2025
Jeffrey Biegel on Gershwin, Aisslinn Nosky on the Charlotte Bach Festival
Pianist Jeffrey Biegel wanted to mark the 100th anniversary of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue." So, he commissioned a new work by composer Peter Boyer called "Rhapsody in Red, White and Blue." O…
Mon 26 May 2025
Meet the Founders of Piedmont Shakespeare Company
A new North Carolina theater group called Piedmont Shakespeare company makes its debut in June 2025 with a touring production of "Hamlet." All nine performances at indoor and outdoor venues are free.…
Mon 19 May 2025
Eric Boruff on the North Carolina Youth Orchestra
Providing students with music education opportunities is the mission of North Carolina Youth Orchestra. Based in the Lake Norman area, the organization has seen rapid growth in recent years and offer…
Mon 12 May 2025
Jen Sudul Edwards on the Work of Annie Liebovitz
By David Boraks Photographer Annie Leibovitz is legendary for her iconic photos of celebrities - from professional athletes and politicians to entertainers and artists. Many of those photos, plus a f…
Mon 05 May 2025
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