Music That Matters

05/01/2017

Please join us May 21st at 1 pm for Music that Matters featuring performances from Paul & Sally Wingate and Paul Brown & Terri McMurray as well as PDSSN Book Club members. These husband-and-wife teams bring a fun, engaging show packed with traditional songs, instrumentals, and good-humored mostly-true stories. Songs for the May concert will be from the bluegrass and early country music traditions, as well as some original fiddle tunes.

Donations received today will benefit The Next Chapter Book Club (NCBC), a program of the Piedmont Down Syndrome Support Network. NCBC is committed to promoting literacy and social connection experiences for adolescents and adults with intellectual disabilities that encourage friendship and lifelong learning within a community-based setting. A group of 5-8 people with intellectual disabilities, regardless of their reading skills, gather with volunteer facilitators in a local bookstore, coffee shop, or cafe to read aloud and discuss a book for one hour a week.

Visit http://nextchapterbookclub.org/ for more information.

01/25/2017

Music That Matters presents:
The Federico Pivetta Jazz Trio with vocalist, Nishah DiMeo
Sunday, January 29th at 3 pm, Parkway Univted Church of Christ

Trio musician, Federico Pivetta, Matt Kendrick, and John Wilson, are known throughout Winston-Salem and the surrounding area. They perform regularly as a trio and in collaboration with other musicians.

Our featured vocalist, Nishah DiMeo, is known for her unique vocal stylings and almost limitless range with a sound “like …….if Aretha Franklin and Norah Jones had a baby.” She has been recording and performing for over two decades, covering genres from alternative to zydeco – though jazz has slowly become her favorite. In 2014 she was chosen to be the vocalist for the NC Coltrane All-Star Band, which was featured in the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival.

Proceeds from the concert will benefit Meals on Wheels of Senior Services. Our next concert this season will be a “Folk Fest” on May 21st, 1.30 p.m. and will feature Mark and Sally Wingate of Nashville Tennessee, joined by many renowned musicians.

11/01/2016

10/26/2016

We are excited to have The Burke Singers from Winston-Salem State University open the Music that Matters Concert Series for the 2016-17 season. The Burke Singers are a female a ca****la ensemble founded in 1995 by D'Walla Simmons- Burke, Director of Choirs and Vocal Studies. D'Walla saw a need to add variety, emotion and a sense of political awareness to the choral program and to the city of Winston-Salem.

The songs performed by this women's group display a variety of African-American sacred music and civil rights songs. Many of the pieces performed - in glorious harmony - are selections sung by the world-renowned vocal ensemble, Sweet Honey in the Rock. The styles of music the Burke Singers bring us give the listener an opportunity to hear some familiar songs in a new way.

04/08/2016

Please join us at Parkway UCC Winston-Salem on Sunday, May 1st at 3:00 pm for our third concert in our 2015-16 series. We are excited to present Alive and Kickin': Cowboy Songs of America's Wild West. Singer and guitarist Mary Siebert and her band will perform Cowboy Songs of The Old Chisholm Trail. They will be accompanied by projections of the historic Western 1800s. Suggested donation of $15 ($5 for students) will benefit the Wentz Memorial United Church Of Christ food pantry, feeding approximately 40 families each month.

02/20/2016

Hope to see you all tomorrow at the second concert in this second season of Parkway UCC Winston-Salem's Music That Matters series. Dmitri Shteinberg will be performing classical piano pieces and all proceeds will benefit AIDS Care Service, Inc. The concert begins at 3:00 pm (doors open at 2:30) and the suggested donation is $15. There will be a reception in the narthex following the concert.

02/01/2016

The second concert in the second season of Parkway UCC’s Music That Matters Concert Series is just a few weeks away! Mark your calendars now for Sunday, February 21st, 3:00 PM.

We are excited to present Dr. Dmitri Steinberg, artist faculty at the UNC School of the Arts. Professor Steinberg was born in Moscow into a family of musicians. He studied at the Gnessin Special School of Music until his family immigrated to Israel when he was 13. Shteinberg completed his undergraduate studies at Tel-Aviv University Academy of Music in Israel. He continued his studies at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City earning a Master of Music and a Doctor of Musical Arts, both in piano performance.

Steinberg’s playing has been described as “Extraordinary... dramatic, brilliant...impeccable playing” (Classical Voice of North Carolina, August 2015) and “richly dramatic and technically exacting.” He has performed solo and chamber music nationally and internationally including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall and the Kennedy Center. He was a recipient of the UNC Board of Governors’ “Excellence in Teaching Award” for 2014-15.

Suggested ticket donation is $15 and proceeds will benefit AIDS Care Service, Inc. Tickets can be purchased on Sundays, February 7, 14 and 21, and at the door.

11/22/2015

Don't forget! Our first concert in our 2015-2016 season is today at 3:00pm at Parkway UCC Winston-Salem. The concert, featuring Federico Pivetta and Debra Reuter-Pivetta, benefits City With Dwellings, the Winston-Salem overflow shelter. Suggested donation is $15.

Parkway UCC Winston-Salem is excited to announce the second season of our Music That Matters concert series. Our first concert, November 22, will feature the flute and piano duo of Federico Pivetta and Debra Reuter-Pivetta. The concert begins at 3:00 pm and all proceeds from the suggested $15 donation will be donated to City with Dwellings, a non-profit overflow shelter here in Winston-Salem. Visit http://parkwayunited.org/worship-and-music/music-that-matters/ for more information.

11/10/2015

Camel City Dispatch covers the Music That Matters series! http://www.camelcitydispatch.com/music-that-matters-concert-to-benefit-winston-salem-overflow-homeless-shelters-5984/

By Staff For the second year in a row, Parkway United Church of Christ’s “Music That Matters” series is bringing the community together around music while raising funds for projects that promote ju...

10/14/2015

Parkway UCC Winston-Salem is excited to announce the second season of our Music That Matters concert series. Our first concert, November 22, will feature the flute and piano duo of Federico Pivetta and Debra Reuter-Pivetta. The concert begins at 3:00 pm and all proceeds from the suggested $15 donation will be donated to City with Dwellings, a non-profit overflow shelter here in Winston-Salem. Visit http://parkwayunited.org/worship-and-music/music-that-matters/ for more information.

04/08/2015

Don't forget to mark your calendars for April 26th at 4:00 pm for our next MtM concert! http://www.thetwincitychoristers.com/