2025-2026 Season
Soweto Gospel Choir: “Peace”
Thursday, September 25, 2025
7:30 PM
Wait Chapel
With their concert entitled “PEACE,” the multi-Grammy® and Emmy Award®-winning SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR returns to North America to perform a joyful program of South African freedom songs, traditional spirituals and some classics. Soweto Gospel Choir was formed to celebrate the unique and inspirational power of African Gospel music. The choir draws on the best talent from the many churches in and around Soweto. The choir is dedicated to sharing the joy of faith through music with audiences around the world.
Christian McBride, bass, and Brad Mehldau, piano
Tuesday, October 21, 2025
7:30 PM
Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center
Brad Mehldau’s “intimate piano voice” partners with Christian McBride’s “sophistication and swing” to create one of the most respected partnerships in contemporary jazz. This longtime friendship and musical camaraderie has led to various collaborations through the years including the albums MoodSwing (1994), RoundAgain (2020), and LongGone (2023) with Joshua Redman and Brian Blade. Brad Mehldau says, “It is a dream come true to play with Christian in this duo setting.”
Raphaël Feuillâtre, guitar
Thursday, November 13, 2025
7:30 PM
Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center
Hailed as the new face of classical guitar worldwide, Raphaël Feuillâtre fascinates audiences and critics alike with the depth of his interpretations, his dazzling virtuosity, and the richness of his repertoire. Raphaël demonstrates total mastery of the instrument; and in 2023, Raphaël Feuillâtre ranked 2nd among the world’s most listened-to classical music artists on Apple Classical.
J’Nai Bridges, mezzo soprano
Thursday, February 5, 2026
7:30 PM
Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center
Two time Grammy® Award-winning American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, known for her “plush-voiced mezzo-soprano” (The New York Times), and “calmly commanding stage presence” (The New Yorker) has been “marked out at an early stage as a singer headed for top flight” (Financial Times), gracing the world’s leading operatic and concert stages “with a voice both voluptuous and statuesque” (The New York Times).
Ms. Bridges’ concert at Wake Forest University will be an all-French program featuring works by composers such as Ravel, Bizet, Chausson, Duparc, Berlioz, and Debussy.
Pavel Haas Quartet
Wednesday, March 19, 2026
7:30 PM
Brendle Recital Hall, Scales Fine Arts Center
The Pavel Haas Quartet is revered across the globe for its richness of timbre, infectious passion and intuitive rapport. Performing at the world’s most prestigious concert halls and having won six Gramophone and numerous other awards for their recordings, the Quartet is firmly established as one of the world’s foremost chamber ensembles.
Their concert will include works by Kaprálová, Martinů, and Dvořák.