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30 Jun: Why a Rapper and a Violinist Walking Onto a Stage is NoteWorthy

A concert series highlighting talented, local Black and brown singer/songwriters got Charlotte Symphony violinist Kari Giles out of her “classical bubble.”

Will Keible, WDAV’s director of marketing and corporate support, said he’s heard the same thing from listeners about NoteWorthy, the innovative series presented by WDAV Classical Public Radio and FAIR PLAY Music Equity Initiative that’s been introducing Charlotteans to musical talent that’s been right in front of us.

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30 Jun: Local Artist Irisol Gonzalez Celebrating Latinx Cultures Through Murals

Murals have been popping up on walls all across the Queen City in the past few years, but certain neighborhoods—especially those further away from the Center City area with larger minority and immigrant populations—seem to get less attention than others.

Inspired to make a change in this inequality, Davidson-based artist and 2020 ASC Emerging Creators Fellowship recipient Irisol Gonzalez is creating community murals in three different areas of Charlotte with content that reflects the diverse, vibrant and often under-represented Latinx cultures of the people who live in each location.