Piedmont Pops
Band Together
June 18, 2026
7:30 PM
Coal Pit at Incendiary Brewing Downtown
Piedmont Wind Symphony
Mark A. Norman, Artistic Director / Conductor
Experience the energy and spirit of live performance as Piedmont Pops returns with a vibrant, family-friendly program presented as part of the ASBDA Conference and Building Better Bands Workshop. Set in the heart of Downtown Winston-Salem, these free concerts celebrate the joy and accessibility of music with a dynamic mix of iconic film scores, Broadway favorites, patriotic selections, and engaging audience moments. Designed to delight listeners of all ages, this program showcases music's power to bring people together, offering a welcoming, festive atmosphere that captures the soundtrack of summer.
Free-to-the-public
Piedmont Wind Symphony Invites Musicians to Perform A Mother of a Revolution
Piedmont Wind Symphony invites community musicians, students, educators, and performers to join a collaborative performance of Omar Thomas’s A Mother of a Revolution during Piedmont Pops: Band Together on June 18, 2026. The work honors Marsha P. Johnson and explores themes of courage, identity, resilience, and belonging through a powerful and emotionally charged musical experience.
Musicians will perform side-by-side with members of Piedmont Wind Symphony in a concert celebrating empathy, inclusion, and bringing people together through music.
The invitation comes in response to recent national conversations surrounding the Watertown High School Wind Symphony in Watertown, Wisconsin, where the Watertown Unified School District Board voted 7–1 to remove the piece from a student concert despite months of preparation by student musicians.
Piedmont Wind Symphony also extends an open invitation to local community bands, educators, and arts organizations to join in supporting this performance and the values of inclusion, empathy, and artistic expression.