Piedmont University will host a pair of exciting arts events – its Great Composers Concert Series and an exhibit featuring Atlanta-based photographer Chris Aluka Berry – on Feb. 24.
At 7:30 p.m. at the Chapel on the Demorest campus, Piedmont’s choirs, orchestra and soloists will present the latest installment of the Great Composers Concert Series, Austrian Masters, during which they will perform Josef Haydn’s Symphony No. 2, Mozart’s Symphony No. 29, and Franz Schubert’s Mass in G.
Dr. C. Wallace Hinson, director of Piedmont’s Conservatory of Music and associate dean of the School of Fine Arts, will conduct the performance.
“The audience will hear works that are at the core of the classical music repertoire. All three works on the program were written when the composers were relatively young,” Hinson said.
Just across the street from the Chapel, a reception for Berry’s exhibition, titled "Affrilachia: The Remnant that Remains," will take place at the Mason-Scharfenstein Museum of Art, 567 Georgia St., from 5 to 7 p.m.
Berry is a South Carolina native who now lives in Atlanta. He has worked as a photojournalist for more than 20 years. He is a regular contributor to Thompson Reuters News Agency. His work has appeared in Time and The New York Times, among other publications. His corporate clients have included Tyler Perry Studios, Amazon, and Delta Airlines. He also teaches photography at Pace Academy.
Aluka Berry’s exhibition will be in place Feb. 24 to March 24. Museum hours are noon to 5 p.m., Tuesday-Saturday.