Virginia Tull Music and Fine Arts Series
2025-26 Season
Gee-Mackey Duo
David Gee, cello
Lynne Mackey, piano
Saturday, September 27, 2025; 7:00 p.m.
The Gee-Mackey Duo has performed in the United States, Europe and Africa. The Duo’s activities include recitals, premieres of new works by American composers, fund-raising concerts, master classes and workshops. Cellist David Gee has performed as soloist, chamber musician and orchestral cellist in America, Europe and Africa. Pianist Lynne Mackey is an active performer of solo, chamber and concerto works. Career highlights include performances at Weill Recital Hall in New York City, the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, and in Brazil, Spain, Morocco and the Netherlands. She currently teaches at Mary Baldwin University. Ms. Mackey performed a solo piano concert in the 2023-24 season of the Virginia Tull Fine Arts Series and we are delighted to have her return with Mr. Gee.
Triangle Brass Band
A Christmas to Remember!
Jesse Rackley, Artistic Director
Sunday, December 21, 2025, 4:00 p.m.
We are thrilled to have the Triangle Brass Band return on our concert series as they have been an audience favorite! Using the traditional British brass band instrumentation of Cornets, Flugelhorn, Tenor Horns, Baritones, Euphoniums, Trombones, Tubas and Percussion, this all brass and percussion group is extremely versatile, performing music from virtually all genres, from classical transcriptions, to pop and jazz, movie and Broadway music, and, of course, original brass band literature. Members of the ensemble come from all walks of life, including lawyers, educators, IT professionals and retirees, to name a few. Continuing in the long-standing brass band tradition of amateur music making, players volunteer their time and talents to this unique type of band, and play just for the love of it. The Triangle Brass Band was formed in 1986 as a joint venture of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation and Capitol Broadcasting Company of Raleigh, NC, and was known as the WRAL British Brass Band in its early years.
Wingate University Singers
Dr. Nana Wolfe-Hill, Director
Saturday, March 21, 2026, 7:00PM
The Wingate University Singers is a vocal chamber ensemble of excellent undergraduate singers. Students come to Wingate University from around the state of North Carolina and the surrounding region with varied academic plans and majors. The University is located near Charlotte, North Carolina.
Through regional and international concert tours and state-wide engagements, the Wingate University Choirs are recognized for musical and artistic excellence. The choirs perform diverse repertoire that represents classical and world musical traditions, American music, gospel and spirituals, and folk songs. Recent performance opportunities include J. S. Bach’s Mass in B minor, Robert Ray’s Gospel Mass and Margaret Bond’s Credo. Committed to global education, the choirs have travelled to South Africa, Austria and the Czech Republic, and to the Baltic countries of Estonia and Latvia where they received Grand Prix honors at the Pärnu International Choral Festival.
New Century Saxophone Quartet
From Bach to Gershwin: A Unique Musical Experience!
Saturday, April 18, 2026, 7:00PM
For over 30 years, the New Century Saxophone Quartet has entertained audiences with a combination of skillful artistry and down-home fun. Founded in Winston-Salem, NC, the ensemble was the first of its kind to win the prestigious Concert Artist Guild competition in New York City in 1992. The quartet has toured throughout the United States and the World performing in major concert venues including Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Atlanta’s Spivey Concert Hall and Boston’s Symphony Hall, the Villla Schönberg in Zurich, Switzerland, the Conservatoire de Musique in Esch Luxembourg, the Macau International Music Festival and the Academy for the Performing Arts in Hong Kong, China. NCSQ has also appeared in unique concert settings including two command performances for President Clinton in the White House to a concerto performance with the United States Navy Band.
The New Century Saxophone Quartet has dedicated its career to growing and developing the repertoire of the saxophone quartet, and to that end has commissioned numerous composers. NCSQ has received commissioning grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, The Aaron Copland Recording Fund, Chamber Music America and the North Carolina Arts Council.
2025-26 Season
Gee-Mackey Duo
David Gee, cello
Lynne Mackey, piano
Saturday, September 27, 2025; 7:00 p.m.
The Gee-Mackey Duo has performed in the United States, Europe and Africa. The Duo’s activities include recitals, premieres of new works by American composers, fund-raising concerts, master classes and workshops. Cellist David Gee has performed as soloist, chamber musician and orchestral cellist in America, Europe and Africa. Pianist Lynne Mackey is an active performer of solo, chamber and concerto works. Career highlights include performances at Weill Recital Hall in New York City, the Banff Centre in Alberta, Canada, and in Brazil, Spain, Morocco and the Netherlands. She currently teaches at Mary Baldwin University. Ms. Mackey performed a solo piano concert in the 2023-24 season of the Virginia Tull Fine Arts Series and we are delighted to have her return with Mr. Gee.
Triangle Brass Band
A Christmas to Remember!
Jesse Rackley, Artistic Director
Sunday, December 21, 2025, 4:00 p.m.
We are thrilled to have the Triangle Brass Band return on our concert series as they have been an audience favorite! Using the traditional British brass band instrumentation of Cornets, Flugelhorn, Tenor Horns, Baritones, Euphoniums, Trombones, Tubas and Percussion, this all brass and percussion group is extremely versatile, performing music from virtually all genres, from classical transcriptions, to pop and jazz, movie and Broadway music, and, of course, original brass band literature. Members of the ensemble come from all walks of life, including lawyers, educators, IT professionals and retirees, to name a few. Continuing in the long-standing brass band tradition of amateur music making, players volunteer their time and talents to this unique type of band, and play just for the love of it. The Triangle Brass Band was formed in 1986 as a joint venture of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation and Capitol Broadcasting Company of Raleigh, NC, and was known as the WRAL British Brass Band in its early years.
Wingate University Singers
Dr. Nana Wolfe-Hill, Director
Saturday, March 21, 2026, 7:00PM
The Wingate University Singers is a vocal chamber ensemble of excellent undergraduate singers. Students come to Wingate University from around the state of North Carolina and the surrounding region with varied academic plans and majors. The University is located near Charlotte, North Carolina.
Through regional and international concert tours and state-wide engagements, the Wingate University Choirs are recognized for musical and artistic excellence. The choirs perform diverse repertoire that represents classical and world musical traditions, American music, gospel and spirituals, and folk songs. Recent performance opportunities include J. S. Bach’s Mass in B minor, Robert Ray’s Gospel Mass and Margaret Bond’s Credo. Committed to global education, the choirs have travelled to South Africa, Austria and the Czech Republic, and to the Baltic countries of Estonia and Latvia where they received Grand Prix honors at the Pärnu International Choral Festival.
New Century Saxophone Quartet
From Bach to Gershwin: A Unique Musical Experience!
Saturday, April 18, 2026, 7:00PM
For over 30 years, the New Century Saxophone Quartet has entertained audiences with a combination of skillful artistry and down-home fun. Founded in Winston-Salem, NC, the ensemble was the first of its kind to win the prestigious Concert Artist Guild competition in New York City in 1992. The quartet has toured throughout the United States and the World performing in major concert venues including Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Pick-Staiger Concert Hall, Atlanta’s Spivey Concert Hall and Boston’s Symphony Hall, the Villla Schönberg in Zurich, Switzerland, the Conservatoire de Musique in Esch Luxembourg, the Macau International Music Festival and the Academy for the Performing Arts in Hong Kong, China. NCSQ has also appeared in unique concert settings including two command performances for President Clinton in the White House to a concerto performance with the United States Navy Band.
The New Century Saxophone Quartet has dedicated its career to growing and developing the repertoire of the saxophone quartet, and to that end has commissioned numerous composers. NCSQ has received commissioning grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, The Aaron Copland Recording Fund, Chamber Music America and the North Carolina Arts Council.
