FY26 The String Queens Program-2025 by gambrellcenter

SARAH BELK GAMBRELL CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

With it’s opening in February 2020, the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement became a hub for transformational cultural education, experiences, and engagement for our students, faculty and staff, and the greater Charlotte community.

The Sarah Belk Gambrell Center is home to the acoustically gorgeous, 995seat Sandra Levine Theatre, the intimate 150-seat Kathryn Greenhoot Recital Hall, two visual art galleries, eight classrooms, and myriad practice rooms and workspaces for students Gambrell is the cultural and creative center of campus and is home to academic, visual, performing and literary arts programs, including design and music therapy.

THE MISSION OF THE GAMBRELL CENTER

The Sarah Belk Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement is a dynamic arts destination for our community and students to share in diverse cultural experiences. The Gambrell Center facilitates creative scholarship through interdisciplinary collaboration and offers a vibrant gathering place for educational exploration. Queens demonstrates its commitment to this mission by presenting world-class performances, conversations, and exhibitions, showcasing exemplary faculty and student works, and providing an inspiration for design, creativity, and artistic expression.

GAMBRELL CENTER STAFF

Laura Kratt, Executive Director

Kristof Leopold, Technical Director

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Lena Miller, Patron Services Manager

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The Gambrell Center team programs and manages the Sarah Belk Gambrell Center, provides shared leadership of Arts at Queens and production services to events across campus

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THE STRING QUEENS

Saturday, October 18, 2025 7:30 p.m.

Sandra Levine Theatre

Praised for its authentic, soulful, and orchestral sound, The String Queens (TSQ) is a dynamic trio that creates stimulating musical experiences that inspire diverse audiences to love, hope, feel, and imagine! With an array of repertoire spanning from the Baroque era to the Jazz Age to today’s Billboard Hot 100 Chart, TSQ performs versatile programs that take listeners on a rousing musical journey through time and a multitude of musical genres.

Based in Washington, D.C., TSQ has been featured in performances at renowned concert halls and venues across America, including Carnegie Hall in New York City and The John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in the nation’s capital.Notable appearances includea special performance dedicated to Vice President Kamala Harris at the “We Are One” Presidential Inauguration Concert in January 2021 and rendering a spotlight presentation of TSQ’s electrifying arrangement of Harry Styles’s hit song “Golden” for the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament “The Championships, Wimbledon” in June 2021. As an ensemble who frequents the D.C. jazz scene, other headlining performances include multiple appearances at the DC Jazz Festival and the Capital Jazz Fest

Recognized by D C ’s leading news network WUSA9 as “school teachers by day and concert performers by night”, TSQ’s dedication, service, and innovative work in the field of music education has been acknowledged by the DC Jazz Festival with the “Jazz Education Award” in 2022, Carnegie Hall with the “Music Educators Workshop” Keynote Address in 2021, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra with the “Aspire Award” in 2020, Washington Performing Arts’s “Mars Arts D C” Resident Ensemble in 2019 and 2020, and most recently, a partnership with the Save The Music Foundation to

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present a series of professional development workshops for performing arts educators around the country on “Social Emotional Learning in the Arts Classroom” and “Trauma-Informed Centered Arts Classrooms” as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In August 2022, TSQ released its third album titled “RISE”, which was made possible by a Sphinx Organization MPower Artist Grant With this album, TSQ sought to sonically address the problems that are currently plaguing the world by creating unique arrangements of timeless classics rooted in hope, joy, peace, and love Featuring original compositions by Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Richard Smallwood, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, and more, “RISE” takes listeners on a musical journey that starts in a field of loss and hopelessness and ends in a fortress of faith, triumph, and fortitude. Previous albums from TSQ include a self-titled EP released in 2019 and a holiday EP titled “Our Favorite Things” released in 2020 All TSQ albums are available on its website and all major digital music platforms.

To learn more about TSQ, visit: Website: www.thestringqueens.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thestringqueens/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestringqueens/

Management: Michelle Taylor Passion Music Group 201-837-0596 michelletaylor@passionmusicgroup.net www.passionmusicgroup.net

Providing a live original organ score to the 1925 silent film, Phantom of the Opera, celebrated organist Cameron Carpenter takes audiences on an unforgettable journey into the catacombs of the Paris Opera House to meet the legendary Phantom. The newly restored original 1925 classic film continues to thrill and horrify audiences 100 years after its debut.

NOV 7 | 7:30PM

The Wailin’ Jennys are Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse Three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound

One of today’s most beloved international folk acts, the Jennys create some of the most exciting music on the folk-roots scene, stepping up their musical game with each critically lauded recording, and thrilling audiences with their renowned live performances. Don’t miss this exclusive Charlotte concert featuring new songs plus their most requested fan favorites

Through master classes, workshops, lectures, panel discussions and other activities with visiting Spotlight Series artists, students learn from world-class arts professionals who are tops in their field.

At Queens, we believe that no matter what degrees or skills are sought, a well-rounded education includes the arts. Elevating the student experience is a central goal of Arts at Queens and we invite the community to join us!

DEC 2 | 7:00PM

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer delivers a bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world In her new bestseller, The Serviceberry, Kimmerer harvests serviceberries alongside the birds and considers the ethic of reciprocity that lies at the heart of the gift economy. How, she asks, can we learn from Indigenous wisdom and the plant world to reimagine what we value most?

WWW GAMBRELLCENTER ORG/CONNECTEDCAMPUS-EVENTS

The Connected Campus, convened by the Gambrell Center, is a collaborative project of our amazing campus and community partners which include the Gambrell Foundation, Wing Haven, WFAE, Independent Picture House, Charlotte is Creative, NC Wildlife Federation and the Queens departments of Art, Interior & Architectural Design, Music, Biology, Political Science, Crowder Greenhouse, Everett Library, English, Preyer Honors, and the Gambrell Center for the Arts and Civic Engagement.|