A Storm in the Land featuring the brass band music of Salem's Confederate 26th Regimental Band begins Friday, August 10, at 7:30pm in the Old Salem Visitor's Center James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium.

Have you ever been to a really great chamber music concert? You know, one where you got lots of goose bumps, and you left the performance wanting to talk about what you’d just heard? Well, if you haven’t, you owe it to yourself, and if you have, chances are you’ve already been counting the days until Carolina Summer Music Festival 2012.

CSMF is a world-class chamber musician festival with outstanding local musicians performing incredibly varied programs in unusual venues throughout Winston-Salem that might just surprise you. The festival begins Friday, August 10, at 7:30pm with an out-of- this-world brass ensemble performing live in Salem Square for FREE!

This year, through August 25, the mix of music and musicians is just as eclectic and exciting as ever. There’ll be a burning jazz band Tribute to Hoagy Carmichael, an Evening of Cowboy Songs of America's Wild West, and a Musical Feast at Old Salem Visitor Center. Claude Debussy turns 150 at the Kuhn Studio Gallery, and this year at Krankies Coffee downtown, Carolina Summer takes you from Panpipes to Paquito (D'Rivera).

Carolina Summer Music Festival is directed by French hornist Joe Mount and violinist Jacqui Carrasco. Joe stopped by WFDD for a season preview. This is part 2 of his interview with TAUC host David Ford.

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William Sydney Porter was born in Greensboro on September 11, 1862. To escape his past, he changed his name to O. Henry and became a very popular author. His short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization and clever twist endings.

This is also the name of a new Greensboro-based publication, the O. Henry Magazine. Founded by Jim Dodson, it features stories about the arts, food and culture. On September 21, at 6:30pm, O. Henry Magazine is throwing a fundraising gala at the O. Henry Hotel in Greensboro. Proceeds benefit the educational programs of the Greensboro Historical Museum including local productions of O. Henry plays, and the revival of the O. Henry Award.

Dodson talks with David about the magazine and his other passion, writing about history-making golfers.

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Wake Forest University pianist Peter Kairoff talks about prolific composer Franz Schubert in Understanding Classical Music with Kairoff at the Keyboard.

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