The Devotion of Durham Symphony Orchestra

Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, Durham Herald Sun: In the depths of the Durham Arts Council building last week, the Durham Symphony Orchestra gathered to rehearse its upcoming “A Musical Tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.”

It was a weeknight, and the musicians who came were volunteers and paid professionals, some in jeans and T-shirts, others in the business casual they wore all day at an office. But in the basement of the DAC, they raised their instruments and perfected their sound for Maestro William Henry Curry, the symphony’s conductor and music director. They will perform Sunday at the Durham Armory with guests the N.C. Central University and Alumni Choirs.