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The Asheville Symphony Guild is a volunteer organization which raises funds in support of the outstanding Asheville Symphony Orchestra. Learn more about us.

The Guild Goes Virtual

As a member of the Asheville Symphony Guild, you are invited to join us at this year’s Annual Meeting to be held as a Zoom Meeting. This is a time to review our accomplishments of this past year and share in our plans for 2020-2021.

WHERE:

Zoom Video Conference

WHEN:

Tuesday, June 30, 2020 at 1 p.m

HOW TO ATTEND:

Click this link (or the button below) to register in advance for the meeting. You must register to join the call, and you also must have a Zoom account (free) with your username and password. If you have not used Zoom previously, set up a free account here.

Once you have registered for the Guild’s Annual Meeting, instructions for joining the June 30 video call will be sent to you via the email address you registered with. Be sure to save this registration confirmation email!

At or before 1 p.m. on June 30, locate your registration email and click the link that says, “Click here to Join.” Just beneath that link, there should be a numerical password to join the meeting. Enter the password when it prompts you to do so.

We hope to “see” you there!

REGISTER FOR MEETING

ON THE AGENDA

The official business of the annual meeting is to elect the officers for the upcoming year, which begins on July 1.

The proposed slate of officers is as follows:

President: Sarah Van Gunten
Vice President: Betty Fox
President-Elect: Sue Luther
Treasurer: Otis Philbrick
Recording Secretary: Sylvia Cassel
Corresponding Secretary: Honey Solomon
Past President: BA Schenk

While the official meeting begins at 1 p.m., you may join the Zoom call at 12:30 p.m. to give us time to resolve connection questions and say hello to one another before the actual meeting begins.

If you have any questions, please call 201-519-2380.

Support Music in the Schools in a new way

Dear Asheville Symphony Guild Members,

VaseWe have some exciting news to announce! Guild members now have a unique opportunity to support our acclaimed Music in the Schools program. With your help, this program will expand to reach more than 7,000 students and provide classical music experiences to 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders in all Asheville City and Buncombe County public, private, charter and home schools through a virtual curriculum.

This fundraiser allows you to put your checkbooks aside and look instead for a beautiful item that you can donate to the symphony.

Brunk Auctions, the Asheville-based world-class auctioneers of jewelry, antiques, fine and decorative arts are pleased to work with the Symphony Guild to accept donations of items to sell in their November 2020 auction. The proceeds of these items will directly benefit the Music in the Schools programs and the musicians involved.

We will be contacting Guild members directly, but if you have something you would consider donating to this auction and would like to talk to us personally, please email or call:

Note: This new fundraising effort is in addition to an “Estate Sale” to be announced for Spring 2021 in conjunction with the Bridge Foundation (formerly CarePartners).

Matching Donation Campaign

As a part of our membership renewal in this difficult year, we are including the option to participate in our Matching Donation Campaign. Every dollar received will directly benefit the Asheville Youth Symphony Orchestra. As families assess their needs and expenses, the tuition fees for participation in the Youth Orchestra may become less of a priority. This fund will provide our young musicians with additional scholarship opportunities and help sustain the future of the AYSO.

The Guild will match your total donations up to $4,000, though we welcome and encourage final totals to climb even higher to support these wonderful young musicians. All donations received will go directly to the AYSO.

We know this is a time of great uncertainty and hardship, and we so appreciate your $60 membership renewals. We also respect your decision on the option to send in any additional amount for the Matching Donation Campaign.



ASYO Senior Violinist Laney Barnett performs Bach’s Partita No. 2 in D Minor, III. Sarabande. Your donations will help the next generation of classical musicians.

THANK YOU to all our Guild members for your support. We hope to see you soon!