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Welcome to the 2018-2019 Season of Musical Feasts!

Guests enjoying a Musical Feast party.

It’s going to be an exciting year as we get to know our new Music Director, Darko Butorac, and enjoy all the wonderful musical events planned for us. Plus – it’s an Amadeus Festival Year with lots of great things coming your way!

Our fabulous Musical Feast Committee, chaired by Betty Fox, has planned another incredible selection of Musical Feasts for the year. Guild Members receive Musical Feast information first and can sign up ahead of the general public! Feasts are our major fundraisers for the Symphony and we encourage you to sign up and enjoy “Feasting with your Guild Friends” as we support our amazing Symphony Orchestra.

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March 2019

Musical Feast: The Magic Flute, an Encore

Friday, March 1, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
The Home of Ann and Jon Kemske
$125 Sold out

Return to the Golden Age of Elegance and enjoy an intimate dinner in a wonderfully restored part of downtown Asheville’s past – The Aston. Your hosts Ann and Jon Kemske welcome you to their charming condo and offer drinks and appetizers with lovely music from the “magic” flute of Dilshad Posnock of the Asheville Symphony. Located in the church district, surrounded by beautiful old trees, the Aston, built in 1928 was intended to be “Asheville’s most grand apartment building” but…

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Musical Feast: The Magic Flute, an Encore

Saturday, March 2, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
The Home of Ann and Jon Kemske
$125 Sold out

Return to the Golden Age of Elegance and enjoy an intimate dinner in a wonderfully restored part of downtown Asheville’s past – The Aston. Your hosts Ann and Jon Kemske welcome you to their charming condo and offer drinks and appetizers with lovely music from the “magic” flute of Dilshad Posnock of the Asheville Symphony. Located in the church district, surrounded by beautiful old trees, the Aston, built in 1928 was intended to be “Asheville’s most grand apartment building” but…

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April 2019

Musical Feast: Featuring…Denise Kiernan!

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 @ 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Home of Nancy and Ron Edgerton
$50 7 tickets left

Have you met your Asheville neighbor, Denise Kiernan? Next spring, Musical Feasts will offer you an amazing opportunity to meet and talk with this New York Times Best Selling Author! Denise has served as chief writer for the television show Who Wants to be a Millionaire and has won countless awards and acclaim for her work. She has also appeared on numerous television programs such as PBS’s News Hour, MSNBC’s Morning Joe and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Denise’s…

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Musical Feast: Family of Earth

Sunday, April 7, 2019 @ 3:00 pm
Beaverdam Run Clubhouse
$70 47 tickets left

The Legacy of Wilma Dykeman Your hosts welcome you to a special Sunday afternoon gathering highlighting the legacy of Asheville’s own Wilma Dykeman, author, historian, educator, journalist and environmental advocate – a true Renaissance woman. Her focused passions led to the championing of causes that remain relevant today – water pollution, the rights of women, her untiring devotion to the power of place, and her responsibility in preserving the integrity and culture of Appalachia. Wilma's son, James Stokley, will present…

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Musical Feast: The Icing on the Cake

Monday, April 8, 2019 @ 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Home of Nancy & Buck Bragg
$80 Sold out

Lunch with Karen Donatelli Nancy and Buck Bragg invite you to their spacious fifth-floor loft in the Grove Arcade to enjoy a glass of wine while listening to Karen Donatelli discuss and demonstrate some of the pastry techniques that make her Karen Donatelli Bakery and Café such a gourmet destination in downtown Asheville. The apartment itself will prove to be a delight to you as well – its eclectic collection of furniture and art work has been informed by the…

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Musical Feast: Tapas and Tales

Saturday, April 13, 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Home of Stacy and Michael Selverne
$125 1 ticket left

Asheville Symphony Organization board member, Michael Selverne, has been a behind-the-scenes player in the music industry for decades, and does he ever have some stories to share – with the platinum and gold records to back it up! Visit Michael and his wife Stacy in their mountaintop home in South Asheville for an evening of storytelling, a tour of Michael’s in-home studio, delicious tapas from the Blind Pig Supper Club and live jazz music. If you’ve listened to the Asheville…

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Musical Feast: A Ramble in the Ramble

Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm
The Ramble’s Living Well Center, 15 Hallett Court
Asheville, NC 28803
$75 9 tickets left

A Hike in Historical Woods Get away on a Sunday afternoon to experience the peace and beauty of The Ramble, a Biltmore Farms Community only ten minutes from downtown Asheville. Drive through the gates into a grand forest and hear a symphony of birdsong. The tall windows of Living Well Center seem to bring in the surrounding forest. Here guests will receive a complimentary book on the history of Biltmore Farms’ forestry and dairying and enjoy a delicious, healthy buffet…

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May 2019

Musical Feast: Trails, Trees and Trilliums

Monday, May 13, 2019 @ 9:00 am
$50 15 tickets left

Join us on what has become an annual event – a Musical Feast Nature Hike. Naturalists, Marilyn Kolton and Lou Dwarshuis, generously offer, once again, to lead a hike along a beautiful, scenic trail off the Blue Ridge Parkway. We begin at the Pisgah Inn and hike through a rich botanic area of Mountain Laurel, weather-buffeted Chestnut Oak and American Holly. The hike continues along the mountainside where the path overlooks the distant peaks and valleys. Expect to see twenty…

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Musical Feast: Give My Regards to Broadway

Friday, May 17, 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Home of Mary & Randall Johnson
$80 3 tickets left

Always wanted to be in a Broadway musical, but were too afraid to audition? Here’s your chance to channel your inner Julie Andrews or Alfred Drake. Enthusiasm is all that is required. (Remember Ethel Merman?) Part singing is welcome, of course, if you are so inclined. The evening will start off with a “Getting to Know You” activity followed by a New York Deli spread to include corned beef, pastrami, sauerkraut, cole slaw, potato salad, egg salad, lox, bagels, schmear,…

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Musical Feast: Blue Ridge Bounty

Wednesday, May 22, 2019 @ 3:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Pelican Springs Lodge
$90

A Spring Mountain Stroll, a bit of Blue Ridge History and a Sumptuous Dinner Come to Jump Cove for a spring mountain stroll in the woods, a fascinating history lesson about the Blue Ridge Parkway – “America’s Most Scenic Highway” – and enjoy appetizers and dinner at Gary and BA Schenk’s lovely mountain home. If you’d like to hike, arrive at 3:30 pm for a short one-and-a-half-mile hike on trails the Schenks have built through their mountain acreage. Or relax…

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Have an idea for a Musical Feast or Event?
Want to host a Feast? We need you!

If you love developing fundraising events, or hosting parties for a group of friends, please consider helping us with your expertise. We hold 20-25 events throughout the season, raising over $50,000 each year for the Symphony.

From tours and demonstrations to parties, luncheons and dinners, the social scene of the Guild revolves around Musical Feasts. If you have an idea for an interesting and fun event, or would like to host an event with your friends please send your ideas to the Committee Chairs below, keep the parties happening!

Click here to submit your ideas to the Musical Feast Committee.

Many thanks to our Musical Feast Committee: Betty Fox, Chair
Beverly Briedis, Melinda Farr Brown, Jane Eudy, Bolling Farmer, Dick Hall, Yolanda Hall, Robin Harben, Beth Hunt, Gail Jolley, Doris Loomis, Sue Luther, Nan Murphy, Myra Ramsey, Victoria Remishofsky, Rose Rose, Fran Sandfort, Cora Saraceni, Diane Sharp, Yvonne Smith, Olivia Zahler.

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