New Year’s Eve: Cirque Musica
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NCCirque Musica presents Crescendo with the Asheville Symphony Cirque Musica blends the grace and skill of the world’s greatest cirque performers with the stunning symphonic music of your Asheville Symphony.
Musical Feast: Celtic Caprice
Home of Ann & Jerry McLellanFor a terrific winter’s-day diversion, we offer an enchanting house concert with a whimsical twist. Come to the McLellan’s home in Kenilworth for lunch, be swept away with the music of the Celtic harp and, just for fun, a demonstration of “Fairy Hair”. For the occasion, award-winning Celtic harpist, Sue Richards, will offer a concert […]
Guild Program: Marketing the Music
St. Mark's Lutheran Church 135 Merrimon Ave., Asheville, NCJoin us on Thursday, January 17th at 10 a.m. for an Asheville Symphony Guild Program about what goes into marketing the Asheville Symphony. From setting each season’s look, to video and photo shoots with the Maestro, to managing the symphony’s social media presence — learn about all the methods being used to spread the word […]
Symphony Talk: Ward Stare, Conductor with soloist Daniel Kaler, cello (Offenbach, Saint-Saëns, Poulenc, Berlioz)
Reuter Center (UNCA) 1 Campus View Rd., Asheville, NCConcert: Masterworks 4
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NCOffenbach Overture to Gaîté Parisienne Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1 Poulenc Gloria Berlioz La Marseillaise Asheville Symphony Chorus Daniel Kaler, cello Laura Strickling, soprano
Musical Feast: Eat Your Art Out
Blue Spiral 1 38 Biltmore Ave, Asheville, NCJoin us for dinner in the warm atmosphere of Blue Spiral 1 Gallery. John Cram, a leader in Asheville’s downtown Renaissance, recognized the need for a premier showcase for artists and crafts people in the heart of the city. His vision has proved to be prescient. John and his team – Michael Maness, Director, and […]
Guild Program: Conducting – The Art of Persuasion, Commanding the Invisible Instrument
Asheville Symphony Office 27 College Place, Asheville, NCDr. Melodie Galloway will give a presentation on the craft of musical conducting, both instrumental and choral, using contemporary examples and techniques. The role women have historically played in the industry will also be discussed, including the work of Nadia Boulanger and Baltimore Symphony's Marin Alsop. Bio: Melodie Galloway holds a Master’s degree from Florida […]
Symphony Talk: Guest Conductor with soloist Alexi Kenney, violin (Kodály, Dvořák, Beethoven)
Reuter Center (UNCA) 1 Campus View Rd., Asheville, NCConcert: Masterworks 5
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NCKodály Dances of Galánta Dvořák Violin Concerto Beethoven Symphony No. 6, “Pastoral” Alexi Kenney, violin
Musical Feast: The Magic Flute, an Encore
The Home of Ann and Jon KemskeReturn 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. […]
Musical Feast: The Magic Flute, an Encore
The Home of Ann and Jon KemskeReturn 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. […]
Piano Recital
Central United Methodist ChurchLang Gravity for piano Four Hands Schubert Sonata in C Major for Piano Four Hands, “Grand Duo” Lang After Gravity for Two Pianos Brahms Sonata in F Minor for Two Pianos Shai Wosner & Orion Weiss, piano
Symphony Talk: Darko Butorac with soloist Garrick Olsson, piano (Mozart, Rachmaninoff)
Location to be announced.
Asheville Symphony Youth Orchestra
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NCConcert: Masterworks 6
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NCMozart Symphony No. 25 Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Musical Feast: Featuring…Denise Kiernan!
Home of Nancy and Ron EdgertonHave 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 […]
Musical Feast: Family of Earth
Beaverdam Run ClubhouseThe 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, […]
Musical Feast: The Icing on the Cake
Home of Nancy & Buck BraggLunch 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 […]
Musical Feast: Tapas and Tales
Home of Stacy and Michael SelverneAsheville 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 […]
Asheville Symphony Chorus: Handel’s Messiah
Arden Presbyterian ChurchHandel Messiah, Parts II and III Asheville Symphony Chorus with members of the Asheville Symphony
Musical Feast: A Ramble in the Ramble
The Ramble's Living Well Center 15 Hallett Court, Asheville, NCA 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 […]
Symphony Talk: Darko Butorac with soloist, Simone Porter, violin (Márquez, Saint-Saëns, Stravinsky)
Reuter Center (UNCA) 1 Campus View Rd., Asheville, NCConcert: Masterworks 7
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NCMárquez Danzón No. 2 Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 3 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring Simone Porter, violin
Musical Feast: Trails, Trees and Trilliums
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, […]
Asheville Symphony Youth Orchestra
Asheville High School Auditorium 419 McDowell St., Asheville, NCMusical Feast: Give My Regards to Broadway
Home of Mary & Randall JohnsonAlways 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 […]
The Mimi Cecil & Charlotte Lunsford Annual Gathering
The Cliffs at Walnut Cove 3 Cliffs Ridge Parkway, Arden, NCCome celebrate with your Guild friends as we end another great year! At the Cliffs at Walnut Cove Clubhouse Share a delicious dinner and listen to members of our talented Youth Orchestra play for us. As you enter you will be able to: Pay your annual membership dues Enter a raffle to win an Ann […]
Musical Feast: Blue Ridge Bounty
Pelican Springs LodgeA 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 […]