Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Blue Ridge Room, Deerfield Retirement Community 1617 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville, NC
Guild Program: Meet Darko Butorac
Asheville Symphony Office 27 College Place, Asheville, NCPraised by the Westdeutsche Zeitung for his “exceptional combination of passion, elegance and well-timed pacing”, Maestro Darko Butorac has established himself as an exciting conductor in demand with orchestras both […]
Symphony Talks: Conductor Darko Butorac and Pianist Lisa Smirnova
Reuter Center (UNCA) 1 Campus View Rd., Asheville, NCPraised by the Westdeutsche Zeitung for his “exceptional combination of passion, elegance and well-timed pacing”, Maestro Darko Butorac has established himself as an exciting conductor in demand with orchestras both […]
Masterworks 3 – Darko Butorac
Christopher Theofanidis - Rainbow Body Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5 Lisa Smirnova, piano
Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Blue Ridge Room, Deerfield Retirement Community 1617 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville, NCMusical Feast: An Old Fashioned Christmas Feast
Back by request, we present an old fashioned Christmas gathering reminiscent of times gone by. Christmas was a time when families and friends gathered around the fireplace sharing the warm […]
Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Asbury Commons, Givens Estate 2360 Sweeten Creek Rd., Asheville, NCNew Year’s Eve – Daniel Meyer
Camille Saint-Saëns - “Bacchanale” from Samson et Dalila Henryk Wieniawski - Violin Concerto No. 2 Carl Orff - Carmina Burana Isabelle Durrenberger (Cleveland Institute of Music), violin
Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Blue Ridge Room, Deerfield Retirement Community 1617 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville, NCBehind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Asbury Commons, Givens Estate 2360 Sweeten Creek Rd., Asheville, NCMusical Feast: Chip Critiques Chopin
Posana 1 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NCWant to get out of the post-holiday doldrums? How about an inside look at a composer’s life along with some great food and witty commentary? If this appeals to you, come to Posana to view the 1945 Charles Vidor movie, A Song to Remember. Nominated for six Academy Awards and starring Cornel Wilde, Paul Muni, […]
Musical Feast: Going…Going…Gone!
Brunk Auction 117 Tunnel Road, Asheville, NCMany of you may have seen Andrew Brunk on the Antiques Road Show. If you missed our visit to Brunk Auction three years ago or if you enjoyed the experience and want to repeat it, this is the Feast for you! Sip a little wine, stroll around the showroom and preview the fine art and […]
Musical Feast: Basketball and Barbecue
UNCA Sherrill Center, Kimmel Arena 1 University Heights, Asheville, NCWhat could be better than a barbecue dinner with all the trimmings and a special section seat for UNC Asheville Men’s Basketball on Wednesday evening, January 24, 2018. You’ll dine in a private room at the Sherrill Center and meet Janet R. Cone, Director of Athletics at UNC Asheville. Janet will speak about UNC […]
Musical Feast: Music Magic in Biltmore House and Forest
The Biltmore Estate 1 Lodge St, Asheville, NCThis feast offers some unique opportunities for hearing wonderful music as well as to have a special experience at Biltmore House. Here is your opportunity to have the first floor of Biltmore practically to yourself. Arrive at the Estate at 5:00 for a drive to the mansion where musicians from the Youth Orchestra will entertain […]
Guild Program: Meet Garry Walker
Asheville Symphony Office 27 College Place, Asheville, NCWinner of the 1999 Leeds Conductor’s Competition, Scottish-born Garry Walker studied conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music. He is artistic director of conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and becomes chief conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz starting September 2017. He enjoys a close association with Red Note Ensemble, Scotland’s première […]
Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Asbury Commons, Givens Estate 2360 Sweeten Creek Rd., Asheville, NCSymphony Talks: Conductor Garry Walker and Violinist Elena Urioste
Reuter Center (UNCA) 1 Campus View Rd., Asheville, NCWinner of the 1999 Leeds Conductor’s Competition, Scottish-born Garry Walker studied conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music. He is artistic director of conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and becomes chief conductor of the Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie Koblenz starting September 2017. He enjoys a close association with Red Note Ensemble, Scotland’s première […]
Masterworks 4 – Garry Walker
Malcolm Arnold - Four Scottish Dances Claude Debussy - Marche Ecossais Max Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 Felix Mendelssohn - Symphony No. 3, “Scottish Symphony” Elena Urioste, violin
Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Blue Ridge Room, Deerfield Retirement Community 1617 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville, NCPiano Recital – Alexandre Tharaud
J.S. Bach - “Goldberg” Variations, BWV 988
Musical Feast: Pinball Wizards Want More!
Asheville Pinball Museum 1 Battle Square #1b, Asheville, NCTake off your jacket, loosen that tie, roll up your sleeves and challenge your friends. The Pinball Museum Musical Feast is back by popular demand. It’s even better now with over 70 games versus the museum’s original 27. As we discovered at the first feast, many of us have fond memories of pinball machines and […]
Asheville Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NCfeaturing Triton Brass
Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Blue Ridge Room, Deerfield Retirement Community 1617 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville, NC
Guild Program: Meet Nicholas Hersh
Asheville Symphony Office 27 College Place, Asheville, NCNicholas Hersh currently serves as associate conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and artistic director of the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestras. Since joining the BSO as assistant conductor in 2014, he continues to make his mark on the mid-Atlantic region with exciting, innovative programming—notably as conductor and co-curator of the acclaimed BSO Pulse series, bringing […]
Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Asbury Commons, Givens Estate 2360 Sweeten Creek Rd., Asheville, NCSymphony Talks: Conductor Nicholas Hersh and Violinist Itamar Zorman
Reuter Center (UNCA) 1 Campus View Rd., Asheville, NCNicholas Hersh currently serves as associate conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and artistic director of the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestras. Since joining the BSO as assistant conductor in 2014, he continues to make his mark on the mid-Atlantic region with exciting, innovative programming—notably as conductor and co-curator of the acclaimed BSO Pulse series, bringing […]
Masterworks 5 – Nicholas Hersh
Ludwig van Beethoven - Leonore Overture No. 3 Jonathan Leshnoff - Chamber Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Sergei Rachmaninoff - Symphony No. 2 Itamar Zorman, violin
Musical Feast: Juilliard Jazzical
Doris and Ralph Loomis are excited to offer you an opportunity for a particularly unique Feast next spring – a piano recital by a second year student of The Juilliard School, Henry Smolen by name. Henry is flying in for the night and will be offering an extensive repertoire of favorite and familiar classical pieces […]
Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Blue Ridge Room, Deerfield Retirement Community 1617 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville, NC
Guild Program: Meet Jayce Ogren
Asheville Symphony Office 27 College Place, Asheville, NCJayce Ogren was recently announced as artistic director of orchestra 2001 in Philadelphia. Recent conducting highlights include Rossini’s La Cenerentola at the Music Academy of the West; an engagement with Ensemble Intercontemporain of Paris that included music of Stockhausen, Jodlowski, Nono, and Andrew Norman; subscription weeks with the Colorado, Edmonton and Victoria symphony orchestras, and […]