Musical 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 […]
Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Asbury Commons, Givens Estate 2360 Sweeten Creek Rd., Asheville, NCSymphony Talks: Conductor Jayce Ogren and Pianist Joyce Yang
Reuter Center (UNCA) 1 Campus View Rd., 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 […]
Masterworks 6 – Jayce Ogren
John Adams - the Chairman Dances Manuel de Falla - Nights in the Gardens of Spain Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 Joyce Yang, piano
Musical Feast: Feast and Falconry at the Sourwood Inn
The Sourwood Inn 810 Elk Mountain Scenic Highway, Asheville, NCBack by popular demand, we have arranged a repeat for those many of you who requested it. Do come enjoy an April afternoon at the Sourwood Inn, Asheville’s closest and most glorious mountain getaway. The Inn, an Asheville treasure, is located on 100 acres of hilly terrain at an elevation of 3,200 feet. It feels […]
Musical Feast: Two Ps in a Poz
A Musical Feast for the ages! – the Zahlers invite you to their beautiful home on the mountain for a musical program featuring Concertmaster Jason Posnock and his wife, Dilshad, both Asheville Symphony Orchestra players (address will be provided to attendees via email). This evening offers an opportunity to see the two of them in […]
Musical Feast: Run for the Roses!
This is a Southern Tradition you will not want to miss! Witness the 144th Run for the Roses – “Derby Style” in the Biltmore Forest home of Barbra and Keith Love (private address will be sent to attendees via email). All the Race Day rules have been followed, and your hosts look forward to giving […]
Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Blue Ridge Room, Deerfield Retirement Community 1617 Hendersonville Rd, Asheville, NCThe Mimi Cecil & Charlotte Lunsford Annual Luncheon
The Cliffs at Walnut Cove 3 Cliffs Ridge Parkway, Arden, NCMeet your new officers and celebrate another successful year of "The Asheville Symphony Guild". Reservation deadline is April 27, 2018
Guild Program: Meet Jacomo Bairos
Asheville Symphony Office 27 College Place, Asheville, NCDescribed as a “genuine talent” (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) and having a “splendid sense of musicality”, (Knoxville Mercury) Portuguese-American Jacomo Bairos is currently the Amarillo Symphony’s music director and conductor, as well as co-founder and artistic director for Miami’s Nu Deco Ensemble. In 2016/17 Bairos debuts with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and returns to the Houston Symphony, […]