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, NC
Concert: 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 […]
Musical Feast: Guided tour of the BMW plant in Greer, SC
Zentrum Museum and BMW Visitors Center 1400 Highway 101 S, Greer, SCCome join a special tour of the BMW factory in Spartanburg, South Carolina! We have a very unique opportunity to see the totally renovated BMW plant, combined with a visit to the Zentrum Museum, highlighting the combination of innovation and performance. THIS NEWLY-ANNOUNCED FEAST will be held on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, starting at 10:30 […]
Asheville Symphony Guild Potluck
Governor's Western Residence 45 Patton Mountain Rd, Asheville, NCCome spend a Summer evening with your Guild friends (RSVP below) Bring a main course, side dish, or dessert. Bring enough to serve 10-12 people. BYOB! - Water and ice will be provided.
Friday Symphony Talk
Banquet Room of US Cellular CenterHear more about the future of the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium.
Masterworks Concert 1: Blake Pouliot, Violin
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NCWho has the BEST “CHILI CHOPS”?
Come sample some of our very own Asheville Symphony Musical Chefs’ delectable dishes as they face off in a Chili Cook-Off contest. There will be 8 entries and you will help judge the winner for the “Chili Crown.” Who will be the winning Chef ? You must come to vote for your favorite! Will […]
A Delightful Evening of Acoustic Guitar and Dinner
The Ramble's Living Well Center 15 Hallett Court, Asheville, NCJoin us for a delectable Fall dinner in the Ramble to listen to guitar legend Al Petteway’s amazing music. A Grammy and Indie Award-winning guitarist who calls this area home, Al is known for his lyrical and powerful finger-style acoustic guitar music. Your evening will start with a delicious buffet dinner and drinks as you […]
Carolina’s High Craft: Makers and Collectors – A Feast for the Eyes (and the palate!)
Home of Karen Depew & Steve KeebleCome enjoy an afternoon of visual delights as you take in the amazing town and mountain views and remarkable art collection at Karen DePew and Steve Keeble’s lovely home. Collectors for over 15 years, our hosts retired here to participate in Western North Carolina’s historically significant and nationally recognized craft and art environment. Stroll […]
Friday Symphony Talk
Reuter Center (UNCA) 1 Campus View Rd., Asheville, NCMasterworks Concert 2: Elvis on Bassoon
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NCGuild Program
Asheville Symphony Office 27 College Place, Asheville, NCDarko on Conducting an Orchestra
Music, Art and a bit of Vanderbilt Lore – The Episcopal Cathedral of All Souls
Cathedral of All Souls 9 Swan Street, Asheville, NCThis Musical Feast has it all: classical and contemporary music performed by talented Kyle Ritter, Alicia Chapman, Frances Duff and Lea Kibler, in the art-filled sanctuary of The Episcopal Cathedral of All Souls. Built in 1896 as the home church of the Vanderbilt family, it is famous for its architecture and vibrantly colorful windows. Tasty […]
Totally RAD Tour – Beer, Chocolate and Art
River Arts Makers Place (RAMP) Corner of Riverside Drive and Broadway, near UNC-Asheville, just off I-26, AshevilleMeet in Asheville’s new River Arts Makers Place for lunch and tours of UNC-Asheville’s STEAM Art & Engineering Studio, Ginger’s Revenge, and the new French Broad Chocolate Factory and Sweets Cafe. The tour begins with UNC-Asheville’s innovative STEAM Studio where the next generation of Scientists, Technicians, Engineers, Artists and Mathematicians work side-by-side with faculty and […]
Guild Program
Asheville Symphony Office 27 College Place, Asheville, NC"The Cello Speaks" Franklin Keel introduces us to his instrument.
Friday Symphony Talk
Reuter Center (UNCA) 1 Campus View Rd., Asheville, NCMasterworks Concert 3: Zlatomir Fung, Cello
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NCJOY TO THE WORLD! – Caroling at Carol’s
Home of Carol and Hugh McCollumCelebrate the Holiday Season caroling with friends both new and old at the festively decorated home of Carol and Hugh McCollum! Begin the evening with beverages and delicious appetizers, while you sing some favorite seasonal songs, both traditional and modern, accompanied by our hostess, Carol, on her Steinway piano. Following this first round of caroling, […]
New Year’s Eve Concert, Classical Mystery Tour
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NC(CANCELLED) Beethoven in C: Confidence, Courage and Chutzpah
The Ramble's Living Well Center 15 Hallett Court, Asheville, NCThis event has been cancelled. More information coming soon. <!-- The January “Mixtapes” Musical Feast has been reworked into a new event. Who remembers Miles Hoffman and the fantastic Feast he presented on the music and life of Mo65zart during Amadeus, 2017? Well. Miles is back! “Beethoven in C: Confidence, Courage ad Chutzpah” introduces us […]