Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Asbury Commons, Givens Estate 2360 Sweeten Creek Rd., Asheville, NC
Symphony 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, […]
Behind the Notes with Chip Kaufmann
Asbury Commons, Givens Estate 2360 Sweeten Creek Rd., Asheville, NCSymphony Talks: Conductor Jacomo Bairos and Violinist Jennifer Frautschi
Reuter Center (UNCA) 1 Campus View Rd., 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, […]
Masterworks 7 – Jacomo Bairos
Leonard Bernstein - Overture to Candide Sam Hyken - “4”: A Reimagining of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 2 Lara St. John, violin
Musical Feast: It’s O’er the Ridge We Go
Join our intrepid hikers, Marilyn Kolton and Lou Dwarshuis, on a hike along the beautiful ridge trail starting at Elk Pasture Gap and going (mostly downhill) for about 3 miles. You can expect to see the rare Dutchman’s Pipe wildflower and many other spring blooms as well as a variety of ferns. Besides the fresh […]
Asheville Symphony Youth Orchestra Concert
Asheville High School Auditorium 419 McDowell St., Asheville, NCMusical Feast: A Minor Miracle
The Basilica of St. Lawrence 97 Haywood Street, Asheville, NCAsheville is privileged to be home to the Basilica of St. Lawrence, a Roman Catholic Church, designated a Minor Basilica by the Holy See in 1993. To quote from the church’s brochure, “The term Basilica is a special designation given by the Holy Father to certain churches because of their antiquity, dignity, historical importance or […]
Musical Feast: Bison and Camels and Watusi …Oh My!
Dr. King's Carolina Bison Farm 356 Ridgeview Rd, Leicester, NCThis event is SOLD OUT. For a most unusual Musical Feast experience, consider spending a day on a working farm, surrounded by the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Located in Leicester about fifteen minutes from downtown Asheville, the Dr. King Carolina Bison Farm is home to a variety of animals –American Buffalo (Bison), rare Black Bison, […]
Musical Feast: Fancy Fiddlin’ with a Feast
Blue Moon Lodge, the rustic mountain home of Sharon and Roger Eschenroeder, is the perfect setting for an evening celebrating North Carolina’s musical heritage (private address will be sent to attendees via email). Sitting atop Butler Mountain in Fairview, the home has paths for strolling and rocking chairs for sitting and admiring the long-range mountain […]
Asheville Symphony Guild Estate Sale
75 Fairview Road 75 Fairview Rd., Asheville, NC, United StatesFurniture, ceramics, tableware, glassware. silver, art books, lamps, decorative items, artwork, jewelry, tools, musical instruments, mirrors and more. Come and support two very worthwhile community organizations. The public is welcome. Guild Members Exclusive: Preview party on Wednesday evening 5 - 6:30. Come and view what's for sale, socialize and return over the weekend to buy.
Musical Feast: A Wildflower Picnic In Kenilworth Garden
Celebrate spring at a delightful picnic set in one of Asheville’s most beautiful gardens. Your hosts, John Cram and Matt Chambers – who brought New Morning Gallery and the fashionable Bellagio’s to Biltmore Village as well as Blue Spiral, the Fine Arts Theatre and Bellagio Everyday downtown – have lovingly maintained and added to their […]
Guild Program: David & Darko
Asheville Symphony Office 27 College Place, Asheville, NCOur first Asheville Symphony Guild Program of the new season takes place on Thursday, September 13 at 10 a.m. and features an interview with Asheville Symphony Executive Director David Whitehill and Music Director Darko Butorac. Listen in as Executive Director David Whitehill takes on the role of news correspondent as he interviews our NEW conductor, […]
Symphony Talk: Darko Butorac with soloist George Li, piano (Wagner, Liszt, Shostakovich)
Reuter Center (UNCA) 1 Campus View Rd., Asheville, NCMusical Feast: An Elegant Evening with Our New Conductor
Home of Doris and Ralph LoomisWe have a lot to celebrate – our new music director, Darko Butorac (pronounced BOO-toh-rutz), is here to help us kick off the opening of our NEW season at last! Come help us welcome him to Asheville and our Symphony Orchestra. For this celebration, Doris and Ralph Loomis are opening their spacious and beautiful home in one […]
Concert: Masterworks 1
Thomas Wolfe Auditorium 87 Haywood St., Asheville, NCWagner Tristan und Isolde, Prelude and “Liebestod” Liszt Piano Concerto No. 1 Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 George Li, piano
Musical Feast: The Integrity of the Tree
Carrier Park 220 Amboy Rd, Asheville, NCComing up in September, Musical Feasts offers an event that embodies everything Asheville – unique craftsmanship, traditional local cuisine, ecological awareness and a classy informality. Internationally acclaimed furniture designer, Brian Boggs, designs and builds fine wood furniture, continuing a thirty-five-year career. He and his team handcraft heirloom-quality furniture – one piece at a time – […]