Guest Conductor Mei-Ann Chen, Violinist Alexi Kenney Star in Asheville Symphony’s Folk-Themed Masterworks Concert
Guest conductor Mei-Ann Chen and solo violinist Alexi Kenney headlined the Asheville Symphony’s Masterworks 5 concert in Thomas Wolfe Auditorium with three beloved folk-influenced works. Zoltán Kodály’s...
Read MoreBrevard Philharmonic Performs Magical Mozart
The Brevard Philharmonic held its second concert of the 42nd season in the Porter Center at Brevard College before a near-capacity audience. This season marks the debut of new artistic director and conductor James C. Fellenbaum....
Read MoreAspen String Trio Plays Dark Remembrances of Holocaust-Era Composers with a Sunny Side of Mozart
The Asheville Chamber Music Series opened its 66th season at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Asheville with a riveting program by the Aspen String Trio centered around two Czech “degenerate composers” of...
Read MoreAt BMC: Shanghai Quartet’s Beethoven Cycle II
The Brevard Music Center’s 82nd season is already in its second full week in beautiful Brevard with both expanded programming and focused learning opportunities. Among the latter are occasions to hear the varied repertory...
Read MoreOpera Carolina’s Risk Pays Huge Dividends with Douglas Tappin’s New R&B Opera I Dream
Opera Carolina’s decision to mount a production of Douglas Tappin’s new opera I Dream about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. must have kept many board members up late at night. A new opera alone with...
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