Bring your friends, grab a drink and bites from the on-site taqueria and enjoy a relaxing listening experience featuring works by Dvorak, Bloch, and Mendelssohn, among others.
Young Artist Orchestra; José-Luis Novo, conductor; EMF 2024 Conducting Scholars PROGRAM: TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from Act I of The Nutcracker, op.71 TH 14; STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1911, original version) Pre-concert lecture, “Musically Speaking,” at 7:00PM in the Moon Room, Dana Auditorium. Ticket Office 336-333-7450 x221
The American Music Festival, a nationally acclaimed chamber music series, offers you, the passionate music lover, an opportunity to experience the intimacy and richness of chamber music right here in coastal North Carolina.
PERFORMED BY: Young Artist Orchestra; Grant Cooper, conductor; EMF 2024 Conducting Scholars PROGRAM: TCHAIKOVSKY: Selections from Act II of The Nutcracker, op.71 TH 14; SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, op.39 Pre-concert lecture, “Musically Speaking,” at 7:00PM in the Moon Room, Dana Auditorium. Ticket Office 336-333-7450 x221
The Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award-winning Buddy Guy will perform hits from throughout his career, in addition to his 2022 album, The Blues Don’t Lie. At age 87, Buddy Guy is a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a major influence on rock titans like Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, a pioneer of Chicago’s fabled West Side sound, and a living link to the city’s halcyon days of electric blues. Rolling Stone Magazine ranked Guy #23 in its “100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.”
The Blue Ridge Music Center’s Deep Roots, Many Voices: Summer Outdoor Concert Series is highlighting women who are leading the way in refining, adapting, and redefining American roots and traditional mountain music. 2024 summer concert series lineup: May 25 East Nash Grass + The Amanda Cook Band June 1 Caleb Caudle performing with Wild Ponies June 8 Chatham Rabbits June 15 The SteelDrivers + The Wilder Flower June 22 An Evening with Tuba Skinny June 29 Missy Raines & Allegheny July 6 The Alum Ridge Boys & Ashlee performing with New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters July 13 David Wax Museum + The Travis Williams Group July 20 Fireside Collective performing with Liam Purcell & Cane Mill Road July 27 Martha Redbone + Zoe & Cloyd Aug. 3 Kruger Brothers Aug. 17 An Evening with Steep Canyon Rangers Aug. 24 Alison Brown Quintet performing with Wayne Henderson & Friends Aug. 31 Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
The American Music Festival, a nationally acclaimed chamber music series, offers you, the passionate music lover, an opportunity to experience the intimacy and richness of chamber music right here in coastal North Carolina.
The Symphony will not be performing at this concert. The Catalinas take the stage at Summerfest, bringing a variety of beach music favorites and more that will have us all dancing the night away.
PERFORMED BY: Gerard Schwarz, music director and conductor; Santiago Rodriguez, piano; Eastern Festival Orchestra PROGRAM: RACHMANINOFF: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op.30; STRAVINSKY: Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) Pre-concert lecture, “Musically Speaking,” at 7:00PM in the Moon Room, Dana Auditorium. Ticket Office 336-333-7450 x221
Ticket Office 336-333-7450 x221
Stage and screen star Norm Lewis, backed by a trio, will present a revue of songs hand-picked from his impressive resumé of the who’s-who among Broadway’s leading men — Javert in Les Misérables, Porgy in Porgy and Bess, the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera, Billy Flynn in Chicago — and from numerous TV hits such as Mrs. America, The Blacklist, and Scandal. Lewis will also lend his unique and insightful vocal versatility to additional selections ranging from jazz, blues and soul to pop and classic American favorites.
As we celebrate App Summer’s 40th anniversary, this series offers behind-the-scenes discussions with artists from the music, dance, and visual arts worlds that center around a common theme of legacy and longevity.
