Calendar of Events
Upcoming events and things to do in Asheville, NC. Below is a list of events for festivals, concerts, art exhibitions, group meetups and more.
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Open Air Brevard
Enjoy featured re-broadcasts of Open Air Brevard, produced by 89.9 WDAV Classical Public Radio based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Additional broadcasts co-produced by BPR Classic in Asheville, North Carolina. Check back regularly for new episodes!
Brevard Sinfonia with JoAnn Falletta
Posted January 7, 2021; originally aired in the 2013 and 2014 season
David Dzubay: Snake Alley
W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Brevard Sinfonia
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Norman Krieger, piano
Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Brevard Music Center Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Articulate:
8 Tasty Art & Music Pairings
Savor eight iconic paintings paired with music that is sure to enhance your artistic palette!
TED-Ed:
Four Seasons
Discover the underlying narrative of one of the most familiar and beloved 18th century works.
Putumayo’s Featured Kids Musicians Video. Precious!
Immerse Yourself in Music
Become part of the BMC community. Experience the thrill of performing with the world’s most celebrated artists. Practice your craft and develop your skills in a picturesque rehearsal studio – in nature, beside the lake, amongst the white pines, alongside the stream. Share a communal lunch or an impromptu conversation with faculty and guest artists in our cafeteria. Interact with patrons who fill our auditoriums and love to hear your music.
We welcome you, the next generation of musicians and artists. We encourage you, and challenge you, to experience the magic of the Brevard Music Center. In a community of musicians, you will be transformed. On the stage and in the classroom, you will be inspired. In just one summer, you will make new friendships that will last a lifetime.
This is Brevard. Be inspired. Be here.
Around The Web
Live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from around the web, updated regularly.
Kennedy Center: Couch Concerts
Launched during the Kennedy Center’s temporary closure, this series reached out to the living rooms of talented artists to see them perform their work and help us inspire, grieve, heal, and move forward as a nation. Watch now!
Around The Web
Live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from around the web, updated regularly.
Performances and Livestreams
Silkroad Ensemble: Home Sessions
Silkroad artists shared short, musical performances live on Facebook and Instagram — bringing music of comfort and joy directly from their homes to audiences around the world! Available also for archived viewing on YouTube.
BMC alum and summer staff member Steven Chen shares his arrangement of Ennio Morricone’s beautiful “Love Theme” from Cinema Paradiso for cello ensemble. It is performed and recorded by Steven and students from Alan Stepansky’s studio at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
BMC harp faculty Allegra Lilly performs
as part of her living room concert, recorded on July 20, 2020. Allegra is the Principal Harpist
of the St. Louis Symphony.
Digital BMC
Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.
BRAHMS Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
Craig Nies, piano
Recorded on July 22, 2019,
at Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College.
Digital BMC
Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
I. Allegro moderato
Brevard Sinfonia • Ken Lam, conductor
SooBeen Lee, violin
Recorded live on August 3, 2019,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium at the Brevard Music Center.
Kaufman Music Center:
Bach Yard Playdates
Enjoy short interactive and exploratory episodes curated by acclaimed pianist Orli Shaham.
MET Opera:
Illustrated Synopses
Explore opera in a new way! Discover 14 cherished operas beautifully illustrated and easily digestible.
Open Air Brevard
Enjoy featured re-broadcasts of Open Air Brevard, produced by 89.9 WDAV Classical Public Radio based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Additional broadcasts co-produced by BPR Classic in Asheville, North Carolina. Check back regularly for new episodes!
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Posted December 3, 2020; originally aired in the 2014 season
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Brevard Music Center Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
Samuel Scheidt: Centone No. 5 For Brass Quintet (arr. Verne Reynolds)
Neal Berntsen, trumpet • Mark Schubert, trumpet • Richard Deane, french horn • David Jackson, trombone • Charles Villarrubia, tuba
Open Air Brevard
Enjoy featured re-broadcasts of Open Air Brevard, produced by 89.9 WDAV Classical Public Radio based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Additional broadcasts co-produced by BPR Classic in Asheville, North Carolina. Check back regularly for new episodes!
Brevard Sinfonia with JoAnn Falletta
Posted January 7, 2021; originally aired in the 2013 and 2014 season
David Dzubay: Snake Alley
W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Brevard Sinfonia
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Norman Krieger, piano
Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Brevard Music Center Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor
Articulate:
8 Tasty Art & Music Pairings
Savor eight iconic paintings paired with music that is sure to enhance your artistic palette!
TED-Ed:
Four Seasons
Discover the underlying narrative of one of the most familiar and beloved 18th century works.
Putumayo’s Featured Kids Musicians Video. Precious!
Immerse Yourself in Music
Become part of the BMC community. Experience the thrill of performing with the world’s most celebrated artists. Practice your craft and develop your skills in a picturesque rehearsal studio – in nature, beside the lake, amongst the white pines, alongside the stream. Share a communal lunch or an impromptu conversation with faculty and guest artists in our cafeteria. Interact with patrons who fill our auditoriums and love to hear your music.
We welcome you, the next generation of musicians and artists. We encourage you, and challenge you, to experience the magic of the Brevard Music Center. In a community of musicians, you will be transformed. On the stage and in the classroom, you will be inspired. In just one summer, you will make new friendships that will last a lifetime.
This is Brevard. Be inspired. Be here.
Postponed
Important Information
The performances of Oklahoma! at the Peace Center have been postponed to the fall of 2021.
“How is it that the coolest new show on Broadway is a 1943 musical?” says The New York Times. This is Oklahoma! as you’ve never seen or heard it before — reimagined for the 21st century, and now the Tony Award® winner for Best Revival of a Musical. Funny and sexy, dark and jolting, this acclaimed production of Oklahoma! “lets us experience Rodgers and Hammerstein’s greatness anew” (The New Yorker).
Stripped down to reveal the darker psychological truths at its core, Daniel Fish’s production tells a story of a community circling its wagons against an outsider, and the frontier life that shaped America. Upending the sunny romance of a farmer and a cowpoke, this Oklahoma! allows the classic musical — and our country — to be seen in a whole new light.
“This production shocked me and moved me,” raves Frank Rich of New York Magazine. “This is the Oklahoma! that was there all along.” The Daily Beast raves “Forget your traditional idea of Oklahoma! Daniel Fish’s daring, brilliant, utterly absorbing re-interpretation is dark and different — brilliantly so.”
Audience Advisory: Contains fog, loud gunshot effects, moments of total darkness, and violence.
Around The Web
Live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from around the web, updated regularly.
Kennedy Center: Couch Concerts
Launched during the Kennedy Center’s temporary closure, this series reached out to the living rooms of talented artists to see them perform their work and help us inspire, grieve, heal, and move forward as a nation. Watch now!
Around The Web
Live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from around the web, updated regularly.
Performances and Livestreams
Silkroad Ensemble: Home Sessions
Silkroad artists shared short, musical performances live on Facebook and Instagram — bringing music of comfort and joy directly from their homes to audiences around the world! Available also for archived viewing on YouTube.
BMC alum and summer staff member Steven Chen shares his arrangement of Ennio Morricone’s beautiful “Love Theme” from Cinema Paradiso for cello ensemble. It is performed and recorded by Steven and students from Alan Stepansky’s studio at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
BMC harp faculty Allegra Lilly performs
as part of her living room concert, recorded on July 20, 2020. Allegra is the Principal Harpist
of the St. Louis Symphony.
Digital BMC
Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.
BRAHMS Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118, No. 2
Craig Nies, piano
Recorded on July 22, 2019,
at Ingram Auditorium at Brevard College.
Digital BMC
Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
I. Allegro moderato
Brevard Sinfonia • Ken Lam, conductor
SooBeen Lee, violin
Recorded live on August 3, 2019,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium at the Brevard Music Center.
Kaufman Music Center:
Bach Yard Playdates
Enjoy short interactive and exploratory episodes curated by acclaimed pianist Orli Shaham.
MET Opera:
Illustrated Synopses
Explore opera in a new way! Discover 14 cherished operas beautifully illustrated and easily digestible.
Open Air Brevard
Enjoy featured re-broadcasts of Open Air Brevard, produced by 89.9 WDAV Classical Public Radio based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Additional broadcasts co-produced by BPR Classic in Asheville, North Carolina. Check back regularly for new episodes!
Brahms Symphony No. 2
Posted December 3, 2020; originally aired in the 2014 season
Gioachino Rossini: Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 16
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Brevard Music Center Orchestra
Miguel Harth-Bedoya, conductor
Vadym Kholodenko, piano
Samuel Scheidt: Centone No. 5 For Brass Quintet (arr. Verne Reynolds)
Neal Berntsen, trumpet • Mark Schubert, trumpet • Richard Deane, french horn • David Jackson, trombone • Charles Villarrubia, tuba
Open Air Brevard
Enjoy featured re-broadcasts of Open Air Brevard, produced by 89.9 WDAV Classical Public Radio based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Additional broadcasts co-produced by BPR Classic in Asheville, North Carolina. Check back regularly for new episodes!
Brevard Sinfonia with JoAnn Falletta
Posted January 7, 2021; originally aired in the 2013 and 2014 season
David Dzubay: Snake Alley
W.A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73
Brevard Sinfonia
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
Norman Krieger, piano
Ottorino Respighi: The Pines of Rome
Brevard Music Center Orchestra
Keith Lockhart, conductor