They’re small, just 9×12, but highly visible.

BMC flute faculty member Amy Porter shares pointers and stories on her new podcast, which features a wide range of topics valuable for anyone interested in music. Recent episodes include entrepreneurial tips, interviews with special guests, and a series on performance therapy. Listen for free on a variety of platforms.

BMC guest artist Garrick Ohlsson was set to open the 2020 season on June 25. Instead, we are thrilled to share this recital from March 14, streamed live from the Kaufmann Concert Hall in New York City. The concert program includes Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 11 in B-Flat Major, Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 6 in A Major, Chopin’s Impromptu No. 2 and Six Études from Op. 25, and a special Rachmaninoff encore.

The coronavirus pandemic halted spay and neuter surgeries as communities were forced to suspend non-emergency veterinary services. This has resulted in a huge backlog of unaltered animals. The Humane Society of the United States estimates that the current backlog is over 260,000 animals nationwide. Brother Wolf currently has a waiting list of over 500 animals that are in need of spay and neuter services.

Even prior to this pandemic, we couldn’t meet the existing need with our original clinic. A second clinic will enable us to double our capacity and serve an average of 180 animals each week! Spaying and neutering is so critical because it saves lives by reducing pet overpopulation. Our Second Spay and Neuter Mobile Clinic will travel around Western NC, providing low-cost services to under-resourced communities.

We need your help to make this program a reality. Please donate today, thank you!

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Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.

MENDELSSOHN Piano Trio No. 1 in D minor
I. Molto allegro ed agitato
Corinne Stillwell, violin • Jonathan Spitz, cello
Michael Chertock, piano
Recorded live on July 22, 2019,
at Ingram Auditorium in Brevard, NC.

Selected past performances by BMC orchestras, faculty, and guest artists on YouTube, SoundCloud, and Open Air Brevard.

STRAUSS Don Juan
Brevard Sinfonia • Matthias Bamert, conductor
Recorded live on July 20, 2013,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium in Brevard, NC.

Learn about music printing techniques through time including woodblock, lithography, and more.

The Violin Channel recently caught up with violinists and www.intermissionsessions.com wellness coaches Elena Urioste and Melissa White to get their advice on some simple physical exercises that every string player should be doing to stay physically and mentally healthy – during quarantine and beyond …

Violinists Elena Urioste & Melissa White share 10 essential, daily stretches for musicians.

Che Apalache is a four-man string band based in Buenos Aires with members from Argentina, Mexico and the United States. Their cleverly crafted “latingrass” evokes images from Appalachia to the Andes.

Argentinian-American string band Che Apalache performs bluegrass with a unique twist.

Buncombe County Public Libraries have free wifi hotspots available outside any library building. To use the wifi, look for the LibraryGuest network and use the password readmore. The wifi is available all day every day, whether the library is open or not. Please observe all Buncombe County social distancing and gathering requirements while using the wifi. Questions? Call (828) 250-4700 or email [email protected].

Miss browsing the library’s shelves? Let us help with Bookfix. Call or email your local library to have a librarian put together a bundle of books tailored to your specific interests. You can pick up your personal Bookfix bundle at our curbside hold pickup service. Our Ask a Librarian line is available Monday-Saturday at (828) 250-4700 or you can email [email protected].

In addition to his role as the BMC Artistic Director, Keith is the Conductor of the Boston Pops Symphony Orchestra. Here, Keith discusses working with composer John Williams and recreating the music of Star Wars. The featured performance is of the main title from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, with Williams conducting the orchestra during its 1993 Japan Tour.

Ready to go wild? Join us “off the eaten path” as we uncover the Garden of Eden all around us. Learn how to safely identify, appreciate, and savor wild mushrooms, plants, and more. Then let one of Asheville’s top restaurants prepare it for you — for free!

We’ve been taking people “out to eat” for nearly twenty-five years. On TripAdvisor, we are the #1 foraging activity in the world. We have been featured on Bizarre Foods, The History Channel, PBS, CNN, and NPR as well as in Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, Southern Living, USA Today, and more.

Discover how easy it is to “take in the landscape.” Our family-friendly tours available daily, year-round, by arrangement. Our introductory e-book is included and all equipment is provided. For a taste of the wild life, forage ahead.

Join us as we celebrate the global movement of going plastic-free this July! Our Plastic Reduction Task Force will be celebrating all month with community shoutouts, games, reading lists, resources, and more! Follow our Facebook page @goingplasticfreeAVL and Instagram @going_plasticfree for updates so that you won’t miss a thing.

Save these dates:
Saturday, July 11th – Going Plastic Free Scavenger Hunt
Thursday July 23rd – Plastic Free July Trivia

For the month of July, genealogists and historians can access the popular Ancestry.com database from home for free. All you need is a library card.

Among the billions of records available, Ancestry.com includes census records and indexes, vital, church, military, public member trees; birth, marriage and death records; tax, criminal, land and wills stories, memories and histories, pictures, city directories, immigration and travel schools, maps and more. There are records from the United States as well as international records, so no matter where your family might be from, you will probably be able locate them in the Ancestry database.

Find a new branch of your family tree with Ancestry. Visit the library website at buncombecounty.org/library and use the Virtual Library tab to access Ancestry. If you don’t have a library card, email us at [email protected] and we can give you a card by email. Call 828-250-4700 with any questions.

Video of the Week Maestro Keith Lockhart leads the Brevard Concert Orchestra in a performance of the Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 2, “A London Symphony.” IV. Finale

A Little Dose of Inspiration

Join us for another virtual creek tour, this time of Smith Mill Creek! It runs through West Asheville and faces many threats to its health. RiverLink is working hard to revitalize this important waterway in our watershed.

Work of the Week: Associate Curator Cindy Buckner discusses Bathers by Abraham Walkowitz. Known for his colorful watercolors, both figurative and abstract, Walkowitz participated in the pivotal 1913 Armory Show exhibition in New York City and was a key member of Alfred Steiglitz’s inner circle. Like others of that group, he advocated for experimentation and personal expression as part of the Modernist art movement.