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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Enjoy selected performances by BMC students, faculty, and guest artists on Digital BMC.
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
IV. Finale. Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace
Brevard Concert Orchestra • Keith Lockhart, conductor
Recorded live on August 2, 2013,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium at the Brevard Music Center.
Don’t miss our staff picks! Enjoy live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from Around the Web.
Live Events and Performances
Named after the famed craftsman, Guarneri Hall NFP serves as a facilitator and catalyst for emerging musical artists, musical groups and music education initiatives. Current and archived videos, articles, lectures, announcements and interviews are available and are updated frequently.
Keith’s Corner features inspiring musical performances and personal stories from our very own Keith Lockhart and special guests.
Keith shares an informal interview with pianist and BMC favorite Garrick Ohlsson. Following the interview, Ohlsson performs Chopin’s Nocturne in F-sharp Major Op. 15, no. 2 from home.
Keith’s Corner features inspiring musical performances and personal stories from our very own Keith Lockhart and special guests.
RESPIGHI Adoration of the Magi
Keith shares the beautiful Adoration of the Magi (Three Botticelli Pictures) of Italian composer, Ottorino Respighi. The featured recording is of Keith Lockhart conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra on their album, Sleigh Ride from 2004.
Don’t miss our staff picks! Enjoy live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from Around the Web.
Steven Isserlis and Mishka Rushdie Momen: Live from Wigmore Hall
Don’t miss a stunning recital by cellist Steven Isserlis (BMC 2021 guest artist) and pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen (BMC 2021 guest artist). The British duo performed music of Kabalevsky, Janáček, and Shostakovich. This concert was recorded live at Wigmore Hall in January 2021.
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.
Rebecca and the Reckoning is a honky tonk and americana band based out of Asheville, NC. On this special valentines day weekend, they will be joined by the euphonious sounds of Franklin Keel on vocals and electric cello. You will know Rebecca and Franklin as the guitar and cello singing duo, Samson and Delilah. From honky tonk to blues to classic folk, this collaboration is sure to bring love and soul to your holiday weekend.
Come enjoy an evening of live music, food and drinks at the Isis Music Hall. Reservations are highly recommended.
Join us online this “Galentine’s Day” for a celebration of love by local acoustic duo Liz and Elizabeth. They’ll perform a myriad of love-song in their signature style, interspersed with letters read by local actors. Starring Jeb Buffinton, David Hopes, Kay Wise, Adam Olson, Denise Lockett and Gabbi Nicholson.
NOTE: The link to this show will be emailed to you on the day of the performance |
Darko Butorac, Conductor
Wagner: Prelude to Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1
Brahms: Symphony No. 1
James Thompson, violin
This is a concert that combines three jewels from German romanticism. We open with the majestic Prelude to Wagner’s opera, The Meistersinger from Nurnberg. James Thompson, a bright star who debuted with the Cleveland Orchestra is joining us for Bruch’s lyrical Violin Concerto. The concert concludes with Brahms’ eternal Symphony No.1, a musical journey from the heart of darkness into light and joy.
Don’t miss our staff picks! Enjoy live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from Around the Web.
Staff Picks From Around the Web
Apollo’s Fire:
Music for the Soul
Enjoy this beautiful virtual Baroque video series for homebound music lovers.
Don’t miss our staff picks! Enjoy live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from Around the Web.
Staff Picks From Around the Web
Because:By Mo Willems
A touching and beautifully told true story of inspiration found on and behind the stage.
Don’t miss our staff picks! Enjoy live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from Around the Web.
Staff Picks From Around the Web
Create your own opera with this machine learning experiment. No music skills required!
Enjoy selected performances by BMC students, faculty, and guest artists on Digital BMC.
DEBUSSY La Mer
III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer
Brevard Sinfonia • Daniel Hege, conductor
Recorded on July 7, 2018,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium at the Brevard Music Center.
Enjoy selected performances by BMC students, faculty, and guest artists on Digital BMC.
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5
IV. Finale. Andante maestoso – Allegro vivace
Brevard Concert Orchestra • Keith Lockhart, conductor
Recorded live on August 2, 2013,
at the Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium at the Brevard Music Center.
Don’t miss our staff picks! Enjoy live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from Around the Web.
Live Events and Performances
Named after the famed craftsman, Guarneri Hall NFP serves as a facilitator and catalyst for emerging musical artists, musical groups and music education initiatives. Current and archived videos, articles, lectures, announcements and interviews are available and are updated frequently.
Keith’s Corner features inspiring musical performances and personal stories from our very own Keith Lockhart and special guests.
Keith shares an informal interview with pianist and BMC favorite Garrick Ohlsson. Following the interview, Ohlsson performs Chopin’s Nocturne in F-sharp Major Op. 15, no. 2 from home.
Keith’s Corner features inspiring musical performances and personal stories from our very own Keith Lockhart and special guests.
RESPIGHI Adoration of the Magi
Keith shares the beautiful Adoration of the Magi (Three Botticelli Pictures) of Italian composer, Ottorino Respighi. The featured recording is of Keith Lockhart conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra on their album, Sleigh Ride from 2004.
Don’t miss our staff picks! Enjoy live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from Around the Web.
Steven Isserlis and Mishka Rushdie Momen: Live from Wigmore Hall
Don’t miss a stunning recital by cellist Steven Isserlis (BMC 2021 guest artist) and pianist Mishka Rushdie Momen (BMC 2021 guest artist). The British duo performed music of Kabalevsky, Janáček, and Shostakovich. This concert was recorded live at Wigmore Hall in January 2021.
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.
FIRST SET BY THE HOUSE BAND & SECOND SET IS A JAZZ JAM
The funding generated from the tour will help support the Moogseum, which was closed for five months due to the pandemic.
In conjunction with Sunday Sessions Live (and virtual) music: Food Truck Sundays will bring a new or rotating “staff favorite” cuisine each week to the Beechams Curve offerings.
Gan Shan West, our main culinary provider 6 days a week, is closed on Sundays. Enjoy the convenience, delicious variety and the music – all in one Sunday Funday stop!
Jack of the Wood : Sunday-Irish Session
Sundays
1 till who knows when?
Traditional Irish music is kept alive at Jack of the Wood with our unplugged Sunday session.
Jack of the Wood
95 Patton ave
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 252.5445
Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series – Live Streaming event – Donations requested for the artist. This event will be streamed live on Zoom. Registration link
“I started off that record scared to death,” Kim Richey recalls of making “Glimmer ” with producer Hugh Padgham back in 1999 in New York and London. A disastrous haircut, unfamiliar musicians, and oversized budgets didn’t help matters. “It wasn’t the way I was used to making records.”
The way Richey was used to making records was with friends in a vibed-out, low-key setting. That’s how she made her debut album with Richard Bennett, and it’s how she made her new album, Long Way Back… The Songs of Glimmer, with Doug Lancio. So Glimmer was different, and not just on the production side.
Then, as now, the compositions that comprise Glimmer were the Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter’s first collection of true confessionals. Prior to that she’d been a staff writer at Blue Water Music writing from a more arm’s-length vantage point for her first two releases, 1995’s Kim Richey and 1997’s Bitter Sweet. But Glimmer was all her.
Through it all, Richey has worn her heart on her lyrical sleeve, revealing herself time and again. “I started writing songs because of Joni Mitchell, probably like most women songwriters of a certain age,” Richey confesses. “I loved being able to write songs because I was really super-shy. I couldn’t say things to people that I wanted to say. If I put it in a song, there was the deniability. If I ever got called on it, I could say, ‘Oh, heavens no, that’s just a song! I made that up.’”
Seth Walker is often cited as one of the most prolific contemporary Americana artists on the scene today. He’s a multi-dimensional talent who combines a gift for melody and lyric alongside a rich, Gospel-drenched, Southern-inflected voice with a true blue knack for getting around on the guitar. His most recent studio album, Are You Open, produced by Jano Rix of The Wood Brothers, and a string of singles, including “We Got This,” “Spirits Moving” and a cover of Van Morrison’s classic “Warm Love” further build upon this reputation.
Growing up on a commune in rural North Carolina, the son of classically trained musicians, Seth played cello long before discovering the guitar in his 20s. When his introduction to the blues came via his Uncle Landon Walker, who was both a musician and disc jockey, his fate was forever sealed. Instantaneously, Seth was looking to artists like T-Bone Walker, Snooks Eaglin, and B.B. King as a wellspring of endless inspiration. The rest is history. He’s released ten albums, broken into the Top 20 of the Americana Radio Charts, reached No. 2 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart and received praise from NPR, American Songwriter, No Depression and Relix, among others.
Come enjoy an evening of live music, food and drinks at the Isis Music Hall. Reservations are highly recommended.
Don’t miss our staff picks! Enjoy live-streamed performances, resources, and activities we love from Around the Web.
Staff Picks From Around the Web
Apollo’s Fire:
Music for the Soul
Enjoy this beautiful virtual Baroque video series for homebound music lovers.