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Pendergrast Family Patriotic Pops
Celebrate Independence Day with Patriotic Pops at Brevard Music Center. Hear the Brevard Symphonic Winds joined by members of the Janiec Opera Company, as they perform inspirational American music, traditional Sousa marches, and Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture complete with the sounds of live cannons!
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Musical Magic: Favorites from Disney’s Fantasia
Disney’s groundbreaking films Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 inspire this program of orchestral showpieces. Spirits dance and fly through the air as they are summoned to Bald Mountain. Volcanic fire rains down to the sounds of Stravinsky’s colorful ballet. And who can forget Mickey Mouse as the Sorcerer’s Apprentice, casting magical spells before learning how to…
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Lockhart Conducts Marsalis
Keith Lockhart conducts the music of Wynton Marsalis in this momentous capstone concert of an extraordinary weeklong residency. Tai Murray makes her Brevard debut in Wynton’s jazzy, bluesy Violin Concerto, a tour de force for orchestra and soloist. Then, Wynton and the JLCO join with Lockhart and the BMCO for Marsalis’s masterwork “The Jungle,” inspired…
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Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis—an ensemble of 15 virtuoso instrumentalists—delivers unforgettable performances with a characteristic flair and authority developed over 35 years of unrivaled excellence. The group’s compositions and arrangements embody an unprecedented variety of styles and genres including works by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Mary Lou Williams, Dizzy Gillespie, and…
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Opening Night: Lockhart Conducts Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev
Opening Night sparkles as Keith Lockhart conducts Prokofiev’s Fifth Symphony, at once lyrical, boisterous, and ultimately optimistic—in the words of the composer, “a symphony on the greatness of the human soul.” Brevard favorite Joyce Yang returns to perform Rachmaninoff’s 3rd Piano Concerto, widely regarded as the most technically challenging in all the repertoire. FEATURING Brevard…
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Kenny Barron Trio
Honored as a Jazz Master by The National Endowment for the Arts, Kenny Barron has an unmatched ability to mesmerize audiences with his elegant playing, sensitive melodies and infectious rhythms. The Los Angeles Times named him “one of the top jazz pianists in the world” and Jazz Weekly calls him “The most lyrical piano player…
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Bryan Sutton’s North Carolina Guitar Celebration
Celebrate the culmination of the 2024 Blue Ridge Guitar Camp when we present the 3rd annual North Carolina Guitar Celebration concert hosted by iconic guitarist Bryan Sutton. FEATURING Del McCoury, Jerry Douglas, Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins of Nickel Creek (The Watkins Family Hour), Jerron Paxton, Kaia Kater, Chris Eldridge, Jake Workman, Courtney Hartman, Michael…
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Gilligan’s Island Day – Season Kickoff Luau!
Have you ever swashbuckled your way through our yearly Pirate Day bash? Well, this time we’re shaking things up with a tropical Gilligan’s Island meets Luau extravaganza to kick off the season! Dive into a three-hour paddle adventure or go tubing! Sail over to the taproom for a rockin’ party featuring luau games and scrumptious…
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Blue Ghost Firefly Twilight Tours
The Blue Ridge Mountains are home to a very unique creature that some say resembles a collection of fairies carrying blue candles through the forest. The Blue Ghost Firefly (Phausis reticulata) is a secretive, hard-to-find native insect that calls our area home, and for a very short amount of time in late Spring, they inhabit…
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Olga Kern In Recital
Pianist Olga Kern is now recognized as one of her generation’s great artists. With her vivid stage presence, passionately confident musicianship and extraordinary technique, the striking pianist continues to captivate fans and critics alike. Olga Kern was born into a family of musicians with direct links to Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff and began studying piano at…