A FREE Daily Visitor Guide for the North Carolina Mountains and 50+ NC Mountain Cities: This Week at the Brevard Music Center

Thursday, July 21, 2011

This Week at the Brevard Music Center

If you enjoyed the intimate setting of the Morrison Playhouse for the production of Brevard Music Center's The Threepenny Opera, then you're sure to enjoy the BMC production of Handel's Alcina. Tickets are going fast, and Thursday's performance is already sold out but the two remaining shows on Friday, July 29 and Saturday, July 30 still have tickets available. If you're not familiar with this production, listen to the Finale. Tickets are $25.

This week's schedule:
Friday, July 22 - Lockhart Conducts Mahler 3
Saturday, July 23 - Hansel and Gretel | An Evening of Pops
Sunday, July 24 - Dvorak Symphony No. 8 | Hansel and Gretel
Monday, July 25 - Susan Platts in Recital
Tuesday, July 26 - Chamber Music
Wednesday, July 27 - Brevard Plays Bach
Thursday, July 28 - Alcina

FREE EVENTS:
Monday, July 25 - Student Recital
Tuesday, July 26 - BMC@TCL
Wednesday, July 27 - Student Piano Recital
Thursday, July 28 - New Music Concert, Transylvania Symphonic Band
Friday, July 29 - Program of Song

For tickets visit the ticketing website

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