Opening Weekend of Brevard Music Center's 2017 Summer Music Festival

The 81st season of The Brevard Music Center's Summer Music Festival offers an exceptional variety of great music and very special performances,” says Brevard Music Center President and CEO Mark Weinstein. “From classical masterworks to modern favorites to family-friendly performances of Broadway and Hollywood classics, this season offers a little something for everyone. The opening weekend reflects the entire season’s magic and diversity.”

June 23 - 25, 2017   Opening Weekend of the Festival at Brevard Music Center   Keith Lockhart celebrates his 10th anniversary as Artistic Director with one of the best-known works in classical music and Garrick Ohlsson’s masterful interpretation of Brahms.  

Country and Americana fans will welcome Lee Ann Womack, a Grammy, CMA, and ACM award winning artist acclaimed for I Hope You Dance – which sold over 6 million albums – and her newest release,  

Ballet meets Orchestra in this story of a Russian fairground puppet, revealed through Stravinsky’s exuberant and energetic symphonic masterpiece. Violin superstar Anne Akiko Meyers, “one of the most adventurous soloists on the international music scene today,” makes her BMC debut.  

Find links for local lodging, restaurants and attractions 

on the Brevard NC Visitor Guide 

 

Brevard Music Center 80th Season Brochure Now Available

Download your copy (PDF) HERE

 

Brevard Music Center FREE Monday Concerts

April 6, 2015    First Monday Concert  This month's concert from The Brevard Music Center's Porter Center starts at 12:30 PM  and features Violinist Jason Posnock . The concert program includes: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in C major, K.296 Alfred Schnittke Suite in the Old Style and Johannes Brahms Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108.

First Mondays series at the Brevard Music Center is partnering with local charities to highlight the challenges and needs facing the community. April's local charity partners are Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy and Oskar Blues CAN'd Aid Foundation.

The Brevard Music Center has been one of the country's most renowned summer training programs and festivals since its inception in 1936. The same exceptional music experiences are offered through its First Monday Concerts and now Sundays with Brevard Music Center Sunday, performed at the Reuter Center at UNC Asheville. Get a complete concert schedule and performance details online. 

Mountain Song Festival this weekend in Brevard

September 12-13, 2014  9th Annual Mountain Song Festival   held in the beautiful covered, open-air auditorium by the lake at Brevard Music Center. This foot-stomping, banjo-picking celebration of bluegrass and newgrass music will feature Steep Canyon Rangers, O'Brian 3 and Carolina Chocolate drops.

The event supports the Boys and Girls Club of Transylvania County and has become a premier southeastern festival drawing 5000 music lovers annually.

Get links for local information on the Brevard NC Visitor Guide. 

Mountain Song Festival at the Brevard Music Center

September 13-14   8th Annual Mountain Song Festival   held in the beautiful covered, open-air auditorium by the lake at Brevard Music Center. This foot-stomping, banjo-picking celebration of bluegrass and newgrass music will feature Steep Canyon Rangers, O'Brian 3 and Carolina Chocolate drops.

Additional performers include:

Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn
The O'Brien 3 featuring TIm & Mollie O'Brien with Rich Moore
Shawn Camp
Shannon Whitworth
Balsam Range

The event supports the Boys and Girls Club of Transylvania County and has become a premier southeastern festival drawing 5000 music lovers annually.

Get links for local visitor information and learn more about the Brevard Music Center on the Brevard NC Guide. 

Firebird at The Brevard Music Center Today

July 21   Firebird at The Brevard Music Center   An afternoon of music composed by some of the twentieth century's most influential composers. With works from Stravisnky, Liadov, Copland, and Corigliano, Ken Lam will lead the Brevard Concert Orchestra in a performance that truly spans the styles of the last century. PreConcert at 2 PM - Special pre-concert performances one hour before curtain, featuring BMC's students and artist faculty.

Get a link for the Firebird at Th Brevard Music Center and other Brevard NC information HERE.

Brevard Music Center Opens forthe 2013 Season

June 21   Opening Night at Brevard Music Center   for the 2013 season with Principal Guest Conductor JoAnn Falletta leading the Brevard Music Center Orchestra. The concert will feature Borodin's Overture to his opera Prince Igor, Prokofiev's beloved Suite from Romeo and Juliet and will close with 18 year old virtuoso Conrad Tao performing Tchaikovsky's powerful Piano Concerto No. 1.

Each summer more than 400 students, ages 14 through post-college, join professional musicians to eat, breathe and sleep music for seven weeks at the Brevard Music Center. In addition to a rigorous schedule of instruction, students collaborate with faculty and guest artists in more than eighty public performances.


The Center includes a 180 acre campus in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Established in 1936 the remarkable facility  has matured into one of the country's premier summer training programs and festivals.  For seven weeks, students participate in a vigorous program of instruction that includes ensembles, private lessons, and chamber music.

The 2013 Season Our 2013 season includes performances of classical masterworks including Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto, Stravinsky's Firebird, and Beethoven's beloved Fifth Symphony. The summer festival also features an outstanding lineup of guest artists ranging from rising stars of the classical world, such as pianist Ji-Yong and violinist Bella Hristova, to two of today's most celebrated soloists — pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and violinist Joshua Bell.

Advance purchase of tickets is recommended and several free concerts and events are offered. Check the website for details and learn more about Brevard NC HERE.