Brevard Music Center Summer Institute & Festival - 2008

6/27 - 8/10. 72nd season. 80+ events. $. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8662, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/. The following schedule is current as of May 16, 2008

• Friday June 27 - Brevard
  BMC: Yo-Yo Ma, cello, & BMC Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor
  Program: Robert Aldridge: New work (premiere); Brahms: Academic Festival Overture; Britten: Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell; & Dvorák: Cello Concerto in B minor
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  SOLD OUT (no refunds in case of rain). 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Saturday June 28 - Brevard
  BMC: Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  $35-$25. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Sunday June 29 - Brevard
  BMC: Robert McDuffie, violin, & BMC Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor
  Program: Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Suite; & Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils; & selections from McDuffie’s recording, Viennese Violin
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 3:00 p.m.
  $50-$40. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  Related event: Pre-concert lecture @ 2p - Thomas Hall.

• Monday June 30 - Brevard
  BMC: Artist Faculty
  Program: Celebratory Concert - the late Bill Boggs
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $15. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Wednesday July 2 - Brevard
  BMC: William Preucil, violin, & friends
  Program: Music by Dvorák, Prokofiev, & Brahms
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 3 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC@TCL
  Transylvania County Library, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 3 - Brevard
  BMC: Student Piano Recital
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 4:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday & Saturday July 3* & 5** - Brevard
  BMC: Janiec Opera Company
  Program: Mozart: The Magic Flute (in Germ. w/Engl. dialogue & titles)
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  Dress rehearsal $23; performance $35-$25. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  *7/3: dress rehearsal; & **7/5: performance
  Related event: Pre-performance lecture on 7/5 @ 6:30p - Thomas Hall.

• Friday July 4 - Brevard
  BMC
  Program: Patriotic Pops - includes Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture w/cannons
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 2:00 p.m.*
  $30-$20; lawn $15, children $5. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  *"Audience members will have plenty of time to celebrate on [the] lawn with picnics and music and then head to town and watch the 4th of July fireworks"

• Sunday July 6 - Brevard
  BMC: Leila Josefowicz, violin, & BMC Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor
  Program: John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine; Beethoven: Violin Concerto; & Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 3:00 p.m.
  $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  Related event: Pre-concert lecture @ 2p - Thomas Hall

• Monday July 7 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC@TCL
  Transylvania County Library, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday July 7 - Brevard
  BMC: Student Recital
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 4:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday July 7 - Brevard
  BMC: Mozart's Musical Joke
  Program: Mozart: A Musical Joke; Stravinsky: Septet; & Brahms: Sextet in G
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $15. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Tuesday July 8 - Brevard
  BMC Variations: Doc Severinsen
  Program: El Ritmo de la Vida (The Rhythm of Life)
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 3:00 p.m.
  $50-$30, orchestra pit $75. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Wednesday July 9 - Brevard
  BMC: Andrés Cárdenes, violin
  Program: Mozart: Sonata in B flat, K.378; Hindemith: Sonata in E; Prokofiev: Sonata in D; & Ysaÿe: Chant d’hiver
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 10 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC@TCL
  Transylvania County Library, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 10 - Brevard
  BMC: Student Piano Recital
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 4:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 10 - Brevard
  BMC: Transylvania Symphonic Band & BMC Brass
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Friday July 11 - Brevard
  BMC: Transylvania Symphony Orchestra, Steven Smith, conductor
  Program: Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kije: Suite; Copland: Billy the Kid: Suite; & Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”)
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Saturday July 12 - Brevard
  BMC: Brevard Sinfonia, Andrés Cárdenes, violin/conductor
  Program: Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; Respighi: Trittico Botticelliano (“Three Botticelli Pictures”); & Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Sunday July 13 - Brevard
  BMC: Roberto Díaz, viola, & BMC Orchestra, Steven Smith, conductor
  Program: Berlioz: Harold en Italie; & Debussy: La Mer
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 3:00 p.m.
  $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  Related event: Pre-concert lecture @ 2p - Thomas Hall.

• Sunday July 13 - Brevard
  BMC: Composers’ Concert
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:00 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday July 14 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC@TCL
  Transylvania County Library, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday July 14 - Brevard
  BMC: Student Recital
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 4:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday July 14 - Brevard
  BMC: Díaz Trio
  Program: Bach: Cello Suite in C minor; Dohnányi: Serenade; & Kodály: Terzetto
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Tuesday July 15 - Brevard
  BMC: Musical Ventures - faculty members play and discuss chamber and other works.
  Lobby, Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Tuesday July 15 - Brevard
  BMC: Chamber Winds
  Straus Auditorium, BMC. Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Wednesday July 16 - Brevard
  BMC: Díaz Trio Redux
  Program: Taverner: Wake Up ...and Die (for solo cello and cello ensemble); Bruch: Pieces for viola, clarinet, piano; Brahms: String Quintet in F major, Op. 88
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 17 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC@TCL
  Transylvania County Library, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 17 - Brevard
  BMC: Student Piano Recital
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 4:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday & Saturday July 17* & 19** - Brevard
  BMC
  Program: Sullivan: The Mikado (with Engl. titles)
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  Dress rehearsal $23; performance $35-$25. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  *7/17: dress rehearsal; & **7/19: performance

• Friday July 18 - Brevard
  BMC: Members of the Janiec Opera Company
  Program: Composers’ Concert - new songs
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:00 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Friday July 18 - Brevard
  Transylvania Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Joiner, conductor
  Program: Schubert: Symphony No. 8 ("Unfinished"); John Adams: The Wound Dresser; & Liszt: Les Préludes
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Sunday July 20 - Brevard
  BMC: Norman Krieger, piano, & BMC Orchestra, Grant Llewellyn, conductor
  Program: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3; & Mahler: Symphony No. 5
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 3:00 p.m.
  $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  Related event: Pre-concert lecture @ 2p - Thomas Hall.

• Sunday July 20 - Brevard
  BMC: Concerto Competition Finals
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:00 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday July 21 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC@TCL.
  Transylvania County Library, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday July 21 - Brevard
  BMC: Student Recital
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 4:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday July 21 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC Faculty
  Program: Debussy: Sonata for flute, viola and harp; Saint-Saëns: Septet for piano, trumpet and strings; & Schumann: Piano Quintet
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $15. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Tuesday July 22 - Brevard
  BMC: Musical Ventures - faculty members play and discuss chamber and other works.
  Lobby, Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Tuesday July 22 - Brevard
  BMC: Transylvania Symphonic Band
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Wednesday July 23 - Brevard
  BMC: Members of the Janiec Opera Company
  Program: Chamber opera scenes
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 24 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC@TCL
  Transylvania County Library, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 24 - Brevard
  BMC: Student Piano Recital
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 4:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 24 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC Jazz Ensemble
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Friday July 25 - Brevard
  Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin, & Transylvania Symphony Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor
  Program: Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 5; & Mahler: Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”)
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  $40-$30. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Saturday July 26 - Brevard
  BMC: Richard Dean, horn, & the Brevard Sinfonia, Steven Smith, conductor
  Program: Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 2; Brahms: Symphony No. 2; & John Adams: The Chairman Dances
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Sunday July 27 - Brevard
  BMC: Bruce Murray, piano, BMC Chorus, & BMC Orchestra, Keith Lockhart, conductor
  Program: Strauss: Burleske; & Orff: Carmina Burana
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 3:00 p.m.
  $50-$40. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  Related event: Pre-concert lecture @ 2p - Thomas Hall.

• Monday July 28 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC@TCL
  Transylvania County Library, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday July 28 - Brevard
  BMC: Student Recital
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 4:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday July 28 - Brevard
  BMC
  Program: Wagner: Siegfried Idyll - Keith Lockhart, conductor; Wolf: [4] "Mignon" Lieder; & Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (for string sextet)
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Tuesday July 29 - Brevard
  BMC: Musical Ventures - faculty members play and discuss chamber and other works.
  Lobby, Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Wednesday July 30 - Brevard
  BMC: Music for Wind Instruments
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $15. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 31 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC@TCL
  Transylvania County Library, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday July 31 - Brevard
  BMC: Student Piano Recital
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 4:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday & Saturday July 31* & August 2** - Brevard
  BMC
  Program: Mark Adamo: Little Women
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  Dress rehearsal $23; performance $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  *7/31: dress rehearsal; & **8/2: performance
  Related event: Pre-performance lecture on 8/2 @ 6:30p - Thomas Hall.

• Friday August 1 - Brevard
  BMC: Winner(s) of the Jan and Beattie Wood Concerto Competition & BMC Orchestra, Daniel Meyer, conductor
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Sunday August 3 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC Orchestra, Daniel Meyer, conductor
  Program includes Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 (“Organ Symphony”)
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 3:00 p.m.
  $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  Related event: Pre-concert lecture @ 2p - Thomas Hall.

• Sunday August 3 - Brevard
  BMC: Piano Competition Finals
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:00 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday August 4 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC@TCL
  Transylvania County Library, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday August 4 - Brevard
  BMC: Student Recital
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 4:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Monday August 4 - Brevard
  BMC: I Solisti di Brevard
  Program: Music by Bach
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Tuesday August 5 - Brevard
  BMC: Musical Ventures - faculty members play and discuss chamber and other works.
  Lobby, Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Wednesday August 6 - Brevard
  BMC
  Program: Music for Two Pianos (& more) - Saint-Saëns: The Carnival of the Animals; John Adams: Hallelujah Junction; & Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
  Porter Center, Brevard College, Brevard. 7:30 p.m
  $15. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday August 7 - Brevard
  BMC: BMC@TCL
  Transylvania County Library, Brevard. 12:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday August 7 - Brevard
  BMC: Student Piano Recital
  Straus Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 4:30 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Thursday & Saturday August 7* & 9** - Brevard
  BMC: Members of the Janiec Opera Company & the Brevard Music Center Orchestra
  Program: An Evening of Opera Scenes
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  Dress rehearsal $23; performance $3-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  *8/7: dress rehearsal; & **8/9: performance

• Friday August 8 - Brevard
  BMC: Transylvania Symphony Orchestra, Steven Smith, conductor
  Program includes Respighi: The Pines of Rome
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 7:30 p.m.
  $30-$20. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Saturday August 9 - Brevard
  Transylvania Symphonic Band
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 2:00 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Saturday August 9 - Brevard
  BMC: Moonlight Composers’ Concert
  Thomas Hall, BMC, Brevard. 10:00 p.m.
  Free. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/

• Sunday August 10 - Brevard
  BMC: Jon Kimura Parker, piano, & BMC Orchestra, Steven Smith, conductor
  Program: Gina Bachauer Memorial Concert - Tchakikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; & Janácek: Sinfonietta
  Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, BMC, Brevard. 3:00 p.m.
  $35-$25. 828/862-2105, 888/384-8682, or http://www.brevardmusic.org/
  Related event: Pre-concert lecture @ 2p - Thomas Hall.