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2008
Summer Festivals - by starting date:
Spoleto
USA and Piccolo Spoleto (Charleston,
SC) May 23 - June 8;
Duke Summer Music (Durham)
May 28 - August 3;
Keowee Chamber Music Festival (Asheville,
Waynesville, & Cedar Mt.) June 3-15;
Hot Summer Nights at the Kennedy (Raleigh)
June 4 - August 31;
UNCG's Focus on Piano Literature: Paris in the 1920s (Greensboro)
June 5-7;
American Dance Festival (Durham) June 5 - July 19;
NCS Summerfest (Cary)
June 7 - July 19;
UNCA's Concerts
on the Quad (Asheville) June 9 - July 14;
Long Leaf Opera Festival (Chapel
Hill) June 11-29;
Magnolia
Baroque Festival (Winston-Salem) June
17-22;
NCSA Summer Performance
Festival (Manteo) June 24 - August 2;
Snow Camp Outdoor Theatre (Snow
Camp) June 26 - August 30;
Brevard
Music Center Summer Institute & Festival (Brevard) June
27 - August 10
Appalachian
Summer Festival (Boone) June 28 - July
26; &
Highlands-Cashiers Chamber
Music Fest. (Highlands/Cashiers) July 6 - August 10
(Pending: CCMF, EMF, & Swannanoa)
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Sunday May 25 - Hendersonville
HFCM: Pastyme (a cappella ensemble)
Patton Auditorium, Blue Ridge Community College, Flat Rock. 3:00 p.m.
$17, students free. 828/697-0455 or 828/890-4411.
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Sunday June 1 - Asheville
First Sunday Series: Sabrina Kumar, flute, Donnie Gibson, oboe/harpsichord,
Mary Williamson, French horn, & Ernie Hawkins, bassoon.
Program: Music by Bach, Haydn, Gabrielli, & Telemann
St. Matthias Church, South Charlotte Street, Asheville. 3:00 p.m.
Free will offering for the restoration of the church & for the
ensemble. 828/252-0643
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Tuesday June 3 - Asheville
Keowee CMF: Kate Steinbeck, flute, Alicia Chapman, oboe, & Fabio Parrini,
piano
Program: Open rehearsal of Program One: Music by Francis Poulenc, Madeleine
Dring, Eugène Goosens, & Olivier Messiaen
Reuter Center, NC Center for Creative Retirement, UNCA, Asheville. 2:00 p.m.
Free. 828/254-7123 or http://www.keoweechambermusic.org/
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Tuesday-Wednesday June 3-4 - Charlotte
NCBPac: Jesus Christ Superstar
Belk Theater, Charlotte. 8:00 p.m.
Tickets go on sale 3/14: $59 - $20. 704/372-1000 or http://www.BlumenthalCenter.org/
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Thursday-Saturday June 5-7, & Thursday-Saturday June
12-14 - Charlotte
NCBPac: Charlotte Squawks: Pleads The Fifth
McGlohon Theatre, Charlotte. Thursday & Friday @ 8p & Saturday @
2p & 8p.
Tickets go on sale 4/18: $30 - $22.50. 704/372-1000 or http://www.BlumenthalCenter.org/
*Part of the Off-Broadway Lights Series. Season tickets are available now.
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Sunday June 8 - Asheville
Keowee CMF: Kate Steinbeck, flute, Alicia Chapman, oboe, Fabio Parrini, piano, & Eric
Wall, organ
Program One: Music of Francis Poulenc, Madeleine Dring, Eugène Goosens, & Olivier
Messiaen
First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church Street, Asheville. 3:00 p.m. Post concert
reception in the Front Gallery of the Asheville Area Arts Council, 11 Biltmore
Avenue, Asheville.
Couples $25, single tickets $15; students w/ID (& volunteers) free. 828/254-7123
or http://www.keoweechambermusic.org/
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Monday June 9 - Asheville
UNCA's Concerts on the Quad: Billy Jonas Band (trio)
Quad, UNCA, Asheville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 828/251-6991 or http://
www.unca.edu/summerquad/
Notes: Picnics, blankets
and lawn chairs welcome. Sorry, no pets allowed. Lawn-chair seating will
be separate from blanket seating in order to preserve sight lines; please
look for signage when arriving on the Quad. Check the Café a la
Quad tent for snacks and beverages from 6 to 8 p.m. In case of rain,
the concerts will be held in Lipinsky Auditorium. A limited menu will
be served on rainy evenings. Concert location decisions are made at 5
p.m. the day of the show. Patrons may call 828/232-5000 line 3 after
5:15 p.m. each Monday to hear a recorded announcement about the location
of that evening's performance.
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Tuesday June 10 - Asheville
Keowee CMF: Kate Steinbeck, flute, Dan Skidmore, violin, Simon Értz,
viola, & Liz Austin, cello
Program: Open rehearsal of Program Two: Music by Reger, Debussy, Martinu, & Mozart
Reuter Center, NC Center for Creative Retirement, UNCA, Asheville. 2:00 p.m.
Free. 828/254-7123 or http://www.keoweechambermusic.org/
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Thursday June 12 - Asheville
Keowee CMF: Kate Steinbeck, flute, Dan Skidmore, violin, Simon Értz,
viola, & Liz Austin, cello
Program: Open rehearsal of Program Two: Music by Reger, Debussy, Martinu, & Mozart
First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church Street, Asheville. 3:00 p.m.
Couples $25, single tickets $15; students w/ID (& volunteers) free. 828/254-7123
or http://www.keoweechambermusic.org/
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Friday June 13 - Waynesville
Keowee CMF: Kate Steinbeck, flute, Alicia Chapman, oboe, Fabio Parrini, piano, & Eric
Wall, organ
Program One: Music of Francis Poulenc, Madeleine Dring, Eugène Goosens, & Olivier
Messiaen
Haywood Arts Repertory Theater, Waynesville. 7:30 p.m. Reception.
Couples $25, single tickets $15; students w/ID (& volunteers) free. 828/254-7123
or http://www.keoweechambermusic.org/
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Sunday June 15 - Cedar Mountain
Keowee CMF: Kate Steinbeck, flute, Dan Skidmore, violin, Simon Értz,
viola, & Liz Austin, cello
Program: Open rehearsal of Program Two: Music by Reger, Debussy, Martinu, & Mozart
Pretty Place Chapel, Camp YMCA Greenville, Cedar Mountain. 3:00 p.m.
Free. 828/254-7123 or http://www.keoweechambermusic.org/
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Monday June 16 - Asheville
UNCA's Concerts on the Quad: Nuevo Montuno (9-piecce Latin orchestra)
Quad, UNCA, Asheville. 7:00 p.m.
Free. 828/251-6991 or http://www.unca.edu/summerquad/
Notes: Picnics, blankets and
lawn chairs welcome. Sorry, no pets allowed. Lawn-chair seating will be separate
from blanket seating in order to preserve sight lines; please look for signage
when arriving on the Quad. Check the Café a la Quad tent for snacks
and beverages from 6 to 8 p.m. In case of rain, the concerts will be held
in Lipinsky Auditorium. A limited menu will be served on rainy evenings.
Concert location decisions are made at 5 p.m. the day of the show. Patrons
may call 828/232-5000 line 3 after 5:15 p.m. each Monday to hear a recorded
announcement about the location of that evening's performance.
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Saturday June 21 - Cullowhee
Western Carolina U.: The Raleigh Ringers
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee. 7:30 p.m.
$20, seniors/staff $15, students/children $5, groups of 15+ $10 each. 828/227-2479;
info: 919/847-7574 or http://www.rr.org/
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