Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
Lyle Lovett brings his legendary fusion of country, swing, jazz, folk, gospel, and blues to Brevard as the featured roots headliner of the Brevard…
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Firebird with SooBeen Lee
Brevard Sinfonia, conductor Ken Lam, presents Stravinksy’s “Firebird Suite” and “Song of the Nightingale,” plus other selections. Violin virtuoso SooBeen Lee makes her Brevard…
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One Hundred Banjos and the People Who Love Them
Camp led by bluegrass bigwigs culminates in a public concert Kristin Scott Benson was the 2018 recipient of the Steve Martin Award for Excellence…
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Harpeth Rising
Photo by Daniel Motta An all-women “chambergrass” trio of national renown, Harpeth Rising appears at Brevard Music Festival in a show at the Porter…
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The 2019 Aaron Copland Festival
Photo used courtesy of the Library of Congress (Music Division) Brevard Music Festival continues its tradition of a “festival within a festival” celebrating a…
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Brevard Symphonic Winds and Brevard Concert Orchestra unite to perform The Planets, a seven-movement orchestral suite by Gustav Holst, in open-air Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium. It’s…
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What’s the Frequency, Mike?
Mike Mills is best known as the bassist in R.E.M. From the band’s formation in Athens, Georgia in 1980 to its amicable dissolution in…
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If the Glass Slipper Fits
Growing up in San Francisco’s arts scene, Caroline Hewitt took piano lessons, but not because she wanted to. “Music started as a chore,” admits…
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One Hundred Moods of Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein waged war between New York City street gangs in his most successful work, the 1957 musical West Side Story — but asked…
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Allargando Like That
When most kids his age were asking for BB guns or skateboards, Keith Lockhart pined for piano lessons. And as a high-school freshman in…
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