This Week at The Brevard Music Center Festival

July 14, 2015    Brevard Music Center Performance:  Brevard Symphonic Winds   7:30 PM - The Brevard Symphonic Winds—led by Kraig Alan Williams—performs works of the luminary composers of American Jazz, including Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, and George Gershwin. FREE event.

July 15, 2015    Brevard Music Center Performance:  Student Piano Recital  12:30 PM - FREE event.  

July 15, 2015    Brevard Music Center Performance: Christopher Rex and Friends.   7:30 PM - Brevard Music Center presents Schumann’s Fantasiestücke, Mendelssohn’s Cello Sonata No. 2, and Brahms’ String Sextet No. 2. Brevard welcomes 2015 Distinguished Alumni Award-winner Christopher Rex, principal cello of the Atlanta Symphony, as he joins BMC’s artist faculty for an evening of Romantic chamber music. Tickets $25.

July 16, 2015    Brevard Music Center Performance: Così fan Tutte.   6:30 Pre-performance Talk - An informal talk one hour before curtain, conducted by a member of the artist faculty. 7:30 - Brevard Music Center Present’s Mozart’s beloved opera buffa Così fan Tutte. It provides great entertainment and laughs as its story weaves an intricate web of love, and truly tests the ties of two engaged couples. Così fan Tutte is the final collaboration of Mozart and the gifted librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. Tickets $45.

July 17, 2015    Brevard Music Center Performance: Mozart and Bruckner.    6:30 Pre-performance Talk - An informal talk one hour before curtain, conducted by a member of the artist faculty. 7:30 - The Brevard Music Center Orchestra—led by guest conductor Matthias Bamert with violinist Stefan Jackiw—performs Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5 and Bruckner’s Symphony No. 4. Tickets $15 -  $45.

July 18, 2015    Brevard Music Center Performance: Così fan Tutte.   1:00 Pre-performance Talk - An informal talk one hour before curtain, conducted by a member of the artist faculty. 2:00 - Brevard Music Center Present’s Mozart’s beloved opera buffa Così fan Tutte. It provides great entertainment and laughs as its story weaves an intricate web of love, and truly tests the ties of two engaged couples. Così fan Tutte is the final collaboration of Mozart and the gifted librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. Tickets $45.

July 18, 2015   Brevard Music Center Performance: Grieg Piano Concerto.   6:30 - Special pre-concert performances one hour before curtain, featuring BMC's students and artist faculty. 7:30 - The Brevard Sinfonia—led by guest conductor Matthias Bamert with pianist Norman Krieger—performs Berlioz’s Rob Roy Overture, Grieg’s Piano Concerto, and Schumann’s Symphony No. 2. Tickets  $15 - $45.

July 19, 2015   Brevard Music Center Performance: Dvořák 7.   2:00 - Special pre-concert performances one hour before curtain, featuring BMC's students and artist faculty. 3:00 - The Brevard Concert Orchestra—led by conductor Ken Lam with pianist Gleb Ivanov—performs Britten’s The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra, Dohnanyi’s Variations on a Nursery Song, and Dvořák’s Symphony No. 7.. Tickets  $15 - $45.