Music: December 2007 Archives
If you missed them last weekend, don't miss them this weekend: Dillsboro's luminary celebration will be held again on Friday and Saturday evenings, from 5 to 9 p.m (December 14 and 15).The town's shops, inns, and restaurants will be decorated for the season, and will offer cocoa, cider, and small treats for visitors.
Santa will be available for photographs with the kids, inside Town Hall, at the corner of Front Street and Depot Street.
Over 2,500 small white paper bags filled with sand and lighted candles will adorn the streets and sidewalks. Musicians will be stationed at nearly every shop, and look for a group of musicians to be jamming around the firepit at the Riverwood Shops.
Admission is free. Parking is available in town, at several lots around town, and at the Monteith Farmstead, just off of Old Hometown Place Road.
Dress for cold weather, and bring the entire family!
For more information, see www.visitdillsboro.org or call Teresa Dowd, Dillsboro Merchants Association Chairman, at 586-5700. Additional coverage is online in an article by the Sylva Herald (click).
The events coincide with the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad Christmas trains, featuring the Polar Express rides. For information on train rides, call 1-800-872-4681 or visit www.gsmr.com.
[Editor's note: tickets are no longer available; the show sold out on December 10.]The Asheville Symphony Orchestra will perform a holiday concert at Western Carolina University at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 15, at the Fine and Performing Arts Center.
Performing a concert titled "Holiday Pops," the symphony will feature the Western Carolina Community Chorus under the direction of James Dooley, and soloists Alison Trainer and William Martin.
Both soloists are widely recognized performers and have appeared in both regional and international performances. Trainer is an accomplished vocal performer, and Martin is a tenor and associate professor of music at WCU.
The performance will be conducted by Asheville Symphony music director Daniel Meyer. The show will offer a variety of holiday and Christmas favorites such as "Frosty the Snowman," "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." The audience is invited to participate in a sing-a-long featuring "Joy to the World" and "Deck the Hall," and other favorite Christmas carols.
"The sounds of Christmas are a legacy for all in our communities. These sounds will come alive in the Holiday Pops concert through the magical sound of a symphony orchestra," said Robert Kehrberg, dean of the College of Fine and Performing Arts. "The Asheville Symphony Orchestra is a treasure to our region with professional performers throughout our region and nation. Anyone who attends will be impressed and changed by this concert."
An online video commercial prepared by WCU is available (click here).
(Shown at right: conductor Daniel Meyer.)
WCU faculty musicians present a chamber music concert this Sunday evening, December 9.
The public is invited, and there is no charge.
The concert, entitled "Loose Ends," is the last faculty concert of the current semester. The program includes
The concert begins at 8pm in the Recital Hall of WCU's Coulter Building.
The public is invited, and there is no charge.
The concert, entitled "Loose Ends," is the last faculty concert of the current semester. The program includes
- Haydn's "London" Trio for flute, oboe, and bassoon
- Walter Hartley's Sonata for tuba and piano
- Madeline Dring's Trio for flute, oboe, and piano, and
- Benjamin Boone's 1994 piece for alto saxophone, "Election Year."
The concert begins at 8pm in the Recital Hall of WCU's Coulter Building.
