Folk-Infused Classical Music: Listening Workshop and Concert

813 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28607

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  • Dates: May 4, 2025
  • Time: 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM
  • Presented By: High Country Humanities
  • Location: Broyhill Music Center
  • Address: 813 Rivers Street, Boone, NC 28607
  • Price: Free

The listening workshop, sponsored by a Small Project Grant from North Carolina Humanities, celebrates the eightieth anniversary of the “Asheville Concerto” (“Piano Concerto No. 3”) by Béla Bartók (1881-1945), a Hungarian composer who fled Europe during World War II and spent his final summer in Western North Carolina. It will open with two brief TED-style talks by Dr. Darci Gardner and Dr. Jacob Kopcienski, who will explain the history of the piece and its composition. Then, guest collaborative pianists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Department of Music, Mr. Teddy Robie and Mrs. Mimi Solomon, will use two pianos to demonstrate their interpretations of the piece before answering audience questions.

After a fifteen-minute intermission, there will be a free public concert, sponsored by a Grassroots Grant from the Watauga Arts Council.