Brevard Music Center
brevard music center classical music venue festival held annually located brevard north carolina home international summer institute festival enrolls four hundred student age fourteen older participate orchestra large ensemble opera program play chamber music study composition take private lesson faculty sixty drawn orchestra conservatory university season run last week june first week august classical music brevard music center host contemporary music bluegrass popular artist concert frequent appearance keith lockhart ken lam variety soloist annual budget three million dollar center contributes substantially economy western north carolina brevard music center began life summer music camp boy davidson college founder davidson faculty member james christian pfohl led program seven year davidson one season queen college charlotte north carolina pfohl moved program present location brevard north carolina instituted festival concert name brevard music center adopted pfohl remained artistic director succeeded henry janiec converse college opera program named janiec succeeded conductor david effron keith lockhart became artistic director october brevard music center ensemble brevard music center orchestra sinfonia concert orchestra festival orchestra symphonic wind new music ensemble brevard music center currently contains four performance venue campus largest one whittingtonpfohl auditorium outdoor hall seat host eighty public concert whittingtonpfohl auditorium brevard music center contains thomas hall straus auditorium used hold large ensemble rehearsal studio class chamber performance student brevard music center also performs scott concert hall porter center brevard college theater opera production parker concert hall containing seat opened first season brevard music center chamber concert held bmc faculty performed music center known colloquially also partner transylvania county library number free public event brevard music center host international summer festival enrolling four hundred student fourteen year older faculty consists professional musician come across country brevard music center offer instruction orchestral instrument piano composition voice jazz opera brevard music center contains two division college high school division orchestral student perform many festival ensemble division also perform rehearse chamber ensemble string wind twothirds student body college age older student faculty live wooded campus acre km famous alumnus include countertenor david daniel boston pop conductor keith lockhart violist roberto diaz president curtis institute music gianna rolandi internationally known coloratura soprano became director ryan opera center lyric opera chicago retiring stage gianna rolandi brevard music center website