Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of western North Carolina, the Brevard Music Center (BMC) has been providing young musicians with the opportunity to develop their talents for sixty-eight years and renowned guest artists for their fantastic summer music series (usually June through August). Brevard is a 45-minute drive from downtown Asheville. (See Brevard.)

Each summer more than 400 students, ages 14 through post-college, join professional musicians to eat, breathe and sleep music for seven weeks. In addition to a rigorous schedule of instruction, students collaborate with faculty and guest artists in more than eighty public performances.

The combination of studying with distinguished professional musicians and an intense performance schedule sets the Brevard Music Center apart from other summer music institutions and gives students the opportunity to understand the world of a professional musician.

Brevard Music Center is one of the few organizations of its kind that owns and operates its own physical facilities. The BMC campus encompasses more than 145 buildings spread over 140 beautiful mountainside acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

From Asheville, NC: Take I-26 E to the Asheville Airport exit, #40. Turn right off the exit onto Highway 280 and drive 16 miles into Brevard. As you approach downtown Brevard, you will see directional signs to the Music Center. Travel time: 45 minutes from downtown Asheville.

2010 Schedule Brevard Music Center Summer Festival: June 25-August 8, 2010
Go to their Web site for details.

Keith Lockhart returns as artistic advisor and principal conductor of the Music Center, a summer institute and festival in the mountains of western North Carolina. Maestro Lockhart, also conductor of the Boston Pops, is an alumnus of the Brevard Music Center. He has stated that his experiences at BMC as a teenaged student were a determining factor in his decision to become a professional musician.

Brevard Music Center hosts approximately 400 high school and college students and 65 artist faculty from 48 states and 12 foreign countries for the educational component of the Center. The more than 80 public performances showcase the talented students, artist faculty and guest artists and include recitals, chamber music, opera and orchestra concerts.

Tickets & Ticket Packages
Tickets are now available by mail and online at brevardmusic.org. The box office, located in the foyer of Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium, opens May 11 for phone and walk-up orders. The box office phone number is (828) 862-2105 or toll-free (888) 384-8682. A number of ticket packages are available for a savings of 10-30% off of single ticket prices. Packages include Fridays on the Lawn, Summer Sundays, Conductor's Circle and the Chamber Music Series. Details can be found on the web or by calling (828) 862-2131.

Have a picnic before a concert by the lake!