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The Mountain Chamber Trio – The Hendersonville Symphony

April 7, 2019 @ 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

The Music Foundation of WNC – Presents, “A Musical Fantasy” at the Thomas Auditorium at the Blue Ridge Community College – Sunday, April 7th – 3:00pm.  This Benefit Concert is Free and open to the public so join us in support of the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and Feel the Beauty and Passion of this Rich Musical Fantasy for Clarinet, Double Bass & Piano.

This performance, an unprecedented and technically challenging Chamber Trio will amaze all music enthusiasts.  “We are doing something that is very seldom done anywhere in the world,” says Joann Freeburg, Music Foundation of Western North Carolina founder.  “You won’t have to be a classical music fan to enjoy this concert.  You can appreciate it from a historical, technical and performance perspective.  It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity where you can experience this amazing Rich Musical Fantasy for Clarinet, Double Bass and Piano.”

Our featured notable composers are Giovanni Bottesini, Ariel Ramirez, Frederic Chopin, Claude Debussy, André Messager, Francis Poulenc, Sergei Prokofiev, Maurice Jeanjean, and Alexander Scriabin.

The Music Foundation of Western North Carolina is a non-profit organization with a passion to unite the arts community by creating extraordinary educational and performance opportunities for all ages.

Matthew Hanna studied clarinet with Dr. Robert Chesebro at Furman University.  During that time, Matthew was active as a competitor and placed first in the International Clarinet Association 1995 Young Artist Competition.  He placed first in the Southeastern Clarinet Workshop Competition and won the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) state and divisional woodwind competitions.  He was a finalist in the National MTNA High School Woodwind competition.  Matt is a member of the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra.

Keith Freeburg learned to play piano, guitar and string bass as a child.  He pursued bass and graduated from the University of Minnesota as a string major with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education.  After teaching orchestra for several years, Keith studied piano technology at McPhail School of the Arts in Minneapolis and began a full-time career in piano tuning, repair and rebuilding.  Keith is a member of the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and the Brevard Philharmonic.

Christopher Tavernier made his orchestral debut with the Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of thirteen in Rocky Mount, NC, performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in the opening concert of the orchestra’s Fall 2013 season.  Since then he has won the Hendersonville, Asheville, Augusta, and Charlotte Symphony concerto competitions, and second prize in the National Elizabeth Harper Vaughn Concerto Competition in Kingsport, Tennessee, where he was the youngest performer in the history of the competition.  The previous summer he was one of two pianists who won the Brevard Music Festival Jan and Beattie Wood Concerto Competition, competing in a field that included college undergraduate and graduate students.  Christopher has also performed with the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and the Hendersonville Symphony Chamber Orchestra.

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Date:
April 7, 2019
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3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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