By the Numbers…
We reflect on the 2021–2022 Season!
(Concert photo credit: Kathy Kmonicek)
6
Concert Programs
40 Volunteers
1,492 Attendees
101
Musicians
15
Soloists
3
UNC Asheville Students
Featured Artists
VIOLIN I: Hanako Hjersman, Kate Bryant, Luke Benton, Arnold Brown, Day Ann Emory, Noah Bijesse*~, Leah Hart, Sissel Topple, Roxie Topper, Erik Schluter, Tina Muzzi, Tamara Rohrer
VIOLIN II: Jennie Brunner, Claire Holcombe, Kate Rickenbacker, Dana Lundy, Sarah Platt, Isabella Cantor, Meredith Candler, Karen Cianciulli, Kylie Wilkinson*, Abby Walker*, Janet Spletzer*, Anna Keaton*, Noelle Martin*~
VIOLA: Brenda Phetteplace, Daniel Leich, Caroline Prokopowicz, Rhona Reagen, Day Ann Emory, Debbie Baumann, Nick Frost, Cameron Rehberg*
VIOLONCELLO: Amanda Durst, Anthony Padillo*, Zoe Taddie, Joseph Falconer*, Eric Sands, Elizabeth Glatstein, Brynn Heyes, Judy Handley, Franklin Keel*, Cynthia Keever
CONTRABASS: David Teague, Leo Bjorlie, BJ Sharp
FLUTE/PICCOLO: Bradford Malbon,Amber Cook, Carolyn Ziegler, Sarah Cifani*
OBOE: Pat Stone, Carlton Alexander, Alex Stewart*, Sarah Welykholowa*
ENGLISH HORN: Pat Stone
CLARINET: Gary Spaulding, Justin Landry
BASSOON: Susan Cohen, Mary Thomas
CONTRABASSOON: Abigail Scanlan*
HORN: Hobart Whitman, Elizabeth Richard, Anthony Ammons, Mary Williamson, David Lehlbach, Liana Wolfe, Marcia Jones, Don Wauchope*, Donald Barnett*
TRUMPET: Casey Coppenbarger, Kevin Paul, Gabe Holguin, Bill Ross*
TROMBONE: Rienette Davis, Charles Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Jim Theobald*
TUBA: JP Carney
TIMPANI: Michelle Summey
PERCUSSION: Mario Gaetano, Chris Leich, Miranda Stone, Taylor George, Kai Moskow*~
HARPSICHORD: Stephen Klein
HARP: Jessie Meltz, Sarah Welch, Tori Parrish*
*guest musician
~UNCA Student
From our audience
“What a tremendous sound!!”
“What a powerful impact! You’ve really raised the bar!”
2021–'22 Sources of Income
2021–'22 Areas of Expenditures
In 2022, the BRO received a Grassroots Arts Program grant from the Asheville Area Arts Council. The BRO was also a recipient of the US Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venues Grant in 2021. This was a relief effort from the government as we made our way through the COVID-19 pandemic.
SUSTAINERS: In Memoriam: Chuck Cole and Nancy Yeager Cole, The Margarete W. Moon Endowment, Asheville Area Arts Council, Buncombe County, NC Arts Council, Francee & Richard Healy, Jon Jeffrey & Deborah Holcombe: in memory of Charles D. Forrest, Keith Keener, Gary Spaulding & Deb Kenney, Ben Trotter
BENEFACTORS: Karen Cianciulli, Ruth Hall, Gary Ticknor & Linda Lutz, Ann & Jerry McLellan, Craig T. Smith, David & Kay Kuroda Teague
PATRONS: Paul & Leone Alexander: In honor of Carlton Alexander, Ada Lea Birnie, Arnold & Marguerite Brown, Deborah K. Delano: In honor of Deb Kenney & Gary Spaulding, Charlie & Shirley Mitchell, Brenda Phetteplace: In memory of Tom Trout, Sarah Van Gunten
SUPPORTERS: Nancy & Louis Cianciulli, Day Ann & Bruce Emory, Marian & Thomas Jerdee, Anna & Jules Nagy, Deborah & Van Roldan, Kay Rouse, BJ Sharp, Anne & Jerry Tang, Sissel Topple
BACKERS: Anonymous, Charles & Stephanie Baer, Nancy Bourne & Terry Agner, Charles & Beverly Briedis: In honor of Ruth Hall, Bonnie & Bob Busby, Stephen Canner, Gene & Lee Casey: In memory of Betsy Bolton, Susan Cohen, Alberto Colonia & George Hunker, Amber & Brian Cook, Casey & Nancy Coppenbarger, Rich & Holly D'Amour, Fred G. Friedrichs, Stephen Frost, Elizabeth & Andy Glatstein: in memory of Marion Bradford, June Grange, Kevan Johnson, Hans Kirsch, Heather G. Krueger, MD, Jane Lysko Isbey, Charles Johnson & Leslie Bennis, Renee & Roger Lampila, Barbara Mars, Karen Matluck, MD, David Lehlbach & Heather Miracle, Dr. & Mrs. David M. McConnell, Jr., Lois Sutton & Andy MacPhillimy, Millie Massey, Alex & Rachael Munro, Dave & Mary Lou Nash, Cameron Peck, Jack & Susan Pierce, Ruth Planey & Stephen Boyer: In honor of Craig Smith, Marian & Tom Plaut, Rhona Reagen, Kathi & Phil Rice, Joanne & Phillip Roudebush, Richard & Ellen Sanders, Bob & Florence Sharp, Geri & Greg Silliman, David Slobodin &, Jane Fant, Robert & Pat Stolz, Ken & Joyce Stoppelbein, Katherine Traver, Gun & Harvey Wechsler, James Weikart, Courtland & Cathryn White, Mary & Bob Williamson, Carolyn & Hamish Ziegler
ASSOCIATES: Gerald Ashby, Richard Adelmann & Kathleen Cameron: In memory of Marion Bradford, Carlton Alexander, Karen Bain, Lynn Bledsoe & Bill Ryan, Kate Bryant, Mary & Robert Bryant, Donald & Dorothy Caba, Sylvia Cassel, RaeAnn & Robert Collier, Ivy Dyckman, Peggy & Kurt Eckel, Diane Edwards, Tom & Jan Fife, Linda Glenfield, Patricia & Harold Gray, Arnold & Bernice Green, Linda Hall: In memory of Norma Hall, Judy Handley, Norma Hanson, Roger Hartner, Karen Herrell, Hanako Hjersman, Justin Landry, Roberta & Bobbi Laratta, Mary Jo LaPorte, Dan Leich, Louis Lieb, Bea Lothrop, Bradford Malbon, Jeanne D. Marsh, Ethel Mayer, Victoria Elston Mobberly, Marie Moseley, Tina Muzzi, Stan & Nancy Nachman, Tamara Rohrer, Rick & Ellen Sanders, Eric & Patricia Sands, The Hon. Roger Dean Sharpe, Karlene Shea, Janet Spletzer, Old Unshaven One, The Hon. Roger Dean Sharpe, Michelle Summey, Zoe Taddie, Mary Thomas, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Van Dine, The Wasserman Family, Shirley & Michael Waterkotte, Liana Wolfe
CONTRIBUTORS: Anonymous, Barbara Blomberg, Joe Barrett & Ellen Morrissey, Barbara Bundy, Willa Ruth Cramer, Erin Doyle, Henry Fleischman, Christy Gunther & Raymond Strickland, Edward Kramer, Gary Lazich, Walter Leginski, Cathie Osada, David & Irene Rubin: In honor of Sissel Topple, Pat Stone, Thomas Tookey