Voices of America – Full Orchestra – Concert Details

Dates & Locations

• Performances:

  • Saturday, May 1, 2027, 3 p.m., Kittredge Arts Center, Swannanoa

  • Sunday, May 2, 2027, 3 p.m., Diana Wortham Theatre, Asheville

• Rehearsals:

  • Wednesdays, 3/17, 3/24, 3/31, 4/7, 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 7:00–9:30 p.m., Blue Ridge Room, Highsmith Student Union, UNCA

• Dress rehearsals/sound checks:

  • TBA

Venue: Kittredge Arts Center, Swannanoa

Address:

701 Warren Wilson Rd., Swannanoa, NC 28778

Parking:

Church parking (details TBA)

Venue: Diana Wortham Theatre, Asheville

Address:

18 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, NC 28801

Parking:

Biltmore Avenue Parking Deck – 16 Biltmore Ave.
Aloft Hotel Parking Deck – 51 Biltmore Ave.
Buncombe County Parking Deck – 164 College St.
Street parking (free on Sundays!)

Program as of 7/16/26

James STEPHENSON, American Fanfare

Benjamin DAWSON, Fantasia on Appalachian Hymns

Gil Evans/Miles Davis, Selections from Porgy and Bess

INTERMISSION

BEACH, Gaelic Symphony, op. 32

Personnel as of 4/22/26

VIOLIN I

Paula Akbar
Daniel Pinelli
Arnold Brown
Tina Muzzi
Tamara Rohrer
Kathryn Landry
Leah Hart
Nicole Stallings

VIOLIN II

Susan Anderson
Christina Demetropoulos
Abby Walker
Laura Williamson
Day Ann Emory
Janet Spletzer
Kylie Wilkinson
Holley Ross
Spencer Arndt

VIOLA

Claudia Malchow
Daniel Leich
Rhona Reagen
Brenda Phetteplace
Anele Saige
Brynn McKay
Alicia Williams
Ilona Harabin
Nick Frost
Melanie Mauldin

CELLO

Rachel Hahn
Eric Sands
Zo Taddie
Simon Stout
Sam Head

CONTRABASS

Leo Bjorlie
BJ Sharp
Luke Baunack
John Siebenthaler
August Meyer
Allison Zemanek