HCC Foundation Presents Blue Ridge Orchestra's 'Unwrapping Holiday Favorites'
Haywood Community College Foundation presents an afternoon of music on Sat., Dec. 9, 2023 from 3:00-5:00 p.m. The showcase of holiday favorites will include Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a. The event supports HCC's Haywood Strong Scholarship. Please come and join us as we welcome Blue Ridge Orchestra to our Hemlock Building Auditorium at Haywood Community College. All seating is general admission and doors will open at 2:00pm. Tickets can be purchased online through Eventbrite or in person at the HCC Foundation Office in Balsam Building. Please contact Hylah Birenbaum, Foundation Director, 828-627-4544 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., if you have any questions.
We look forward to sharing the afternoon with you and your family as we experience Blue Ridge Orchestra's Unwrapping Holiday Favorites!
All Ticket Sales go to Haywood Strong Scholarship Fund and are not refundable.
The Blue Ridge Orchestra is a nonprofit, volunteer ensemble dedicated to engaging Western North Carolina’s extraordinary music community with opportunities to perform, listen to, and learn about great symphonic music.
Milton Crotts, conductor - A native of Western North Carolina, Milton Crotts has served as Music Director of the Blue Ridge Orchestra for over a decade. His unique musical vision is informed not only by his classical training as a Doctor of Music Arts in Conducting, but by his roots in the traditional music of the mountains.
This concert will showcase Holiday favorites including Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a. The BRO will partner with composer, Andre Madatian, as we perform his brilliant, Rigby’s Escape for flute, clarinet, and string orchestra. Also featuring Tori Parrish, harp.
Rigby’s Escape, Andre Madatian for flute, clarinet, and string orchestra
Selections by The Walker Family Band -Scott Walker, Jennie Brunner, Landon Walker, Laura Boswell
Baroque Flamenco for harp and strings, Deborah Henson-Conant (b. 1953)
Tori Parrish, harp
Alla siciliana - Allegro vivace - Andante, from "Gaelic Symphony", Amy Beach (1867-1944)
The Nutcracker Suite, Op.71a, Peter IlyichTchaikovsky (1840-1893)
I. Miniature Overture
II. Danses caractéristiques
a. Marche
b. Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy
c. Russian Dance (Trepak)
d. Arabian Dance
e. Chinese Dance
f. Reed-Flutes
III. Waltz of the Flowers
Other Holiday Favorites
