Arts & Performance

  Join us Thursday evening at 8 for our broadcast of the Asheville Symphony’s September 19 concert, the opening night of its 2015-2016 season. The soloist is violinist Chee-Yun, who stepped in at the last minute for an ailing Angela Brown. She performs a number of virtuoso showpieces with the Symphony, including Pablo de Sarasate’s  “Zigeunerweisen.”

On the second half of the concert, the Symphony plays music from American composers Leonard Bernstein (On The Town) and Howard Hanson (Symphony No. 2, “The Romantic.”)

The next Moth StorySLAM happens Thursday, October 15 at The Mothlight at Mr. Fred's in West Asheville. Tickets go on sale Oct. 8 at 3 pm. The Moth StorySLAMs are monthly storytelling competitions where the stage is open to any and all with a story to tell on the evening's theme. This month's theme is 'Home'.

On the next Friday@ 2 we welcome Muses’ Delight to our studios to perform music from the 17th and 18th centuries. We’ll hear violinist Geesa Kordes, viola da gambist Gail Ann Schroeder, and harpsichordist Barbara Weiss joined by soprano Margaret Carpenter in music from the Baroque period and before - performed live in our studios.

Join us for Muses’ Delight on the next Friday @2.

http://www.ashevillebaroque.org

The 29th annual Greek Festival (9/25-27th) takes place at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church in Asheville.  There's music, dancing, and a variety of traditional Greek food.  The Ariel String Quartet kicks off the 63rd  season of the Asheville Chamber Music Series (9/25)..  All concerts take place at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Asheville.  The Madison County Fair is underway at the Madison County Fairgrounds.

Listen today at 2 for another live performance from our studios. Music Director Dick Kowal welcomes jazz pianist Bill Bares and singer, drummer and band-leader Russ Wilson. The duo will play some jazz classics drawn from the great American songbook.

That's Friday @2, this afternoon on WCQS. Don't miss it!

Join us Tuesday morning at 10 and Thursday evening at 8 for our broadcast of the Asheville Symphony’s May 9 concert.  As the ASO prepares for the opening night concert of its 2015-2016 season Saturday, September 19th, we’ll bring you the final concert of last season.  The soloist is saxophonist Joe Lulloff, and he joins the symphony in Claude Debussy’s Rapsodie for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Duke Ellington’s Black, Brown and Beige Suite, and Darius Milhaud’s Scaramouche. After intermission, the orchestra plays Maurice Ravel’s Suites from his ballet Daphnis and Chloe. 

The North Carolina Mountain State Fair runs through September 20th at the WNC Agricultural Center near the Asheville Regional Airport. Goombay Festival  returns to downtown Asheville Friday through Sunday.

Listen this Friday afternoon at 2 for another live performance from our studio as we welcome guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Robin Bullock. Robin has roots in Celtic music, but he has also released a recording of works by Bach and Dowland. He'll share his music with us at 2 Friday afternoon. Please join us.

WCQS is thrilled to welcome The Moth to Asheville. The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. It is a celebration of both the raconteur, who breathes fire into true tales of ordinary life, and the storytelling novice, who has lived through something extraordinary and yearns to share it.

Join us Friday @2 for live jazz from our studios as we host pianist Bill Bares and trombonist Rick Simerly. These two musicians will perform soon at White Horse Black Mountain as part of the monthly series called “Take Two,” but Friday afternoon they’ll play just for us.

 Dr. William Bares teaches Jazz at  UNC-A. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Amherst College, a Masters degree in Jazz Performance from the University of Miami, and a Ph.D. in ethnomusicology from Harvard University, where he studied with Ingrid Monson, the Quincy Jones Professor of African American Music. 

Tim Warner of Asheville is a consulting engineer.  Many of his clients are area radio stations.  Over the years Tim  has helped stations better serve their communities.  We learned today that Tim is also a long time Weekend Edition Sunday Puzzle player.  This morning  he was the featured contestant, and he aced the puzzle without any help from host Rachel Martin or Puzzle Master Will Shortz. 

On the next Friday @2, we are joined in our studios by pianist Andrew Tyson. Andrew is a native of North Carolina, and studied at Curtis Institute and the Juilliard School. He has since received an Avery Fischer Career Grant, and performed with orchestras throughout the United States and Europe.

Andrew will perform Friday evening for the Haywood County Arts Council as part of their Young Artist Series, but on the next Friday @2, he’ll join Dick Kowal to play and discuss music live in our studios.

That’s pianist Andrew Tyson on the next Friday @2.

Listen Friday at 2 for another live broadcast from our studios.  Our friends from Amici Music will give us a preview of their concerts happening in Western North Carolina over the next few days.

Violinist Rachel Patrick, clarinetist Matthew Boyles, and pianist Daniel Weiser will join Dick Kowal in the studio to perform live and discuss their program.

Its a fabulous weekend in Western North Carolina.  The Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands  is underway at the U.S.

Listen for Friday's The State of Things with Frank Stasio when the musical guests will be "The Three Davids,"David Holt, David Wilcox and David LaMotte.  Following a sold-old debut at Diana Wortham Theatre in Asheville, the trio will be performing at the Cary Arts Center on Saturday.

The Three Davids will be in our studios Friday for broadcast on The State of Things, airing at noon each weekday on WCQS.

Frank Stasio and the folks at The State of Things are taking July 3rd off in celebration of the July 4th holiday. So in keeping with our July 4th celebration WCQS will air an Independence Day celebratory special from America's Test Kitchen - July 4th Beer Special: The Amazing History, Lore and Science of America's Favorite Drink.