This summer, thanks to the Haywood County Arts Council, audiences in Western North Carolina need not look far for cultural opportunities.

The final concert of the Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival takes place August 2, 2015, and the 10th year of the Young Artist Series premieres August 14, 2015. Each show will highlight the unique talents of world-class performers, offering the region the chance to experience the beauty and variety of classical music.

For the final performance of the Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival 2015 season, the Haywood County Arts Council presents The Great Masters. The Jasper String Quartet, Philip Alejo, bass, and Inessa Zaretsky, piano, perform a free concert at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville.

Tickets are on sale now for the August 14 Young Artist Series performance, which brings to Haywood county Andrew Tyson, a 29 year-old native of Durham. Hailed by BBC Radio 3 as “a real poet of the piano.”

Andrew Tyson is emerging as a distinctive and important new musical voice. On the eve of the 2015-2016 season, he captured First Prize at the Géza Anda Competition in Zürich, where he was also awarded the Mozart and Audience Prizes. The August 14 concert will take place at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville. Tickets are available for $22 per person. Please call the Haywood County Arts Council at (828) 452-0593 to purchase.

About the Haywood County Arts Council

The Haywood County Arts Council is a non-profit agency that serves all artists and arts organization in Haywood County. As an affiliate of the North Carolina Arts Council, the Haywood County Arts Council seeks to fulfill its mission to build partnerships that promote art and artists, explore new cultural opportunities, and preserve mountain artistic heritage.

The Haywood County Arts Council is located at 86 N. Main Street in Waynesville. For more details, call (828) 452-0593, email info@haywoodarts.org or visit HaywoodArts.org.

If You Go: Andrew Tyson, Friday, August 14, 2015 at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville. Tickets are $22. For additional information about the Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival or the Young Artist Series, call (828) 452-0593, email info@haywoodarts.org, or visit HaywoodArts.org.