4th Annual World Masterwork Series Benefit concert on Saturday, September 3, 7pm
This is a Benefit Concert for Mission Foundation’s Ladies Night Out Program.
The Ladies Night Out program and Mission Foundation is pleased to partner with the 4th World Masterworks Series Concert raising funds and awareness for breast cancer. Since 2006, Ladies Night Out has provided life-saving mammograms to uninsured and underinsured local women. To date, we have screened over 4,500 women resulting in 43 diagnosed and treated cases of breast cancer. With a pool of over 50 committed women who volunteer the first Thursday of every month for the program, it is truly women helping women with compassion and care. 100% of all ticket sales collected are paid directly to Mission Foundation, Ladies Night Out.
“The Greatest Show on Earth” – Is coming to Asheville at the Diana Wortham Theatre
Presented by the Music Foundation of Western North Carolina
Benefit Concert for the Mission Foundation “Ladies Night Out”
Emcee – Darcel Grimes
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, for an evening of dazzling musical entertainment and prepare for your imaginations to run wild. Presented by Music Foundation of Western North Carolina, “The Annual World Masterwork Series: The Greatest Show on Earth” on Saturday, September 3, guides audience members on a fantastic journey in two parts. The production begins at 7 P.M. at Diana Wortham Theatre, 2 S. Pack Square in downtown Asheville.
The evening begins with a spectacular Two-Piano Fantasy by two young pianists Christopher Tavernier and Nolan Anthony performing well-known piano solos by some of the greatest composers of all time, including Bach, Chopin, Prokofiev, Schumann, Liszt, and Debussy. At the age of 13, Christopher made his debut as the youngest concert pianist in North Carolina, performing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat minor with the Tar River Philharmonic Orchestra. Christopher was also named the “First International Perzina Artist” in the company’s 145 year history. Last March, Nolan made his Carnegie Hall debut on viola and piano in the Carolina Youth Symphony.
Following a brief intermission, Christopher and Nolan will be joined onstage by the Masterwork Chamber Players, top members of various local orchestras who are donating their time for the concert. Together, they will perform The Carnival of the Animals, a humorous 14-movement piece completed in 1886 by French composer, conductor, and pianist Camille Saint-Saens.
So let your imagination soar with Camille Saint-Saëns’ charming Carnival of the Animals. The story follows the dream of a boy, asleep in the American Museum of Natural History. Wild and strange creatures emerge and hilarious antics ensue. Quite a show it will be: Also featured is a narration of the humorous verses by Ogden Nash and Bruce Adolphe, narrated by Ron Whittemore, and it will certainly bring down the house, Camille Saint-Saëns’ Charming Carnival of the Animals.
This is a Benefit Concert for Mission Foundation’s Ladies Night Out Program.
The Ladies Night Out program and Mission Foundation is pleased to partner with the 4th World Masterworks Series Concert raising funds and awareness for breast cancer. Since 2006, Ladies Night Outhas provided life-saving mammograms to uninsured and underinsured local women. To date, we have screened over 4,500 women resulting in 43 diagnosed and treated cases of breast cancer. With a pool of over 50 committed women who volunteer the first Thursday of every month for the program, it is truly women helping women with compassion and care. 100% of all ticket sales collected are paid directly to Mission Foundation, Ladies Night Out.
2 South Pack Square ▪ Asheville, NC ▪ (813) 257-4530