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Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Lecturer: Clyde Edgerton

Event date: 
Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 3:30pm
Location: 
Plemmons Student Union, MacRae Peak Room
Admission: 
Free

Acclaimed Southern novelist Clyde Edgerton was raised in the community of Bethesda, near Durham, North Carolina. Edgerton has published ten novels, including Raney and Walking Across Egypt, and a memoir, Solo, My Adventures in the Air. His latest novel, The Night Train, was published in 2011. Three of his books have been made into movies and seven were adapted for the stage.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046
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Family Classic Movie Night: Swiss Family Robinson

Event date: 
Saturday, July 28, 2012 - 7:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
Free

Revisit childhood memories with this classic adventure film that tells the tale of the Robinson family learning to work together and adapt to a new way of life after being shipwrecked on a deserted island. Using teamwork and creativity, they skillfully discover how to survive living in a tree house while fending off native pirates! Dress the kids in their jammies and join us for an evening of adventure, laughs and family fun at the movies!

Rated G; Directed by Directed by Ken Annakin (1960); 126 minutes

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

An Appalachian Rendezvous with French Cinema: The Well Digger’s Daughter

Event date: 
Monday, July 23, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10 / $9

Note: Film Festival Passes may only be purchased by calling the Farthing Auditorium Box Office at 1-800-841-ARTS or 828-262-4046.

Pre-film talk with festival film expert Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 8pm and will last approximately 30 minutes.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

An Appalachian Rendezvous with French Cinema: My Afternoons with Margueritte

Event date: 
Monday, July 16, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10 / $9

Note: Film Festival Passes may only be purchased by calling the Farthing Auditorium Box Office at 1-800-841-ARTS or 828-262-4046.

Pre-film talk with festival film expert Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 8pm and will last approximately 30 minutes.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

An Appalachian Rendezvous with French Cinema: The Women on the 6th Floor

Event date: 
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10 / $9

Note: Film Festival Passes may only be purchased by calling the Farthing Auditorium Box Office at 1-800-841-ARTS or 828-262-4046.

Pre-film talk with festival film expert Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 8pm and will last approximately 30 minutes.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

An Appalachian Rendezvous with French Cinema: The Hedgehog

Event date: 
Monday, July 2, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$10 / $9

Note: Film Festival Passes may only be purchased by calling the Farthing Auditorium Box Office at 1-800-841-ARTS or 828-262-4046.

Pre-film talk with festival film expert Dr. John Pfeifer begins at 8pm and will last approximately 30 minutes.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

Hayes School of Music Faculty Showcase Concert

Event date: 
Sunday, July 8, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Rosen Concert Hall
Admission: 
$18 / $16.02 / $10

The Hayes School of Music prepares young musicians for professional lives as performers, composers, music educators and therapists, conductors, and music industry professionals, ensuring the next generation of musical leadership for the state, region, and nation. Supporting these young musicians is a team of talented national and internationally recognized faculty musicians. The performing faculty of the Hayes School of Music, professional musicians as well as accomplished teachers, present a diverse program of solo and chamber music from the strings, woodwinds, brass and jazz repertoire.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

The EMF Young Artists Orchestra with the Greensboro Ballet

Event date: 
Sunday, July 22, 2012 - 4:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$15 / Kids free!

Note:Children 12 & Under will still need a ticket to this performance. Please call the Farthing Auditorium Box Office to reserve your tickets at 1-800-841-ARTS or 828-262-4046.

An afternoon of classical music for the whole family!

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

Eastern Festival Orchestra

Event date: 
Sunday, July 15, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Farthing Auditorium
Admission: 
$25 / $22.25 / $15 / $10

Internationally recognized for his moving performances, innovative programming and extensive catalogue of recordings, American conductor Gerard Schwarz serves as Music Director of North Carolina’s Eastern Music Festival and Jack Benaroya Conductor Laureate of the Seattle Symphony. Since 2008, the festival has proudly claimed Maestro Schwarz as its Artistic Partner for Symphonic Programming.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046

Broyhill Chamber Ensemble: The Brahms Piano Quintet

Event date: 
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 8:00pm
Location: 
Rosen Concert Hall
Admission: 
$18 / $16.02 / $10

Gil Morgenstern and Harumi Rhodes, violin
Kathryn Lockwood, viola
Sophie Shao, cello
Melvin Chen, piano

This final concert features the most requested work throughout the history of chamber music at An Appalachian Summer Festival: Brahms’ Piano Quintet. In keeping with Reflections Series International's goal of illuminating familiar works through context, the program compares and contrasts the sounds and colors of two disparate combinations (a string duo and a piano trio), all adding up to the grand finale quintet by Brahms.

Sponsor: 
An Appalachian Summer Festival
Contact name: 
Farthing Auditorium Box Office
Contact email: 
boxoffice@appstate.edu
Contact telephone: 
(800) 841-ARTS or (828) 262-4046