 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (November 2017) |
 Brevard Music Center's Parker Concert Hall in 2022 | |
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| Address | 349 Andante Lane, Brevard, North Carolina, United States |
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| Location | Brevard, North Carolina, United States |
| Owner | Brevard Music Center |
| Capacity | Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium: 1,800 Parker Concert Hall: 400 |
| Opened | 1945 |
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| Brevard Music Center Orchestra | |
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Brevard Music Center is a classical music venue and festival held annually located in Brevard, North Carolina. It has been the home to their international summer institute and festival that enrolls about four hundred students, age fourteen and older, who participate in orchestra and other large ensembles, an opera program, play chamber music, study composition, and take private lessons. A faculty of sixty is drawn from orchestras, conservatories, and universities. The season runs from the last week of June through the first week of August. Other than classical music, Brevard Music Center hosts contemporary music, bluegrass and popular artists, concerts, and frequent appearances by Keith Lockhart, Ken Lam, and a variety of soloists. With an annual budget of more than three million dollars, the Center contributes substantially to the economy of western North Carolina.