KEOWEE Chamber Music presents its 8th annual festival of spirited, adventurous chamber music, June 3-15. The 2008 KCM Festival concerts take place in Asheville and Waynesville, NC; in Greenville and Keowee Keys, SC; and on a mountaintop at Pretty Place Chapel — near Caesar’s Head State Park on the NC/SC border.

Excerpts from festival performances will be presented FREE at UNCA in the Reuter Center’s Chestnut Room Tuesday, June 3 and Tuesday, June 10 at 2 p.m. The NC Center for Creative Retirement offers to members and the public two open rehearsals by its ensemble-in-residence, whose goal is to attract new audiences to chamber music through innovative programming and informal, intimate performances. This is your chance to witness the inner workings of professionally trained musicians as they collaborate to perfect their playing — a fun, exciting, even humorous process!

Week One offers music for flute, oboe, and piano by Francis Poulenc, Madeleine Dring, and Eugène Goossens. Week Two features music for flute and string trio by Max Reger, Claude Debussy, Erno Dohnanyi and WA Mozart.

Featured musicians are Kate Steinbeck (flute/ artistic director), Alicia Chapman (oboe), Eric Wall (organ), Dan Skidmore, (violin), Simon Ertz (viola) and Elizabeth Austin (cello), and Fabio Parrini (piano).

For more information call (828) 254-7123, or visit keoweechambermusic.org.

Festival Schedule
Week I / Program One

Music of Francis Poulenc, Madeleine Dring, Eugène Goosens, Frank Martin and Olivier Messiaen. Kate Steinbeck, flute; Alicia Chapman, oboe; Fabio Parrini, piano; Eric Wall, organ.
• Friday, June 6: Candlelight Concert, Music begins around dusk, 8:30 p.m. North Street Concert House, Greenville, SC
• Sunday, June 8: Concert, 3 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, 40 Church Street, Asheville, NC. Reception to follow in the Front Gallery, of the Asheville Area Arts Council

WEEK II / Program Two
(Except 6/13)

Music of Max Reger, Claude Debussy, Erno Dohnanyi and WA Mozart. Kate Steinbeck, flute; Dan Skidmore, violin; Simon Értz, viola; Liz Austin, cello
•    Thursday, June 12: Concert, 7:30 p.m. First Presbyterian Church, Asheville.
•    Friday, June 13: Concert, 7:30 p.m., Program One. The Performing Arts Center, 250 Pigeon Street, Waynesville. Reception to follow. Sponsored by the Haywood County Arts Council.
•    Saturday, June 14: Concert, 7:00 p.m., Founders Hall. The Reserve at Lake KEOWEE, Sunset, SC. Reception to follow.
•    Sunday, June 15: Father’s Day Concert, 3 p.m. Pretty Place Chapel in a spectacular mountain setting! Camp YMCA Greenville, Cedar Mountain, NC, FREE ADMISSION

Tickets are $15 per individual and $25 per couple. Tickets are available at the door. Free admission for students with ID and volunteers! (Recommended for age 6 and up.)
For the June 13 performance, tickets can be purchased in advance at the Haywood County Arts Council. For more information, directions and links to venues, please visit www.keoweechambermusic.org or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it You may also call (828) 254-7123, in SC (864) 624-9693.

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