MW! students played the music of Mozart...Leopald Mozart, the father of the famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Students performed the father's Toy Symphony, a piece for percussion and orchestra. This was a first performance for MW!'s Orff Ensemble.
MW! students performed for the Asheville Symphony Guild. The Guild donated a beautiful violin as a "thank you."
MW! students performed for parents and parishioners at Grace Covenant Presbyterian. Our host, organist and Minister of Music Jeff Jones, performed children's pieces and discussed the mighty pipes of the church's impressive organ.
The ASO put on quite a show. MW! students were one of the featured groups to perform alongside the professionals of the Asheville Symphony Orchestra. Students performed an Orff accompaniment to Mozart's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.
MW! mentors are older students who assist their younger peers in musical and academic study. They have their own ensemble which performed for the Hall Fletcher and Vance Elementary schools PVA open house.
1950's singer and songwriter Little Anthony of the Imperials, an American rhythm and blues/soul/doo-wop vocal group, visited Hall Fletcher. MW! students performed a blues selection for him based upon one of his hit tunes. He sang for them too.
On halloween night, 10/31, 2014 MusicWorks students sang the Star Spangled Banner for a cold and wet crowd at Asheville High School. Students were treated to the AHS Band's pre-game ritual as well.
Hall Fletcher Elementary School Fall Festival 2014
First Baptist Church of Asheville
MW! students performed works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Georges Bizet along with members of the Asheville Symphony in our first-ever performance. Internationally known pianist Alexander Schwarzkopf performed alongside MW! students in a rousing rendition of Mozart's variation on the theme "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star."
This perfomance was a partnership with the Academy of the Arts at First Baptist Church of Asheville and sponsored by Robert and Carol Deutsch of Asheville.