2026 Guest Artist Highlights
In 2026, Imani Winds and the Shanghai Quartet will hold the Thomas C. Bolton Distinguished Artist Chair, a program supported by The Payne Fund. Additionally, pianist Stephen Hough will hold the Ruby Norris Morgan Distinguished Artist Chair in Piano Performance and Instruction. These residencies will include recitals, teaching, seminars, and solo and chamber music masterclasses.
Additional guest artists in performance include cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Gil Shaham, pianist Garrick Ohlsson, violinist Nancy Zhou, cellist Camille Thomas, violist Paul Neubauer, violinist Amaryn Olmeda, baritone Reginald Smith, Jr., and pianist Sophia Liu.
The season's guest conductors include Rune Bergmann, Earl Lee, Anna Rakitina, Shih-Hung Young, and Naomi Woo in addition to Artistic Director Keith Lockhart, Principal Guest Conductor JoAnn Falletta, and Resident Conductor Ken Lam.
Featured living composers in residence and performance include Carlos Simon, James Stephenson, Joan Tower, Zach Redler, and Andy Akiho.
2026 Repertoire Highlights
Brevard Music Center Orchestra (BMCO) and Brevard Sinfonia
College Division Students
ANDY AKIHO Timpani Concerto
SAMUEL BARBER Overture to “The School for Scandal”
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 3
JOHANNES BRAHMS Symphony No. 4
ANTON BRUCKNER Symphony No. 4
AARON COPLAND Suite from Billy the Kid
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 4
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4
CARL NIELSEN Symphony No. 4
MAURICE RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 9
RICHARD STRAUSS Alpine Symphony
JOAN TOWER Made in America
WILLIAM WALTON Belshazzar's Feast
ELLEN TAAFFE ZWILICH Viola Concerto
Brevard Concert Orchestra/Brevard Symphonic Winds
High School Division Students
LEONARD BERNSTEIN Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
JOHANNES BRAHMS Tragic Overture
CHARLES IVES Variations on “America”
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Symphony No. 2
DIMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 10
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture
JOHN WILLIAMS Selections of Film Music
Janiec Opera Company
College Division Students
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART - The Marriage of Figaro
ZACH REDLER - The Falling and The Rising
GILBERT & SULLIVAN - H.M.S. Pinafore
An Evening of Lerner and Loewe