2026-2027 Music Sponsorship Opportunities
Becoming a sponsor at any level is a unique opportunity to directly support your favorite pieces, your favorite composer, and/or your favorite soloist. You can also celebrate someone special in your life by sponsoring in honor or in memory of a loved one. Your music sponsorship helps us continue to offer robust and inspirational programming across our performances for the season.
Select an individual piece or pieces to become a Music Sponsor. If you would like to become a Music Sponsor, please email us at development@ashevillesymphony.org or give us a call at (828) 820-2520.
AVAILABLE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Masterworks 2: Nightfall
First Baptist Church of Asheville
October 17, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
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- Sponsored $10,000 | Concert Sponsor
- Sponsored $3,000 | Guest Artist Sponsor | Joe Conyers, Double Bass
- Available $500 | Music Sponsor | Anna Clyne, This Midnight Hour
- Sponsored $1,000 | Music Sponsor | Tan Dun, Contrabass Concerto: Wolf Totem
- Available $2,000 | Music Sponsor | Jean Sibelius, Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82
If you would like to become a Music Sponsor, please email us at development@ashevillesymphony.org or give us a call at (828) 820-2520.
Masterworks 3: Double Take
First Baptist Church of Asheville
November 14, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
- Sponsored $10,000 | Concert Sponsor
- Sponsored $3,000 | Guest Artist Sponsor | Inna Faliks, Minimoog
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Dmitri Kabalevsky, Overture from Colas Breugnon, Op. 24
- Available $1,000 | Music Sponsor | Gabriel Prokofiev, Concerto for Minimoog Synthesizer and Orchestra
- Sponsored $2,000 | Music Sponsor | Sergei Prokofiev, Suite from Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64
If you would like to become a Music Sponsor, please email us at development@ashevillesymphony.org or give us a call at (828) 820-2520.
Solo Piano Showcase with Inna Faliks
First Baptist Church of Asheville
November 17, 2026, 2:00 p.m. + 8:00 p.m.
- Sponsored $3,000 | Concert Sponsor
- Available $500 | Music Sponsor | Clara Schumann Romanze Op. 21, No.1
- Available $500 | Music Sponsor | Chopin Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20, No.1
- Available $500 | Music Sponsor | Chopin Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2
- Sponsored $1000 | Music Sponsor | Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, op. 57 “Appassionata”
- Available $500 | Music Sponsor | Robert Schumann Symphonic Etudes, op. 13
If you would like to become a Music Sponsor, please email us at development@ashevillesymphony.org or give us a call at (828) 820-2520.
Carmina Burana
Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
January 30, 2027 at 8:00 p.m.
- Sponsored $10,000 | Concert Sponsor
- Sponsored $5,000 | Guest Artist Sponsor | Jana McIntyre (soprano), Andrew Morstein (tenor), Craig Verm (baritone), Adam Larsen (projection art)
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)
- Available $500 | Music Sponsor | I. Primo vere (In Springtime)
- Available $500 | Music Sponsor | Uf dem anger (On the Lawn)
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | II. In Taberna (In the Tavern)
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | III. Cour d’amours (The Court of Love)
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Blanziflor et Helena (Blanziflor and Helena)
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune, Empress of the World)
If you would like to become a Music Sponsor, please email us at development@ashevillesymphony.org or give us a call at (828) 820-2520.
Masterworks 4: London
First Baptist Church of Asheville
February 20, 2027 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
- Available $10,000 | Concert Sponsor
- Sponsored $3,000 | Guest Artist Sponsor | Zlatomir Fung, Cello
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Benjamin Britten, Simple Symphony, Op. 4
- Sponsored $1,000 | Music Sponsor | Dmitri Shostakovich, Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Arvo Pärt, Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten
- Sponsored $2,000 | Music Sponsor | Franz Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob.I:104
If you would like to become a Music Sponsor, please email us at development@ashevillesymphony.org or give us a call at (828) 820-2520.
Masterworks 5: Dedication
First Baptist Church of Asheville
March 20, 2027 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
- Sponsored $10,000 | Concert Sponsor
- Sponsored $3,000 | Guest Artist Sponsor | Jeffery Whaley, Horn
- Sponsored $3,000 | Guest Artist Sponsor | Tate Addis, Organ
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Ottorino Respighi, Gli Uccelli
- Available $1,000 | Music Sponsor | Reinhold Glière, Concerto for Horn and Orchestra in B-flat major, Op. 91
- Sponsored $2,000 | Music Sponsor | Camille Saint-Saëns, Symphony No. 3, “Organ,” Op. 78
If you would like to become a Music Sponsor, please email us at development@ashevillesymphony.org or give us a call at (828) 820-2520.
Masterworks 6: Marquee
First Baptist Church of Asheville
April 17, 2027 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
- Sponsored $7,500 | Co-Concert Sponsor
- Sponsored $7,500 | Co-Concert Sponsor
- Sponsored $5,000 | Guest Artist Sponsor | Aaron Diehl, Piano
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Jule Styne George Gershwin, Overture from Gypsy
- Sponsored $1,000 | Music Sponsor | George Gershwin, Concerto in F for Piano and Orchestra
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Leonard Bernstein, Three Dance Episodes from On the Town
- Available $2,000 | Music Sponsor | George Gershwin, Symphonic Picture from Porgy & Bess
If you would like to become a Music Sponsor, please email us at development@ashevillesymphony.org or give us a call at (828) 820-2520.
An Evening with Kelli O’Hara & the Asheville Symphony
Harrah’s Cherokee Center Asheville, Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
April 22, 2027, 8:00 p.m.
- Sponsored $7,500 | Co-Concert Sponsor
- Available $7,500 | Co-Concert Sponsor
- Available $5,000 | Guest Artist Sponsor
If you would like to become a Music Sponsor, please email us at development@ashevillesymphony.org or give us a call at (828) 820-2520.
Holst & Heldenleben
Whittington-Pfohl Auditorium
May 16, 2027 at 3:00 p.m.
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Holst – The Planets – I. Mars, the Bringer of War
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Holst – The Planets – IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Holst – The Planets – V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
- Available $2,000 | Music Sponsor | Strauss – Ein Heldenleben
If you would like to become a Music Sponsor, please email us at development@ashevillesymphony.org or give us a call at (828) 820-2520.
Masterworks 7: Homeland
First Baptist Church of Asheville
May 22, 2027 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
- Available $10,000 | Concert Sponsor
- Sponsored $3,000 | Guest Artist Sponsor | Robert Lakatoš, Violin
- Sponsored $500 | Music Sponsor | Zoltán Kodáy, Dances of Galánta
- Sponsored $1,000 | Music Sponsor | Henri Wieniawski, Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 14
- Available $2,000 | Music Sponsor | Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70, B. 141
If you would like to become a Music Sponsor, please email us at development@ashevillesymphony.org or give us a call at (828) 820-2520.
FULLY SPONSORED
Symphony in the Park
Pack Square Park
September 6, 2026 at 7:00 p.m
- Sponsored $15,000 | Title Sponsor
- Sponsored $10,000 | Concert Sponsor
- Sponsored $5,000 | Table Sponsor
Fully Sponsored – Thank you!
Masterworks 1: Fellowship
First Baptist Church of Asheville
September 26, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
- Sponsored $10,000 | Concert Sponsor
- Sponsored $3,000 | Guest Artist Sponsor | Jakob Aumiller, Piano
- Sponsored $1,000 | Music Sponsor | Johannes Brahms | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
- Sponsored $2,000 | Music Sponsor | Ludwig van Beethoven | Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Fully Sponsored – Thank you!
Handel’s Messiah
First Baptist Church of Asheville
December 19, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
- Sponsored $10,000 | Concert Sponsor
- Sponsored $5,000 | Guest Artist Sponsor
Fully Sponsored – Thank you!
Aaron Diehl Trio
The Orange Peel
April 15, 2027, 2:00 p.m. + 8:00 p.m.
- Sponsored $3,000 | Concert Sponsor
Fully Sponsored – Thank you!
ALT ASO Series
ALT ASO @ Pisgah Brewing: Balkan Brass Meets NOLA, October 6, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
ALT ASO @ Highland Brewing: Jazz & Pop, November 2, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
ALT ASO @ The Orange Peel: Broadway & Great American Songbook, December 1, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
ALT ASO @ White Horse Black Mountain: From Bayou to Appalachian Roots, January 19, 2027 at 7:00 p.m.
ALT ASO @ The Orange Peel: 80s Prom, March 11, 2027 at 7:00 p.m.
- $10,000 | Platinum Sponsor | Sponsorship of ALL FIVE Performances
- $8,000 | Gold Sponsor | Sponsorship of up to FOUR Performances
- $6,000 | Silver Sponsor | Sponsorship of up to THREE Performances
- $4,000 | Bronze Sponsor | Sponsorship of up to TWO Performances
Fully Sponsored – Thank you!
