With 43 successful seasons completed, Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival is laying the groundwork for an even more expansive 2025 Season.
Robert Shaw, Life and Legacy
A new film documentary on the life and legacy of conductor and choral legend Robert Shaw, has premiered in Atlanta and New York and is coming to the Highlands Performing Arts Center on July 6. The voices rising up to praise the beauty and insight of the film...
Fall Fills the Senses
With its snap of chill in the air, October brings us a harvest of sensual delights.
Music, Food, and Conversation
A full slate of Salons and Feasts brings the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival’s music far beyond the confines of its performance venues. For tickets and more information, call the festival at (828) 526-9060.
Curated to Captivate
Highlands Chamber Music Festival puts a bow on a glorious 2023 Season with its Gershon/Cohn Festival All Stars gala concert and Dinner, set for August 6. Call (828) 526-9060 or email hccmfnc@gmail.com for tickets. Tickets are also available online at h-cmusicfestival.org.
A Salute to The Salons
This season Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival will be offering four very exciting Salons starting in late June. Salons are casual events, primarily in beautiful homes, from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. with Festival musicians performing short programs followed by...
Chamber Music Festival
Praised for their “supreme melodic control and total authority” (Calgary Herald), the Argus Quartet is quickly gaining a reputation as one of today’s most dynamic and versatile young ensembles. First-prize winners at the 2017 M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition, the...
A Very Sweet Season
The HC Chamber Music Festival’s 41st season was buoyed by a generous community
Start the Music
The 36th season of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival is indeed one to remember. From June 25 through August 6, festival-goers will experience world-renowned artists and exciting special events. Many artists who will be gracing the stages in Highlands and...
Feasts & Salons
While the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival has become widely recognized as home to world-class musicians, it’s also known for its Feasts and Salon gatherings throughout the season. Every year the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival offers an...
Enoch Arden: A Melodrama
“Enoch Arden: A Melodrama,” is the first of many special programs offered by the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival and will be held Sunday, June 25, at the Bardo Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University. “Enoch Arden” was written in 1864 by...
Recognizing Ransom
For William Ransom, Anna and Hays Mershon Artistic Director of the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival, there’s really no such thing as down time. Pianist, master teacher, artistic director, editor, and judge for international competitions, Ransom...
Chamber Music’s Charmers
The Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Festival is busy at work planning an outstanding 2017 season. What better way to ignite the performing stages than with the electric talents of HCCMF’s charmers who will be brought to the plateau by our own, awesome William...
Shaw’s Life & Legacy
A new film documentary on the life and legacy of conductor and choral legend Robert Shaw has premiered in Atlanta and New York and is coming to the Highlands Performing Arts Center at 7:30 P.M. Wednesday, July 6. The voices rising up to praise the beauty and...
Steps Toward Connection
A bold vision for foot-friendly travel around Cashiers has become a thriving part of the Cashiers renaissance.
Be Sun Smart
Skin cancer is a serious health issue in the United States and one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. It’s the most common cancer in the United States and every day more than 8,500 persons are diagnosed with skin cancer. Skin cancer is...
Preserving and Protecting
The leafy treasures at Southern Highlands Reserve are meant to be cherished for the ages.
Women’s Health Month
October is Women’s Health Month and Mission Health wants to make its patients aware of the benefits for women in their Physical Therapy Department at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. Marion Macy, PT, MPT, is the hospital’s Rehabilitation Manager and sees many types...