Brevard
Music
Camp
Hundreds of campers
have been getting a lol
of enjoyment out of it
during the past eight
years. They are now
coming from 17 dif¬
ferent states.
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Don some dungarees, hide ihe good
shoes and grab a folio of music. Then
the setting will be complete for a day
at beautiful Transylvania Music Camp
with the young music enthusiasts who
arc spending a summer of study in
the majestic Western North Carolina
mountains.
From 17 states come the students
who arc blending "Health, Harmony
and Happiness" in a vacation with a
purpose. These students too. in addi¬
tion to playing in concerts and to hav¬
ing wholesome benefits of camplifc.
are studying under the masters in
their fields — instructors who hail from
major symphonies and from recog¬
nized colleges and universities through¬
out the land.
Swimming, baseball, tennis, badmin¬
ton, archery, and the other sports find
a place in the days activities of the
young musicians. Regular weekly con¬
certs are scheduled for Tuesday and
Friday evenings at 8:15 and for Sun¬
day afternoons at 4. These programs
which feature the faculty members in
chamber music and the camp band,
orchestra and chorus are performed in
the rustic outdoor, open-air theatre.
Folk come from all around in this
area to hear the outstanding programs.
Asheville. Hendersonville. Wayncs-
ville, Greenville (S. C.) each have
their representatives at the weekly pro¬
grams.
Conducting the orchestra during one of their regular Sundav afternoon presenta¬
tions is James Christian Pfohl, founder and director of the camp.
lion: Transylvania Music Camp was
organized for the advancement of mu¬
sical education of youth. Now national¬
ly recognized, the camp attracts visi¬
tors and students from the entire na¬
tion. Pfohl. who also directs the Bre-
vard Music Festival, is director of
music at Davidson college, conductor
of the Charlotte symphony, director
of music and organist at Charlotte’s
Myers Park Presbyterian church.
Through the foresight and ambition of
this distinguished Southern music lead¬
er. Transylvania has grown from an
abandoned boys' camp (at the time
when he planted the camp at this
site) to a well-established camp for
music-lovers — a camp in picturesque
Western North Carolina mountain
cove, bordering the Great Smoky
Mountains, one and one-half miles
from the town of Brevard.
sponsors ihe Brevard Music Festival.
This festival is considered the south’s
most outstanding summer musical en¬
tertainment. Here, nationally-famous
artists perform in a setting of rugged
Camp life. Artists for this season include
Eileen Farrell, soprano: John Jacob
Niles and Susan Kecd. folklorists; Jean
Mitchell. North Carolina violinist; Lu-
boshutz and Nemenoff, duo-pianists,
Norma Hcydc, soprano; Andrew
White, baritone; Gloria Gonano, Ita¬
lian-born contralto; and James Sehwa-
bachcr. tenor. Olin Downes, New
York Times critic, will deliver a lec¬
ture. "Be Your Own Music Critic."
Festival dates arc announced as Au¬
gust 7. 10. I I. 12. 14. 17. IS and 19.
Final presentation of Festival will be
the "Elijah" with 100-voice chorus and
70-piece orchestra with soloists.
James Christian Pfohl Is Founder
— Director
Eight years ago. James Christian
Pfohl. director and founder of the
camp materialized a long-life ambi-
Brevard Festival Is Climax To
Music Camp
The Brevard Music Foundation, a
non - profit, educational institution
which sponsors the Music Camp also
William W. Holden, who became
Governor of North Carolina, was a
self-made man. For years he worked
in the office of the Raleigh Star as
typesetter and at night studied law.
THE STATE. JULY 21. 1951
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