About the 4SCO

The Four Seasons Chamber Orchestra is Western North Carolina’s orchestra for all seasons, presenting one concert each spring, summer, fall, and winter. 

Our mission is not only to present inspiring music in intimate settings, but also to raise funds and awareness at every 4SCO concert in support of causes and organizations in need in our community. 

The 4SCO grew out of the Hendersonville Community Orchestra, which was founded in 2009 by conductor Robert Hudson, and the Jubilee Summer Orchestra, founded by Earl Hefley in Asheville in the early 1990’s.

The 4SCO name reflects the natural beauty of our mountain home, and the breadth of age and experience found among our professional, amateur, and student musicians. In addition, we aspire to create diverse, inclusive, and exciting concert programming that features historic masterpieces from the symphonic tradition, new art and popular music, works from women and composers of color, and beyond.  

Members

Musicians

Violin

Paula Akbar
Sarah Hurd
Ashlyn Athey
Alvan Judson
Claudia Northrup
Kendall Hale
Stephanie Quinn
Bradley Wade
Tiffany King
Elizabeth Terry
Holly Arrowwood
Kendra Rempel
Thea Wilson
Frances Smyth
Day Ann Emory

Viola
Summer Arrowood
Kim Chao
Rhona Reagen
Nick Frost
Matthew King

Cello

Aaron Coffin
Judy Phillips
Sharon Collins
Judy Handley
Connie Eichenberg
James Varah
Nancy Bourne
Tinder Burris

Bass

Harry Jacobson
David Teague
Tom Allison
Rebecca Owen

Piano

Heather Savage


Harp

Jessie Meltz

Percussion

Mario Gaetano
Carl Wilcox

Flute

Lisa Gaetano
Delia Bailey
Michelle Porter

Oboe

Carlton Alexander
Ed Ramey

Clarinet

Justin Landry
Cole Hairston
Sheila D
Carol Talbot

Bassoon

Leslie Zarnowski
Susan Cohen

Horn

Beth Richard
Marcia Jones
Don Wauchope
Joanne Edelman

Trumpet

Pam Voisin
Peter Voisin
Joseph Delage
Gabe Holguin
Alex Holguin


Trombone

Rienette Davis
Charles Johnson
Andrew Johnson
JP Carney

Tuba

Mark Bower

Personnel Manager

Beth Richard

Volunteer Committee

Thea Wilson – President   

Kim Chao – Treasurer

Claudia Northrup – Librarian

John Perkins

Nancy Bourne

Connie Eichenberg

Rhona Reagen

Frances Smyth

Judy Handley

Ed Ramey

Pam Voisin

Friends of Four Seasons 2023

Tom Allison   

Kim Chao

Claudia Northrup

Rhona Reagen

Eric Scheider

Anonymous

Conductor

Eric Scheider

Conductor: “A joyful concert”

Cellist: “Soulful cello playing”

Producer: “Surely a first.”

-Classical Voice of North Carolina

Eric Scheider is a conductor, cellist, composer, producer, and educator of broad interests and experience. He founded and directed the Echo Early Music Festival in Asheville, served as interim music director of the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and the Converse University Symphony, and has made appearances with the San Francisco Philharmonic, Symphony Tacoma, and the Spartanburg Philharmonic, among many others. He is the upper school performing arts teacher at FernLeaf Community Charter School in Fletcher. 

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