Arrive on time

At your last rehearsal before a concert, your conductor will give you a concert “call time.” Call times also will be posted in the weekly message. Your call time is your arrival deadline. By this time, you must be at the performance location and in your ensemble’s greenroom.

Find the "greenroom" for your ensemble

Your greenroom is where you will tune up, warm up, and wait your turn to go to the auditorium. Signs and parent volunteers will help direct you to the correct room for your ensemble. Greenrooms are for ASYO musicians and staff only (no parents or visiting friends).

Be respectful while others are performing

ASYO musicians stay for the entire concert in which they play.

Listening to other musicians perform is an important part of your music education, and it’s also important to support your fellow ASYO musicians in this way. You may not leave early when your own ensemble is finished. If you will need an exemption to this rule, talk to your conductor ahead of time.

Sit quietly with your ensemble in the audience as you listen. Take care of bathroom and drinking fountain needs before you enter the auditorium.

Put away cell phones

Cell phones and other devices must be turned completely off and left in your bag or case during your warm-up and performance. Nothing enters the auditorium with you except your instrument and music.

Have your ticket

All concert goers must have a ticket even though students 18 and under are free. Securing a ticket for all those involved helps us track how many concert goers there are in the performance. Your ASYO student(s) will NOT need a ticket. 

PLEASE NOTE: For students performing with the Asheville Symphony or in venues that the ASYO does not control ticketing, students under 18 may not be free. We will communicate that as soon as those prices are set. 

Seating (at Asheville High School)

Seating is General Admission. You will find limited Reserved Seating marked throughout the hall. Please leave these seats vacant. 

Some thoughts on choosing your seating:

Downstairs in front of the balcony - Good Seats
Downstairs under the balcony at the front - Great Seats
Downstairs under the balcony at the back - Less than ideal seating from a sound standpoint (this is where the ensembles are seated)
Balcony - Best seats in the house. Wooden seats but great sound and great view (do pay attention to the Balcony Guidelines)

Balcony Guidelines (at Asheville High School)

The Balcony is a great place to watch the concert, but is not an appropriate place for children under 10 years of age. We recommend sitting under the balcony in the center section so you can escape quickly if they get loud or fussy. 

Please note that for students who perform in other venues that are NOT Asheville High School, those venues will have specific seating and ticketing guidelines. 

Young Children

We're very happy to have young children attend the concerts to support their older siblings. Should they get loudly restless, please feel free to step out in the hallway immediately (you don't have to wait between numbers). Please supervise young students at all times and do not allow them unsupervised in the auditorium or the school. Please pay attention to specific venue guidelines if we are not at Asheville High School. 

Take what you brought

Your family will wait for you in the lobby while you pack up your instrument and collect your things. Please make sure you have all your belongings before you leave.

Leave on time

Musicians must be picked up by a parent immediately after each rehearsal and concert unless other transportation has been arranged, such as a carpool or the student plans to drive themselves.

Absence from a concert

If you are unable to perform in a concert due to illness, a family emergency, or weather conditions that prevent you from traveling, please contact us as soon as possible.

If you will be unable to perform in a concert due to a scheduling conflict, tell your conductor immediately and email the ASYO General Manager at jthamrick@ashevillesymphony.org.

Missing a concert without informing the conductor and the ASYO team is considered an egregious infraction. If you miss your concert with no explanation, an audition may be required to rejoin your ensemble at the beginning of the next semester.