About AmiciMusic
AmiciMusic is a new non-profit chamber music organization based in Asheville, NC, founded by pianist and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser. It is dedicated to performing chamber music throughout the Western North Carolina region in intimate venues such as private homes and non-traditional spaces, including bars, libraries, Churches, retirement homes, and more.

AmiciMusic, meaning “music among friends,” seeks to break down barriers between performers and audience through brief discussions of each composer on their programs and by promoting a relaxed and informal atmosphere at concerts in order to encourage new concert-goers to enjoy the energy of the performances and the spirit of community and camaraderie.

AmiciMusic will also offer educational outreach into the schools, including continuing residencies and an original Assembly program written by Dr. Weiser called “Beethoven Lives in North Carolina.” See our educational outreach page for more information. 

Daniel Weiser, piano, has a Doctorate in Piano/Chamber Music from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Samuel Sanders and Robert MacDonald and won the Richard Franko Goldman prize for outstanding contribution to musical and education life.  He has performed on many great stages, including the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, the National Gallery of Art in D.C., and on the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago. He has also concertized around the world, including Israel, Thailand, Holland, and France and was the 1996 U.S. Artistic Ambassador Abroad, for which he performed on an eleven-country tour of the Middle East and Asia.  He has been on the music faculty of Dartmouth College and the prestigious St. Paul’s School in Concord, NH.

Besides founding AmiciMusic, he co-founded and still serves as Artistic Director for Classicopia, a similar type of chamber music organization based in New Hampshire.  He was also a founding member of the Adirondack Ensemble, which won a Chamber Music America award for inventive programming and outreach. He has participated in the New Hampshire Music Festival, Musicorda, and the Apple Hill Chamber Music Festival and has been the Music Director of the Da Corneta Opera Ensemble, the Opera North Young Artist program, and Opera New England. A phi beta kappa graduate of Columbia University with a degree in American History, he also spent a year at Harvard Law School and was a classmate of President Obama.  A native of Buffalo, NY, he recently moved from Vermont to Asheville, NC where he lives with his wife, Dr. Kisha Weiser and their six-year old twin daughters, Emma and Sophie.

Updated - 21 March 2012


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                    - The Asheville Community Theater presents "To Kill a Mockingbird" on stage April 20th - May 6th.
                      For information call - 828-254-1320 - or go online  www.ashevilletheatre.org 
                    - THE NORTH CAROLINA SYMPHONY WILL TOUR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA THIS SPRING WITH THE PROGRAM
                      “BEETHOVEN AND BEYOND,” INCLUDING BEETHOVEN’S EIGHTH SYMPHONY.  ALL PERFORMANCES BEGIN AT 7:30. 
                      PERFORMANCES WILL BE IN MARS HILL AT MOORE AUDITORIUM ON APRIL 25TH; IN THE CULTURAL ARTS CENTER 
                      AT CHEROKEE CENTRAL SCHOOLS, ON APRIL 26TH; AND IN FLAT ROCK AT THE BLUE RIDGE CONFERENCE HALL
                      AT BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ON APRIL 27TH.     www.ncsymphony.org
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