Arts
A little after noon Sunday in Asheville's Pack Square, the first sounds indicating a turning point for the Asheville Symphony Orchestra came from Alicia Chapman, an oboe player testing out a series of reeds for optimal outdoor performance. "There is a pilot light, a flame that's inside when I play music," Chapman said. "I was a little afraid, 'oh my gosh, it's dimming,' but when you have a chance to actually, like today, be around your colleagues and your loved friends and make music together, that pilot light just flames up again and you realize 'ahh, there I am.'"