Shirley (she / her) assisted in the Metropolitan Opera House studios and has performed regularly in New York, as well as in Europe and Israel.
Shirley is an avid chamber music player and New York native who now calls Hendersonville home. A graduate of Brooklyn College, she was the first-time recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Award for excellence in musical performance. She studied graduate-level piano accompaniment at the Manhattan School of Music. She assisted in the Metropolitan Opera House studios and has performed regularly in New York, as well as in Europe and Israel.
Shirley is a member of ACMA (Association of Classical Musicians and Artists), Sing for Hope, and ACMP (Association of Chamber Music Players). She is also a professional member of AAPF, the Asheville Area Piano Forum. She is the founder of several chamber music ensembles.
Aug 23, 2026 · Eve is an ordained Unitarian Universalist Minister who lives in Asheville with her husband and 2 kids. She currently works as a Spiritual Coach for Anatomy of Change Coaching and as a Health Coach for women’s health company, Evvy.
Eve is an ordained Unitarian Universalist Minister who lives in Asheville with her husband and 2 kids. She currently works as a Spiritual Coach for Anatomy of Change Coaching and as a Health Coach for women’s health company, Evvy.
Many people have said to me that our first principle is the most challenging for them. I agree. It is easy to forget that no matter who a person is and what a person does; they are still human with unlimited potential for good- or evil.
Rather than claiming certainty about ultimate truths, Unitarian Universalism invites us to stand in awe of life’s depth and complexity, to approach existence with curiosity instead of rigid answers.
With the theme “Ways to Put Love into Action,” the World Café becomes a lived expression of UU theology—inviting participants to practice love through presence, curiosity, and connection, and to carry that love outward into the wider world.
