Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, The Beaufort Symphony Orchestra board is excited and happy to announce the 2021-2022 schedule for the Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra (BSYO). We plan six concerts, with two in the Fall, Winter and Spring. Fall November 9: Tuesday 7 pm: St. John’s Lutheran church - confirmed November 11: Thursday 7 pm: Grace Coastal - unconfirmed Winter Mar 8, 2022, Tuesday, 7 pm: Riverview Baptist Church - unconfirmed Mar10, 2022 Thursday 7 pm: Beaufort Church of God - unconfirmed Spring May 10, 2022: Tuesday 7 pm: Saint Peters Catholic Church - unconfirmed May 17, 2022: Tuesday 7...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s music offering is Over the Rainbow performed by the BSO String Orchestra at its second livestream concert on May 16, 2021, that was broadcast from the Carolina Ballroom at the Dataw Island Club. The recording is on YouTube: BSO Strings perform Over the Rainbow. The lyrics are by E.Y. Harburg, the music by Harold Arlen and the arrangement by Bob Phillips and Andy Beck. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Over the Rainbow, as conceived by Israel Kamakawiwowo’ole. The score asks the players to hold their violins and violas like ukes.”...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is My Fair Lady (1956). The music was composed by Frederick Loewe. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in February 2019 and is on YouTube: BSO plays My Fair Lady. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Based on the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion, My Fair Lady was one huge success among several for composer Frederick Loewe and lyricist, Jay Lerner. Premiering on Broadway and in London in 1956, they won a Tony for the year’s best musical. The film adaptation was released in 1964, winning...