Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, The Beaufort Symphony Orchestra board is excited and happy to announce the concert schedule for the 2021-2022 Season and the Orchestra’s return to performing at the Sea Island Presbyterian Church. We plan four concerts featuring Happy 250th Birthday Beethoven Coriolan Overture Symphony No. 6 in F Sunday, October 10, 2021, 4:00 pm Homegrown Holiday! Vivaldi Double: Eden Engel & Elyse Stromer Holiday Pops Sunday, December 12, 2021, 4:00 pm Give My Regards to Broadway The Great Show Tunes Sunday, February 13, 2022, 4:00 pm Romantic Blockbusters Bruch...
Livestream Report: 2nd Concert was a Wonderful Success!
Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, We had a wonderful performance at the Carolina Ballroom at the Dataw Island Club on May 16, 2021. We thank the Dataw Island Club for their generous hospitality. We broadcast the performance via livestream the BSO May String Concert “Catchy Tunes & Memorable Melodies” on YouTube. We thank Stuart Breed, Bill Gwynne and Joe Chappell for making the livestream possible. Thank you to all who donated at the concert. We raised $785.00, which the BSO will use to prepare for the 2021-2022 Season. We appreciate all who can donate to the Beaufort Symphony...
BSO plays My Fair Lady
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...