Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, General Admission ticket sales opened on Friday, August 20, 2021, and are going on now. Tickets can be obtained through the Tix website at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/beaufortorchestra/4060. Our first concert on Sunday, October 10, 2021, will feature piano soloist Susan Merdinger, who will perform the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5, known as the Emperor Concerto. Ms. Merdinger’s Beethoven portfolio can be found on YouTube: Susan Merdinger performs Beethoven. Help us kick off the 2021-2022 Season by donating to the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra. Sincerely, BSO Board and Musicians

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 music offering is Warrior Legacy from the BSO’s first livestream concert on March 14, 2021, that was broadcast from the Carolina Ballroom at the Dataw Island Club. The recording is on YouTube: BSO Strings perform Warrior Legacy. The music is by Soon Hee Newbold. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Soon Hee Newbold began composing for her students, earning great admiration in the educational community. Subsequently expanding her efforts to the professional motion picture industry, Soon Hee has trail blazed for female composers with her exciting melodies and dramatic settings exemplified...