Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, The first concert of the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra’s 2022-2023 Season was on October 9, 2022, at 4:00 p.m. at the Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center, 84 Sea Island Parkway, Beaufort, SC 29907. We have received many compliments on the young soloist and the entire concert. (Photos courtesy of Bob Sofaly, October 2022) The next concert will be on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at the Beaufort High School Performing Arts Center. We are excited to have piano soloist and Steinway Artist Susan Merdinger perform again with the Orchestra. She will perform the Tchaikovsky Piano...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! There has been positive news on the COVID-19 front! The first COVID-19 vaccines—the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines—have been authorized for distribution. The first doses will be prioritized to high-priority groups such as anyone who works in healthcare institutions and people living in long-term care facilities. However, by April 2021, the vaccines could be widely available to the general population. Consequently, it may be possible for the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra to hold a 2021 Spring concert. To prepare for this possibility, donations to our general operating fund are needed...

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...