Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, On Sunday, December 12, 2021, at 4:00 pm, the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will perform its 2021 Holiday concert “Homegrown Holiday.” The program will include the Concerto No. 8 in A minor for two violins and strings, RV 522, by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. The violin soloists will be Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra members Eden Engel and Elyse Stromer. In addition to the Vivaldi concerto, the orchestra will perform a variety of Holiday Pops music. The in-person tickets to the concert are sold out. However, you can still experience the concert via live streaming through...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, On December 12, 2021, the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will perform its 2021 Holiday concert “Homegrown Holiday.” The program will include the Concerto No. 8 in A minor for two violins and strings, RV 522, by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi. The concerto is the eighth of 12 concertos that are collectively titled L'estro armonico (The Harmonic Inspiration), Op. 3. The violin soloists will be Beaufort Symphony Youth Orchestra members Eden Engel and Elyse Stromer. In addition to the Vivaldi concerto, the orchestra will perform a variety of Holidays Pops music. In preparation for our Holiday concert,...

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.”...