Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, The next concert of the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will be “Hello to Hollywood” on Sunday, October 8, 2023, at 5:00 pm at the USCB Center for the Arts. We are excited to bring you movie soundtrack music. At first you may wonder, will I hear any classical artists on October 8? Of course, many directors use classical pieces in their films! For example, our concert repertoire includes movie music from the classical composers Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pietro Mascagni and Samuel Barber: Amadeus — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Symphony No. 25 in G minor,...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, We are happy to announce that the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will be performing four concerts for the 2023-2024 Season. NOTE CHANGE IN START TIME. The concerts and repertoires include “Hello from Hollywood,” Sunday, October 8, 2023, 5:00 pm, at the USCB Center for the Arts Beethoven: Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 Barber: Adagio Mozart: Allegro con brio from Symphony No. 25 Mascagni: Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana Williams: Star Wars “Holiday Celebration,” Saturday, December 2, 2023, 3:00 & 7:30 pm (select one), at the St John’s Lutheran Church Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Dances Holiday Pops “Passionate Romance,” Sunday,...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical offering is the 3rd Movement, or Menuetto-Allegretto, of the Symphony No. 101, composed by Franz Joseph Haydn (1793 or 1794). The symphony is popularly known as The Clock because of the "ticking" rhythm throughout the second movement. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in November 2018 and is on YouTube: BSO plays the Haydn Symphony No. 101 "Clock", Minuet. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Franz Josef Haydn, the father ( AKA Papa Haydn) of the classical string quartet and symphony, established the Minuet as the 3rd...