Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, Happy New Year! We hope you have a happy, healthy, peaceful and gentle 2024! The Beaufort Symphony Orchestra’s “Passionate Romance” concert is on March 10, 2024, at 5:00 pm at the USCB Center for the Arts. We are excited to have piano soloist Nadia Azzi perform again with the Orchestra. Ms. Azzi will perform the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, by Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff. In addition, the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra will perform the Symphony No. 4 “Italian” in A major, Op. 90, MWV N16, by Felix Mendelssohn. A preview of the...

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 More. The music was composed by Riz Ortolani and Nino Oliviero for the 1962 Italian film Mondo Cane. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in March 2017 and is on YouTube: BSO plays More. This arrangement by Richard Hayman was for Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Originally written by Riz Ortalani and Nino Oliviero as an instrumental for the Italian documentary, Mondo Cane, “More” won a Grammy in 1964 for best instrumental theme. Enjoy!” Thank you to...