Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s musical is Evita. The music was composed by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber. The recording is from a concert by the BSO in May 2012 and is on YouTube: BSO plays Evita. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Going back in the archives, here are selections from the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Evita! The orchestra is smokin’!" We appreciate all who can donate to the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra. Sincerely, BSO Board and Musicians

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, In addition to presenting recordings from Beaufort Symphony Orchestra concerts, our goal is to introduce other works not yet performed by the BSO. Our eighth offering is the Symphony No. 1 in E minor (1931-1932) by the African-American composer Florence Beatrice (née Smith) Price. A recording of the symphony is on YouTube: Florence Price: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, performed by the New Black Repertory Ensemble, Leslie B. Dunner, conducting. Florence Price (b: April 9, 1887, d: June 3, 1953) was the first African-American woman composer to have a symphonic composition played...