Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, We are sad to report that we learned over the weekend that piano soloist Nadia Azzi has injured her hand and will not be able to perform at the Beaufort Symphony Orchestra’s “Passionate Romance” concert on March 10, 2024, at 5:00 pm at the USCB Center for the Arts. However, we are happy to announce that we have found another young talented pianist, Ms. Adria Ye. Ms. Ye received her Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music at the Juilliard School in New York City. She is currently pursuing her studies at the New England Conservatory...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s music offering is the Bohemian Rhapsody from the BSO’s first livestream concert on March 14, 2021, that was broadcast from the Carolina Ballroom at the Dataw Island Club. The recording is on YouTube: BSO Strings perform Bohemian Rhapsody. The words and music are by Freddie Mercury and the arrangement is by Robert Longfield. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “Freddie Mercury, the stellar lead singer of Queen and their distinguished songwriter, made a permanent mark on the music industry and rock music in particular. In this wonderful string arrangement by Longfield...

Dear Music Lovers and Supporters, This week’s music offering is Can't Help Falling In Love from the concert on March 14, 2021, that was broadcast livestream from the Carolina Ballroom at the Dataw Island Club. The recording is on YouTube: BSO Strings perform Can't Help Falling In Love. The words and music are by George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore and the arrangement is by Robert Longfield. About the music, Maestro Fred Devyatkin writes, “The BSO Strings play a classic oldie made famous by Elvis at our Livestream Performance.” We are planning another livestream performance of “Catchy...