VALDOSTA — The Valdosta Symphony Orchestra (VSO) is once again participating in the annual League of American Orchestra’s Orchestras Feeding America National Food Drive. “The food drive gives the VSO another way to serve our community,” said Dr. Howard Hsu, VSO music director. The Valdosta State University campus and surrounding communities are asked to support the…
Continue reading →The Valdosta Symphony Orchestra is proud to announce the VSO will be featured this week on Georgia Public Broadcasting Radio. The VSO’s September 2013 concert (Beethoven Turkish March, McGowan iPad Concerto, and American Prize-winning performance of Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony) will be broadcast, as well as selections from the performances with Wendy Warner (Haydn Cello Concerto) and Amy…
Continue reading →~ 2014-2015 is the Year of the Arts at Valdosta State University ~ VALDOSTA — The Valdosta Symphony Orchestra will continue its 25th anniversary celebration with Visions of Love at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14, in Valdosta State University’s Whitehead Auditorium. Tickets are on sale now. Dr. Howard Hsu, conductor and Valdosta Symphony Orchestra…
Continue reading →~2014-2015 is the Year of the Arts at Valdosta State University ~ VALDOSTA — Linda A. Cionitti, clarinetist, will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 8, in Valdosta State University’s Whitehead Auditorium. The guest artist recital is free of charge and open to the public. Described as an “extraordinarily fine” clarinet player by MusicWeb…
Continue reading →VALDOSTA — Hue Jeong Jang, pianist, will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9, in Valdosta State University’s Whitehead Auditorium. The recital is free of charge and open to the public. An assistant professor of piano, Jang joined the VSU Department of Music faculty at the beginning of the 2014-2015 academic year. She previously…
Continue reading →~ 2014-2015 is the Year of the Arts at Valdosta State University ~ VALDOSTA — The South Georgia String Project, a joint venture of the Valdosta State University Department of Music and the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, will kick off its 2015 spring session with a meeting for new students and their parents at 5 p.m….
Continue reading →VALDOSTA — When Linda C. Chase’s Dance Arts Inc. dancers take the stage for their 42nd annual production of “The Nutcracker,” they will once again spin and glide and leap and prance to a special arrangement of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s mesmerizing and magical score, played by the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra (VSO). “My special arrangement…
Continue reading →~2014-2015 is the Year of the Arts at Valdosta State University~ VALDOSTA — Valdosta State University will host the 2014 State High School Jazz Band Clinic and All-State Jazz Ensemble Auditions Friday, Dec. 5, through Saturday, Dec. 6. More than 100 students from 36 high schools are expected to attend. Throughout the two-day event, which…
Continue reading →Acclaimed pianist Awadagin Pratt will join the 2014 American Prize-winning Valdosta Symphony Orchestra (VSO) for Ludwig van Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58, on Saturday, Nov. 15. The performance will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are on sale now. “There are several members of the VSO who have previously performed with…
Continue reading →Jessica Pope Communications Specialist VALDOSTA — The Valdosta Symphony Orchestra’s (VSO) live performance of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony has won the 2014 American Prize in Orchestral Performance. Dr. Howard Hsu, VSO music director, said, “It is extremely gratifying for the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra to receive national recognition. We have long believed that we…
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