By PAM HARBAUGH While most performance venues throughout the area have announced their new season, the King Center won’t be doing that because it no longer has an actual “season.” Instead, it presents shows on a calendar basis. Most of the shows are of a musical nature which is why this...
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FREE: Sunday with the Symphony
By PAM HARBAUGH Read, listen, contribute and possibly get a free ticket to a concert…it’s yours for the participating in the Brevard Symphony Orchestra’s two upcoming Barnes & Noble Bookfair events. Here’s the deal: Maestro Christopher Confessore, conductor and music director of the BSO, will bring some of his musicians with...
Sheriff Contributes to Brevard Symphony
Brevard Symphony Orchestra board of directors receiving check from ‘Dancing with the Space Coast’ fundraiser. From left to right, they are: Dr. Jason Wieseler, Darcia Jones Francey, Art Niergarth, Carole Gatto, Kendall Martin, Charlie Nash (with Buddy), Jackie Pantello and Brevard Sheriff Wayne Ivey. Photo by Pam Harbaugh By PAM HARBAUGH...
Cue the Orchestra: The 2015/2016 Season Begins
The Hermitage Piano Trio, photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco By PAM HARBAUGH Watch out. If you try it once, you’ll want more. We’re talking symphonic music, chamber music, opera and virtuoso performances. You don’t have to be elitist, high born or Ivy League educated to get caught up in this musical rapture....
Brevard Symphony Orchestra plans Powerhouse 2015/2016
Terrence Girard at Ludwig van Beethoven. Photo by Dana Niemeier. By PAM HARBAUGH With Beethoven and Mahler book-ending a 2015/2016 schedule, the Brevard Symphony Orchestra is well positioned to give us a powerhouse season, designed to make every concert “an event.” “If I had to choose one word to describe the…season...
Link Johnsten Passes Away
A photo of Link Johnsten, nearby his Eau Gallie Florist, surrounded by some of the community that continues to love him so. By PAM HARBAUGH The community is reeling from the shocking news that beloved Link Johnsten has passed away. One of the most wonderful, involved, giving and talented people in...
Brevard Symphony Orchestra: Mixing It Up
By PAM HARBAUGH Brevard Symphony Orchestra conductor and music director Christopher Confessore always likes to mix it up. And he’s going to do just that this evening when the BSO presents the season’s final concert — one that explores how folk music can inform symphonic music. The concert begins with Johannes...