SAVANNAH, GA – Aug. 20, 2019 – Savannah Philharmonic is set to launch its exciting 2019-20 season at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St. The opening night concert will introduce audiences to the Philharmonic’s newly appointed Music and Artistic Director Designate, Maestro Keitaro Harada, as he...

SAVANNAH, GA – July 17, 2019 – Savannah Philharmonic has been awarded a $5,000 grant from Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) to produce two Link Up Young Person’s Concerts in February of next year. The Savannah Philharmonic was one of 42 organizations to receive the Arts Education Program Grant. The $5,000 reward will be...

SAVANNAH, GA – July 12, 2019 – Savannah Philharmonic is once again gearing up for Savannah’s largest single-day outdoor music event, Picnic in the Park, which is slated for Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019 in historic Forsyth Park. This nonprofit organization is inviting the public to help develop a celebratory themed slogan for the annual community-wide concert...

SAVANNAH, GA – July 10, 2019 – Savannah Philharmonic is proud to announce its second season of the Larsen Musician Spotlight Series, set to launch on Sunday, Sept. 15. The popular series of six Sunday afternoon concerts scheduled throughout the 2019-20 season can be purchased exclusively, or as part of the Philharmonic Experience subscription package....

SAVANNAH, GA – April 30, 2019 – The Savannah Philharmonic, Edgemere/Sackville Neighborhood Association and the City of Savannah have teamed up one again to host “Philharmonic in the Streetz” from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 19 at the neighborhood park site located at the intersection of Cedar St. and DeLesseps Ave. in Savannah. This is second...

SAVANNAH, GA – April 26, 2019 –The Savannah Philharmonic will present its third “Keep the Music Playing” workshop at Esther F. Garrison School for the Arts, with band director Michael Hutchinson from 7:15-8:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 15. This will be the final of three “Keep the Music Playing” workshops this academic year, with the first...

SAVANNAH, GA – APRIL 24, 2019 – The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra will present its Tenth Season grand finale concert, “Mahler,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at The Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. The orchestra and chorus will combine to perform Gustav Mahler’s passionate and expressive Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection.”...

SAVANNAH, GA – APRIL 8, 2019 – The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra will present its Tenth Season grand finale concert, “Mahler,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 4, at The Johnny Mercer Theatre, 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave.  The orchestra and chorus will combine to perform Gustav Mahler’s passionate and expressive Symphony No. 2 in C minor, “Resurrection.”...

SAVANNAH, GA — April 2, 2019 — The Savannah Philharmonic Chorus is slated to present “Frost on Leaves of Grass” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, 2019 at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St., Savannah.  This captivating concert features the Savannah Philharmonic Chorus singing pieces centered on uplifting themes written by two...

SAVANNAH, GA – March 25, 2019 – Today, Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) unveiled their eleventh season lineup, themed “THE BATON” which encompasses the thrilling Savannah’s Philharmonic Music Director search. The full-season subscriptions (for both new and renewing subscribers) go on sale Monday, March 25th.  First-time and student subscribers receive a 50% discount when they purchase...

SAVANNAH, GA – March 19, 2019 –Rob Demere, president of Colonial Group, Inc., and Brett Giesick, president of Enmarket stations, pledged significant support for the Savannah Philharmonic in the form of a $75,000 donation to be used for the upcoming 11th season. A $25,000 portion of the donation will help fund Savannah’s largest outdoor musical...

SAVANNAH, GA – March 8, 2019 – The Savannah Philharmonic Search Committee announces the addition of two Music Director candidates to its group of artists scheduled to lead orchestral and choral performances through the end of the 2019-20 season. This pair of prospective leaders comes from a group of 30 candidates that the search committee...

SAVANNAH, GA – March 29, 2019 – Today, the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) announces that their April 6 concert, “Rhapsody in Blue and the Firebird Suite” will be conducted by rising star, the Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Pops, Keitaro Harada.  Harada’s credentials are exemplary. In his fourth season as Conductor...

SAVANNAH, GEORGIA – MARCH 4, 2019 – The Board of Directors of the Savannah Philharmonic (SPO) announces that it has accepted Mr. Peter Shannon’s resignation as the Artistic Director and Conductor of the organization, effective February 27, 2019. Rhegan White-Clemm, Chairperson of the SPO Board, said that the Tenth Anniversary Season will continue as planned,...

SAVANNAH, GA – February 15, 2019 – The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra continues its one-hour Larsen Musician Spotlight Series at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, 2019 at the Lutheran Church of the Ascension,120 Bull St. The fifth concert in this season’s series, “An Evening with the Concertmaster,” will spotlight the Philharmonic’s own Concertmaster and violinist, Dr....

SAVANNAH, GA – February 12, 2019 – The Savannah Philharmonic is partnering with Georgia Lions Lighthouse Foundation (“The Lighthouse”) to celebrate the healthcare nonprofit’s new permanent location in the Coastal Empire. The Lighthouse, Georgia’s only statewide provider of free and low-cost vision and hearing services for uninsured families, is based in Atlanta but has held...