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...
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Savannah Philharmonic Expands Search For Music Director
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 Philharmonic Announces Guest Conductor – Keitaro Harada – For Music Festival Co-Production: ‘Rhapsody in Blue and The Firebird Suite’ – April 6, 2019
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 Philharmonic Announces Peter Shannon’s Departure
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 Philharmonic Presents Larsen Spotlight Series “An Evening With The Concertmaster”
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....
Atlanta Vision and Hearing Nonprofit Marks New Location By Teaming With Savannah Philharmonic For Event
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...
Savannah Philharmonic ‘Musicians’ Choice’ Concert Features Work Chosen By Orchestra
SAVANNAH, GA – January 30, 2019 – The Savannah Philharmonic is slated to continue its commemorative 2018-19 season with the “Musicians’ Choice” concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9 at the Lucas Theatre for the Arts, 32 Abercorn St., in downtown Savannah. In honor of 10 years of dedicated work by the Philharmonic’s musicians, this...
Savannah Philharmonic Music Director Search Committee Gets to Work
SAVANNAH, GA – January 15, 2019 – The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) is actively engaged in a worldwide search for its next Music Director/Conductor. SPO Board Vice-Chair Scott Lauretti is leading the search committee, which is comprised of prominent musicians from the orchestra, community advocates and active philanthropists, and leaders from the area’s arts and...
Savannah Philharmonic Awarded $20,000 Grant for ‘Link Up Young Person’s Concert’ with Carnegie Hall
SAVANNAH, GA – January 14, 2019 – The Savannah Philharmonic was recently awarded a $20,000 grant from the Johanna Anderson Trueblood Foundation to fund the upcoming Link Up Young Person’s Concert, a program held in collaboration with New York City’s Carnegie Hall. Link Up is an exciting participatory program offered to up to 2,400 Savannah-Chatham...
Savannah Philharmonic Names New Board of Directors Chair and Vice Chair following previous leader’s resignation
SAVANNAH, GA – December 24, 2018 – The Board of Directors of the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra today elected Rhegan White-Clemm to the position of chairman of the board, filling the vacancy created by the recent resignation of Samir Nikocevic. Citing personal reasons, Mr. Nikocevic thanked the board for giving him the opportunity to serve and...
Savannah Philharmonic Announces Tenth Anniversary Celebration Gala January 26, 2019 – An Enchanted Evening
SAVANNAH, GA – December 21, 2018 – The Savannah Philharmonic will celebrate their Tenth Anniversary Season with an elegant gala, An Enchanted Evening, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019 at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center, 1 International Drive. To properly celebrate this special, commemorative season, the Savannah Philharmonic is preparing to stage...
Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra Kicks Off The New Year With The Best Of Broadway!
SAVANNAH, GA – December 18, 2018 – The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus is slated to present its first 2019 concert – The Best of Broadway – on Saturday, January 19, 7:30 p.m., at the Johnny Mercer Theater, located at 301 W. Oglethorpe Ave. After the rousing success of The Best of Rogers and Hammerstein...
Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra Search Committee Unveils Shortlist of Music Director Candidates to Guest Conduct Eleventh Season
SAVANNAH, GA – DECEMBER 12, 2018 – Today, at a special event at the Lucas Theatre, The Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) search committee unveiled the shortlist for the new music director position. Each of the eight candidates will guest conduct a concert during the eleventh season, after which the new music director will be selected...
Savannah Philharmonic Announces Tenth Anniversary Celebration Gala – January 26, 2019 – An Enchanted Evening
SAVANNAH, GA – December 10, 2018 The Savannah Philharmonic will celebrate their Tenth Anniversary Season with an elegant gala: An Enchanted Evening on Saturday, January 26, 2019, from 6:30pm, at the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center, 1 International Drive. To properly celebrate this special, commemorative season, the Savannah Philharmonic is preparing to stage an...
Savannah Philharmonic and the Savannah-Chatham County Public School System
SAVANNAH, GA – DECEMBER 3, 2018 Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra (SPO) is thrilled to be recognized for its dedication to music education through their Orchestra Lab Program in partnership with SCCPSS at the Superintendent’s second annual Gala for the Arts. This prestigious event will take place on Friday, December 7, 2018 at The Yamacraw Center for the...
Savannah Philharmonic Welcomes New Directory of Artistic Operations Edward J. Lada
SAVANNAH, GA – November 26, 2018 – The Savannah Philharmonic will welcome a new Director of Artistic Operations on December 3, 2018. Edward J. Lada, a distinguished arts administrator, will assume the role previously held by Chris Merkle. Lada comes to the Savannah Philharmonic from Wichita Grand Opera, where he served as the President & CEO...
Savannah Philharmonic Unveils Search Process For New Leadership
SAVANNAH, GA – NOVEMBER 15, 2018 – The Board of Directors of the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (SPO) announced their plans to search for a new Music Director to replace Peter Shannon who recently announced his decision to pursue other career opportunities at the end of the tenth season in May of 2019. A...
Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus Unveil Plans for Holiday Pops Tradition: December 7-8, 2018
SAVANNAH, GA – November 12, 2018 – This year Coastal Empire music lovers will have three chances to enjoy the Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus’s beloved annual Holiday Pops concert. In response to popular demand and following the successful expansion of the program last year, two full shows are slated for 7:30 p.m. Friday Dec. 7...
