November 12th: Florence Symphony Orchestra's Fall Concert

Come celebrate the fall season with the Florence Symphony Orchestra on Monday November 12, 2012 at 7:30PM in the FMU Performing Arts Center. We have a wonderful concert program for our Fall concert and we want to share. It will be a night that will make you want to get out and enjoy the crisp fall weather!

For our Fall Concert we have the very talented Amy Porter as our guest soloist performing Michael Daugherty’s “Trail of Tears” on flute. Her acclaimed performance of “Trail of Tears” is “Like a seer foretelling an ominous whirlwind”.  A native of Wilmington, Delaware, Ms. Porter is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York where she received a full scholarship for her degrees as well as fellowships to Tanglewood and The Mozarteum Summer Academy in Salzburg, Austria. Ms. Porter is much sought after for her teaching and master classes based on her versatility as a musician. She was awarded the 2006 Henry Russel Award from the University of Michigan for distinguished scholarship and conspicuous ability as a teacher. This is only the third time since 1926 that this award has been given to a Professor in the School of Music and the first time ever awarded to a performing artist. Recently Ms. Porter had four world premieres written specifically for her. “The Shadow of Sirius” Concerto by Joel Puckett from Peabody Conservatory was commissioned by the University of Michigan Band. Both New Jersey composer David Sampson wrote “Undercurrents” for solo flute and L.A. composer Christopher Caliendo wrote his Sonata #8 “The Ghost Sonata” for flute and piano for her. In 2010 Amy Porter premiered Michael Daugherty’s “The Trail of Tears Concerto” for Flute and Orchestra in a commissioning consortium led by the Omaha Symphony.

Under the direction of Dr. Terry Roberts the Florence Symphony will be beginning the night by performing Carnival Overture by Antonin Dvorak. Then guest Amy Porter will join the symphony performing Michael Daugherty’s “Trail of Tears”. After a brief intermission the symphony will perform Johannes Brahms’ whimsical “Hungarian Dances” no. 5 and no. 6. The evening will end on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s rousing “1812 Overture”. 

Prime seating will go quickly for this exciting Fall Concert in the FMU Performing Arts Center, reserve your seats today! Come join us for a crisp fall evening!

Season Adult tickets start as low as $28 with senior and student discounts available. Contact the FMU Performing Arts Box Office for your tickets by visiting or calling 843.661.4444 today!

This concert is made possible through funding from the Florence Regional Arts Alliance's Quarterly Grants Program, which is funded in part by a generous award from Honda of South Carolina, the South,Carolina Arts Commission and the John and, Susan Bennett Memorial Arts, Fund of the Coastal Community Foundation of SC.