Symphonic Serenades PSO Presents 2024 Performances
by Darien Hardy
Photo Credit by Meg Burke Photography
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he Pensacola Symphony Orchestra continues the 2023-24 season ready to present a brand new lineup of performances to the Pensacola community. The Orchestra has already played from a wide repertoire, including popular symphonies by Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, as well as some delightful and unfamiliar gems by Piazolla, Strauss, Bates and many others, according to music director Peter Rubardt. “People can expect an array of A-List guest artists and polished, committed performances from the orchestra,” Rubardt said.
For more information about the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra, its community programs and details on the season performances, visit pensacolasymphony.com.
Mozart Madness
February 3, 2024 at 7:30 pm First United Methodist Church, Pensacola
The soaring stained-glass windows of First United Methodist Church provide a beautiful setting for the Orchestra’s annual celebration of Mozart. This concert features the composer’s merry and vivacious Still to come in the latter part of the season are a pair of big Fourth Horn Concerto with Jacquelyn Adams as soloist on horn. symphonies by Prokofiev and Vaugh Williams, an achingly beautiful Also on the program are Mozart’s Symphony No. 38, Prague and set of songs by Mahler, Mozart’s famous G-Minor Symphony, and the overture to Mozart’s Don Giovanni. a rollicking, jazzy piano concerto by Gershwin. General admission tickets are $20 and may be purchased online at According to executive director Bret Barrow, the PSO is on a mission pensacolasymphony.com, by phone at 850.435.2533 or in person to promote and advance the well-being of our community through at the Pensacola Symphony Box Office at 205 East Zaragoza St. live symphonic music and engaging musical activities that serve people for a lifetime. The Orchestra’s community programming, “Beyond the Stage,” allows PSO to serve people not only where they live, where they learn and where they go for entertainment, but also in their critical moments like pediatric care, homeless shelters, or in hospice. PSO networks with partners across the community to provide musicians who teach, perform and engage with the community. To serve the mission and ensure they can provide these services for free, PSO actively solicits monetary donations from the public. “Beyond the Stage” has been well-supported and well-received, and the Orchestra plans to grow the program as resources allow. “It makes me feel good that we can be stewards of community resources to truly serve our neighbors through music,” Barrow said. “I invite everyone to come hear a ‘Beyond the Stage’ program and consider supporting it themselves in whatever ways possible. The impact you can have by bringing [music] to others is powerful.”
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