Myrtle Beach Leader

The Long Bay Symphony presents Storytellers: Preserving Traditions at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, January
29th, 2022 at the Myrtle Beach High School Music and Arts Center.

Myrtle Beach, SC – The Long Bay Symphony (LBS) will showcase the third Masterworks concert of its

35th Anniversary season, The Universal Language. Featuring mezzo-soprano Jennifer Luiken, the Carolina Master Chorale and the Coastal Carolina University Concert Choir, Storytellers: Preserving Traditions will be comprised of five pieces that take on narrative roles, telling stories that illuminate and help preserve traditions. Composer Manuel de Falla recounts a classic Spanish tale through the music for his ballet, The Three-Cornered Hat (Suite No. 1). Alexander Pushkin’s allegorical poems about romantic love inspired Igor Stravinsky to create a musical setting of The Faun and Shepherdess, while contemporary composer Meira Warshauer explores spiritual Ahavah (Love) and the dialogue of humanity’s relationship with nature from the perspective of Jewish teachings. Jennifer Higdon, one of the most prominent new composers on today’s scene, captures the intense dramatic conflict of Charles Frazier’s novel in the Suite from her operatic setting of Cold Mountain. Richard Wagner’s picturesque

interlude “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey,” taken from the composer’s great Ring Cycle of operas based on

Nordic legend, colorfully describes the hero’s travels.

Tickets for Storytellers: Preserving Traditions are priced at $28, $48, $53, and $58, depending on the

seating section. Student tickets are $10 with student ID. To purchase tickets, call the box office 843-448-

8379, visit us online at www.LongBaySymphony.com, or visit us in person at 1107 48th Avenue N., Suite

310-E in Myrtle Beach.

Program Details:

Dr. Charles Jones Evan, LBS Music Director/Conductor

Contact

Susan Abercrombie

843.448.8379

info@longbaysymphony.com

www.longbaysymphony.com

###

Educational Programs

In addition to regular concerts, the symphony offers other educational programs for students, schools,

and the community since music is vital to maximizing a child’s full potential. Students who participate in

the arts outperform those who do not participate on virtually every measure.1 The Long Bay

Symphony’s Young People’s Concert and the Musicians in the Schools programs are designed to

encourage students to join their school’s orchestra or band, further explore music, and eventually

participate in the Long Bay Youth Symphony.

Each year, the Long Bay Symphony presents a Young Peoples Concert for fourth and fifth grade students from area schools to introduce symphonic music and the concert experience. The Musicians in the School program sends individual musicians into the classrooms of area elementary schools for an up close performance of the types of symphonic music performed. Students are able to look at the

instruments and learn how each one creates its own unique sound.

The Long Bay Youth Symphony, founded in 1990, serves to further the music education, talent

development and social experiences of 60 – 75 students. These talented young musicians, ages 9

through 22, are selected through auditions each August. They then rehearse weekly to prepare for three

major concerts presented during the school year.

The Long Bay Youth String Ensemble is open to all student string players with a year or more experience

on their instrument. A strong focus is placed on technique, string repertoire, musicianship, peer

mentoring, and ensemble performance skills. The group performs a free public concert at the end of

each semester.

1 Center on Education Policy. (2006). From the Capitol to the Classroom: Year 4 of the No Child Left Behind Act, March 2006. (p.

xi).

About the Long Bay Symphony

Founded in 1987, the Long Bay Symphony performs about 15 concerts each year in addition to

fundraising events for other organizations. It is the largest performing arts organization in the Grand

Strand area and the largest professional orchestra in the region. Musicians come from other

professional orchestras and local communities as well as Columbia, Charleston, Fayetteville, Wilmington,

and beyond.

The mission of the Long Bay Symphony is to enhance the cultural and artistic environment of the Long

Bay region by providing the highest quality musical performances and programs which entertain and

educate patrons of all ages. A key component of its efforts is the educational programming for both

young people and adults in the community. The symphony is supported about 35% by ticket revenue,

with the balance from business and individual giving, foundation and municipal grants, and operating

support from the S.C. Arts Commission.

###

Original source can be found here.