The Aiken Symphony celebrates its tenth birthday with the 2024-25 season. As one of the newest professional orchestras in South Carolina, it has already made its mark through masterful performances of major orchestral works as well as featuring refreshingly brilliant soloists to the Aiken community. Conductor Dr. Scott Weiss continues to lead the orchestra in its new era as he enters his third year as Music Director.

2024-25 MASTERWORKS SERIES

All Masterworks performances are held in the Etherredge Center at USC Aiken.

Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

THE PLANETS

Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture

Holst – The Planets

The Aiken Symphony begins its season with a showcase of one of the largest works to hit the Etherredge Center stage, complete with unique instruments (organ, tenor tuba, two harps and much
more) as well as a women’s choir. Join us for some of the most captivating music ever written.

See the progression of orchestral classics from the greatest names in classical music over three major
musical periods.

After her rousing performance of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto with Aiken Symphony in September of 2023, Ying Li returns to Aiken for this all-Mozart program.

Touted as a "gifted guatiarist" by the New York Times, Mak Grgic makes his Debut with Aiken Symphony in this fiert, Spanish-inspired program

Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024, 3 p.m.

THE THREE B’s

Bach/Stokowski – Prelude in B Minor, BWV 869

Beethoven – Symphony No. 2

Brahms – Symphony No. 4

Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

YING LI RETURNS!

Ying Li, pianist

Mozart – Divertimento, K. 136

Mozart – Symphony No. 39

Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23

Saturday, May 10, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL

Mak Grgić, two-time Grammy-nominated guitarist

Bizet – Selections from “Carmen”

Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez

Turina – La Procesión del Rocío

Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol

2024-25 CHAMBER SERIES

Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, 7:30 p.m.

Aiken’s First Baptist Church

SYMPHONY IN BRASS

Music for brass and percussion by Giovanni Gabrieli, Richard Strauss, Edvard Grieg and more.

Sunday, Mar. 23, 2025, 3 p.m.

Amentum Center for the Performing Arts

DVOŘÁK’S SERENADES

Dvořák – Serenade for Strings

Dvořák – Serenade for Winds

Experience the technical and musical mastery of the different sections of the Aiken Symphony in this exhibition of Dvořák’s serenades.

2024-25 POPS SERIES

All Pops Series performances are held in the Etherredge Center at USC Aiken.

Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, 3 p.m.

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Aiken Symphony Brass Quintet Juanita Campbell, narrator Holiday music from around the world featuring the Aiken Symphony Brass Quintet.

Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, 7:30 p.m.

ROMANCE AT THE SYMPHONY

Ashley Emerson, soprano Dominic Armstrong, tenor Romantic favorites featuring husband and wife vocalists Ashley Emerson and DominicArmstrong.

Tickets:

Season Subscriptions are now available for purchase! Subscription renewals are available and new subscribers are encouraged to submit a subscription form quickly to ensure timely processing. Should you have questions, please contact Doris Begley at 803.642.9453 or email us at [email protected].

Single tickets go on sale on August 1, 2024 and are either $45 or $60 depending on seat selection. Active military members are eligible for $10 off each ticket and students under the age of 25 are eligible for a student rate of $10. To inquire about these discounts, please contact the office at 803.295.0313. Tickets are available via the website (aikensymphony.com) or by contacting the office at 803.295.0313 and can be printed at home, picked up at the venue one hour before the start of the concert or received to one’s mobile device and presented to an usher at the venue.