Guild Notes

Our new Membership Directory & Calendar is now available!

Please pick up your copy at the October 9^th membership meeting

or by contacting Carolyn Beckie. The online version, on our

website's members-only page, will be kept updated,

so please notify us of any changes.

Be sure to add the events to your personal calendar.

Welcome to our newest members Leah and Matthew Sargent,

and welcome back Janna Kelley. We will soon send a directory addendum with their contact details.

UPCOMING EVENTS

SAVE THE DATE! The Guild’s Annual Holiday Party will be held on Mon., Dec. 11 at 6 pm at the Sigal Museum.

Fall Membership Meeting

Oct. 9 (10:30 am) – Joint meeting with the Music Club of Greenville, featuring Seth Russell, cello and Chelsea Russell, oboe. Home of Beth Lee, 1805 E. North St, Greenville. RSVP HERE or respond to this email. (Note: please enter Beth's driveway from Lullwater, her side street).

Orchestra dinners

Sept. 29 (Gunter Theatre)

Oct. 5 (Peace Concert Hall)

Contact Debra Strange or Carolyn Beckie if you'd like to contribute.

Children’s Concerts

Oct. 6 (10 am & 12 pm) – Annual Children’s Concert, Peace Concert Hall, featuring Christylez Bacon.

Oct. 14 – Lollipops Concert, Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds (String Quintet).  Hughes Main Library: 10:00 am; Jean Smith Library, Greer: 11:30 am.

Greenville Symphony Orchestra Concerts

Oct. 7 (7:30 pm), Oct. 8 (3 pm) – Peace Center 2: Music For Our Moment at Peace Concert Hall. Free pre-concert conversations at Genevieve’s.

Oct. 10 (7 pm) – Recital by Jackie Tso, Greenville Symphony’s new Concertmaster, accompanied by Dr. David Gross, piano, at Governors School of Arts and Humanities.

Oct. 21 (2-4 pm) – Pop-Up 2: Brass Trio, Music in the Woods, at Paris Mountain Amphitheatre.

Oct. 28 (2 & 7 pm) – Artists Up Close: Day of the Dead, at Fine Arts Center.

Oct. 29 (5 pm) – Carolina Youth Symphony Fall Concert: Side by Side, at Peace Concert Hall.

RECENT EVENTS

Sept. 30 & Oct. 1 – The first of the 2023 Chamber Series, Olympic Feats of Opera, was held at the Gunter Theatre.

Sept. 12 – Our Guild Season Kickoff welcomed back about 30 members at the home of Sue Fisher.

Sept. 9 & 10 – The first GSO concert of the season, with Music Director candidate Geoffrey Robson, was outstanding.

Sept. 8 & 29 Orchestra Dinners – Many thanks to those who contributed. We fed 75-80 performers on Sept. 8 and 45-50 on Sept. 29. The Chamber dinner was held in the Gunter lobby (due to renovations) and allowed diners to watch Main Street visitors stroll by.

Sept. 8 – Pianist Andrius Žlaby gave a thoughtful Guest Artist Masterclass at the Governor’s School. As one of our Guild members said,  "Master classes are wonderful for showing the interaction between master teacher and serious students and in raising the artistic bar."

Our mission is to enrich lives, inspire minds and encourage

community support of the Greenville Symphony Orchestra

through volunteering and fundraising.