A compelling blend of music performed by both the SPO’s Brass Quintet and the Woodwind Quintet. This program offers familiar classics alongside fresh new music. The concert will feature the premiere performance of a new work by Spartanburg's own Peter B. Kay that will be accompanied by cinematic visuals by Award Winning filmmaker and former HUB BUB Artist-in-Residence, Jonathan Ade!

Featuring the full percussion section of the orchestra, this exciting program will amaze and delight with its thrumming rhythms and foot-tapping tunes.

The 2016-2017 season marks the 12th and final year that Sarah Ioannides will serve as Music Director for the SPO. With ONLY TWO concerts left in her tenure, you won't want to miss a chance to see the Maestro at work here in Spartanburg!

The season continues its focus on local musicians with this delightful concert. The program will open with the lovely "Pavane" by Gabriel Fauré, in which the SPO will accompany the Spartanburg Sings choral ensemble. Following the Pavane, the orchestra will perform Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, featuring four local musicians: Ginny Metzger (oboe), Karen Hill (clarinet), Anneka Zuehlke-King (horn), and Frank Watson (bassoon).

The concert will conclude with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony no. 8, a work written during the summer of 1812, the same time as his legendary and mysterious love-letter to his “Immortal Beloved.”

Experience "Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror" - the movie that film critics rank as one of the best and scariest of all time - as it was meant to be seen: on the big screen accompanied by live music!

The 2016-2017 season marks the 12th and final year that Sarah Ioannides will serve as Music Director for the SPO. With ONLY THREE concerts left in her tenure, you won't want to miss a chance to see the Maestro at work here in Spartanburg!

The enormously popular "Espresso" chamber music series kicks off with a special blend of music for Cello Ensemble. Featuring the entire cello section of the SPO, the program ranges from Bach & Mozart to music by Coldplay and "The Piano Guys."

In a splendid mix of Spanish flavored music, the SPO celebrates Cinco de Mayo with music by Manuel de Falla, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and even a little Mozart. Legendary soloist Pepe Romero brings the timeless Rodrigo Aranjuez concerto to Sparkle City!