GOOD NEWS: Big season ahead for Charleston Symphony Orchestra

Staff reports  |  Single tickets for the Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s 2019-20 season, which will celebrate the 350th founding of Charleston, are now available for purchase.

”Be it through the powerful words of Abraham Lincoln set to music by Aaron Copland, the joyous rekindling of Gullah tradition by Ranky Tanky, or a brand new interpretation of Charleston’s history by composer Edward Hart, this season’s programming is intended to help you contemplate what growth and progress—as an individual as well as a community—mean to you,” said CSO Executive Director Michael Smith in a press release.

The CSO season finale in April 2020, “Charleston And The New World,” will be the official kick off the City of Charleston’s 350^th anniversary celebration.  Here’s the full schedule of the CSO’s performance schedule, including Masterworks, Pops, chamber music and other special performances:

• Masterworks Season Premiere – Mozart In The Lowcountry: Sept. 27 and 28, 2019
• Pops Season Premiere – Music of the Movies:, 2019
• Masterworks – Pictures At An Exhibition: 25 and 26, 2019
• Chamber – We’ll Always Have Paris: Nov. 15 and 16, 2019
• Masterworks – Rach 2: Nov. 22 and 23, 2019
• Chamber – Holiday Strings: Dec. 6 and 7, 2019
• Special – Holy City Messiah: Dec. 12, 14, 15, 2019
• Pops – Holiday Pops: Dec. 20 and 21, 2019
• Masterworks – Bach’s Brandenburg: Jan. 10 and 11, 2020
• Pops – From Russia With Love: Jan. 23, 2020
• Masterworks – Conrad Tao Plays Brahms: Feb. 7 and 8, 2020
• Special – Magnetic South: Feb. 20, 2020
• Masterworks – Scheherazade: Feb. 28 and 29, 2020
• Pops – Ranky Tanky With The CSO: March 12, 2020
• Masterworks – Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony: March 27 and 28, 2020
• Chamber – All Roads Lead to Vienna: April 4 and 5, 2020
• Masterworks – Charleston And The New World: April 17 and 18, 2020

To purchase tickets for any of the CSO’s concerts, visit CharlestonSymphony.org, call the CSO box office at 843-723-7528 ext. 110, or visit in person at 2133 N. Hillside Drive, Charleston, SC 29407 between 9:00am and 5:00pm Monday through Thursday and 9:00am and 12:00pm on Friday.

In other Good News:

Winning photo for the 2019 pass.  NPSPhoto/GaryHeaton

Photo contest.  You can win a 2020 Fort Moultrie annual pass by submitting up to five photos of Fort Moultrie during the Aug. 18 to Sept. 8 contest period. The park superintendent will select the top four images and the public will be able to vote on their favorite image through social media or in person at the park through Sept. 28.

Requirements:  Submitted images must be high-resolution of 300 dpi or higher and represent the natural and/or cultural history of Fort Moultrie. Both professional and non-professional images will be accepted. Images that do not meet the use requirements will not be considered. Photo submissions should be emailed to fosu_information@nps.gov with the subject line “2020 Fort Moultrie Annual Pass Photo Contest.” Please be sure to include your name, contact phone, email, and address. The winning photographer must give the National Park Service permission to use the winning image on the pass and promotion materials in support of park programming.

The Fort Moultrie annual pass allows the passholder and up to three adults with them free entrance to the Fort Moultrie site.  For more information on park news, events and programs, follow us on Facebook athttps://www.facebook.com/FtSumterNPS/ and www.facebook.com/PinckneyNPS.

Carbon emissions drop in S.C.  South Carolina has seen a 33 percent decrease among utility emissions, according to a new report by the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.  As reported by Statehouse Report correspondent Lindsay Street, the report also found the Southeast U.S. has seen a 28 percent decrease in carbon dioxide emissions from the generation of electricity over the last decade.  Learn more about the issue.