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This was a full evening of entertainment. The LaGrange Symphony Orchestra delivered one iconic piece after another, with total precision. In seeing this music performed live, you realize how incredible the compositions really are.

Join us for a program that celebrates music of the silver screen, and works that have influenced or been influenced by the powerful scores that are now central to the American global cultural canon.

Read it online, download and/or print your own version. The 2023/2024 LaGrange Symphony Orchestra’s beautiful new brochure is here.

My Favorite Things is an enchanting luncheon fund-raising event supporting youth music education programs of the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra.

Check out the 2023 / 2024 Season overview!

We are delighted to announce AUDITIONS ahead of our 2023-24 Season. Date is Saturday, August 20, 2023 and times begin at 1:30 pm in Callaway Auditorium. Register now. See post for pertinent links.

The May 2023 LaGrange Symphony Youth Orchestra and String Ensemble Spring concert was a wonderful program full of impressive talent. From beginning to end, the program was very professional. Thought and care went into this concert.
Spring Concert featuring the LaGrange Symphony Youth Orchestra and String Ensemble Monday 5/8/23 at 7PM in Callaway Auditorium. Admission is FREE.
The programming, the delivery, the reaction with two standing ovations - all were fantastic. This season finale concert of the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra (LSO) will be remembered, there's no doubt about that.

His life story has many similarities to Camille Saint-Saëns, another composer featured in the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra’s SUSTAINABILITY concert to be held April 25th, 2023 at 7PM in Callaway Auditorium, LaGrange, GA.

This LSO concert, conducted by Maestro Richard Prior, will be the orchestra’s season finale, and will end a fantastic season in a big way. Plan to attend! This concert boasts two guest artists!
The LaGrange Symphony Youth Orchestra and String Ensemble will present their Spring Concert on Monday, May 8th, 2023 in Callaway Auditorium, LaGrange, GA. Admission is free.

‘I gave everything to it I was able to give,’ Saint-Saëns said of Symphony No. 3 – the Organ Symphony. ‘What I have accomplished here, I will never achieve again.’

Played with confidence and flair, these pieces really were larger-than-life and inspirational. The audience wanted more, which I believe is the point of the Education program.

Your Lucky Week – 3/21/23 LSO concert entitled EDUCATION with guests Lindsey Welp, Carol Cain, and our own LSYO side-by-side.

Peck’s work will be performed within the March 21st concert, also included are themes from Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean, works by Edvard Grieg, Leroy Anderson, and John Phillip Sousa!

International Musician magazine has recognized Ms. Jacqueline (Jackie) Pickett for her latest accomplishments. Jackie is a long time member of the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, and is the principal double bassist…

The INAUGURAL concert featuring the 2023 Troup County Middle School HONOR ORCHESTRA. 2:00 PM Saturday, February 25, 2023 at Callaway Auditorium, LaGrange, GA Chosen by…

Congratulations are in order! Announcing the winners of the LSO’s 27th annual Young Artists Competition.

A great evening of entertainment! The LSYO and String Ensemble December concert was a huge success. Read more and see photos…

If you attended the November LSO concert, you may have heard a talented group representing their Youth Orchestra in the lobby. They were great, but the full youth orchestra will SHINE on December 13th, 7PM, Callaway Auditorium.

We’re all set for a fabulous concert!

Mark your calendar for December 13th at 7:00 PM in Callaway Auditorium, LaGrange, GA for a wonderful night of entertainment for the whole family. The LaGrange Symphony Youth Orchestra (LSYO) and String Ensemble are pulling out all the stops for a fantastic concert.

“Inspiring Performance!” “- clear and pure sounds! We are so fortunate...

Experience Beethoven’s peaceful Sixth Symphony! Part of a wonderfully tranquil and restorative nature-based concert.

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Listen to this conversation that touches on Bettie Biggs' views about memorization and mentor influences as a young music student.  Hear about her experience with Robert Shaw and why the CSWG chooses to do their main celebratory concert just before the Thanksgiving holiday. This great discussion flows through years of experiences and observations,  describes a few of the many eclectic choral concerts her group has done, and ends...
Expect the unexpected in this episode of Off the Podium, with Maestro Richard Prior and principal flute, Elisa Lyle.  Elisa is an original member of the LSO, ever since the very first concert on January 14, 1990. She was Elisa Skelton t

It was September 27th, 2016 when Dr. Jonathan Keeble graced the Callaway Auditorium stage.  It was the season opening concert that was simply and appropriately…

In conversation with Dr. George Henry this week!  Already at our sixth week mark in this series...

Another episode in our series entitled Off the Podium, is ready to view!  Jonathan Wright is this week’s guest.  He is the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra’s…

The fourth episode in our series entitled Off the Podium, has been uploaded!  It features Mark Dulin who plays trumpet with the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra. …

This week’s podcast has been published!  It marks the third episode in our series entitled Off the Podium, and it features Chandler Stuart.  Chandler is…

The second podcast, featuring Sasha Prior, in the series "Off the Podium" has been published.  Sasha is the wife of LSO's Maestro Richard Prior.  Listen to this interesting...
The first podcast, featuring Tracy Woodard, in the series "Off the Podium" has been published.  Tracy Woodard, is the first guest in an interesting conversation, with Maestro Richard Prior, about her life and philosophies.  A musician in the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, Tracy discusses ...