LaGrange Symphony Orchestra's 29th annual Young Artists Competition (YAC) is for WIND INSTRUMENTS! This event will be held in LaGrange, GA on February 1st, 2025. Applications are now being accepted. Deadline for receipt of all materials is December 6, 2024 so don't delay!
With great flair, the American Fanfare concert marked the opening of the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra's (LSO's) 2024/25 “Season of Celebration”! This season commemorates the 10th anniversary of Maestro Richard Prior.
My Favorite Things 2024 will be held October 17th at Del'avant. This fundraising event is fun, delicious and entertaining. Tickets are $65 and on sale until October 3, 2024.
This will start the season with a classical explosion and rare historical opportunity! This concert is uniquely American with breathtaking works by great American composers of the last century.
The LaGrange Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is pleased to announce that Dr. Sinisa Ciric will be joining the LSO in their 2024/25 Season of Celebration! Dr. Ciric will fulfill the role of guest concertmaster beginning with the September 17th opening concert entitled "American Fanfare". The 2024/25 season is a celebratory landmark
STELLARUM is an eight-voice choral group which includes the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director and Conductor, Richard Prior. Performance is July 14th at First Presbyterian 6PM
Mambo – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Music by Leonard Bernstein, performed by LaGrange Symphony Orchestra April 27, 2024, conducted by Maestro Richard Prior, LaGrange, Georgia
The LaGrange Symphony Youth Orchestra, under the direction of Maestro Michael Giel, during their annual side-by-side with the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra. 3/19/2024 Alan Lee Silva’s “The Code”.
An evening worth more than words can say. Champion role modelling, mentoring, lifelong learning, new discoveries, and a great deal of inspiration – a truly harmonious event!
A music video snippet of William Levi Dawson’s “Negro Folk Symphony” performed within the INSPIRE concert March 19, 2024 by the LaGrange Symphony Orchestra, LaGrange, GA. Third movement “O Le Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star!”
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
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 ...