Augusta Amusements Presents A Classic Movie Night
The Wizard of Oz
At Fort Discovery’s Paul Simon Theater
Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 7:00 P. M.
Special Matinee Performance to benefit Fort Discovery Saturday, July 17, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Augusta Amusements presents a rare opportunity to experience The Wizard of Oz, an Academy Award-winning 1939 classic musical directed by Victor Fleming, in a theatrical screening that enables viewers to experience the full impact of its early Technicolor special effects. In addition to this rare screening of the classic film, movie-goers will meet Karl Slover, …

Take Five…SOA Live!
Symphony Orchestra Augusta Musicians
performing in Columbia, Richmond, Aiken, & McDuffie County Elementary Schools
SOA Executive Director Sandra Self announced today the completion of the Symphony’s “Music in Schools” programs in the CSRA for the 2009-2010 season. Thirty-two programs were presented for 4th and 5th graders at 16 Columbia County Public Schools in January & February, using resources allocated by the individual schools.  From February 24 through May 7, 2010, the mixed ensemble of five core musicians from Symphony Orchestra Augusta presents …

Take Five…SOA Live!
Symphony Orchestra Augusta Musicians to Perform
in McDuffie County Elementary Schools

Made possible by the Emily Stevens Baumann Education Endowment Fund

Beginning Thursday, April 1, 2010, a mixed ensemble of five core musicians from Symphony Orchestra Augusta present Take Five…SOA Live! for students in all McDuffie County Elementary Schools.  This new program takes David Gee, cello, Eliza Hesse, principal second violin, Taylor Massey, principal clarinet, Kelly Odell, principal oboe, and Carl Purdy, principal viola into the schools to perform the …

Music Director Shizuo Kuwahara and Symphony Orchestra Augusta feature violinist Kyoko Takezawa in concert on SATURDAY, MARCH 27 at 7:30 P.M. at First Baptist of Augusta on Walton Way Extension.
This concert features the Georgia premier of “Chasing Light… ” by Joseph Schwantner.   Ford Made in America is made possible by a generous grant from Ford Motor Company Fund, the philanthropic arm of Ford Motor Company. Major support for the program is also provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional …

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF AUGUSTA, GEORGIA HOSTS 58th ANNUAL ATTIC SALE
Giant Attic Sale hosted by League Members this Saturday
at Augusta Exchange Club Fairgrounds

WHAT: Junior League of Augusta, Georgia’s 58th Annual Attic Sale
WHEN: Saturday, March 6, 2010, 7 a.m. – 1 p.m.  (Lines will be beginning to form at 6:00 a.m.)

On Friday, March 19, Symphony Orchestra Augusta Pops! at the Bell Series under the direction of new Music Director Shizuo Kuwahara presents Air Supply, Over two decades after their last Top 5 hit—the classic #2 power ballad “Making Love Out of Nothing At All,” the duo and their longtime ensemble show no signs of slowing down, performing their biggest hits for thousands of fans around the world, an average of 120 dates a year. Nearly three decades later, the world is still “Lost in Love” with Air Supply. Air …

On Saturday, March 6, Maestro Z Kuwahara and SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AUGUSTA PRESENT Columbia County Music Series (CCMS) concert featuring SOA Woodwind Quintet and String Trio. The evening’s program features Wind Quintets by Muczynski and Nielsen and Beethoven’s String Trio for violin, viola, and cello.  The 7:30 p.m. concert takes place at the Jabez S. Hardin Performing Arts Center in Evans, next to the library at the Evans Town Center.

Tickets are $20 per person and can be purchased by calling 706.826.4705 or online at www.soaugusta.org – which also includes …

Music Director Shizuo Kuwahara and Symphony Orchestra Augusta feature principal oboist Kelly Odell in concert on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH at 7:30 P.M. at First Baptist of Augusta on Walton Way Extension.  Tickets are available at www.soaugusta.org or by calling the Symphony office, 706.826.4705.

MAIN GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Kristin Casaletto: Selected Works
January 8 – March 5, 2010
Main Gallery, Ware’s Folly
Opening the New Year is a solo exhibition of recent works by printmaker and Augusta resident Kristin Casaletto. Seen in galleries across the U.S. as well as in Australia and Italy, Casaletto’s artwork incorporates printmaking, drawing, and sometimes painting and other media.  Professor of Art and Head of Printmaking Area for Augusta State University, Casaletto received her M.F.A. in Painting from Western Michigan University, and her M.A. in Art History from Michigan State University.

Winners of the 2009-2010 Symphony Youth Competition Announced
Symphony Orchestra Augusta, under the direction of Maestro Shizuo Kuwahara, and the Augusta Symphony Guild held its annual Symphony Youth Competition on Sunday, January 24 at 1 p.m. at Augusta State University Performing Arts Theatre. This year’s competition was sponsored by Dr. and Mrs. Kraig Wangsnes.
Mackenzie Marr, a sophomore at Davidson Fine Arts School, won the top prize of $500 and an opportunity to perform with the orchestra for her performance on piano.  She will perform with the orchestra during the Young People’s …