From staff reports
The Lowcountry Wind Symphony (LWS) will present the final concerts of its 2023-2024 season, entitled “The Gift of Love,” under the direction of Donald F. Jemella. LWS is a concert band, made up of some 65 amateur and professional woodwind, brass, and percussion players from the greater Beaufort area.
The first concert will be at 7 p.m., Friday, April 26, at Bluffton High School at 12 H. E. McCracken Circle in Bluffton. Then on Sunday, April 28 at 4 p.m., the band will perform the show one more time at St. John’s Lutheran Church at 157 Lady’s Island Drive in Beaufort.
The concerts are free and open to the public, but donations are gratefully accepted. Please note that the first performance is at the Bluffton High School Auditorium and represents a change from a previously published venue.
The program features music by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Stephen Melillo, Richard Wagner and others in tribute to those who gave of themselves to benefit humanity.
Violinist Eden Engle is the featured soloist, performing John Williams’ “Theme from Schindler’s List.” Katie McAllister, mezzo soprano, will join LWS in “I Dreamed a Dream” from Les Miserables and “Over the Rainbow” from The Wizard of Oz.
LWS will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in its 2024-2025 Season, and will salute veterans in November. For more information, visit lowcountrywindsymphony.com.
