Coronavirus Updates
November 2020
University Health Care System Symphony Series
The next two concerts – Beethoven @ 250 on January 9 and America on February 20 – will continue to be limited capacity. Subscribers may select the same options as before: the afternoon dress rehearsal, the evening concert, or the livestream. Check your email for a link to make your selection. Click to view the concert programs for Beethoven @ 250 and America.
Other patrons can purchase tickets for the livestreams. Depending on availability, tickets may be sold to the dress rehearsals. The on-sale date will be December 15.
At this time, we hope the final two Symphony Series concerts – Rachmaninoff & Sibelius and The Great Outdoors – will be able to return to a larger capacity.
Click to view our Covid Safety Measures at the Miller Theater.
University Health Care System Pops! Series
After careful consideration, Augusta Symphony has made the difficult decision to postpone all of the 2020-21 University Health Care System Pops! Series concerts to the 2021-22 Season. All options were examined, but due to the costs and licensing rights associated with Pops!, unfortunately neither in-person nor livestreamed concerts are a viable option this season given the current circumstances of COVID-19.
The Symphony is pleased to share that the four of the five Pops! acts are already confirmed for 2021-22: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial: Film with Live Orchestra, Brass Transit: The Musical Legacy of CHICAGO, Top of the World: Music of the Carpenters, and Dancing in the Street: The Music of Motown. However, Heartland: The Women of Country Music has been cancelled by the show producer, so we will substitute it with another wonderful concert. All dates will be announced closer to next season. Pops! subscribers have can choose to donate the value of their tickets, rollover their tickets to the 2021-22 season, or request a refund. Please check your email for more information.
Family Concerts at Columbia County
At this time, The Four Seasons concert remains on the calendar for May 2.
Fall Reimagined (August 2020)
University Health Care System Symphony Series
Subscribers who have already purchased tickets to this series can look forward to a menu of options by which to experience the first two concerts in October. Maestro Meyer has reimagined these concerts to accommodate smaller orchestras and shorter, intermission-free programs including a reduced Mahler 4, Barber’s Adagio for Strings, Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, and Jessye Norman-mentored soloist Laquita Mitchell.
Click to view the concert programs for Smaller Mahler and A Little Night Music.
Based on a limited number of patrons allowed in the Miller Theater at one time, subscribers can opt to attend the afternoon dress rehearsal, the evening concert, or the livestream of each of these concerts. Subscribers – check your email for a link to make your selection. Capacity is first-come, first-served, so please send your request as soon as possible or no later than August 7.
Click to view our Covid Safety Measures at the Miller Theater.
University Health Care System Pops! Series
In person Pops! concerts will resume in February of 2021, but the Symphony is thrilled to offer patrons who have already purchased season Pops! tickets access to two Pops! living room concerts to be recorded in October. Those with tickets to E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial Film with Live Orchestra as well as Brass Transit: The Music of Chicago should expect to see those offerings return next season, and can choose instead to view an Augusta Symphony Movie Music Pops! and Holiday Pops! in their own homes on their own terms.
Family Concerts at Columbia County
While loyal patrons of the Halloween at the Symphony Concert will have to wait until next season for this spooky family favorite, they can still look forward to The Four Seasons concert in May. And subscribers to this series will also have access to view Movie Music Pops! and Holiday Pops! as well.
“Passion” Concert – Rescheduled
For the health and safety of our patrons, musicians, and community, our “Passion” Symphony Series concert, which was set for March 28, 2020, then September 17, 2020, has been rescheduled for THURSDAY, MAY 20, 2021.
Ticket purchasers: please hold on to your existing tickets for this concert. They will be honored on the new date.
Augusta Symphony’s recording project of previously-unrecorded works by Miguel del Aguila will continue at the rescheduled concert.
“Russian Legends” Concert – Cancelled
For the health and safety of our patrons, musicians, and community, our “Russian Legends” Symphony Series concert, which was scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2020, has been cancelled.
Thanks to the generosity of our patrons, Augusta Symphony was able to fully compensate our musicians for this cancelled concert.
