2024-2025 Season
Bewitched with Elena Flores
Co-sponsored by Tim and Kate Kiel
The Pops opens our 13th season with Fall Favorites. Crossover artist Elena Flores will contrast mystery and hope. The Queen of the Night aria paired with Radiohead’s Creep; Never Enough with Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Maestro Palmer will lead the orchestra down rich paths including Berlioz March to the Scaffold, and a lighter fall treat, the Devil Went Down to Georgia. Introducing Matthew Sargent premiering his new composition Mystic Dreams. Prepare to be frightened and uplifted in the Pops nod to Halloween.
Funk at the Philharmonic
Co-sponsored by Fox Music and The Bootjack
Guest artist Robbie Madison will headline the night with soul, hip-hop and funk favorites. Hear Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye. The Pops showcases tunes from Earth, Wind and Fire in a throwback to our opening season. Relive groundbreaking title tracks from Shaft, Superfly, Coffy, and Foxy Brown.
Holiday Pops
Co-sponsored by GJS Architecture
This seasonal favorite returns to North Charleston. Laced in opulent joy and splendor, North Charleston comes alive with the beauty of the holidays. Returning artists include Martin Chalk, Heather Rice, Suzanne Fleming-Atwood, Palmetto City Ballet, stage actors and dancers. Described as the most spectacular Holiday Pops celebration in the Lowcountry, the orchestra will delight all from the youngest child to the greatest adult.
Latin Fusion
Co-sponsored by Lerato LLC
This program begins hot, and ends even hotter. Maestro Palmer ignites the orchestra in Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, Haupango, and Andalucia. Charleston Cuban artist, Gino Castillo will showcase his rhythmic percussion and vocals. Duda Luceno will light the evening with Brazilian energy and passion. Prepare to be set on fire with a night of Latin Fusion
Lowcountry Legends
We feature 2X Grammy Award winning artist Quiana Parler in a sumptuous dive into riches of Charleston Music and Heritage. God Bless the Child, Amazing Grace, Porgy and Bess, Total Praise. Explore a night of Gospel, Blues, Gullah Geechie, and African Dance. Composer and Jazz Saxophonist Kevin Patton will premiere a new work for symphony. African American composers Florence Price, and Samuel Colerage-Taylor will complete the evening.
Star Wars
Co-sponsored by Home Trust Bank
Our season reaches its climax with a journey through the works of the greatest composer of modern film, John Williams. In his own words, “The music of Star Wars may turn 50, but it is new again every day, and now forever a part of our lives”. His music transcends from the brilliance of the opening fanfare, to the opulent March to the Throne Room. Williams affects our very soul. Experience the power and majesty of life through Star Wars and the classical music that inspired it.