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Instructor: Dr. Scott Weiss is the Music Director & Conductor of the Aiken Symphony, the Sarah Bolick Smith Distinguished Professor of Music/Director of Orchestras at the University of South Carolina School of Music in Columbia, and the conductor of the South Carolina Ballet Orchestra. As a guest conductor, Scott has conducted orchestras across the globe and especially in Asia. Description: Beethoven’s magnum opus will be performed at St. John’s Methodist Church of Aiken in a free performance conducted by Maestro Scott Weiss on Friday, April 25. This session will serve as the pre-concert talk for this performance and will address one of the most important works (if not THE most important work) in music history. Topics will include the background of the work, the structure of the piece and its impact on the course of music in the 200+ years since its composition.
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Business & Education Bldg. Room 116
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471 University Pkwy
Aiken, SC
29801
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