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Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra fall concert

Chris Graham

WSO First PresThe Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Music Director Dr. Peter Wilson, opens its 2013-2014 season on Saturday, Oct 12 and Sunday, Oct. 13.  Titled Birthdays, Bicentennials and Berlioz, this concert will include Verdi’s Triumphant March from “Aida,” Wagner’s Siegfried Idyll and Berlioz’s “Symphonie Fantastique.”

Concert dates are: Saturday, October 12th , 7:30 PM   at Staunton’s First Presbyterian Church and Sunday, October 13th, 3:00 PM  at Waynesboro’s First Presbyterian  Church. No tickets are required for these free concerts, however, contributions are gratefully accepted.

For more details, visit www.WSOMusic.org

Music Director Dr. Peter Wilson is an engaging and multifaceted American violinist and conductor whose musicianship has been noted as “first-class” by The Washington Post. He currently serves as Music Director of the Waynesboro Symphony Orchestra, was recently appointed Music Director of the Richmond Philharmonic and has conducted the National Symphony Orchestra as well as the National Gallery Orchestra. Highly respected throughout our Nation’s Capital, he has served as a violinist of The White House for two decades and is an active chamber musician, concertmaster, recording artist, and performance clinician throughout the United States.

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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