Get to Know your S.O.‪!‬ Wojciech Milewski

Welcome back to another episode of "Getting to Know Your S.O."! Today, we are lucky to be joined (in more ways than you may think!) by local architect and composer, Chris Karpus. Transitioning to an architectural degree/career following his musical studies in college (2:00), Chris finds the time to do both today, in addition to running two non-profits with his wife, Amy (45:00), raising a family, being part of his church, and apparently even has time to rest (52:00)Learn all about how hi...

Welcome back for our fourth episode of the 3rd season of "Getting to Know Your S.O.!" Today, we are excited to welcome guest oboist Cassie Pilgrim to the podcast. Currently serving as Principal Oboe of St. Paul's Chamber Orchestra in Minnesota, Cassie was our guest artist for the "Buona Sera!" concerts in February of 2023. She played Bellini's Oboe Concerto & "Gabriel's Oboe" from The Mission. In today's podcast, we dive into Cassie southern roots (Georgia!), her journey to dis...

In this episode, we get to know composer Chris Pilsner! We were fortunate to host Chris as a conductor and guest composer of his piece "Snow Falling in Autumn", that was performed as a side-by-side with the Summerville Orchestra Youth Philharmonic in November of 2022. In this podcast, we talk about composing, the balance of daily life and music, composers everyone should be listening to today, and how we both got started in music. Enjoy this informative and fun episode!! Suppor...

Welcome back for another episode featuring some of our guest artists with the orchestra! This episode introduces us to Dr. Laura Moore Pruett, a musicologist and professor at Merrimack College who specializes in 19th-century American music, specifically focusing on the music of Louis Moreau Gottschalk. The orchestra was fortunate enough to perform Gottschalk's Symphony No. 2 last season on our "American Rhapsody" concert, and listeners will actually hear snippets of the orchestra perform...

Welcome back to Season 3 of "Get to Know Your S.O.!" In season 3, we highlight some of the guest artists that are coming to perform with our amazing orchestra, and bring you closer to them! Featuring artists from our 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons! In this first episode, we get to know Dr. Robert Auler, piano. Dr. Auler performed "Rhapsody in Blue" on our February 2022 concert, and also gave us a world premiere of a Romance for piano, written for one of our dear season ticket holders. Lucki...

Episode 7 - Alternate Careers in "Music", featuring our principal horn, Erin Yardley, who is also an instrument technician with Southern String Supply in Mt. Pleasant. There is a misconception that you have limited options out there when you graduate with a music degree. Basically...you can perform or teach. But...is it true? Today, we talk about the wide variety of career paths that a music degree can set you up for, how a music education can help you learn valuable and hirable skills o...