Our 20th Season!

It’s hard to believe, but it has been 20 years since the Greater Anderson Musical Arts Consortium began filling the stages in Anderson with great music! From our Masterworks Series featuring the very best in regional professional artists to the talented avocational performers of the GAMAC Chorale and Anderson Symphony Orchestra to the aspiring young artists of our Youth Series, GAMAC is proud of the over 200 musicians that make up our eight performing groups. Join us as we present to you our concert series for 2010-2011.

The GAMAC Orchestra opens the 20th season Masterworks Series with a very special concert of dedication at Boulevard Baptist Church titled Pipe Dreams. After and extensive renovation beginning in June 2010, the organ at Boulevard Baptist will be ready for its debut in October. Ken Varner, organist at Boulevard, will perform the Rheinberger Organ Concerto No. 2 with the Orchestra in addition to the massive Ein Feste Berg for organ alone by Bach. The Orchestra will join Mr. Varner for the Saint Saens’ Symphony No. 3, best known as the “Organ Symphony.”

In November, Dr. Don Campbell will make his official debut as director of the GAMAC Chorale with an all-choral program. This year will mark the 40th anniversary of the Chorale since it’s inception in 1970 as the Anderson Civic Chorale, and so our first Chorale performance of the season is aptly named Happy Anniversary. We’ll celebrate the holiday season with Christmas In Anderson, and once again, the winner of the Bernhardt House of Violins Concerto Competition will join our Youth groups for the our annual Celebration of Youth concert. The season will conclude in May with History & Tradition, a performance celebrating our past, present and future!

The Anderson Symphony Series will celebrate its 35th anniversary, the 100th anniversary of Anderson University and GAMAC’s 20th anniversary season with a matinee concert repeating selections from February 22, 1976, the first one of the reconstructed Anderson Symphony Orchestra under the direction of the founding conductors, Dr. Perry Carroll and myself. Also a part of the same series, the Electric City Big Band will perform two matinee concerts of toe-tapping favorites. And, finally, our Youth Series will highlight our talented young musicians and empower them to thrive through music education.

GAMAC is truly blessed to be a part of the Anderson community for 20 years! We are grateful to live in a community that values the arts and its artists. Buy your season tickets today and celebrate this special year with us. We want you to travel the musical journey with us. We cannot do it alone.

R. Alexander Spainhour, III
Artistic Director

To purchase tickets, please call the GAMAC office at (864) 231-6147