DENMARK, S.C. - The University of South Carolina Symphony Orchestra will perform in Denmark on Tuesday, Oct. 23. Phoenix Specialty Mfg. Co., Home Federal Savings and Loan, Enterprise Bank of South Carolina, South Carolina Bank Trust and Tobul Accumulator will present the USC Symphony Orchestra and Marc Rattray, bass-baritone, in a special concert to benefit the Foundation of Bamberg County Hospital and Nursing Center. The concert will be held at 7 p.m. on Oct. 23 at the Leonard E.

Dawson Human Resource Center at Voorhees College in Denmark. Tickets are $20 for the general public and $10 for students and are available at the Bamberg County Hospital Business Office on McGee Street in Bamberg across from Kilgus Publishing and at the door on the night of the concert. The orchestra, conducted by Dr. Donald Portnoy, will perform: Capriccio Espagnol by N. Rimsky-Korsakoff, Carmen Suite No. 1 by G. Bizet; The Sound of Music by Rodgers and Hammerstein; Symphony No. 2 Finale by P.I.

Tchaikovsky; selections from Porgy and Bess by G. Gershwin and Stars and Stripes by J.P. Sousa. Bass-baritone Marc Rattray will join the orchestra with Se Vuol Ballare from The Marriage of Figaro and Madomina il Catalogo from Don Giovanni, both by W. A. Mozart; This Nearly Was Mine from South Pacific by Rodgers Hammerstein and Old Man River from Show Boat by J. Kern. Portnoy is universally recognized as one of America’s dynamic and inspiring symphony orchestra conductors.

He holds the Ira McKissick Koger Endowed Chair for the Fine Arts at USC. He is also founder and director of the Conductors Institute of South Carolina. As a violinist, Portnoy performs regularly with the ensemble he founded, the American Arts Trio. He also teaches conducting and violin in the School of Music at the University of South Carolina. He is in his 15th year as music director and conductor of the Augusta, Ga., Symphony Orchestra.