Morihiko Nakahara, music director of the SC Philharmonic, takes the audience on a Journey November 12, 2009. The SC Philharmonic

will present Journeys

Thursday, November 12, 2009, at 7:30 pm at Koger Center for the Arts. The Philharmonic will perform

Verge by John Fitz Rogers, who lives in Columbia, and

Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel); Wu Man, the leading ambassador of pipa (ancient Chinese lute) will be performing a Concerto for Pipa, a theatrical journey that will transport the audience to China’s 4,000–year–old Ghost Opera tradition at

Taoist funerals. The Concerto

for Pipa was written by Tan Dun.

Tickets are $12–$42 with student and military discounts available. Purchases may be made through Capitol Tickets at the Carolina Coliseum by calling 803-251-2222 or online at www.capitoltickets. com.

Self parking is $5; valet parking by Southern Valet is $6.