Give the Gift of Music!

Struggling to find the perfect gift for that perfect someone? Why not give them the gift of music?

Gift certificates available – please contact the symphony office at 910-433-4690.

Featured Musician

Stuart McLemore – Operations Manager & Bass

Stuart McLemore is a classically trained bassist from Fayetteville, NC. He holds a BA in Music from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he studied under Craig Brown. He’s a member of the bass section in the Carolina Philharmonic and the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra and is a frequent performer with orchestras and theatre companies in Asheville, Greensboro, Hickory, Myrtle Beach, Raleigh, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem.

Stuart is also an accomplished Music Librarian and has held positions with the Brevard Music Center, the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, and the Piedmont Wind Symphony. In August of 2023, he accepted the position of Music Librarian with the Salisbury Symphony Orchestra. He currently resides in Fayetteville with his wife Samantha, where he serves as Operations Manager for the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra.

To Educate. To Entertain. To Inspire.

The Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1956 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is a professional, regional orchestra whose mission is to educate, entertain, and inspire the citizens of the Fayetteville, North Carolina region as the leading musical resource. Praised for its artistic excellence, the Symphony leads in the cultural and educational landscape for Fayetteville and the southeastern North Carolina region.

The Fayetteville Symphony typically performs 8 concerts during any given season performing both at Methodist University and Fayetteville State University. Partnerships with other agencies include collaborative performances with Cape Fear Regional Theatre, chamber concerts at St. John’s Episcopal Church, as well as the city’s annual Independence concert with fireworks. The Symphony brings music to the schools and the community by performing educational concerts, as well as having its own Fayetteville Symphony Youth Orchestra, after school strings and summer music camps.

This organization is supported in part by a space grant from the BB&T Term Endowment of Cumberland Community Foundation, Inc.