When darkness descends on the Fairmont Southampton tomorrow, it will mark the opening of the Bermuda School of Music's 12th annual 'Some Enchanted Evening' concert.

Since the event coincides with Bermuda's celebration of its 400th anniversary, organisers are following suit with a programme spanning 400 years of music from the 1600s to the present day.

"We will proceed in chronological order, from early Baroque all the way to more modern music, so there will be something for everyone," Bermuda School of Music (BSM) Developing Co-ordinator Chas Arnold said.

Participating musicians and singers will include members of the BSM faculty, present and former students of the school, members of the Bermuda Philharmonic Society orchestra, and others with whom the BSM has collaborated in the past.

Giving just a hint of what is to come, Mr. Arnold revealed that Joy Barnum will sing Gerschwin, BSM guitar teacher Steve Crawford will play a Vivaldi concerto, and former BSM student and 2006 Bermuda Teen Idol Ben Lusher will be returning from his music studies abroad accompanied by a trio with whom he has been working in the past year.

Together they will perform an interpretation of jazz classics. Kent Hayward will conduct the classical orchestra.

"It will also be the first time we get to showcase the BSM steel band," Mr. Arnold added.

In addition to ticket sales, further funds will be raised through the sale by silent auction of six paintings of violin fronts created and donated by six well-known Bermuda artists: Pamela Darrell, Sheilagh Head, Proctor Martin, Betty Ann Trott, Otto Trott and Sharon Wilson.

The concert will take place at 8 p.m. in the Mid-Ocean Amphitheatre of the Fairmont Southampton.

Tickets (patrons $80, adults $40, students $15) are available from the BSM, Berkeley Road, Pembroke; the Music Box; Pulp & Circumstance, and www.boxoffice.bm