There was a time before Elvis swiveled his hips on national television and prior to anyone knowing a musical genre called “rock and roll.” Music written during what we now call the Great American Songbook originally started around 100 yearsRead more
BEN BUTLER BY RICHARD STRAND Directed by Sharon Graci Cannon Street Arts Center January 21 – February 12 When an escaped slave shows up at Fort Monroe demanding sanctuary, General Benjamin Butler is faced with an impossible moral dilemma—follow theRead more
Charleston Academy of Music presents a Rush Hour Concert: Guitar with Ulyana Machneva and Nikolai Svishev. About CAM: Charleston Academy of Music prides itself in being one of the leading music schools in the Lowcountry. Founded in 2003, Academy hasRead more
CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Department of Music at the College of Charleston School of the Arts will continue its 2021-2022 CofC Concerts season with a performance of dramatic opera works and art songs. The concert, “Masterworks of Voice and Drama,” willRead more
Julia Perry’s aptly-titled A Short Piece for Small Orchestra manages to celebrate the entire orchestra in its seven-minute journey. Perry, a Black American composer who started out writing vocal compositions, lived from 1924-1979 and penned a dozen symphonies before herRead more
A fundraising concert of Beethoven works performed by violinist and conductor Yuriy Bekker, concertmaster of Charleston Symphony Orchestra, who in addition to his illustrious orchestral career is renowned as a soloist and chamber musician; concert pianist, laureate of the MargueritteRead more
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Charleston Music Fest, hosted by the College of Charleston’s Department of Music, presents intimate chamber music concerts featuring College of Charleston faculty, and local and international artists. This season, it will present a fundraising concert of BeethovenRead more
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Husband and wife, Latin American pianists William Villaverde and Fabiana Claure will perform "A Piano Journey Through Latin America" for the third concert of the College of Charleston International Piano Series’ 31st Season. Works will include Bolivian Cuecas,Read more
With a train full of suspects and an alibi for each one, Agatha Christie’s Murder On the Orient Express is the perfect mystery for world famous detective Hercule Poirot. This brand new stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s masterpiece—one of the mostRead more
Dyani White Hawk’s work illuminates the lived experiences of Native Peoples. With her video, photography, and works in other media, she aims to use the language of visual art to bring light to the deep chasm between our understanding ofRead more
