The CofC Ensembles are: CofC Orchestra, CofC Student Choir, and CofC Opera. The CofC Ensembles present student performances throughout the year.
Find out more »Internationally Acclaimed violinist Jennifer Frautschi and cellist Edward Arron join musicians of Chamber Music Charleston for a program of music including Elgar’s “Romance” for Bassoon and Strings and Brahms Sextet in G Major, Op. 36. Two-time Grammy nominee and Avery Fisher career grant recipient Jennifer Frautschi has garnered worldwide acclaim as an adventurous musician with a remarkably wide-ranging repertoire. Highlights of her past season included performances with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and Tucson Symphony and a recently released recording…
Find out more »Magnetic South presents Ambiguous Symmetries featuring works by Kurt Rhode, Mario Davidovsky and John Allemeier Magnetic South presents musical masterpieces of the 20th century and also commissions and premieres new work. This year-round series exposes the College's students and the local community to unique, contemporary classical music. Co-founded by Edward Hart, Yiorgos Vassilandonakis, and Yuriy Bekker, Magnetic South is a collaborative project between the College of Charleston Department of Music and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul 126 Coming Street Tickets available here!
Find out more »COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CONCERT CHOIR TO PRESENT 'ALIQUID VETUS ALIQUID NOVUM' CHARLESTON, S.C. – The nationally acclaimed College of Charleston Concert Choir will present its fall concert entitled Aliquid Vetus Aliquid Novum (Something Old, Something New), and will feature music of the present and past—including composers Claudio Monteverdi, Thomas Tallis, and Hubert Parry (from the past), and Julian Wachner, Libby Larsen and Gabriel Jackson (from the present). The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m., Monday, Oct. 30, 2017 at the Cathedral of St. Luke…
Find out more »The second installment in KCP's new Annual Concert Series, Israel in Egypt is a Baroque masterpiece - An oratorio in three parts, featuring Baroque orchestra, choir, and soloists! Premiering in April of 1749, Israel in Egypt is a magnificent work that follows the story of the Israelites and their ultimate liberation from enslavement in Egypt - from the mourning of Joseph, Israelite and favored advisor to Pharoh, through the many plagues of Egypt and exodus of the Israelites, to the celebration of their deliverance! Featuring a Baroque orchestra of trombones and…
Find out more »The Taylor Festival Choir collaborates with the Charleston Symphony and the College of Charleston Madrigal Singers in a performance J.S. Bach’s magesterial Mass in B-minor. Completed in 1749, one year before Bach’s death, the work was never heard in its entirety in Bach’s lifetime, and its first documented complete performance was not until 1859. Since then, the B-minor Mass has come to be regarded by many as not only Bach’s greatest work, but possibly the greatest single composition of all-time.…
Find out more »Join Charleston’s premiere high voices ensemble for our second annual Epiphany concert as we perform Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols," works by Rutter, Chilcott, and more. The performance features a very special guest, international prize-winning harpist Abigail Kent. The beautiful soprano, alto, and countertenor voices of Cantores Charleston will transport you to the very heavens as we celebrate the season of Epiphany with songs and carols for high voices. It’s a concert of incredible, ethereal choral music that you simply won’t want…
Find out more »Join the 10 outstanding voices of Chamber Ensemble Vox Regis for their premiere in Charleston, SC, on November 7! Presenting a concert of singular, rarely-performed choral masterpieces - some old, some new, but all unique, lovely, and sure to please the most discerning listener! Featuring music ranging from the 14th to 21st centuries, with compositions by Dufay, Vaughan Williams, Tallis, Rheinberger and Rachmaninov, presented hand-in-hand with works by composers you may not know yet (but certainly should!) such as Padilla,…
Find out more »Directed by Frances Blaker, the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra will perform the music of J. S. Bach’s contemporaries, including well-known composers Handel, Telemann, and Vivaldi, as well as lesser-known names such as Fasch and Rameau. Performed on period instruments, the program will celebrate the full range of the Baroque orchestral repertoire.
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