University of South Carolina School of Music announces the 2015 Cornelia Freeman Concert Series

Featuring the university’s renowned music faculty performing a diverse repertoire, this popular chamber music series has been raising scholarship money for more than 20 years and takes place on Sunday afternoons in the fall.

Formerly called the September Concert Series, the series now bears the name of philanthropist Cornelia Freeman. She is a beloved supporter of the USC School of Music because of her unwavering devotion to preserving the power of music to improve and enrich lives. Many gifted students have benefited from her support of music scholarship programs.

All concerts are held in the beautiful USC School of Music Recital Hall on Sunday afternoons at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are now on sale.

Tickets

Single concerts: $12 adults; $10 seniors citizens, USC faculty and staff; $5 students.
Series tickets: $50 adults; $40 seniors citizens, USC faculty and staff. Reserved seating for this popular concert series is an additional $100 per series. Purchase tickets online at sc.edu/music/freeman, call 803-576-5763 or at the door.

Sun., Sept. 6, 3:00 p.m.
Cornelia Freeman Concert
Program:
Johannes Brahms – Variations in D minor
Charles Fugo, piano
Bruno Siegfried Huhn – Invictus
Mana-Zucca – I love Life
Fred Teuber – The Owl and the Pussy Cat
Donald Gray, baritone; Sharon Rattray, piano
George Crumb – Three Early Songs:
Night
Let It Be Forgotten
Wind Elergy
Janet Hopkins, mezzo-soprano; Charles Fugo, piano
Claude Debussy – Six Epigraphes antiques for piano four hands
Lynn Kompass, piano; Phillip Bush, piano

Sun., Sept. 13, 3:00 p.m.
Cornelia Freeman Concert
Program:
Erno Dohnányi – Serenade, Op. 10
William Terwilliger, violin; Daniel Sweaney, viola; Robert Jesselson, cello
Robert Schumann – Marchenerzahlungen, Op. 132
Lynn Kompass, piano; Daniel Sweaney, viola; Joseph Eller, clarinet
Darius Milhaud – Scaramouche
Clifford Leaman, alto saxophone; Jennifer Parker-Harley, flute; Rebecca Schalk Nagel, oboe; Joseph Eller, clarinet; Michael Harley, Bassoon; J.D. Shaw, horn
André Caplet – Ecoute mon coeur (Duo flute et voix)
Janet Hopkins, mezzo-soprano; Jennifer Parker-Harley, flute
Tayloe Harding –
The Bells IV
The Bells I – II
Jacob Will, bass-baritone; Lynn Kompass, piano; Craig Butterfield, double bass; Scott Herring, percussion; Brett Landry, percussion

Sun., Sept. 20, 3:00 p.m.
Cornelia Freeman Concert
Program:

Franz Schubert – Trout Quintet
William Terwilliger, violin; Daniel Sweaney, viola; Robert Jesselson, cello; Craig Butterfield, bass; Marina Lomazov, piano
André Previn – Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
Michael Harley, bassoon; Phillip Bush, piano
William Bolcom – Serpents Kiss Rag
Marina Lomazov, piano; Joseph Rackers, piano

Sun., Sept. 27, 3:00 p.m.
Cornelia Freeman Concert
Program:
Barbara York – Suite for Horn, Tuba and Piano:
Dancing with Myself
I Bohemian Evening
II Tango III Past Midnight
IV Polka
Ronald Davis, tuba; David Cutler, piano; J.D. Shaw, horn
Johannes Brahms – Two Songs, Opus 91
J. Daniel Jenkins, countertenor; Daniel Sweaney, viola; Charles Fugo, piano
Scott A. Wyatt – A Road Beyond
James Ackley, trumpet
Bert Ligon – Sarasa Comets and Capri
Bert Ligon, piano; Craig Butterfield, double bass; Bryson Bordstedt, saxophone; Jay Ware, drums

Oct. 4, 3:00 p.m.
Cornelia Freeman Concert
Program:
Walter Rabl – Quartet for Piano, Clarinet, Violin & Cello
Joseph Eller, clarinet; William Terwilliger, violin; Robert Jesselson, cello; Charles Fugo, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonato No. 30 in E Major
Joseph Rackers, piano
Alexander Borodin – Prince Igor’s Aria (Prince Igor)
Richard Conant, baritone; Charles Fugo, piano
Giuseppe Verdi  – There Stood a Gypsy (Il Trovatore)
Richard Conant, baritone; Charles Fugo, piano