University of South Carolina School of Music Calendar of Events 2015-2016
August 3, 2015
Fri., August 28, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
Southern Exposure New Music Concert: Classical Discrimination with Argento Chamber Ensemble
USC School of Music Recital Hall – Free
The Argento Chamber Ensemble, called an “essential source of adventurous new music” by the New Yorker’s Alex Ross, has been much lauded for its recent series of performances of chamber orchestra arrangements of Mahler symphonies, which recast the legendary, forward-looking composer and former New York Philharmonic conductor as a “New York Contemporary.” Argento’s Southern Exposure show features the first-ever performance of their latest Mahler project: portions of his 10th symphony, left incomplete at his death. As an opener to the Mahler arrangements, Argento will perform ABRAXAS by rising star Jesse Jones, Southern Exposure’s former assistant director, now professor of composition at the University of Georgia.
This concert is sponsored in part by South Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. It will be followed by a conversation with the artists in the Recital Hall.
Fri., Sept. 4, 7:30 p.m.
Across the Water with Columbia Baroque: “The River Thames”
USC School of Music Recital Hall
J. Daniel Jenkins, countertenor, joins the Columbia Baroque for music composed and performed in London, featuring solo and duet opera arias by Handel, Vivaldi and Monteverdi; “Sound the Trumpet” by Purcell; and instrumental chamber music performed by the ensemble. Pre-concert talk at 7:00 p.m. $15 tickets in advance; $20 at the door; students free with ID. Purchase online at columbiabaroque.com
Sat., Sept. 5, 6:30 p.m.
Soulful Strings: Indian Classical Music Concert featuring Anupama Bhagwat, sitar
USC School of Music Recital Hall – FREE
Spontaneous, versatile, grounded – some of these adjectives come to mind when one thinks of AnupamaBhagwat, the young Hindustani sitar player. Her sensitivity and erudition has taken her to the highest echelons of the modern genre, while remaining true to tradition. Her style is characterized by scintillating fast taans, mastery of the meditative alaap, and brilliant fluency of melody(raagbhava). Co-Sponsored by Walker Institute & Society for Indian Performing Arts (SIPA) Refreshments served.
Sun., Sept. 6, 3:00 p.m.
Cornelia Freeman Concert Series
USC School of Music Recital Hall
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. Details and tickets online at sc.edu/music/freeman, call 803-576-5763 or at the door.
Featuring the university’s esteemed 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. The program includes music by Johannes Brahms, Bruno Siegfried Huhn, Mana-Zucca, Fred Teuber, George Crumb, and Claude Debussy.
Fri., Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m.
The Fourth Wall Concert
USC School of Music Recital Hall
Free
The Fourth Wall, 2014 SAVVY Chamber Competition winner, explores a hybrid of performing arts in which musicians are also dancers and actors. Stretching the boundaries of instrumental performance, The Fourth Wall commissions new works and reinterprets established repertoire to make music that leaps off the stage.
Sun., Sept. 13, 3:00 p.m.
Cornelia Freeman Concert Series
USC School of Music Recital Hall
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. Details and tickets online at sc.edu/music/freeman, call 803-576-5763 or at the door.
Featuring the university’s esteemed 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. The program includes music byErnő Dohnányi, Robert Schumann, Darius Milhaud, André Caplet, Tayloe Harding
Mon., Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m.
Tina Milhorn Stallard & Lynn Kompass Faculty Recital
USC School of Music Recital Hall – Free
Tues., September 15, 2015, 7:30 p.m.
USC Symphony Orchestra: Paremski Plays Tchaikovsky
Guest Artist Natasha Paremski, piano
Koger Center for the Arts
Natasha Paremski was called “Empress of the keyboard” by the Kalamazoo Gazette and San Francisco Classical Voice said about the guest artist, “Technique to burn, magic hands, solid rhythmic control, sensitive pedaling, mature stage presence, a real feeling for lush romantic music, the ability to handle blazingly rapid passagework, beautifully executed trills, and all made to look very easy.”
Program:
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 in A Major, op. 90 (Italian)
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 – Natasha Paremski, piano
Save with a season subscription (6 concerts) and enjoy the best seats in the house: $150 general public; $110 senior citizens, USC faculty and staff; $45 students. Single concert tickets are $30 general public; $25 senior citizens, USC faculty and staff; $8 students.Call 803-777-7500 or Koger Box Office, corner of Greene and Park Streets (M-F 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.) or online at kogercenterforthearts.com.
Sun., Sept. 20, 3:00 p.m.
Cornelia Freeman Concert Series
USC School of Music Recital Hall
Single concerts: $12 adults; $10 seniors citizens, USC faculty and staff; $5 students.
Details and tickets online at sc.edu/music/freeman, call 803-576-5763 or at the door.
Featuring the university’s esteemed 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. The program includes music byFranz Schubert, André Previn, and William Bolcom.
Mon., Sept. 21, 7:30 pm
USC Wind Ensemble Concert
Koger Center for the Arts – FREE
Scott Weiss, conductor; Paul DeCinque, guest conductor
The concert features the USC premiere of “Luminosity: Concerto for Wind Orchestra” by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Joseph Schwantner, composer in residence at USC the week of the premiere. He will introduce the work at the concert. Also on the program are works by Alberto Ginastera, Johann Sebastian Bach and Michael Daugherty.
Fri., Sept. 25, 1:10 – 2:00 p.m.
USC School of Music, Room 232
Lecture: Nostalgia and Musical Reminiscence in Late-Nineteenth-Century Opera
Presented by Kunio Hara, USC assistant professor of music history
Refreshments served
Sept. 25 & 26
South Carolina Cello Choir
Koger Center for the Arts
Cellists of all ages are invited to participate in the S.C. Cello Choir and workshop. This cello festival is designed for cellists of all ages and ability levels. This year Alan Rafferty and Sarah Kim, faculty members at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, will be the featured clinicians. The public is invited to observe (free). Register to participate at http://www.sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/music/community/community_events/sc_cello_choir.php
SC Cello Choir Master Class – Fri., Sept. 25, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
SC Cello Choir Concert – Sat., Sept. 26, 5:00 p.m.
Sun., Sept. 27, 3:00 p.m.
Cornelia Freeman Concert Series
USC School of Music Recital Hall
Single concerts: $12 adults; $10 seniors citizens, USC faculty and staff; $5 students. Details and tickets online atsc.edu/music/freeman, call 803-576-5763 or at the door.
Featuring the university’s esteemed 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. The program includes music by Barbara York, Johannes Brahms, Scott Wyatt and Bert Ligon.
Tues, Sept. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Jacob Will Faculty Voice Recital
USC School of Music Recital Hall – Free
Don’t miss an evening of German Lieder including some of the best-loved songs of the Romantic period. Vocalists Jacob Will and Jill Lewis will perform pieces by such composers as Franz Schubert Johannes Brahms, Hugo Wolf and Gustav Mahler. Pianists Lynn Kompass and Janet Elshazly will accompany the program.
