Monthly Archives: May 2012

‘Spoleto Today’ to Highlight Best of the Fests

Spoleto Today to Highlight Spoleto’s Best With A New Season on ETV Radio ETV Radio’s Spoleto Today continues its annual coverage of the Spoleto festival in Charleston this Friday, May 25th at 9:00am. Co-hosted by Marc Overton and the College of Charleston’s Jeanette Guinn, the show includes conversations with the international icons performing at Spoleto, clips [...]
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Piccolo Spoleto Stelle di Domani Theatre Series

Seven different performances that feature the Stars of the Department of Theatre at the College of Charleston School of the Arts:  “FORTUNE’S CHILD” - A free staged reading of the 2012 Todd McNerney National Playwriting contest runner-up written by Mark Scharf, Dramatist Guild member and MFA from the University of Virginia. “Fortune’s Child” is the bittersweet [...]
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Scott St. John to Give Free Violin Master Class

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2012 College of Charleston Young Artists Series (Piccolo Spoleto)

The School of the Arts at the College of Charleston is excited to announce this year’s Piccolo Spoleto Festival Young Artists Series. Tickets are $11 and available at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival Box Office (1-866-811-4111) or online. All concerts take place at 12:00 noon in the College’s Recital Hall in the Simons Center for the [...]
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Sixth Annual Spoleto Sneak Preview

The College of Charleston Friends of the School of the Arts and Friends of the Library will present a sneak preview of the Spoleto Festivual USA and the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. This hour-long event will be presented by music professors Edward Hart and Robert Taylor, theatre professor Todd McNerney, and director of the Halsey Institute [...]
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2011-12 School of the Arts Awards

The School of the Arts celebrates the accomplishments of all of its graduates. The School will honor the achievements of a select group of students who have demonstrated excellence in their respective disciplines. The Awards Ceremony on Friday, May 11 will recognize those who have set a standard for their peers as well as those who will [...]
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Arts Management Student to Participate in Newly Established Fellowship at Sotheby’s Institute of Art

The Arts Management program in the College of Charleston School of the Arts has partnered with Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York to establish a competitive Summer Study Fellowship for one of its qualified junior or senior students. The 2012 inaugural recipient, Chelsea Michael, will take two courses (tuition free) during the Institute’s summer [...]
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New Barnet Courtyard Offers Space for Art and Respite

The Barnet Courtyard at the College of Charleston officially opened with a celebration on April 15, 2012. The Courtyard is located near the Simons Center for the Arts near the corner of St. Philip and George Streets, with entrances on both. The garden is named for Bill and Valerie Barnet, strong supporters of the arts [...]
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Student Violinist Wins Georgia Philharmonic Concerto Competition

The College of Charleston School of the Arts is pleased to announce that student violinist Yuhong Tu recently won the Samuel Fordis Young Artists Concerto Competition hosted by the Georgia Philharmonic. The achievement was especially rewarding as this was the first U.S. competition in which the 22-year-old, artist certificate student participated. Named in honor of [...]
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