SCHEDULE:

Saturday, May 25 – Outstanding Seniors Sing
Ashley Fabian – Purcell–We Sing to Him, Sweeter than Roses; Handel–La Farfalletta; Beach-Take, O Take This Lips Away
Cat Richmond – Brahms–Geheimnis, Jucche!, Serenade, Vergebliches Ständchen
Kori Miller – Schubert-Gretchen am Spinnrade, Wanderer’s Nachtlied; Vaughan Williams–Silent Noon, Love’s Last Gift
Jordan Boyd – Copland–Old American songs

Monday, May 27 – College of Charleston Concert Choir
Conducted by Robert Taylor. This concert takes place at the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, 126 Coming St.

Britten-Jubilate Deo, Festival Te Deum
Brahms-Warum ist das Licht gegeben
Tormis-Helletused
Esenwalds-O Salutaris Hotias, Northern Lights
Johann Michael Bach-Sei lieber tag willkommen
Robert Decormier,arranger-Let Me Fly
W.C. Handy/arr. Hall Johnson-St. Louis Blues

Tuesday, May 28 - Strings Attached!
Corelli – Trio Sonata in d minor, Op. 3, No. 5
Jordan Elum and Zoe Whittaker, violins; Zachary
Litchfield, cello; Martin Dawson, harpsichord

Pablo de Sarasate (1844-1908) – Navarra (Danza espagnole), Op. 33 for two violins and piano
Jordan Elum and Henry Cain-violins

Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs), Op. 20, No. 1

Rachel Yi, violin, and Chee-Hang See, piano

Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 2 in a minor, 1st movement-Adagio, Allegro

Yuhong Tu and Jordan Elum, violins; Antonio Alvarado, viola; Shelby Bowden, cello

Wednesday, May 29 - Piano Recital by Diego Suarez
Bach-Busoni-Chaconne
Schumann-Fantasie
Brahms- Variations on a Theme of Paganini

Thursday, May 30 – Beethoven and Chopin
Yutong Tu, violin & Chee-Hang See, piano – Beethoven-Sonata for violin and piano in c minor
Emily Tran – Chopin-Scherzo in C sharp minor
Bach-Toccata in E minor, BWV 914
Matthew Griswold – Chopin-Ballade in G minor

Friday, May 31 - A French Affair!
Nathan Matticks – Duparc-Phydilé, Extase, Chanson Triste
Ashley Fabian – Debussy-Quatres Chansons de Jeunesse (Pantomime, Claire de lune, Pierrot, Apparition)
Jordan Boyd – Poulenc- Le Bestiaire (Le dromadaire, La chevre du thibet, La sauterelle, Le dauphin, L’ecrevisse, Le carpe
Cat Richmond – Debussy-from Fêtes Galantes I (En sourdine, Claire de lune)
Emily Tran, piano – Debussy-Claire de lune
Kori Miller – Debussy-Beau Soir, Mandoline; Liszt-Oh, quand je dors

Saturday, June 1 - College of Charleston Opera Scenes
Excerpts from recent productions of Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro and Shakespeare revue Brush Up Your Shakespeare, plus some other surprises

Monday, June 3 – Songfest!
Joseph Ford – Schumann-Ich grolle nicht, Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen; Obradors-Del cabello mas sutil; Rorem-The Lordly Hudson
Laura Owens – Charles-When I Have Sung My Songs to You; Bononcini-O del mio dolce ardor; Schubert-Seligkeit
Samantha Mazzola – Brahms-Vergebliches Ständchen; Rachmaninoff- К детям (K detyam)—To the Children; Duke-Last Word of a Bluebird
Clare Elich – Debussy-Fleur des Bles; Schumann-Widmung; Hoiby-Where the Music Comes From
Cherise Sickles – Bellini-Ma rendi pur contento; Schubert-Wanderer’s Nachtlied
Savannah Shelby – R. Strauss-Ich trage meine Minne; Berlioz-Villanelle (Les Nuits d-Été)

Tuesday, June 4 - College of Charleston Jazz Combo
Jazz classics and original compositions – Andy Childs-saxophone, Gary “Trey” Cooper-piano, Brett Belanger-bass, Jon Peace-drums

Wednesday, June 5 - Violin/Guitar/Cello
Francois Couperin (1688-1733) – Duo for two cellos
Vivement
Agreablement
Sarabande
Chaconne
legere
Gayment
Unusdian Errandonea and Shelby Bowden, cellists

Luigi Legnani (1790-1877) – Fantasia
Ulyana Machneva, guitar

Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Viola and Piano
Antonio Alvarado, viola, and Chee-Hang See, piano

Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) – Sonata Concertata in A major, op 61
Allegro spiritoso
Adagio assai espressivo
Rondeau
Yuhong Tu, violin and Gregory Guay, classical guitar

Astor Piazzola (1921-1992) – History of Tango
Yuhong Tu, violin, and Gregory Guay, classical guitar

Thursday, June 6 – Piano Recital by Matthew Griswold
Mozart–Sonata in C Major, K. 330
Mendelssohn–Rondo Capriccioso
Gershwin–Rhapsody in Blue
Griswold–Original Compositions

Friday, June 7 - Amy Tan and Chee-Hang See Piano Duo
Music for One Piano Four Hands and Two Pianos by Liszt, Milhaud and more

Saturday, June 8 – College of Charleston Opera – Arias and Broadway Songs  

]]> http://blogs.cofc.edu/sota/2013/05/17/yas/feed/ 0 http://blogs.cofc.edu/sota/2013/05/09/awards/ http://blogs.cofc.edu/sota/2013/05/09/awards/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 18:05:05 +0000 mccauleyn http://blogs.cofc.edu/sota/?p=2046 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 10 will recognize those who have set a standard for their peers as well as those who will follow in their footsteps. The event will begin with a continental breakfast at 8:30 a.m. in the lobby of the Simons Center for the Arts, followed by the ceremony at 9 a.m. in the Recital Hall. (54 St. Philip Street)

The School will also recognize alumni who have made significant professional and personal contributions to their communities since graduating from the College of Charleston. These alumni are leaders in the arts, business, philanthropy and other areas who honed their skills through the study of the arts at the College and now share their talents and their resources with others.

The School of the Arts has a long-standing relationship with the Spoleto USA and Piccolo Spoleto Festivals. For many years, School of the Arts faculty have taught specialized Spoleto classes at the College of Charleston, introducing the arts to students in conjunction with the Festivals’ performances. Hart and Taylor have performed, or had their original compositions performed, for Piccolo Spoleto on numerous occasions. McNerney has served as Theatre Coordinator for Piccolo Spoleto for over a decade and currently coordinates the Stelle di Domani Series. The Halsey Institute has coordinated exhibitions with both Festivals; this year’s exhibit, part of Spoleto Festival USA, is Rebound: Dissections and Excavations in Book Art by Long-Bin Chen.

Additionally, School of the Arts faculty, students and alumni perform in Festival concerts and productions every year, including the Department of Music’s own Young Artists Series and the Department of Theatre and Dance’s Stelle di Domani Series, both of which involve award-winning students performing alongside well-established guests and alumni.

The Friends of the School of the Arts promotes and supports the School of the Arts’ departments and programs, and also strengthens the relationships amongst the School, the College, the community, and other academic and cultural groups.

The South Carolina Arts Commission (SCAC) has announced that John Ashbury Zeigler, Jr., a long-time friend and benefactor of the School of the Arts who celebrated his 101st birthday on February 5, is the recipient of the 2013 Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts in the Lifetime Achievement category. The SCAC does not present the Verner award in this category every year, so this is particularly good news!

The Verner Awards are the highest honor that South Carolina presents in the arts. These awards recognize outstanding achievement and contributions to the arts in South Carolina, and Mr. Zeigler will join recipients of the award in other categories during the award ceremony in the Statehouse on Thursday, May 2.

As if an honor from the governor wasn’t enough, Mr. Zeigler is also named as one of CHARLIE’s 50 Most Progressive people in Charleston. CHARLIE, an online and print publication, annually recognizes the most forward-thinking people making a positive impact on the future of Charleston.

One would think that philanthropic activities would be the last thing on a person’s mind upon passing the century mark, but that is not the case for Mr. Zeigler. Giving of himself and his resources is something that John does daily, making him an inspiration to all South Carolinians who strive to make a difference in their state.

From endowing funds that recognize and support students who have superior talent to providing financial support for student travel to competitions, Mr. Zeigler has made gifts totaling approximately $800,000 to the College of Charleston during the course of his life.

Mr. Zeigler enjoys his birthday celebration with Chee-Hang See [L] and Amy Tan [R], the piano duo that performed in honor of Mr. Zeigler’s 101st birthday.

A Snapshot of Support

The Humanities Council^SC is South Carolina’s state-based program of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Governor’s Awards in the Humanities recognize “outstanding achievement in humanities research, teaching, and scholarship; institutional and individual participation in community-based programs that promote public understanding of ideas and issues related to the humanities; excellence defining South Carolina’s cultural life to the nation or world; and exemplary support for public humanities programs.”

Chandler is a co-founder of the Charleston Jazz Initiative (CJI). Numerous funders, including both the National Endowment for the Arts and The Humanities Council^SC, have supported this important project, through which Chandler has planned and presented performances, collected oral histories and archival materials, and convened and/or made presentations for several academic conferences related to jazz and its origins. The Governor’s Award in the Humanities is just the latest recognition to go to Chandler for her work.  She also has enjoyed honors from the MOJA Arts Festival and the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission.

In May of this year Chandler was the recipient of a Testimonial Resolution by the City Council of Detroit, Michigan, for her research and work with the CJI to document the life and musical career of James Jamerson, a former resident of Charleston and Edisto Island who was a longtime Motown jazz bassist.  In October the Art Schools Network, an association of more than 300 member schools (K-12 and colleges/universities) from around the world, presented Chandler with the Research Initiative Award for individual effort in recognition of her work with CJI.

Chandler serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Public Management and Social Policy. Her service includes membership on the boards of the South Carolina Arts Alliance, the Charleston Concert Association, and Art Forms and Theatre Concepts.  She also serves on the advisory board of Creative Spark Center for the Arts and is a volunteer Literary Coordinator for the MOJA Arts Festival in Charleston. At the national level she is a member of the African American Jazz Caucus in New York.

Three College of Charleston Artist Certificate (piano) students will be featured on South Carolina ETV Public Radio (WSCI – 89.3FM) this Thursday, August 30 at 8:00 p.m. The award winning students Irwin Jiang, Amy Tan and Chee-Hang See are under the tutelage of Enrique Graf, Artist-in-Residence in the College’s music department. Tan and See will present a duo performance of works by Beach and Piazzolla, and Jiang will play music by Prokofiev and Liszt. The radio show “On the Keys,” hosted by David Kiser, is all about the piano.  http://scetv.org/audioplayer/liveaudioplayer.cfm

Also, on Friday, September 14 at 6:00 p.m., the duo of Amy Tan and Chee-Hang See will give a recital featuring four-hand and two-piano music of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Liszt, Poulenc and Lutoslawski. The duo has performed all around the Lowcountry, Italy, Singapore, Hawaii, and most recently Chicago. The concert is free and will be in the Recital Hall of the Simons Center for the Arts.

COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON INTERNATIONAL PIANO SERIES 

The College of Charleston School of the Arts announces the 23^rd season of the International Piano Series. Season tickets for all five concerts are $80 and individual tickets are $20. Credit card reservations and more information can be obtained by calling (843) 953-6575 or online. College of Charleston students and those under 18 years old are admitted free of charge. All concerts take place at 8:00 p.m. in the College of Charleston Sottile Theatre, 44 George St. The first concert features German pianist Alexander Schimpf on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012. [See 2012-13 schedule]

The Department of Theatre in the College of Charleston School of the Arts announces its 2012-13 season! Download the pdf file to check out the line-up of works, and get your season subscription today!

Opening the season will be William Shakespeare’s “All’s Well That Ends Well” as part of the department’s 15th annual Shakespeare Project. The title itself predicts a happy ending to this story, but this play, from late in The Bard’s career, offers an eclectic melding of irony and suspense that is startlingly ahead of its time.

The production will run Thursday, August 16 through Sunday, August 19 with a second run from Thursday, August 23 to Tuesday, August 28. Curtain times will be 7:30 p.m., except both Sunday shows at 3 p.m. only. Shows will take place at the Emmett Robinson Theatre in the Simons Center for the Arts, 54 Saint Philip St. Tickets may be purchased at the box office or by telephone (843) 953-6306. Admission is $15 for general admission and $10 for College of Charleston students, faculty and staff and senior citizens 60 and older. Season subscriptions are available. The “talkback” discussions with the cast and crew will take place opening night following the performance.

The story tells of a recently widowed Countess who allows her beloved son to leave her side and be mentored in the court of a King. But, young Bertram’s callow behavior is given encouragement by reckless companions, and Bertram humiliates a brave and skilled young woman named Helena. Helena’s healing arts were passed along to her by her own father, and now she must craft a way not just to fulfill her own heart’s desire but to improve the heart of the man she loves. This is a tale of magic and grace in which the women are both shrewd and undaunted, showing that they are the better mentors to the men around them.

Director and adjunct theatre professor Cristy Landis leads the dedicated and talented cast and crew members. This notion of love achieved through heartfelt reconciliation crosses all time, thus Erin White has created costumes inspired by haute couture fashion within a very romantic palette. Lighting by Carl Barnwell, Jr. will support the roller coaster ride of young love aided adeptly by Scenic Artist Celeste Riddle’s watercolor imbued scenery with a jazz-inspired soundscape designed by Mark Landis.

The cast includes College of Charleston faculty members Evan Parry, Todd McNerney and Brent Laing, College alumni Robbie Thomas, Christian Self, Charley Boyd, Liz Coralli, Noah Smith, Allison Arvay, Matthias Burrell and Dave Beckett, along with current students Meg Buckner, Young Stowe, Kurt Sauer, Ashley Gennarelli, Corey Smiley, Brennen Reeves, Bronson Taylor as well as local actors Lynda Harvey, Paul O’Brien, Christina Leidel, Tori Vaughn, Brian Turner.

Founded in the summer of 1997 the Shakespeare Project at the College of Charleston has presented 27 productions, which includes productions of 22 of Shakespeare’s plays. It is the oldest and longest running theatre group in Charleston regularly producing Shakespeare and has the long-term goal to eventually present at least one production per summer for free and outside on the College’s Cistern yard.

PRESS: The Post and Courier, Charleston, August 12, 2012

Charleston City Paper, August 15, 2012

CharlestonScene, August 16, 2012

This fall, all arts graduates of the School of the Arts will receive an email invitation to participate in the on-line survey. By verifying our alumni office has a current email address, alumni can be sure not to miss their chance to share their experiences and help shape the future of arts education across the country and at the School of the Arts.

After completing the survey, alumni will have access to a site where they can see how their experience compares with those of other arts graduates across North America. They can see where arts graduates live, where they work, what they earn and how their arts educations have influenced their lives. 

The time our alumni spend sharing their experiences will help the College of Charleston School of the Arts along with many other participating institutions across the country better prepare students for success, whether they stay in the arts or use what they’ve learned in other professional fields. 

SNAAP is supported by grants from the Surdna Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and other foundations. 

Calvert tries to design at least one production every summer and has been working with the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey for the past five years. [Read the whole article]