Chamber Music

Marking 10 years of its artistic residency at the USC School of Music, the chamber group is partnering with Historic Columbia to perform all 16 of Ludwig van Beethoven’s string quartets—and the composer’s visionary Grosse Fuge—across six venues in the capital city.

Founder and Artistic Director Lee Pringle reflects on the growth of the performing arts organization that has platformed Black classical musicians since 2013 and previews the festival’s February concerts being given in Charleston.

Championing women brass players and works by new and underrepresented composers, the ensemble comes to the Francis Marion University Performing Arts Center for an orchestral concert on Monday and a chamber recital on Tuesday.

Cellist Claire Bryant released her debut solo album this month entitled, "Whole Heart" at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville where she teaches music to prisoners.

Claire Bryant’s technical prowess and deeply affecting expressivity as a soloist are on full display in Whole Heart. But the performer and UofSC professor is quick to point out that her first album is as much a collaborative effort as it is a personal labor of love.

The musician once again brought his love for the string instrument to a wide range of Spoleto Chamber Music Series performances in 2022.

Operatic baritone Will Liverman and pianist Paul Sánchez—Director of Piano Studies at CofC and Artistic Director of the university's International Piano Series—are joining together once again for the first Charleston performance of works from their acclaimed album Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers.

Inspired by the Charleston-area legend of early 19th-century convicts John and Lavinia Fisher, Jeremy Turner's Six-Mile House premieres in Beaufort on Sunday, April 10th, with a second performance in Columbia on April 12th.

The Colour of Music Festival features Black classical musicians who make up fewer than 2% of the nation's orchestras.

2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant winner teams up with bassist Xavier Foley and Chamber Music Charleston for a Sunday afternoon performance featuring works by Schubert and Bottesini.