How do you get in the holiday spirit in Beaufort? Take an evening to be entertained by the Beaufort High Voices and Troubadours. The energy and the accomplished choral music of the Beaufort High Voices will lift your spirits and make you smile.
Beaufort Performing Arts is happy to present The Claremont Trio On Sunday, November 18 at 7 pm. The trio, comprised of pianist Donna Kwong and twin sisters, violinist Emily Bruskin and cellist Julia Bruskin, is yet another example of chamber groups formed by attractive young women who are not only an absolute joy to hear but thrilling to watch as well.
Chamber Music Hilton Head opens its 10th Anniversary season with a concert at All Saints Episcopal Church on Monday, October 29. Most of the participating musicians are core members of the ensemble, with oboist Lauren Stuligross and pianist Jean Shamo being Island residents. Sharing assignments with Jean will be guest Karla Qualls, head of the piano accompanying program at Georgia Southern State University in Statesboro.
Maestro Fred Devyatkin will conduct a celebration of Virtuoso Composers of the Nineteenth Century when the Beaufort Orchestra opens its twenty-second season on October 25th and 28th. Tamas Kocsis, concertmaster of the Orlando Symphony, will return as violin soloist in Paganini’s Violin Concerto in D.
Amazing musicians will be playing traditional favorites and new compositions during the five concerts of the 2007-2008 USC Beaufort Festival Series with Mr. Chamber Music himself, Charles Wadsworth, playing and hosting. Just a few droppable names – Erika Nickrenz, Todd Palmer, Wendy Chen, Chee Yun, and the Miro Quartet will be playing pieces by Bach, Mozart, Brahms, Enescu, Dvorak, Stravinsky, and Bizet.