UPCOMING FESTIVAL EVENTS
UPCOMING FESTIVAL EVENTS
Masterworks II 20th Anniversary 911 Memorial Performance
Cost: FREE with ticket | Time: 7:30 PM
Venue
803-777-7500
Tickets available at the Koger Center Box Office, 806 Park Street, Columbia, SC 29201 or by phone at (803)251-2222. Phone orders will be held at will call.
For groups larger than 10, please call (803) 777-7500.
FREE and open to the Public – Box Office Entry Ticket Required
Julius P. Williams, Guest Conductor
Lori C. Hicks, Soprano
Michele Bankole and Henry Clay Middleton, Narrators
With Malice Towards None
by John Williams (b. 1932)
Vissi d’arte
(from Tosca, Act II:)
by Giacomo Puccini (1858 – 1924)
Soul of Remembrance
(from Five Movements In Color
by Mary Watkins (b. 1939)
Across the Calm Waters of Heaven
by Ahmed Alabaca (b. 1984)
La mamma morta
(from Andrea Chénier, Act III)
by Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
Adagietto
(from Symphony No. 5)
by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
I N T E R M I S S I O N
Fanfare for the Common Man
by Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Charlestonia: A Folk Rhapsody
Edmund Thornton Jenkins (1894-1926)
Unburied, Unmourned, Unmarked
I. The middle Passage: Uprooted
II. Tones of the Rice Fields
III. Lament For Lost Souls
(from CASOP: Requiem For Rice, Mvmt I)
by John Wineglass (b. 1972)
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
Vanessa Williams
Cost: $55 – $75 | Time: 8:00 PM
Koger Center for the Arts in partnership with The Auntie Karen Foundation Special Event
Vanessa Williams
Julius P. Williams, Conductor
8:00 PM The Auntie Karen Foundation All-Star Band
8:45 PM Intermission
9:00 PM Vanessa Williams with the Colour of Music Festival Orchestra
An evening with internationally renowned artist Vanessa Williams accompanied by the Colour of Music Festival Orchestra. The evening will feature many of Ms. Williams chart-topping hits and more.
Here is a sample of the many poignant and exhilarating gems sure to provide a remarkable musical experience:
1. Real Thing
2. Dreamin’
3. Love Is
4. Colors of The Wind
5. The Sweetest Days
6. Stormy Weather
7. Bill
8. Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home/Come Rain, Come Shine
9. I Never Has Seen Snow, Kenneth Law, Cello
10. Save The Best For Last
Vanessa Williams photo credit Gilles Toucas.
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
University of South Carolina School of Music Alumni & Colour of Music Festival Octet
Cost: FREE |
Time: 7:30 PM
UofSC Alumni Members:
Jessica Robinson-Stinson, Violin, Nicole Neely, Viola, Idris Chandler, Cello, James Miller, Flute and Albert Carter, Bassoon
Kyle P. Walker, Piano
UofSC School of Music Faculty Spotlight Appearance by Hassan Anderson, Oboe
String Trio in D major, Op. 53, No.3
by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Andante con espressione
Vivace assai
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano
by Ulysses Kay (1917-1995)
Movement for String Trio
by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932-2004)
Songs for Flute and Piano
by William Grant Still (1895-1978)
Bayou Home
If You Should Go
Song for the Lonely
Incantation and Dance Oboe and Piano
by William Grant Still (1895-1978)
I N T E R M I S S I O N
Mendelssohn Octet
by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
I. Allegro moderato ma con fuoco
II. Andante
III. Scherzo: Allegro leggierissimo
V. Presto
Performance time is approximate and subject to change slightly as programs are performed.
