2nd Monday Series

From jazz to opera to chamber music, you can enjoy performances by our faculty-artists and special guests, on the second Monday of each month in our academic season. 

2025-2026 Season

The following artists will perform at 7:30pm in the Recital Hall of our newly renovated Simons Center for the Arts.
  • Jazz Faculty Showcase (Feb. 9)
    Enjoy an evening of Jazz with our amazing CofC Jazz Faculty. You will hear Robert Lewis, saxophone; Tyler Ross, guitar; Frank Duvall, bass; and Ron Wiltrout, drums. Each member of the jazz faculty is a working professional in the field, whether touring the world with big name acts or leading their own regional groups. This is the rare opportunity to see them all on stage for one fantastic concert.

     

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  • Cellist Wade Davis '08 (March 9 at 8:00 p.m.)
    Note: This concert will start at 8:00 p.m.

    Alumnus Wade Davis '08 returns to campus to perform a concert of Bach Cello Suites no 1 and 2. 

    "World-renowned cellist” (CNN), Wade Davis, is in high demand as a solo performer, educator and chamber music collaborator. He regularly performs with the Washington Bach Consort, the Folger Consort, Cathedral Choral Society, as a guest with the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, and his own baroque ensemble, S’amusant, co-founded with harpsichordist Patrick Merrill in 2013. Other appearances include Piccolo Spoleto Early Music Festival (Charleston, S.C.), Indianapolis Early Music Festival, The MOJA Festival (Charleston, S.C.), The Spire Series (Baltimore, Md.), Bach Ascending (Savannah, Ga.) and The Seattle Early Music Festival. Known for a wide variety of styles and genres, he’s also featured on popular music concert series such as So Far Sounds Baltimore and has been a guest artist with New York-based band Reserved for Rondee and Baltimore-based band Outcalls. In addition, he participated in the “Swans for Relief” project video curated by Misty Copeland to raise funds for dancers whose companies had been affected by the 2020 pandemic shutdowns, which can be viewed on YouTube.

    Davis maintains a private studio of cello students and chamber music students on violin and viola in both Baltimore and Washington, D.C. He holds a degree from College of Charleston where he studied with Natalia Khoma and both a master's degree in Baroque Cello Performance and a Graduate Performance Degree in Historical Cello from Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with John Moran.

    Read an article about Davis and his 2018 concert in Charleston. 

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    *Originally, Misha Pekar chamber music was scheduled for this date but has now moved to Monday, March 23.

  • NEW! Chamber Music with Misha Pekar '22 (March 23)

    Enjoy a bonus Monday concert in March! This chamber music performance of Claude Bolling's "Toot Suite," will be performed by alumnus and pianist, Misha Pekar '22, and his fellow musicians:

    Antonio Marti, trumpet
    Misha Pekar, piano
    Roman Pekar, bass
    Jeff Handel, percussion

     

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  • Student Showcase (April 13)

    Accomplished CofC music students perform a variety of works featuring instruments and voices of all types.

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  • NEW! Brio: Sol y Sombra-Before Flamenco (April 27)

    Enjoy a bonus Monday concert in April!

    Formed at the College of Charleston in 2002, Brio ensemble (virtuoso recorder and instrumentalists) will perform an Early Music Retrospective.

    Former Music Department Chair of 20 years, Steve Rosenberg, will perform dazzling recorder solos, joined by countertenor Jose Lemos, viol player Mary Anne Ballard, percussionist Danny Mallon and harpsichordist Julia Harlow, performing some of their repertoire from past festival concerts and tours. This program features instrumental works from the medieval, Renaissance and Baroque eras, as well as Sephardic songs and dances from early Spain.

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