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. The schedule is in progress.

2024-2025 Season

The following artists will perform at 7:30pm in the Recital Hall of our newly renovated Simons Center for the Arts.
  • Voice Faculty (Oct. 14)

    Voice Faculty Showcase featuring Amanda Castellone, Sandy DeAthos-Meers and Megan Warburton, sopranos; Harold Meers, tenor; and David Templeton, baritone; and Lorna Barker, pianist. These faculty artists will perform operatic and song literature repertoire that is meaningful to them as performers and teachers, including works by Verdi, Puccini, Strauss, Rodgers & Hammerstein and others.

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  • The Spartina Consort (Nov. 11)

    "Flights of Fantasy: Musical Recreations of the 17th Century" | The Charleston-based chamber music ensemble The Spartina Consort plays with period instruments to make their performances of Renaissance and Baroque music as historically accurate as possible. This new program from The Spartina Consort takes a look at private music-making in the homes of commoners and nobles alike during the turbulent but fertile 17th century, on both sides of the English Channel: a formidable natural barrier, but also a highway for trade in goods and ideas. Explore some lesser-known musical gems from these distracted times. 

    The group is made of four members: Susan Conant, recorder and flute; Marcy Brenner, viola da gamba;  David Hunt, viola da gamba; and music adjunct faculty Julia Harlow, harpsichord. Repertoire will include works by Hume, East, Coperario, Leonora Duarte and Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre.

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  • Faculty Jazz Concert (Feb. 10)

    The CofC Faculty Jazz Ensemble will perform original compositions and original arrangements of jazz standards:

    Robert Lewis - Saxophones

    David Heywood - Flute

    Tyler Ross - Guitar

    Frank Duvall - Bass

    Ron Wiltrout - Drums

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  • Emanuel Gruber (March 10)

    Enjoy a concert by guest musician Emanuel Gruber, a faculty member (cello and chamber music) from East Carolina University. The evening's program includes the first three of Bach's six Suites for Solo Cello. He received his BA from the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and his MA from Tel Aviv University, Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Jerusalem. Gruber was principal cellist of the Israel Chamber Orchestra and co-principal of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. He was a founding member of the Tel Aviv Chamber Music Society, member of the Sequoia Quartet, Camerata Trio, and Tel Aviv Piano Quartet, and leader of the Israel Cello Ensemble. He is the winner of the Pablo Casals prize by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra and Concert Artists’ Guild in New York.

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  • Violin Extravaganza (April 14)

    This concert celebrates the collaboration between the College of Charleston and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, bringing together renowned violin professors Lee-Chin Siow, WeiWei Le and Ambroise Aubrun, along with their talented students. The program features a captivating selection of works, including Vivaldi’s Concerto for Four Violins, Sarasate’s fiery Navarra, Dont's intricate quartet, and Prokofiev’s expressive duo. 

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