The College of Charleston Monday Night Concert Series, started in 1985, averages 28 concerts per year. The one-hour programs will feature artists from the College’s music faculty and alumni, members of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, as well as performers from around the world.

This season’s opening concert will kick off on Labor Day with Tacy and Friends, featuring flutist and College faculty member Tacy Edwards.  She will perform duo and trio works with her colleagues in an entertaining mix of French, American and Latin works, ending with a quintet work by jazz pianist Claude Bolling.  Joining Tacy will be guitarist Christopher Teves, pianist Robin Zemp, soprano Margaret Kelly Cook, bassist Brian Reed and drummer Larry Gale.

The concert will take place on Monday, Sept. 5, 2011 at 8 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Simons Center for the Arts, 54 St. Philip St. Admission is $10 at the door and free for College of Charleston students with valid I.D.