COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON YOUNG ARTISTS SERIES RETURNS TO PICCOLO SPOLETO Young Artists Series • where tomorrow’s stars perform alongside well-established guests and alumni What was once considered the “Best Kept Secret” of Piccolo Spoleto sold out several shows in 2008.…
2009 Awards Ceremony
The School of the Arts Awards Ceremony was held on Friday, May 8 at 9:00 am in the Recital Hall. The students recognized received awards based on community service, merit, and academic achievement. Location: Simons Center, Recital Hall
The Susan Boyle Sensation
News 2 sat in on a musical theatre workshop class at the College of Charleston to talk to young aspiring performers about Boyle’s rise to stardom. Junior Courtney Bates says it shows true talent supercedes appearance. Bates says, “I think…
Lee Chin Siow’s passion for music shines through
She’s played in famous concert halls, with world-class musicians, in some 20 countries over five continents, but for Singapore-born violinist Siow Lee Chin, there is no place like home. The critically-acclaimed violinist is back to launch her debut album “Songs…
ANNOUNCING THE 2009/2010 THEATRE SEASON
Love’s Fire by various playwrights – Shakespeare’s sonnets reinterpreted by contemporary playwrights Aug. 20 – 23 & Aug. 27 – Sept. 1 The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare – Mistaken identities, Shakespeare-style Aug. 27 – 30 & Sept. 3…
School of the Arts 2008-2009 Award Recipients
School of the Arts 2008 – 2009 Awards Awards Ceremony: Friday, May 8, 2009, Recital Hall, Simons Center for the Arts 8:30 a.m., Continental Breakfast 9:00 a.m., Ceremony Art History: Departmental Honors Allisyn K. Miller Grace O’Toole Jillian Taft Arts…
Left Coast Writers Reception – 4.15.09
SC Arts Commission Awards $5,000 Visual Arts Fellowship to Herb Parker
The South Carolina Arts Commission has announced its 2008 Individual Artist Fellowship awards. College of Charleston studio art professor Herb Parker will receive one of two fellowships in the Visual Arts category. Each Fellow will be given $5,000 in recognition…
Sean Kennard Wins International Piano Competition
Sean Kennard, an Artist Certificate student of Enrique Graf at the College of Charleston’s School of the Arts, won First Prize in the XXXIV “Dr. Luis Sigall” International Piano Competition. The event took place in Viña del Mar, Chile, November…
Cliffton Peacock Receives $25,000 Gottlieb Grant
Cliffton Peacock, studio art professor at the College of Charleston’s School of the Arts, was awarded a $25,000 Individual Support Grant from the prestigious Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc. Of 462 grant applications, Peacock was one of twelve recipients…