2024
LOOPS AND LAYERS!
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25 AT 2 pm AND 2:30 pm
The Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401
Musician and composer Lee Barbour will celebrate the Gibbes Museum of Art’s Family Day with a concert inspired by the exhibition, Rory McEwen: A New Perspective on Nature. The guitarist will loop his own live playing, investigating the way that both music and painting take shape through layering and through the rhythm of sound and silence.
Lee Barbour guitar
DIALOGUES: INDEPENDENT AND INTERTWINED
SATURDAY, MARCH 30 AT 7pm
The Space
2147 Heriot St #F, Charleston, SC 29403
Claire Marie Solomon cello
Mary Reed bass
The cello and the double bass speak as singular but intertwined voices, conversing and telling a story. While showcasing the players' virtuosity, each piece on this program expresses the complexity and mystery of communication—between voices and tones, between composer and subject, between composer and nature, and even between the subject and the subject’s own consciousness.
Giaocchino Rossini
Duetto for Cello and Bass in D Major
Johann Pachelbel
Canon in D major
Edgar Meyer
Canon for Bass and Mandolin
Libby Larsen
Up, Where the Air Gets Thin
Johann Sebastian Bach
Invention No. 4
Cantata No. 2 - Where can a poor man find help?
Cantata No. 8 - Be Comforted
Cantata No. 24 - Listen and Understand
John Cage
In a Landscape
Benjamin Britten
"Cuckoo" from Friday Afternoons, Op. 7
REBEL WITH A CAUSE:
ALVA ANDERSON SINGS THE MUSIC OF NINA SIMONE
SUNDAY, MAY 19 AT 3pm
Cannon Street Arts Center
134 Cannon Street, Charleston, SC 29403
Alva Anderson voice
Abdiel Iriarte piano
Frank Duvall bass
David Patterson drums
Hailed as “the High Priestess of Soul,” Nina Simone’s playing and singing brought together a broad range of musical styles from baroque counterpoint to jazz and the blues. A virtuoso musician with a purpose, Simone referred to herself as “a rebel with a cause,” and gave voice to the Civil Rights movement through music. Follow along as we trace her story from the hills of North Carolina to the countryside of France, exploring the power of music as a vehicle for change.
Four Women
Wild is the Wind
Exactly Like You
Be My Husband
Strange Fruit
I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl
. . . and more!
FLOW: CYCLES IN MUSIC, WATER, AND NATURE
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18
South Carolina Aquarium
100 Aquarium Wharf, Charleston, SC 29401
Lydia Chernicoff violin
Jessica Tong violin
Dan Urbanowicz viola
Danielle Cho cello
Cycles create rhythm in our lives. Days, months and years are marked by darkness that gives way to light, tides that rise and fall, and rituals that mark the changing seasons. Libby Larsen’s String Quartet No. 4 (Emergence) follows the cycle of water in its many phases and inspires us to care for the planet we call home. Debussy’s colorful and sumptuous string quartet illustrates the cyclical nature of music—themes emerge and return throughout the work, weaving an intricate story that satisfies both ear and mind.
Libby Larsen
String Quartet No. 4 (Emergence)
Claude Debussy
String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 10
DEEP LISTENING / SLOW LOOKING
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13
The Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401
Lydia Chernicoff violin
Ronaldo Rolim piano
Hear for yourself how a little information and some deep attention bring “hidden” aspects of a piece to the surface and increase the pleasure of looking and listening.
Aaron Copland
Sonata for Violin and Piano