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The Diversity of American Music
CHAMBER MUSIC CHARLESTON satisfies your musical appetite without overindulging you. Their menus are hearty, but not too filling. And the size of their courses is just right: tasty, comprehensible, and memorable. They also consistently play with a clean, bright style, as demonstrated Saturday night at Memminger Auditorium by violinists Frances Hsieh and Jenny Weiss,... Read »
“The Gift of the Magi” Returns to Dock Street
ACTORS’ THEATRE of South Carolina and Chamber Music Charleston will again present their delightful mix of superb music and acting to the Dock Street Theatre on December 22 and 23 with a return production of “The Gift of the Magi” based on the story by O. Henry. The famous storyteller, O. Henry, drops into... Read »
A Magic Moment of Live Chamber Music
WHY DIDN’T ANYONE think of this before? After all, Charleston is a Southern social town. It only makes sense that one of the best ways to present classical music is in a social context—with bistro tables wrapping around the stage, wine served beforehand, and the crowd mingling in a cheerful, festive ambiance for 45... Read »
The Art of Fine Living “Live’
THE ART OF FINE LIVING doesn’t get much better than when it combines world-class chamber music with fine wine and gourmet food. Which is what’s going to happen Saturday night, October 15 as Chamber Music Charleston presents “A Celebration of Germany,” the first of its distinctive Memminger Concert Series. What makes these concerts unique... Read »
Mozart In The South Sets the Season’s Tone
CAUGHT UP as we are in these frantic, full-bore, financially uncertain times, it is not easy to slip away, find a few minutes of outer—not to mention inner—quiet, and get away from it all. Yes, this is what we try to do on our walks, runs, and bicycle rides, or within the secret seclusion... Read »
