[MUSIC] Pianist and West Liberty University Professor Gerald Lee to Play Schubert and Liszt

Enjoy beautiful, lyrical music by romantic masters Franz Schubert and Franz Liszt in a piano recital on Saturday March 13th at 7pm, at Christ Church United Methodist (located at the corner of Quarrier and Morris Streets).
Pianist Gerald Lee has won numerous piano competitions, performed around the world, and teaches at West Liberty University. He [...]

[MUSIC] West Virginia Symphony Orchestra Announces 2010-2011 Season

The West Virginia Symphony Orchestra announces its 2010-2011 season with great guest performers, exciting classical works and a little bit of disco. Artists such as world-class fiddler Mark O’Connor, pianist and WVSO audience favorite Valentina Lisitsa, and Sweden’s The Arrival performing the music of ABBA will grace the stage of the Maier Performance Hall [...]

[INTERVIEW] 10 Questions With Evan Mack

1. When did you first start playing piano?
I was 7 years old. My god-father bought us a Casio Keyboard (which collected dust for a year). My brother started playing the trumpet through school, so I went downstairs and started playing on the keyboard. My parents decided to start me on lessons.

2. Do you have a [...]

[MUSIC] The Peabody Trio at Christ Church United Mehodist

[ January 17, 2010; 2:00 pm; ] Peabody Trio Saves the Day!
January 17 Chamber Music Society Concert Will Go On

In every challenge there is an opportunity – and the opportunity for Charleston on January 17th at 2pm is to hear the Peabody Trio perform music by the great romantic composers Franz Schubert and Felix Mendelssohn at Christ Church United Methodist (located at [...]

[MUSIC] West Virginia Symphony Orchestra: Classical Majesty

[ January 22, 2010; 7:00 pm; January 23, 2010; 7:00 pm; ] What: CLASSICAL MAJESTY
When: January 22-23, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Who: Grant Cooper, conductor
Corey Cerovsek, violin soloist
Where: The Clay Center: Maier Foundation Performance Hall

Ralph Vaughan Williams  Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  Violin Concerto No. 5
Antonin Dvorak    Symphony No. 8

This fourth concert in our symphonic series is sponsored in part by BB&T West Virginia Foundation [...]

[MUSIC] Listening “in chambers”

[ March 21, 2009; 8:00 pm; March 29, 2009; 2:00 pm; ]

Chamber music…What is it? Would I like it? Where can I hear some in Charleston?
Word on some streets is that this music has a bad reputation: stuffy, too serious and old, played and listened to by people in powdered wigs. All the things that people get in their head about classical music, but even more [...]

[MUSIC] womanSong Concert

[ December 6, 2008; 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. ] The Charleston-based all-female vocal ensemble womanSong presents their holiday concert, Season of Dreams, featuring the complete Vivaldi’s Gloria with orchestra, along with spirituals, Russian carols, and other holiday favorites.  The concert is Saturday, December 6, 2008, 7:30 p.m. at Christ Church United Methodist in downtown Charleston.

[MUSIC] Free Piano Recital

[ November 25, 2008; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Free piano recital by John Mark Walkup at the WV State Capitol Cultural Center Theater, 7pm on Tuesday November 25th.  The program includes music by Carl Maria von Weber, Maurice Ravel, George Rochberg, and Frederic Chopin.  

This concert is part of the WV Division of Culture and History’s Collegiate Series, hosted by First Lady Gayle Manchin.

[MUSIC] Mad About Mahler

The West Virginia Symphony will be performing Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 at the Clay Center in Charleston. They’re joined by vocal soloist Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, the women of the West Virginia Symphony Chorus, the Mountain Laurel Ensemble, West Virginia Wesleyan College Women’s Chorus and Chanticleer Children’s Chorus, and the Appalachian Children’s Chorus. The concerts are November 14th and 15th at [...]

[MUSIC] Graffe String Quartet w/ Michiko Otaki

[ November 8, 2008 7:00 pm to November 9, 2008 9:00 pm. ] The Charleston Chamber Music Society (no link, because their website is currently not working) will be bringing the Graffe String Quartet from the Czech Republic and pianist Michiko Otaki to Charleston.  They’ll be playing Dvorak’s Piano Quintet and string quartets by Haydn and Beethoven, at 7pm on Saturday November 8th at Christ Church United Methodist.

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