Edward Arron, the artistic director and host of the Series as well as a superb cellist, has assembled six of today's finest chamber musicians, including himself, to play pieces by Mozart and Tchaikovsky and to introduce the Lowcountry audience to the music of contemporary Chinese composer Chen Yi with a piece written in 1998.

The Mary Green Chorale to perform two benefit concerts for NAMI

The Mary Green Chorale will perform "We Sing of Love," a concert of the music of Schubert, Brahms, Porter, Finney and Stravinsky to benefit the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) under the direction of Mary Woodmansee Green, on Friday, February 15 at 7:30 pm at The Baptist Church of Beaufort and Saturday, February 16 at All Saints Episcopal Church on Hilton Head Island.

The Life and Music of Johnny Mercer at USCB Center for the Arts

It's a safe bet that everyone in the country has heard a Johnny Mercer song, even if they don't know anything about the man and his music. A legend among American composers, he won four Academy Awards for "Best Song" and was nominated 19 times, more than any other composer.