Jazz saxophonist Thom Chambers will headline the second Notes: An Evening of Musical Storytelling & Casual Conversation to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Northern Beaufort County. The first Notes event in 2016 set a very high bar - showcasing Frank Almond and his Lipinski Stradivarius - and the organizers are delighted to follow that success with a musical guest of equal caliber who might just be Beaufort's best-kept secret.
The December tenth USCB Chamber Music concert features four works that range from tuneful, evocative, vibrant, and achingly rhapsodic. It begins with a work for friends: Beethoven'sDuo in E-flat Major for Viola and Cello. Beethoven was a passable violist, and he wrote a duet for himself to perform with an amateur-cellist pal.
Marshall Chapman grew up in Spartanburg, South Carolina. As a debutante and the daughter of a textile mill owner she started life "firmly part of proper society" but was determined to make a very different life doing something else - somewhere else.
The Low Country Chorale is celebrating 20 years of continuous performances this season! Come join them on Friday, November 17th at 7pm or Saturday, November 18th at 3pm, as they present 'Reflections of the Past 20 Years' at St. John's Lutheran Church, 157 Lady's Island Drive, Lady's Island. Admission is free, but donations are gratefully appreciated.
The holidays are coming and bringing with them a new season of singing! Beaufort Academy is sweetening the 2017 season by presenting to the community its new choral ensembles. Under the direction of Victor Varner (left), Beaufort Academy is hosting a holiday concert featuring the 'B.A. Blue Notes' on Thursday evening, December 7 at St. Johns Lutheran Church on Lady's Island.
'An Evening of Stories & Songs with Lee Smith, Jill McCorkle & Marshall Chapman' will be an unforgettable teaming of three larger-than-life performers, all bringing unique literary gifts to the USCB Center for the Arts stage on Friday, December 15, 6:30 pm. The three women have performed many times together and share an on-stage feel-good collaboration that has been deemed a meeting of 'Dixie divas.' As Lee Smith told The Huffington Post, "big hair and a big heart does not mean a small mind."