Jun 5, 2007 · I spent the majority of last week in Charleston, South Carolina, where the 2007 Spoleto Festival USA was in full swing. This was only my third trip to Charleston, and my second during Spoleto.

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Feb 18, 2025 · Constellation is delighted to announce the line-up for Frequency Festival 2025, which runs at Constellation, the Renaissance Society, and the Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry between …

Sep 1, 2017 · The shocking massacre at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, in June 2015 prompted composer George Walker to pay tribute to its …

Jul 8, 2025 · Mark your calendar for upcoming in-person and virtual new music events all around the United States.

Jun 12, 2007 · In the past month I’ve witnessed loud cheers and standing ovations at performances in Charleston’s Dock Street Theatre, Harvard University’s Sanders Theatre, the Apollo Theater in …

May 8, 2023 · Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels have been awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Music for their jointly composed opera Omar. Omar was commissioned by the Spoleto Festival USA …

Oct 1, 2001 · Of course, thanks to technology, this map gets smaller and smaller as we progress further into the 21st century, and hopefully continue to find the common ground between Macchu Picchu, …

May 16, 2023 · Omar was commissioned by the Spoleto Festival USA where it received its world premiere performance on May 27, 2022 at the Sottile Theatre in Charleston, S.C. It was …

Dec 21, 2012 · This is apparent even in James P. Johnson’s composition, “Charleston.” This piece features a rhythm that is commonly written as a dotted quarter note followed by an eighth note …