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DOWNTOWN HOUSE CONCERT

Experience chamber music in the beautiful ballroom of 20 South Battery, downtown Charleston. Musicians of CMC perform a program of string quartet music by Dvorak, Still, and Price. Tickets: $55 (includes reception). Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 2 and 4pm.

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CMC TWO Story Time

Join us at the Otranto Public Library on Wednesday, May 15 at 10:30am for a Classical Music Encounter with the CMC TWO Educational Fellowship Quartet! This FREE event explores the sounds of string instruments and shows how much can be used to enhance a story.

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CMC TWO Story Time

Join us at the Dart Public Library on Friday, May 17 at 10am for a Classical Music Encounter with the CMC TWO Educational Fellowship Quartet! This FREE event explores the sounds of string instruments and shows how much can be used to enhance a story.

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Our 2023-2024 Concert Season came to a glorious cl

Our 2023-2024 Concert Season came to a glorious close on Tuesday Evening with an intimate Kiawah Island House Concert overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Enjoy a little glimpse into this remarkable performance of William Grant Still’s Lyric Quartet.

Frances Hsieh and Jenny Weiss, violins
Ben Weiss, viola
Timothy O’Malley, cello

#williamgrantstill
#stringquartet
#kiawahisland

It was a privilege and honor to present our final

It was a privilege and honor to present our final Sunday Downtown House Concert of the season at @20southbattery 🎶

Bravo to violinists Frances Hsieh and Jenny Weiss, violist Ben Weiss, and cellist Timothy O’Malley for a spectacular performance of string quartets including this absolute gem by William Grant Still – his “Lyric Quartette.”

#stringquartet
#williamgrantstill
#houseconcert

🎶🎻Today our CMC TWO Education Fellowship Qua

🎶🎻Today our CMC TWO Education Fellowship Quartet visited students and young audiences at Sanders Clyde Elementary School and the John L. Dart Library in downtown Charleston. Thank you to the all of our Education Investors for supporting such important programming, and especially the South Carolina Arts Commission which has provided foundational support for our entire Youth Chamber Music Initiative.

We were especially excited to work one on one with the 4th grade string students of Mr. Dominik Fields at Sanders Clyde Elementary School. We look forward to returning soon to continue our work with them and are excited to see what progress they will make over the coming weeks!

This project is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission which
receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additionally, This project is supported by funding provided to the South Carolina Arts Commission from a partnership with the S.C. Department of Education from American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) funds.

#artseducation
#violin #viola #cello
#stringquartet

Last Wednesday Bishop Gadsden House Concert of the

Last Wednesday Bishop Gadsden House Concert of the season! We look forward to returning in the Fall 🎶

Our string quartet has prepared a beautiful progra

Our string quartet has prepared a beautiful program of music by Florence Price, William Grant Still, and Antonín Dvořák for our final set of performances. On Sunday we brought our music to the Presbyterian Church on Edisto – one of our favorite spaces to perform in.

We are grateful for the support of the @edistoartguild for this series, and we look forward to returning in October!

We are having a wonderful time at Haut Gap Middle

We are having a wonderful time at Haut Gap Middle School this month, as our musicians take part in a mini-residency with their talented string students. Yesterday we worked in small sectionals and also rehearsed with them in a side-by-side format as they prepared for their big year-end concert.

A bit “Thank You” to @artsetckiawah for supporting this project!

#musiceducation
#chambermusic
#violin #viola #cello #bass

Our CMC TWO musicians are hard at work preparing f

Our CMC TWO musicians are hard at work preparing for their April 30th performance at the West Ashley Theatre Center.

Dvorak American Quartet and Schubert Death and the Maiden, mvt. 1
Ava Whitener and Elijah Liu, violins; Callie Williams, Viola; Myles Owens-Walker, Cello

Schumann Piano Quintet mvt. 1
Elliot MacDonald and Trow Weeks, Violins; Riley Borkowski, Viola; Luciano Cusatis, Cello; Jason Gould, Piano

Beethoven Piano Trio “Ghost,” movement 1
Nicholas Grayson ,Violin; Abbey Morea, Cello

Shostakovich Piano Quintet mvt. 5 and Brahms Piano Quinet mvt. 3
Alex Lim and Lydia Plant, Violins; Riley Borkowski, Viola; Jade Williams, Cello; Harry Ding, Piano

🎶BRAVO to our musicians for a fantastic perform

🎶BRAVO to our musicians for a fantastic performance at South Carolina Society Hall. As the final notes of Beethoven’s Archduke Trio filled the air, the audience could barely contain their excitement.

#standingovation
#chambermusic
#salonseries

we can’t imagine a better way to spend a beautif

we can’t imagine a better way to spend a beautiful Springtime Sunday afternoon in Charleston than enjoying beautiful chamber music at the historic @scsocietyhall 🎶🌷🎻

Enjoy a glimpse into yesterday’s dress rehearsal…we can’t think of a better setting for performing Beethoven’s glorious “Archduke” piano trio!

#chambermusic
#beethoven
#violin #cello #piano
#salonseries

🎶🌺🎻This Sunday we return to the beautiful

🎶🌺🎻This Sunday we return to the beautiful South Carolina Society Hall for another afternoon of Chamber Music Very limited tickets remain, and we look forward to performing in front of a full house!

Sunday, April 7, 2024 at 2 and 4pm

CHAMINADE Capriccio, Op.18 FAURÉ Élégie, Op. 24 BEETHOVEN Piano Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 97, “ Archduke”
 Frances Hsieh, violin
Tim O’Malley ,cello
Phillip Bush, piano

We are having so much fun working with the student

We are having so much fun working with the students at Mt. Zion Elementary School for their production of “Of Mice and Mozart!” The folks at Charleston Stage are doing an amazing job inspiring the students as they recite their lines and perform their songs.

It is so exciting to see such joy in these students as they sing their hearts out…and tell a story about Mozart!

Thank you Arts, etc. for inspiring the creation of this project 🎶🎶

🎶What a wonderful afternoon of Chamber Music at

🎶What a wonderful afternoon of Chamber Music at the Dock Street Theatre!🎶

Bravo to our musicians, violinist Gabriela Diaz (@gabbydiaz1933 ), pianist Andrew Armstrong (@andrewarmstrongpianist ) oboist Kelly Mozeik (@kellynic_ ), clarinetist Charles Messersmith (@messersmithcharlie ), bassoonist Sandra Nikolajevs (@sandranikolajevs ), and Debra Sherrill Ward on French Horn, for a fantastic performance! 👏👏👏

Here are scenes from the opening and closing works, Bartok’s Contrasts and Monti’s Czardas, along with a pre-performance practice by our amazing pianist, Andrew Armstrong.

🎶🎻✨The poster is up and soon we begin rehe

🎶🎻✨The poster is up and soon we begin rehearsals for our upcoming concert at the historic Dock Street Theatre!

DOCK STREET THEATRE, 135 CHURCH STREET
Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 3pm
BARTOK Contrasts MOZART Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat Major, K452 MONTI Czardas
Andrew Armstrong, piano; Gabriela Diaz, violin; Kelly Moziek, oboe; Charles Messersmith, clarinet; Sandra Nikolajevs, bassoon; Debra Sherrill Ward, horn

What an absolute pleasure to introduce Matt Lipman

What an absolute pleasure to introduce Matt Lipman (viola @melodiousmatt1 ), Raphael Bell (cello @bellraphael ), Alexander Fiterstein (clarinet @fiterstein_clarinet ), and RJ Kelley (french horn) to our Charleston audiences, and to welcome back our good friends Amy Schwartz Moretti (violin @amyschwartzmoretti ) and Andrew Armstrong (piano @andrewarmstrongpianist ). The musicality, virtuosity, and utmost craftsmanship on display during today’s concert was incredible to behold!

#chambermusic #viola #violin #cello #piano #clarinet #naturalhorn #frenchhorn

There is nothing like seeing our concerts appear i

There is nothing like seeing our concerts appear in the @postandcourier (and we always love seeing our picture from our last Carnegie Hall performance 💕)

Thank you @charlestonscene for covering our 24-25 season announcement…and highlighting our March 10 “Chamber Music with Friends!”

#chambermusic
#seasonannouncement
#violin #viola #cello #piano

🎶🎻On Sunday we welcome a handful of new gues

🎶🎻On Sunday we welcome a handful of new guest musicians to Charleston for our Grand Finale to “Chamber Music with Friends” – violist Matt Lipman (@melodiousmatt1 ) and cellist Raphael Bell.

Among other pieces, they will be performing Dohnanyi’s boldly dramatic Sextet written for the unusual combination of clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, and piano.

Praised by the New York Times for his “rich tone and elegant phrasing” and by the Chicago Tribune for a “splendid technique and musical sensitivity,” violist Matthew Lipman. has performed recitals at Carnegie Hall, Aspen Music Festival, and the Zürich Tonhalle. Lipman is the recipient of a 2015 Avery Fisher Career Grant, a Kovner Fellowship, and the Jack Kent Cooke Award, and is also a major prize winner in the Primrose, Tertis, Washington, Johansen, and Stulberg International Viola Competitions. An alum of the Bowers Program, he performs regularly on tour and at Alice Tully Hall with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, where he occupies the Wallace Chair.

Raphael Bell enjoys a varied career as a principal cellist, chamber musician, teacher, and festival director. He is currently Principal Cello of the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra in Belgium, founder and co-director of the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival in Virginia, and co-Artistic Director of La Loingtaine in Montigny-sur-Loing, France.
As a chamber musician he has performed at Wigmore Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Salle Gaveau, Berlin Philharmonie, Koln Philharmonie, Luzerner Theater, Tokyo Suntory Hall, and Kyoto Concert Hall. He was part of the IMS Prussia Cove tour that won the Chamber Music Award from the Royal Philharmonic Society in London.

We are excited to introduce K’nique Eichelberger

We are excited to introduce K’nique Eichelberger, actor with Charleston Stage, to our Classical Kids Concert audiences! He will be joining the winds of Chamber Music Charleston as narrator for “Peter and the Wolf” on March 9 at Sottille Theatre.

We can’t wait to share the magical sounds of the woodwind quintet with children of all ages at Sottile Theatre!

#chambermusic
#peterandthewolf
#prokofiev
#musiceducation

Chamber Music Charleston’s grand finale to the “Chamber Music with Friends” series brings an exciting program of music for clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, and piano to Sottile Theatre on Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 3pm. Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein and french horn player R.J. Kelley will be joined by violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti, violist Matthew Lipman, cellist Raphael Bell , and pianist Andrew Armstrong for this exceptional program of music.

We are excited to return to West Ashely for our ne

We are excited to return to West Ashely for our newest chamber music series. The Pearl Theater (at the West Ashley Theatre Center) is the perfect venue for this program of music for flute, oboe, bassoon, and piano. And thanks to Fox Music, we have an incredible Yamaha piano that lives at this space, and will be prominently featured in this program!
#chambermusic
#flute #oboe #bassoon #piano

@foxmusichouse
@westashleytheatrecenter

We are so thrilled to have Amy Oshiro-Morales join

We are so thrilled to have Amy Oshiro-Morales join us for our series of string quartet performances at South Carolina Society Hall! Amy joined violinist Frances Hsieh, violist Ben Weiss, and cellist Timothy O’Malley for quartets of Beethoven (Op. 18 No 1) and Debussy.

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