Welcome to the 2024-2025 Season
We are thrilled to announce Chamber Music Charleston’s highly anticipated 2024-2025 season, marking a milestone 19 years of bringing exceptional chamber music to diverse venues across Charleston. With a commitment to showcasing the breadth and depth of chamber music repertoire, this season promises to captivate audiences with 36 concerts featuring works by 31 remarkable composers.
We welcome returning guest artists such as pianist Andrew Armstrong and violinist Francisco Fullana while also introducing you to exciting new guests such as flutist Demarre McGill and guitarist Jason Vieux. Music returns to our beloved Dock Street Theatre and South Carolina Society Hall, but we also bring some of our biggest concerts to the gorgeous St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, just steps from Marion Square.
For the coming season we are offering a new way to select subscriptions that work for your individual schedule. You are welcome to select from “curated” subscriptions (such as the traditional House Concert, Ovation, or Salon Series Subscription) or you can build your personalized subscription by mixing and matching the concerts you would like to attend. Guests who renew existing Ovation and Salon Series subscriptions before March 14 will be assigned the same seats they had this current season. Otherwise, we place guests in the best seating available, assigned in order of receipt.
If you have any questions as you explore the season, you are welcome to email sandra@chambermusiccharleston.org.
Please note: when purchasing pick your own subscription online you only have the option for pick 3, 6, or 9. To order any other quantity above 3 please call (843)763-4941 or use the mail in order form.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
TRANSFIGURED NIGHT
Guest violinist Daniel Ching of the Miró Quartet and Alan Rafferty of the Cincinnati Symphony joining musicians of Chamber Music Charleston (CMC) for “Transfigured Night,” a program featuring music for string sextet by Arnold Schoenberg and Johannes Brahms at the Dock Street Theatre on November 3, 2025
MENDELSSOHN & MOZART
On Sunday, December 8, 2025 violinist Diana Cohen, current concertmaster of the Calgary Philharmonic and former concertmaster of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, along with virtuoso pianist Roman Rabinovich join CMC violist Ben Weiss and cellist Timothy O’Malley for Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio in D Major and Mozart’s Piano Quartet in E flat Major at South Carolina Society Hall.
BACH, MOZART, & BEETHOVEN
Flutist Demarre McGill and guest violinist Francisco Fullana join musicians of CMC for Brandenburg’s Concerto No. 4 and Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D Major on March 9, 2025 at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church.
Curated Subscriptions
Ovation Concerts
CMC’s biggest series bring together accomplished chamber musicians from around the world along with our very own local CMC musicians to perform masterworks of the chamber music repertoire. Performances on Sundays afternoons.
Salon Series
Experience chamber music from the Classical and early Romantic Period in the historic ballroom of South Carolina Society Hall, 72 Meeting Street. Performances at 2 and 4pm, and a reception between the performances,
Chamber Music at the Pearl
Chamber Music Charleston’s newest series at the West Ashley Theater Center’s Pearl Theater brings an exciting mix of music for strings, winds, and piano to West Ashley. Concessions are available for purchase prior to each concert.
Downtown House Concerts
Intimate performances of chamber music for smaller audiences (30-40) in the beautiful homes of Downtown Charleston. A light reception is included with each performance.
Bishop Gadsden House Concerts
Intimate performances of chamber music for smaller audiences (30-46) in the beautiful homes of Bishop Gadsden. A light reception follows each hour-long performance.
