PIANO MASTERCLASS  WITH MICHAEL STEPHEN BROWN – APPLICATION

Saturday, November 8, 2025 from 4:30-6pm

St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, October 24, 2025

A 2025 MacDowell Fellow and 2024 Yaddo Artist, Composer-PianistÊMichael Stephen Brown performs recitals and concertos worldwide and receives commissions from leading orchestras, performers, and chamber music festivals. Winner of the Emerging Artist Award from Lincoln Center and an Avery Fisher Career Grant, he has performed as soloist with leading orchestras such as the Seattle Symphony and NFM Leopoldinum, and in recitals at venues including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Louvre, Wigmore Hall, and Beethoven-Haus Bonn.

Application guidelines:

  • Applicants must submit a complete video recording of the entire movement(s) they intend to play in the masterclass on or before the deadline above.
  • Students should select a work from the solo unaccompanied piano repertoire, no piano concertos.
  • Partial/incomplete movements are not eligible. 
  • Students may apply with multiple short movements from the same piece played back-to-back.

Eligibility guidelines:

  • Student must be currently enrolled in High School or College and studying with a private teacher.
  • Student must be able to provide their own transportation to the masterclass site (located in Downtown Charleston)

Thanks to a grant from the South Carolina Arts Commission (which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts), there is no fee to apply or participate.

Questions?  Email sandra@chambermusiccharleston.org

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And don’t miss Michael Stephen Brown’s performance

as part of Chamber Music Charleston’s Ovation Concert Series:

MOZART MEETS CHAUSSON

Sunday, November 9, 2025 at 3pm

St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 405 King Street

 

MOZART Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major

CHAUSSON Concert for Violin, Piano and String Quartet

 

Michael Stephen Brown, piano; Amy Schwartz Moretti, violin; Frances Hsieh, violin; Jenny Weiss, violin; Ben Weiss, viola; Timothy O’Malley, cello

Student/Parent tickets: $10

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