Chelsea Holmes is a New York City based soprano known for her thoughtful and stylistically diverse programming. She has performed repertoire spanning German Lieder, French salon chanson, contemporary American works, and chamber music in settings from concert halls to jazz clubs, theaters to boathouses and rock quarries, reflecting a broad and adventurous artistic range. MS....
The Matt Olson Quartet will perform a concert of original jazz compositions and music from the Great American Songbook. Enjoy a set of swinging, straight-ahead jazz, along with some ballads and bossa nova! Matt Olson is the Charles Ezra Daniel Professor of Saxophone and Director of Jazz Studies at Furman University. He has performed with...
David Kiser is a pianist and the longtime host of South Carolina Public Radio’s On the Keys, a weekly classical music program featuring piano music and the great pianists who play it. He has performed and adjudicated throughout the state, and his performances have been broadcast on South Carolina Public Radio. David is also a...
Ensemble Radieuse is dedicated to making a broad range of classics and new music accessible and enjoyable to a variety of audiences. The trio features Chris Vaneman on flute, Kelly Vaneman on Oboe, and Stephen Graff on piano. All are members of the Converse University music faculty. Their repertoire spans from the Baroque to the...
West End Mambo began as a Latin jazz project in the West End neighborhood of Winston-Salem, NC. Originally formed in 1999 by Ukrainian bassist Andrew Valentine, it has evolved from a five-piece Latin jazz project to a robust eight-piece salsa band with musicians from North, South and Central America as well as the Caribbean. The...