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Colette Harrington interviews members of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra for Sweet Carolina on WLCN-TV HD18
2/5/2012
The 1686 ex-Nachez Stradivarius violin was almost certainly built entirely by Antonio Stradivari himself one year after the birth of J.S. Bach, when the violin maker was 46 and at the peak of his powers.
2/5/2012
Bekker will play on the 1686 ex-Nachez Stradivarius violin, one of the most treasured and valuable instruments in the world.
1/27/2012
Edward Hart captures the Palmetto State in a violin concerto
1/27/2012
A Philadelphia couple has donated the use of their family’s Stradivarius violin to the Charleston Symphony Orchestra’s concertmaster Yuriy Bekker for the Feb. 11 Masterworks concert.
1/27/2012
Violinist Amos Lawrence, former Assistant Consertmaster of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, will return to Charleston from Brookline, Massachusetts to perform a benefit concert for the David and Karen Stahl Memorial Scholarship on Sunday, February 19 at 4 p.m. at the Circular Church on Meeting Street.
1/24/2012
Most acclaimed artists share what’s important in their lives using words in books or paint on canvas or photographs matted and framed. South Carolina composer Dr. Edward Hart does it masterfully through music.
1/24/2012
Edward Hart’s “love letter to South Carolina”—his latest violin concerto formally entitled Under an Indigo Sky—will premier at the Gaillard Auditorium on Saturday, February 11, 2012.
12/18/2011
Post and Courier - The CSO has announced the establishment of its inaugural Share the Stage Contest in which South Carolina students will have the opportunity to perform on stage with their professional counterparts.
12/18/2011
When the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and CSO Chorus present their dual performances of "Messiah" this week, fealty will be paid to Handel's original.
12/14/2011
Charleston City Paper - By all outward appearances, the CSO is well on its way to becoming a modern, sustainable symphony.