April 16: FMU Music Industry Ensemble and CD Release Concert

November 6: Celebrating Goya: An Evening of Spanish Music and Wine

YOU ARE INVITED

Join us as we celebrate Goya with an evening of Spanish music, art, and wine!

The Jones-Carter Gallery in Lake City, SC invites the public to a special free concert and wine tasting titled “Celebrating Goya,” featuring performances by classical musicians Paolo Andrè Gualdi, Danijela Zezelj-Gualdi, both of Florence, SC and Matthew Anderson, of Atlanta, GA.  The concert will take place on Thursday, November 6 at 7:00 p.m. inside the National Bean Market at 111 Henry Street in Lake City.

The concert celebrates the life of artist Francisco de Goya, whose famed series of etchings is currently on view inside the Jones-Carter Gallery, as well as Spain’s rich musical heritage.  Four Spanish wines will also be available for sampling during the concert.  The performance will include pieces by composers Frederico Moreno Torroba, Isaac Alberniz, Joaquin Turina, Francisco Tarrega, Mario Castelnuevo-Tedesco, Maurice Ravel, Manuel de Falla, and Pablo Sarasate.  The concert is free to the public.

This event is held in conjunction with the exhibition, Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos, on view at the Jones-Carter Gallery next door to the Bean Market.  The exhibition runs through January 3, 2015.  Francisco Goya: Los Caprichos was organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, in association with Denenberg Fine Art, West Hollywood, CA.  For more information about this event and the gallery, please visit www.jonescartergallery.com 

August 15th: 'Thank You' Concert presented by ArtFields in Lake City

ArtFields is saying "Thank You" with a concert on August 15 from 7-10pm featuring Painted Man on The Green. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and coolers. No outside food and drink allowed. Food & Beverage provided.

There will be a community picture taken at 6:30pm at the Community Mural. All volunteers and supporters of ArtFields are asked to participate. Please feel free to wear your volunteer t-shirt.

For more information please call 843.374.0180 or visit www.artfieldssc.org.

April 28th: Coker Choirs to Present Annual Spring Concert

The annual Spring Choral Concert, presented by the Coker music program, will be held at 4 p.m. April 28 at the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center. This concert is free and open to the public.

Performing in the concert will be the College’s premiere ensemble, the Coker Singers, the Chamber Singers, who recently completed a week-long choir tour to New York City, the Gospel Choir and the newly-formed Men’s Ensemble.  

This concert will include pieces such as “Amor de mi Alma” (You Are the Love of My Soul) by Randall Stroope, Handel’s “Awake the Trumpet’s Lofty Sound,” Glenn McClure’s “Kyrie” for steel drum, piano and percussion, “Alleluia” by Paul Basler, “Ubi caritas” (Where charity and love are, God is there) by Ola Gjeilo, “How Can I Keep From Singing” by Ronald Staheli and “Ave Maria” (Hail Mary, full of grace) by Franz Biebl.

“In this one performance we are able to highlight the many talented students who sing in one of our four choral ensembles,” said associate professor William Carswell, director of choral studies and chair of the department of dance, music and theater.  “The choirs have worked diligently during the semester in preparation for this showcase concert.”  

The Coker College Singers, Chamber Singers and the Men’s Ensemble are directed by Carswell, and is assisted by Ronda W. McElveen, staff accompanist at the College.  In addition to teaching, Carswell is an active clinician, guest conductor and adjudicator throughout the South. He holds a doctorate in music from the University of South Carolina and joined the Coker College faculty in 2002. Florence’s Brandon Williams is the director of the Gospel Choir.  

Founded in 1908, the Coker Singers is the premiere choral ensemble of the college. The group has performed throughout the Carolinas as well as in Atlanta, New Orleans, and Birmingham. Other recent engagements include performances at the Lincoln Memorial, the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, and at Carnegie Hall and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.

The Coker Chamber Singers were formed in 2005. It is an auditioned choir that studies and performs choral chamber works of all musical periods.

For more information, contact Carswell at wcarswell@coker.edu.