The Department of Music presents its Young Artists Series at the College of Charleston, as part of Piccolo Spoleto Festival.  This series features some of the College’s most accomplished, award-winning students alongside alumni and special guests. All performances take place at 12:00 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the Simons Center for the Arts (54 St. Philip Street). Tickets are $11 and can be purchased at http://www.piccolospoleto.com/?cat=24.

Saturday, May 28, 2011 – Waltzes and the Rhapsody in Blue for solo piano and two pianos

Monday, May 30, 2011 – All-American Songfest – art songs, show tunes and American opera selections

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 – Celebrating 200 years of virtuoso and poetic piano music by Franz Liszt

Wednesday, June 1, 2011 – Opera/Broadway concert – songs from the opera and Broadway stage

Thursday, June 2, 2011 – Franz Liszt’s Piano Concerto No.2 and Etudes

Friday, June 3, 2011 – Rachmaninoff 2nd Piano Concerto and Poulenc Double performed on two pianos

Saturday, June 4, 2011 – Prokofiev 2nd Piano Concert and Bach Double performed on two pianos

Monday, June 6, 2011 – Prize-Winning Singers I – Valerie Osborn, Johnathan White and Elise Darrow

Tuesday, June 7, 2011 – Prize-Winning Singers II – winners from the 2010-2011 singing competition

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 – A Schubertiade Concert – songs of Schubert, including songs from Die schoene Muellerin

Thursday, June 9, 2011 – Chamber Music — works by Rachmaninoff, Mozart and others

Friday, June 10, 2011 – Piano Concertos and Cello Sonatas by Mozart, Beethoven, Grieg and others

Saturday, June 11, 2011 – Lizst’s Piano Concerto No.1 and Shostakovich Cello Sonata