Don’t miss your chance to hear your favorite ABBA songs sung by Finnish vocal sensation, Rajaton, and backed by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra. Known both for their creative original music and their spot-on covers of supergroups ABBA and Queen, Rajaton sings both a cappella and with symphony orchestras around the globe. Let out your inner dancing queen with Resident Conductor Scott Terrell, Rajaton, and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra on Saturday, April 12 at 8pm at the Gaillard Auditorium
Free Concert at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church – Charleston, South Carolina
The Youth Orchestra of the Lowcountry, also known as YoLow, and the College of Charleston Wind Ensemble will present a free concert on Sunday, April 6th at 4:00 p.m. at St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, 405 King Street. Richard Marcus will conduct.
Musical for Kids: A Year With Frog and Toad – Charleston, South Carolina
“Sometimes the Best Friends Are All Wet”
This acclaimed, kid-sized Broadway Musical brings Arnold Lobel’s enchanting Frog and Toad books to life on the stage. Frog and Toad follows two great friends, the cheerful and popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad, through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation in the Spring, they proceed to plant gardens, swim, rake leaves and go sledding, learning life lessons along the way.
Friday April 11 and Saturday April 12 at 7:00 PM
The College of Charleston’s Sottile Theatre, 44 George Street
Phone: 843-577-7183
Fitter, Happier: Instrumental Arrangements of Radiohead
The College of Charleston School of the Arts will be presenting the work of music students Andrew Walker and Lee Marchbanks in a benefit concert entitled Fitter, Happier: Instrumental Arrangements of Radiohead. For the concert, Walker and Marchbanks have created original arrangements for classical ensembles from the music of popular rock group Radiohead. The evening, benefiting Charleston Breast Center, will be held at the Sottile Theatre at 44 George St. on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 at 8 p.m.
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The Rite of Swing – Savannah, Georgia
Duke Ellington Concert features Sam Skelton
The Coastal Jazz Association presents a tribute to Duke Ellington on Sunday, April 27, 2008 which will feature special guest saxophonist, Sam Skelton. As a woodwind doubler, Mr. Skelton is well versed in any genre of music. His grasp of saxophone, clarinet and flute has enabled him to remain very busy in live performance as well as in the studio.
This event will be celebrating the legacy left by one of America’s greatest musicians/composers for what would have been his 109th birthday (born April 29, 1899).