Events Calendar

Following the success of the 2023 Freedom Tour, legendary rock band JOURNEY has announced a new round of shows for their 50th Anniversary Freedom Tour 2024 featuring very special guest TOTO.

JOURNEY – Diamond-selling Rock & Roll Hall of Famers – will take the stage in 30 cities across North America with their catalog of global chart-topping hits, including “Don’t Stop Believin”, “Any Way You Want It”, “Faithfully”, “Lights” and more.

Presented by AEG Presents, JOURNEY Freedom Tour 2024 comes to Greenville, SC on February 14. Fans are encouraged to purchase early during the presale window. General tickets go on sale to the public Friday, September 29 at 10am ET via Ticketmaster and the GSP Airport Box Office (open Friday from 10AM-2PM).

Halie Loren is an international, award-winning jazz singer/songwriter. Raised in Alaska, this Oregon-based artist brings a fresh and original perspective to time-honored musical paths, channeling her innate understanding of connectedness across musical boundaries to forge bonds with diverse audiences in North America, Asia, and Europe. A lover of global cultures and music, her repertoire is a multi-lingual one, including songs in Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese and Korean as well as her native English. (“Not only does Loren fill a room with her wondrous voice when singing in English, but she also maintains a high-spirited uniqueness when singing French, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese – Bill Leikam, All About Jazz”) She’s released nine albums to-date, garnering several national and international awards as well as significant critical and chart success along the way, with her albums consistently charting at #1 in Billboard/Japan Jazz Charts, iTunes (Canada and Japan) and Amazon Music.

Sigal Music Museum’s current special exhibition, Worlds Apart: Musical Instruments from Secular to Sacred, highlights items from the JoAnn and Frank Edwinn Collection, which hails from all over the world. Showing November 2023 – May 2024, Worlds Apart uses a diverse range of historical instruments, objects, and visuals to bring together musical narratives from seemingly disparate parts of the globe.

 

Worlds Apart: Musical Instruments from Secular to Sacred aims to increase public access to historical instruments from around the world and improve visitors’ understanding of musical traditions at the global level. Expanding beyond the typical parameters of the Western musical canon, Worlds Apart seeks to expose audiences to musical instruments and customs that are often overlooked or exotified. The instruments and other exhibit materials will offer visitors new perspectives on global music and a chance to consider how music is used for prayer and leisure in cultures around the world. By celebrating these stories, the museum intends to further its mission to collect and preserve historical musical instruments, objects, and information, which engage and enrich people of all ages through exhibits, performances, and experiential programs.

 

Displaying various objects from the JoAnn and Frank Edwinn Collection, Worlds Apart: Musical Instruments from Secular to Sacred focuses on international musical instruments and cultures, celebrating rites and traditions with ancient histories and contemporary legacies. Frank Edwinn, a successful basso in the mid-20th century, studied and toured internationally, eventually settling in North Carolina, where he taught music at the University of North Carolina Asheville. Throughout his life, he purchased various objects from around the world, aiming to expose students, and himself, to the wide and wonderful world of musical instruments. This impressive collection occupies a unique position for educating audiences unfamiliar with the vast scope of global music.

And, UNCA’s Ramsey Library Special Collections is now processing the Edwinn’s papers and a few recordings that will be accessible next semester!

Join the Mauldin Theatre Company for a night of your favorite 90’s hits! This concert-style show will feature songs from all different genres, so put your dancing shoes on and get ready to go back in time with the decades most popular songs performed by some of the best vocalists in the Upstate.

Tickets for this show are all general admission. There will be lounge seating, a dance floor and DJ, in addition to a live band and your 90’s favorites!

If you like these kinds of events, please consider supporting the Museum’s programming by making a donation.

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About Gabriel Smallwood:

A native of South Carolina, American-born harpsichordist and organist Gabriel Smallwood (*1997) began his musical studies at age three on the piano. He made his concerto debut in 2012 with the Florence Symphony Orchestra (SC). In 2016, Gabriel moved to Germany to pursue a Bachelor’s degree in piano at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig.

Gabriel has fostered a deep passion for historical keyboard instruments ever since his first encounter with the harpsichord at age 12. During his teenage years, his fascination with early music led him to pursue various research projects and performances on the harpsichord while being self-taught, including performances with the South Carolina Bach Society as a soloist and continuo player. In 2019, Gabriel began his formal training as a harpsichordist near the end of his Bachelor studies and has since wholeheartedly devoted himself to the study of early music and early keyboard instruments.

In August 2023, Gabriel received recognition at the prestigious, international Musica Antiqua Competition in Bruges, Belium, where he was awarded third prize and the special Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini Prize for the best interpretation of early Italian music. His affinity for historical keyboard instruments has led to performances in significant collections in Greenville (SC), Hamburg (DE), and Bologna (IT). Gabriel appears regularly as a soloist and is also highly sought after as a continuo player, having performed with various early music ensembles throughout Europe. Additionally, he has recorded with the NDR Philharmonie and Diana Damrau for Warner Classics.

As a composer, Gabriel has been a prize winner at multiple national competitions within the United States. His compositions have been performed by members of the nation’s most esteemed orchestras, including a performance by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s in Carnegie Hall in 2012 as part of the Carmina Burana Choral Project.

Gabriel studied harpsichord with Tobias Schade, Mitzi Meyerson and Menno van Delft as well as organ with Wolfgang Zerer and piano with Alexander Meinel. He received further instruction in masterclasses with Christophe Rousset, Pierre Hantai, Frédérick Haas, Skip Sempe, Carole Cerasi, Ketil Haugsand and Catalina Vicens. Gabriel currently studies harpsichord with Francesco Corti and basso continuo with Jörg Andreas Bötticher at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland. Additionally, he studies medieval and Renaissance keyboard music in the class of Corina Marti.

Bon Secours Wellness Arena is pleased to announce that we will host iconic Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli February 15, 2024 as part of an eleven show tour hitting major cities across the U.S. and Canada. The show will honor Valentine’s Day and mark Bocelli’s first time performing in South Carolina. Greenville Symphony Orchestra will accompany Bocelli for the performance conducted by Maestro Steven Mercurio.

2024 officially marks 30 years of Andrea Bocelli’s iconic career as well as his 65th birthday. As one of the most recognizable voices in the entertainment industry and revered by fans internationally, Andrea Bocelli has sold 90 million records worldwide. In addition to his sold-out arena-sized concert events and record-breaking live-streams, Bocelli has shared his talents at many major events including the Olympic Games, the World Cup, and Global Citizen. He has earned a Golden Globe, seven Classical BRITs and seven World Music Awards, plus a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

The tour will feature performances from Bocelli’s beloved repertoire, including music to celebrate Valentine’s in February. All newly announced dates will feature selections from his uplifting solo album Believe, as well as a selection of arias, his beloved crossover hits, and famed love songs.

MEET MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST, STEVEN GALLOWAY!

This Greenwood, SC based, smooth jazz saxophonist has an impeccable degree — specifically a music degree from Lander University where he studied under Columbia jazz mainstay Robert A. Gardiner, whom he’ll still sit in with on occasion when passing through Columbia. For his music performance degree, Galloway said Gardiner would have him transcribe solos from the likes of Miles Davis and other jazz greats. However, Steven enjoys listening to a variety of music, from Grover Washington Jr., to Stevie Wonder and even Drake. Among his musical influences are, Charlie Parker, Hank Mobley, Thelonious Monk, Roberta Flack, Jim Snidero, Jerry Bergonzi, to name a few.

In addition to being a gifted saxophonist, Steven Galloway is also a jazz and classically trained pianist, so his supple licks are intricately constructed without being out there, and he drops in familiar covers of everyone from Michael Jackson to Patti LaBelle at his sold out shows. 

The soft-spoken Galloway considers himself to be an introvert, but he enjoys performing and exudes an amazing energy and a soul clenching performance that is unmatched. Stay tuned for more from Steven Galloway.

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Sigal Music Museum’s current special exhibition, Worlds Apart: Musical Instruments from Secular to Sacred, highlights items from the JoAnn and Frank Edwinn Collection, which hails from all over the world. Showing November 2023 – May 2024, Worlds Apart uses a diverse range of historical instruments, objects, and visuals to bring together musical narratives from seemingly disparate parts of the globe.

 

Worlds Apart: Musical Instruments from Secular to Sacred aims to increase public access to historical instruments from around the world and improve visitors’ understanding of musical traditions at the global level. Expanding beyond the typical parameters of the Western musical canon, Worlds Apart seeks to expose audiences to musical instruments and customs that are often overlooked or exotified. The instruments and other exhibit materials will offer visitors new perspectives on global music and a chance to consider how music is used for prayer and leisure in cultures around the world. By celebrating these stories, the museum intends to further its mission to collect and preserve historical musical instruments, objects, and information, which engage and enrich people of all ages through exhibits, performances, and experiential programs.

 

Displaying various objects from the JoAnn and Frank Edwinn Collection, Worlds Apart: Musical Instruments from Secular to Sacred focuses on international musical instruments and cultures, celebrating rites and traditions with ancient histories and contemporary legacies. Frank Edwinn, a successful basso in the mid-20th century, studied and toured internationally, eventually settling in North Carolina, where he taught music at the University of North Carolina Asheville. Throughout his life, he purchased various objects from around the world, aiming to expose students, and himself, to the wide and wonderful world of musical instruments. This impressive collection occupies a unique position for educating audiences unfamiliar with the vast scope of global music.

And, UNCA’s Ramsey Library Special Collections is now processing the Edwinn’s papers and a few recordings that will be accessible next semester!

Raised in Michigan and now based in Nashville, GRAMMY Award-winning Billy Strings is known as one of music’s most compelling artists. Most recently, he unveiled “California Sober,” a collaboration with legendary artist Willie Nelson—his first release since partnering with venerable label, Reprise Records.

The collaboration follows Strings’ most recent full-length album, Me/And/Dad, which was released last fall and features Strings alongside his dad, Terry Barber. The product of a longtime dream, the record features new versions of fourteen bluegrass and country classics that the two have been playing together since Strings was a young child.

Since his 2017 debut, Strings has been awarded Best Bluegrass Album at the 63rd GRAMMY Awards, Artist of the Year at the 2022 and 2023 Americana Music Awards, Entertainer of the Year at the 2021, 2022 and 2023 International Bluegrass Music Awards, Best New Headliner at the 2022 Pollstar Awards, Breakthrough Artist of the Pandemic at the 2021 Pollstar Awards and has performed on the 64th GRAMMY Awards, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” PBS’ “Austin City Limits,” “Bluegrass Underground” as well as countless sold-out tour dates world-wide.

Join the Mauldin Theatre Company for a night of your favorite 90’s hits! This concert-style show will feature songs from all different genres, so put your dancing shoes on and get ready to go back in time with the decades most popular songs performed by some of the best vocalists in the Upstate.

Tickets for this show are all general admission. There will be lounge seating, a dance floor and DJ, in addition to a live band and your 90’s favorites!

Join us for composer,  Leo Fall’s charming and clever operetta, The Girl in the Train, where the classic, operatic tradition of confusion and mistaken intentions meets a happy ending where love overcomes all obstacles.

Our guest opera director, Elizabeth Margolius, is not only a Converse alumna, but an award-winning stage and movement director, credited for many acclaimed shows and productions throughout the United States.

Adults: $15 + fee
Youth 22 & under:  $10 + fee

Converse Faculty, Staff, & Students – One free admission with a Converse ID

Sigal Music Museum’s current special exhibition, Worlds Apart: Musical Instruments from Secular to Sacred, highlights items from the JoAnn and Frank Edwinn Collection, which hails from all over the world. Showing November 2023 – May 2024, Worlds Apart uses a diverse range of historical instruments, objects, and visuals to bring together musical narratives from seemingly disparate parts of the globe.

 

Worlds Apart: Musical Instruments from Secular to Sacred aims to increase public access to historical instruments from around the world and improve visitors’ understanding of musical traditions at the global level. Expanding beyond the typical parameters of the Western musical canon, Worlds Apart seeks to expose audiences to musical instruments and customs that are often overlooked or exotified. The instruments and other exhibit materials will offer visitors new perspectives on global music and a chance to consider how music is used for prayer and leisure in cultures around the world. By celebrating these stories, the museum intends to further its mission to collect and preserve historical musical instruments, objects, and information, which engage and enrich people of all ages through exhibits, performances, and experiential programs.

 

Displaying various objects from the JoAnn and Frank Edwinn Collection, Worlds Apart: Musical Instruments from Secular to Sacred focuses on international musical instruments and cultures, celebrating rites and traditions with ancient histories and contemporary legacies. Frank Edwinn, a successful basso in the mid-20th century, studied and toured internationally, eventually settling in North Carolina, where he taught music at the University of North Carolina Asheville. Throughout his life, he purchased various objects from around the world, aiming to expose students, and himself, to the wide and wonderful world of musical instruments. This impressive collection occupies a unique position for educating audiences unfamiliar with the vast scope of global music.

And, UNCA’s Ramsey Library Special Collections is now processing the Edwinn’s papers and a few recordings that will be accessible next semester!

Is love really just a happy song? Join the Greenville Concert Band, with song-stylist Amanda DiGiovine, as they explore the idea of “Love Is…” through music by Gustav Holst, John Philip Sousa, Percy Grainger, Hoagy Carmichael, George Gershwin, Brian Balmages, Julie Giroux, and Jess Langston Turner.

Registration required. Click the register button or call 864-527-9258 to register.

Foothills Philharmonic presents its string quartet in performance at City of Greer Center for the Arts. Featuring string quartet favorites, this concert promises to be a very enjoyable evening for all! Please be sure to save the date on your calendar. We would love to see you there! Please join us for one of our more intimate concerts of the season. We invite all concert goers to visit the different artists studios at Edward R. Driggers City of Greer Center of the Arts before the concert, at intermission, and immediately following the performance.

A perfect foil to his Third and Fifth, Beethoven’s Symphony no. 4 is a beacon of light in the composer’s canon of darkly dramatic works. This symphony is an uplifting piece full of memorable, intriguing movements and cheerful musical humor. A slow, yet mysterious beginning leads to a joyful, rhythmic romp for the strings and a lyrical, joking theme for woodwinds. The perfect antidote to the doldrums of winter.

Elevator access to the main floor. No elevator access to the balconies.

Tickets are non-refundable.