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Southeastern Piano Festival Signature Concert: USC Jazz Faculty
The stellar faculty of USC’s burgeoning and nationally-recognized jazz program launch the 2025 SEPF with a performance that is sure to thrill.
Tickets are available in person at the Koger Center Box Office (corner of Park & Greene Streets) or online.
Admission Cost: $25.
Saturday, June 7, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Celebration Concert
The School of Music’s illustrious piano faculty (Phillip Bush, Scott Price, Omar Roy, Nicholas Susi) in a delightful program of solos and an 8-hand finale, from Mozart to Moszkowski.
Tickets are available in person at the Koger Center Box Office or online.
Admission Cost: $25.
Sunday, June 8, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Lunchtime Concert
Bring your lunch and enjoy an informal concert in the lobby of Koger Center for the Arts by our SEPF Associates and Graduate Assistants, who are all young rising artists studying piano at USC. Food trucks will be on site for lunch purchases.
Koger Center for the Arts Grand Lobby, Free and open to the public.
Admission Cost: Free.
Monday, June 9, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM.
Koger Center for the Arts.
Southeastern Piano Festival Masterclass: Clayton Stevenson
Mr. Stephenson gives a masterclass to three pre-college students from the USC Piano Institute. Free and open to the public.
Admission Cost: Free.
Monday, June 9, 2025, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival: Congaree Trio
USC’s faculty piano trio (Ari Streisfeld, violin; Claire Bryant, cello; Phillip Bush, piano) in a program of Fauré Ortiz, and Brahms.
Tickets are available in person at the Koger Center Box Office (corner of Park & Greene Streets) or online.
Admission Cost: $25.
Monday, June 9, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Downtown Lunch Concert
Bring your lunch or grab-and-go from any of the many nearby establishments and enjoy performances by the young students of the USC Piano Institute, all in this gorgeously restored 1924 venue in downtown Columbia. Free event!
National Republic Ballroom; 1208 Washington Street.
Admission Cost: Free.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
See Description for Event Location.
Southeastern Piano Festival: Marian Stanley Tucker Lecture Series
The Marian Stanley Tucker Lecture Series serves as an outreach program for professional piano teachers and connoisseurs of piano. This year’s event features a panel discussion moderated by SEPF Artistic Director Phillip Bush, with four alumni of the USC piano program: Bradley Fuller, host and producer of “Sonatas and Soundscapes” on SC Public Radio; Elizabeth Churchya, 2024 DMA Piano Performance, teacher, Manager of Operations for SEPF, and Executive Director of Sinfonia da Camera in Urbana, Illinois; Olivia Colomaio, 2025 DMA Piano Pedagogy and recipient of USC’s award for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation; and Jordan Knapp, 2025 DMA Piano Performance, composer, and founding member of Some Strings Attached chamber ensemble.
Free and open to the public.
Admission Cost: Free and open to the public.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Artist Showcase: Clayton Stephenson
American pianist Clayton Stephenson’s love for music is immediately apparent in his joyous charisma onstage, expressive power, and natural ease at the instrument. Hailed for “extraordinary narrative and poetic gifts” and interpretations that are “fresh, incisive and characterfully alive” (Gramophone), he is committed to making an impact on the world through his music-making.
From Schubert to Stravinsky, Stephenson’s diverse and virtuoso program will delight Festival attendees!
Tickets are available in person at the Koger Center Box Office (corner of Park & Greene Streets) or online.
Admission Cost: $25.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Artist Showcase: Caleb Borick
Former Arthur Fraser Competition winner and winner of 2023 Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn, Borick presents a program including Beethoven’s epic “Hammerklavier” Sonata.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the Koger Center Box Office (corner of Park & Greene Streets) or online.
Admission Cost: $25.
Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Masterclass: Phillip Bush
SEPF Artistic Director Phillip Bush works with two pre-college students from the USC Piano Institute. Free and open to the public.
Admission Cost: Free.
Thursday, June 12, 2025, 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Artist Showcase: Drew Petersen
The electrifying pianist, winner of the Avery Fisher Career Grant and American Pianists’ Association top awards, performs works by Adams, Mozart, Wang Jie and Liszt.
Tickets can be purchased in person at the Koger Center Box Office (corner of Park & Greene Streets) or online.
Admission Cost: $25.
Thursday, June 12, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Arthur Fraser Piano Competition Finals
Morning Session: 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Afternoon Session: 2:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.
Sponsored by the Symphony League of the South Carolina Philharmonic, twelve finalists compete for more than $10,000 in cash prizes and an opportunity to perform with the South Carolina Philharmonic. Free and open to the public.
Admission Cost: Free.
Friday, June 13, 2025, 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Masterclass: Liza Stepanova
The renowned pianist/teacher, professor at University of Georgia works with three finalists of the Arthur Fraser Piano Competition. Free and open to the public.
Admission Cost: Free and open to the public.
Saturday, June 14, 2025, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Masterclass: Drew Petersen
Mr. Petersen works with three finalists of the Arthur Fraser Piano Competition. Free and open to the public.
Admission Cost: Free and open to the public.
Saturday, June 14, 2025, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Arthur Fraser Piano Competition Winners' Concert
The winners of the Arthur Fraser Piano Competition are featured in an evening of dazzling showstoppers.
Tickets are available in person at the Koger Center Box Office or online.
Admission Cost: $25.
Saturday, June 14, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Carolina Opera Experience
Campers get an exciting, hands-on experience in the art of opera, and the week ends with a public performance. Kids have fun and make new friends while working with professionals and experiencing the excitement of participating in the performing arts!
The program gives children with different levels of musical ability or an interest in performing arts a chance to have an educational experience and gain insight by working with talented and dedicated professionals. They participate in daily workshops that teach the overall techniques of opera production.
Children work with professional-level opera singers, directors and designers as they explore the basics of creating characters with and through music; participate in voice, music reading and rhythm exercises; and learn about set lighting and costume design. Basic knowledge of music and singing is required.
Carolina Opera Experience is directed by Ellen Douglas Schlaefer.
Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tuition
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Admission Cost: $250.
Monday, June 23, 2025, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
School of Music 040.
Carolina Opera Experience
Campers get an exciting, hands-on experience in the art of opera, and the week ends with a public performance. Kids have fun and make new friends while working with professionals and experiencing the excitement of participating in the performing arts!
The program gives children with different levels of musical ability or an interest in performing arts a chance to have an educational experience and gain insight by working with talented and dedicated professionals. They participate in daily workshops that teach the overall techniques of opera production.
Children work with professional-level opera singers, directors and designers as they explore the basics of creating characters with and through music; participate in voice, music reading and rhythm exercises; and learn about set lighting and costume design. Basic knowledge of music and singing is required.
Carolina Opera Experience is directed by Ellen Douglas Schlaefer.
Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tuition
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Admission Cost: $250.
Tuesday, June 24, 2025, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
School of Music 040.
Carolina Opera Experience
Campers get an exciting, hands-on experience in the art of opera, and the week ends with a public performance. Kids have fun and make new friends while working with professionals and experiencing the excitement of participating in the performing arts!
The program gives children with different levels of musical ability or an interest in performing arts a chance to have an educational experience and gain insight by working with talented and dedicated professionals. They participate in daily workshops that teach the overall techniques of opera production.
Children work with professional-level opera singers, directors and designers as they explore the basics of creating characters with and through music; participate in voice, music reading and rhythm exercises; and learn about set lighting and costume design. Basic knowledge of music and singing is required.
Carolina Opera Experience is directed by Ellen Douglas Schlaefer.
Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tuition
…
Admission Cost: $250.
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
School of Music 040.
Carolina Opera Experience
Campers get an exciting, hands-on experience in the art of opera, and the week ends with a public performance. Kids have fun and make new friends while working with professionals and experiencing the excitement of participating in the performing arts!
The program gives children with different levels of musical ability or an interest in performing arts a chance to have an educational experience and gain insight by working with talented and dedicated professionals. They participate in daily workshops that teach the overall techniques of opera production.
Children work with professional-level opera singers, directors and designers as they explore the basics of creating characters with and through music; participate in voice, music reading and rhythm exercises; and learn about set lighting and costume design. Basic knowledge of music and singing is required.
Carolina Opera Experience is directed by Ellen Douglas Schlaefer.
Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tuition
…
Admission Cost: $250.
Thursday, June 26, 2025, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
School of Music 040.
Carolina Opera Experience
Campers get an exciting, hands-on experience in the art of opera, and the week ends with a public performance. Kids have fun and make new friends while working with professionals and experiencing the excitement of participating in the performing arts!
The program gives children with different levels of musical ability or an interest in performing arts a chance to have an educational experience and gain insight by working with talented and dedicated professionals. They participate in daily workshops that teach the overall techniques of opera production.
Children work with professional-level opera singers, directors and designers as they explore the basics of creating characters with and through music; participate in voice, music reading and rhythm exercises; and learn about set lighting and costume design. Basic knowledge of music and singing is required.
Carolina Opera Experience is directed by Ellen Douglas Schlaefer.
Monday - Thursday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Tuition
…
Admission Cost: $250.
Friday, June 27, 2025, 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
School of Music 040.
Concert Choir Performance
Shandon Presbyterian Church, 607 Woodrow Street, Columbia, SC.
Admission Cost: Free and open to the public.
Friday, August 22, 2025, 4:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
See Description for Event Location.
Jones/Butterfield Duo - Craig Butterfield, Double Bass, with Guest Artist Jesse Jones
Admission Cost: FREE.
Friday, August 22, 2025, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.