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Carolina LifeSong Initiative Recital
Carolina LifeSong Initiative Recital Spring Semester Recital.
Admission Cost: FREE.
Sunday, May 10, 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Celebration Concert
The School of Music’s illustrious piano faculty (Phillip Bush, Scott Price, and Nicholas Susi) will perform.
Tickets go on sale May 1!
Purchase tickets in person at the Koger Center Box Office or online. New this year: save $ by purchasing an event package of all SEPF signature concerts!
Admission Cost: $5 USC Students; $25 General Admission.
Sunday, June 7, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Artist Spotlight: Nicholas Susi
Described in The WholeNote as “an innovative musician and aggressive thinker with a gift for keyboard brilliance,” Nicholas Susi will present a recital featuring two of his passions: French Impressionism and the music of Franz Liszt.
About the Artist:
Nicholas Susi recognizes that Classical music has been a transformative force in his life, and seeks to share its power with others through his teaching and performing. He is Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of South Carolina, President of the American Matthay Association and Associate Director of the Southeastern Piano Festival. He previously taught piano and music theory at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN. He completed his doctorate at the University of Michigan, with previous studies at the University of Kansas and at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln as a two-time DAAD grantee. Primary teachers include Zena Ilyashov, Jack Winerock, Nina Tichman and Arthur Greene.
Tickets go on sale May 1!
Purchase tickets in person…
Admission Cost: $5 USC Students; $25 General Admission.
Monday, June 8, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Artist Spotlight: Pedja Muzijevic
In the 1970s, cassette players revolutionized how we experienced music at home. For the first time, we could record, curate, and create our own playlists, free from algorithms or formulas. Mozart next to Dolly Parton? Steve Reich alongside Peggy Lee? Why not? These were our personal mixtapes.
Pianist Pedja Muzijevic has created a refreshing program as a tribute to that era.
Structured like a classic 60-minute cassette, the performance unfolds in three chapters, offering a rich and eclectic journey through time and sound. From the theatrical flair of Carl Philip Emanuel Bach and Joseph Haydn to the playful, tipsy waltz of György Ligeti, each piece invites the audience into a new world. The program also features the tender nostalgia of Valentyn Silvestrov, from the war-torn Ukraine, the sonic innovations of George Crumb and Henry Cowell, minimalism of Philip Glass and the passionate romanticism of Dora Pejacevic and Amy Beach.
This is more than a concert; it’s a celebration of the art of listening, a…
Admission Cost: $5 USC Students; $25 General Admission.
Tuesday, June 9, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Artist Spotlight: Blair McMillen
Hailed by The New York Times as “prodigiously accomplished and exciting,” Blair McMillen takes the stage with a dynamic program featuring the music of Claude Debussy, Brian Wilson, Margaret Bonds, William Bolcom and more.
About the Artist,
Hailed by The New York Times as “prodigiously accomplished and exciting” and as one of the piano’s “brilliant stars,” pianist Blair McMillen has forged a musical life that is unbounded by convention. He is well-known for his advocacy of living composers and contemporary music, as well as for championing very early keyboard music and more recent neglected masterpieces. For more than two decades, McMillen has divided his time as piano soloist, chamber musician, music festival director, and educator/teacher.
Blair McMillen is the co-founder and co-director of the Rite of Summer Music Festival. Rite of Summer is a free, outdoor contemporary-music series held on New York City’s Governors Island. The festival has presented boundary-pushing artists such as the JACK…
Admission Cost: $5 USC students; $25 general admission.
Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Southeastern Piano Festival Artist Spotlight: Soyeon Kate Lee
2026 Spoleto Festival USA Chamber Music attendees will have a second opportunity to hear pianist Soyeon Kate Lee, praised by The New York Times for her “huge, richly varied sound, lively imagination and firm sense of style.”
About the Artist,
First prize winner of the Naumburg International Piano Competition and the Concert Artist Guild International Competition, Korean-American pianist Soyeon Kate Lee has been lauded by The New York Times as a pianist with “a huge, richly varied sound, a lively imagination and a firm sense of style,” and by The Washington Post for her “stunning command of the keyboard.”
Highlights of recent seasons include appearances at the National Gallery, Library of Congress, Gina Bachauer Concerts, Purdue Convocations, Music@Menlo, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center on tour, San Francisco Performances, Camerata Pacifica tour, Chamber Music Chicago and the Cleveland Art Museum. She was a member of Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society’s Bowers program, and is a regular…
Admission Cost: $5 students; $25 general admission.
Thursday, June 11, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.
Arthur Fraser Piano Competition Winners Recital
Festival participants compete for a chance to perform with the South Carolina Philharmonic in a Masterworks concert and more than $10,000 in cash prizes.
Tickets go on sale May 1!
Purchase tickets in person at the Koger Center Box Office or online. New this year: save $ by purchasing an event package of all SEPF signature concerts!
Admission Cost: $5 USC Students; $25 General Admission.
Saturday, June 13, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM.
School of Music 206 Recital Hall.