The Graduate Vocal Ensemble will perform under the direction of DMA Conducting Candidate Brian Niu, in his doctoral lecture recital. The concert is free and open to the public. The program features Charles Stanford’s “Drake’s Drum” from Songs of the Sea and Charles Stanford’s Songs of the Fleet.

Featuring works by Samuel K. Sweet, Jesse Kaiser, James MacMillan, Gregory W. Brown, Arvo Pärt, and Pēteris Vasks

Francis Poulenc’s Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani and Respighi’s Suite for Strings and Organ are the featured works in February's Friday organ concert. Thomas Russell, organist; Daniel Cole, conductor.

Hebrides Overture “Fingal’s Cave”

Symphony No. 3, (the ”Scottish” Symphony in A Minor) by Felix Mendelssohn

Bruch Scottish Fantasy, featuring Rachel Barton Pine

University of South Carolina School of Music Recital Hall 206, 813 Assembly St, Columbia, SC 29201

Rachel Gibbons, cello; Yuting Chen, piano; Sharon Rattray, piano

Bohuslav Martinů Cello Sonata No. 3, H.340

Daijana Wallace Shades

Dmitri Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40

Koger Center Auditorium, 1051 Greene Street Columbia, SC 29201

University of South Carolina School of Music Recital Hall 206, 813 Assembly St, Columbia, SC 29201

Ruxi Wang, piano; Julia Jacobsen, violin; Rachel Gibbons, cello

Beethoven Trio in D Major, Op. 70, No. 1, “Ghost”

Novák Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 27

University of South Carolina School of Music Recital Hall 206, 813 Assembly St, Columbia, SC 29201

Ziyi Deng & Sally Cathcart, violins; Douglas Temples, viola; Rachel Gibbons, cello

Haydn String Quartet No. 103, Op. 76 “Emperor”

Shostakovich String Quartet No. 7

Mendelssohn String Quartet No. 6, Op. 80