Saturday, June 7, 2025
ARTIST SHOWCASE - USC JAZZ FACULTY
Saturday, June 7, 2025
7:30PM
USC School of Music, Recital Hall
$25
Sunday, June 8, 2025
CELEBRATION CONCERT
Sunday, June 8, 2025
4:00PM
USC School of Music, Recital Hall
$25
The USC School of Music’s illustrious piano faculty (Phillip Bush, Scott Price, Omar Roy, Nicholas Susi) in a diverse and delightful program to celebrate SEPF’s 23rd season.
Monday, June 9, 2025
LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Monday, June 9, 2025
12:00PM
Koger Center for the Arts, Grand Lobby
Free
Bring your lunch or pick it up from one of the food trucks outside and enjoy an informal concert by our SEPF Associates and Graduate Assistants who are all young rising artists studying piano at USC.
Monday, June 9, 2025
7:30PM
USC School of Music, Recital Hall
$25
Founded in 2021, the Congaree Trio is an ensemble made up of three University of South Carolina faculty members –Ari Streisfeld, violin; Claire Bryant, cello; Phillip Bush, piano– known for their passionate interpretations of both new works and pillar scores of the Classical tradition. The ensemble is named after South Carolina’s Congaree River, a wide, 53-mile waterway that flows from Columbia to Charleston... Read More
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
DOWNTOWN LUNCHTIME CONCERT
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
12:00PM
1208 Washington Street
Free
Bring your lunch or grab-and-go from any of the many nearby establishments and enjoy performances by the student participants of the USC Piano Institute, all in this gorgeously restored 1924 venue in downtown Columbia.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
7:30PM
USC School of Music, Recital Hall
$25
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... Read More
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Wednesday, June 11, 2025
7:30PM
USC School of Music, Recital Hall
$25
Caleb Borick shot onto the international classical piano scene after winning first prize, the audience prize, and special prizes for chamber and contemporary music at the 2023 Telekom Beethoven Competition in Bonn, Germany. With playing hailed as “crystal-clear” and “immensely passionate” (General-Anzeiger Bonn), he has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras, including the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester Berlin, the Beethoven Orchester Bonn, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and the South Carolina Philharmonic... Read More
Thursday, June 12, 2025
Thursday, June 12, 2025
7:30PM
USC School of Music, Recital Hall
$25
Acclaimed young American pianist Drew Petersen is a sought-after soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. He has been praised for his commanding and poetic performances of repertoire ranging from Bach to Zaimont. He is the recipient of the 2018 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the 2017 American Pianists Awards and Christel DeHaan Classical Fellowship... Read More
Friday, June 13, 2025
ARTHUR FRASER PIANO COMPETITION
Friday, June 13, 2025
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
USC School of Music, Recital Hall
Free
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.
Saturday, June 14, 2025
WINNERS RECITAL
Saturday, June 14, 2025
7:30 PM
USC School of Music, Recital Hall
$25
The winners of the Arthur Fraser Piano Competition are featured in evening of dazzling showstoppers.
