Arts + Culture
Chamber Music Series
The Benjamin B. Dunlap Chamber Music Series was founded in 2005 to bring international guest artists to campus. The series is offered free to the public.
Vox Luminis
Monday, October 28, 2024, 7 p.m.
Leonard Auditorium, Main Building
Vox Luminis, a Belgian early music vocal ensemble, was founded in 2004 by Lionel Meunier. The group performs over 60 concerts annually, showcasing its unique sound that highlights each voice’s timbre while creating a unified sound color. With a core of soloists mostly from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, Vox Luminis specializes in Italian, English, and German repertoire from the 16th to 18th centuries. Their 19 albums have received international acclaim and numerous awards, including Gramophone Recording of the Year and BBC Music Magazine's Choral Award.
Vox Luminis will present the program Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem (“A German Baroque Requiem”):
Johannes Brahms drew texts from various Biblical sources for his Deutsches Requiem. As we hear in his choral music, he had a passion for polyphony and was inspired by models from the great Lutheran tradition of the late Renaissance and the Baroque. Vox Luminis has explored this early repertoire with the same passion for many years now, although with no less admiration for Brahms's masterpiece. It is no surprise that some of the texts that Brahms chose had already been set by his illustrious predecessors; it simply remained for us to trace a path through these earlier scores, so many meditations on death, and to assemble a very different Deutsches Requiem: one animated by the emotions of the Lutheran Baroque.
Free admission. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Goldmund Quartet
Thursday, February 27, 2025, 7 p.m.
Leonard Auditorium, Main Building
Acclaimed for their “exquisite playing” and “multi-layered homogeneity” (Süddeutsche Zeitung), Goldmund Quartet is counted amongst the leading string quartets of the younger generation. The ensemble’s interpretations of the great classical and modern quartet literature, marked by inwardness, unbelievably fine intonation, and meticulously detailed phrasing, inspire audiences worldwide.
Winners of the International Wigmore Hall String Competition and Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, the quartet has collaborated with renowned artists and performed at prestigious international venues. In 2023, they released Prisma, with works by Pärt, Glass, and new commissions, as well as an album featuring Schubert’s quartet Death and the Maiden and arrangements of some of his art songs.
Their program includes Schubert’s Erlkönig, arranged for string quartet, Haydn’s Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2, and Grieg’s Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27.
Free admission. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Andy Jurik & Kelariz Keshavarz
Tuesday, April 15, 2025, 7 p.m.
Leonard Auditorium, Main Building
Guitarist Andy Jurik actively explores the intersection of classical and popular music. His recordings–featuring arrangements of Ernesto Nazareth, Radiohead, Satie, and the Beatles–have been lauded by Acoustic Guitar Magazine, American Record Guide, and Classical Guitar Magazine. His arrangements for solo guitar are published by Guitar Chamber Music Press and Fingerstyle Guitar Journal.
Dr. Kelariz Keshavarz is an Assistant Professor of Flute at Western Carolina University. She is dedicated to innovative interdisciplinary projects and promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in music. With a passion for contemporary music, Kelariz is active as a solo performer, curator, adjudicator, composer, and educator, always striving to foster a deep appreciation for music’s rich and diverse tapestry.
Their program traces a line between the modern musical worlds of Argentina, Iran, France, and Romania through the conversational nature of the flute and guitar duo.
Free admission. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
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Wofford College
429 North Church Street
Spartanburg, S.C. 20303
Parking accessibility:
Accessible parking is available directly behind the building, Evins Street entrance. Other parking is provided near the Mungo Student Center and the Olin Building, also reachable from Evins Street.
Elevators:
Enter the back of Main Building from either the portico or history suite on the right. Follow the signs.