[Scmusenet] An Evening of Chamber Music at the Pickens County Museum - February 1

[Allen Coleman]

RELEASE DATE:  January 29, 2007                             
EVENT DATE:  Thursday, February 1, 2007
CONTACT: Helen Hockwalt or Michael Campbell at 864.898.5963 
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An Evening of Chamber Music at the Pickens County Museum of Art &
History
 featuring music students from the 
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities

     Student musicians from the South Carolina Governor's School for the
Arts and Humanities Music Department will perform at the Pickens County
Museum of Art & History on Thursday, February 1st at 6:00 pm.  The
students will perform in small chamber ensembles and be available to
answer questions after the performance.

    The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities is
a public residential high school located in downtown Greenville, SC. The
school gives the artistically talented high school students from all
over the state the opportunity to study their art in a supportive
environment of artistic and academic excellence. Arts concentrations
include Creative Writing, Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts. 

    In addition to rigorous pre-professional arts training from faculty
who are also professional artists, students receive an intense and
innovative academic education that fosters connections to the arts while
meeting all requirements for a South Carolina high school diploma.
Dancers can attend the residential high school from ninth through
twelfth grades.  All other art areas are two-year programs for eleventh
and twelfth grade students.

    Summer programs include Discovery, Academy and Summer Dance.  Both
Discovery (for rising ninth grade students) and Academy (for rising
tenth grade students) are two-week programs that include concentrations
in Creative Writing, Drama, Music and Visual Arts. Summer Dance is a
five-week program for dancers ranging from sixth to eleventh grades.  

    The South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities is
accepting applications for the 2007-2008 Public Residential High School
and 2007 Summer Programs. Application deadlines have been extended to
March 1, 2007. Interested emerging artists should contact the Admissions
Office at admissions at scgsah.state.sc.us or 864.282.3706 for applications
and more information.

    Auditions will be held on February 10th in Charleston, February 17th
in Columbia and March 3rd in Greenville, SC.  Please contact the school
to find out about additional audition dates.

    This program is part of the Pickens County Museum's continuing
effort to provide a variety of entertaining and educational programming
for the community and is funded in part by donations from Carroll M.
Wilson and Reliable Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc. The museum, located at
the intersection of Highway 178 at 307 Johnson Street in Pickens, is
open Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday from 9
a.m.-7:30 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m.-.4:30 p.m..

    For additional information about the museum and its programs call
(864) 898-5963.
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