We are excited to host the annual SC Cello Choir on Saturday, September 28, 2024, at the University of South Carolina School of Music and the Koger Center for the Arts!

Celebrated Icelandic cellist and pedagogue, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, will be joining us from Cincinatti Conservatory of Music as our guest artist and clinician for the weekend. Sæunn is an exceptional musician, teacher, and person; I feel very lucky to share her with all of you later next month. I urge you to check out her website, but would like to share something she wrote on her homepage which speaks so greatly to the human and artist she is:

I am a cellist driven by exploration. My passion is for asking questions, searching into the unknown in musical dialogue with audiences and innovative artists. As this examination has the capacity to create meaningful and powerful experiences that can touch the soul and can only exist in the moment, my mission is to create spontaneous compositions, intuitive performances, and experimental collaborations that can cut beyond words and deeply connect us.

We will also be joined by USC alumna, cellist, and composer Buffi Jacobs, a native South Carolinian and former cellist in the touring company of Hamilton: An American Musical!, Buffi has forged a career as a performer/composer and her current work explores the live looping immersive world of cello and visuals. We will also perform two or three of Buffi's arrangements during cello choir!

Saturday 8/28 - Koger Center for the Arts

8:30 Registration / Check-in Koger Lobby

9 - 12 Rehearsals

12 Lunch

2 - 5 Rehearsals

6PM Celebratory Community Concert – Free and open to the public