Charleston Men's Chorus

St. Philip's Church

142 Church Street

Monday, May 27 at 12:00pm

Admission: $25

Please join the Charleston Men's Chorus on Memorial Day as they honor and celebrate in song those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country.

Early Music Series

St. Mary's Catholic Church

89 Hasell Street

May 25-June 8 at 3:00pm

Admission: $30

Since 1986 the Early Music Series has been a major part of Piccolo Spoleto. This year the series moves to Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, 89 Hasell St, Charleston.

Bach, Vivaldi, and Mozart are the composers that will be featured in this years’ series. The stunning acoustics and intimate setting of Old St. Mary ‘s will make these concerts memorable events.

Charleston Musical Heritage Series

Circular Congregational Church

150 Meeting Street

May 25-June 2, various times

Admission: $26-$28

The Sound of Charleston, featuring music of Charleston’s history, from gospel to Gershwin, has been a festival favorite for years. This year, the series expands to include concerts featuring artists from The Sound of Charleston performing gospel, jazz, and Gershwin selections reflective of this city’s rich musical heritage.

• Sound of Charleston
• Gershwin & Jazz
• Oh Happy Day Gospel Music with Special Guest Ann Caldwell

Charleston Opera Theater presents Master Class

Cannon Street Arts Center

134 Cannon Street

May 25-29

Admission: $30

Master Class is a pyrotechnical theater—fireworks in a contained space where Maria Callas is brought back to life in Sturm und Drang. Inspired by a series of master classes the great diva conducted at Juilliard toward the end of her career, this drama puts Maria Callas at center stage again as she coaxes, prods, and inspires students—"victims" as she calls them—into giving the performances of their lives while revealing her own. As she slips off into memories, we experience her days at La Scala, her marriage to Meneghini, and her great doomed love for Aristotle Onassis. But the dazzling theatricality comes from Callas's emotional explosions, her cutting wit, and the soaring music as each student sings an aria that exposes the Divina's vulnerabilities … and her genius.

Lady in White Productions presents Big Mama's The Musical

The Pearl at West Ashley Theatre Center, Ashley Landing, 1401 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard, Suite 11

May 24-June 8, various times

Admission: $60

Back by popular demand! Come enjoy and evening of sassy soul! Hear songs from Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and more.

(T.O.B.A ) Theatre Owner's Booking Association was the top booking agent for Black performers in a deeply segregated era and contract with T.O.B.A meant steady work. The Big Mama's overcome and inspire us all.

Art Forms & Theatre Concepts presents Crowns

Burke High Auditorium

Street

May 31-June 2, various times

Admission: $30

“CROWNS” by Regina Taylor and directed by Art Gilliard. This gospel musical is set to lift your spirits as it tells a moving and celebratory story in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of Black history and identity as seen through the eyes of a young black woman who has come down South to stay with her aunt after her brother is killed in Brooklyn. The production shows that hats tell tales concerning everything from the etiquette of hats to their historical and contemporary social functioning. There is a hat for every occasion, from flirting to churchgoing to funerals to baptisms, and the tradition of hats is traced back to African rituals and slavery to the New Testament and current fashion. First Ladies are known for their crowns “hats,” please show your support.