Father and son Gerard and Julian Schwarz return to Charleston following their crowd-pleasing performance with the CSO during the 2022-23 season. In this concert, the CSO will present favorites from Johannes Brahms and Antonín Dvořák – two immensely talented composers who were friends. The Bus for this event will be departing from the Front Commons at: 6:45 pm You may purchase a ticket here

Unwrap the joy with your Charleston Symphony this season and join us for one of Charleston’s favorite winter traditions! We are excited to bring you this annual sellout once again – a celebration for audiences of all ages and from all backgrounds. Enjoy your favorite new holiday tunes, traditional carols, audience sing-alongs, and more. There will be something for everyone – including grand vocal works, fun visits from Santa and the Grinch, beloved pipers, and special guest dancing guests. The Bus for this event will be departing from the Front Commons at: 6:45 pm You may purchase a ticket here

There's so much to discover at the Holiday Festival of Lights! Marvel at the twinkling lights as we make two rounds around all the displays. Cozy up on the bus and enjoy the scenery! The bus for this event will be departing from the Front Commons at 5:15pm

All new for 2023! Brad and Jennifer Moranz have delighted audiences of all ages with their holiday musical show featuring some of the country’s most talented singers, dancers and musicians – now in its 28th spectacular year! Please join us on Thursday, December 14 for the Moranz Charleston Christmas Special - a holiday tradition you don't want to miss. The Bus for this event will be departing from the Front Commons at: 1:15 pm You may purchase a ticket here

There's so much to discover at the Holiday Festival of Lights! Marvel at the twinkling lights as we make two rounds around all the displays. Cozy up on the bus and enjoy the scenery! The bus for this event will be departing from the Front Commons at 5:15pm

Join us in exploration of various nativity scenes on Thursday, November 30, for a trip to the 2023 Crèche Festival at Mepkin Abbey. We will depart from the front commons at 11:00 a.m. and enjoy lunch on the dock at Gilligan’s followed by Mepkin Abbey. The theme this year is We Are Nativity: Celebrating the Many Faces of the Nativity, accented with fabric. To get a sense of what the Crèche Festival is all about, watch this video of last year’s festival here Click here for a link to Gilligan's menu The bus for this event will be departing from the Front Commons at 11:00 am The cost is $10 for transportation and lunch expenses

Please join Bishop Gadsden in giving back to our community in creating Hot Chocolate Reindeer for Kids on Point. Kids On Point engages children from the time they enter the program in elementary school until they graduate high school and beyond. We are excited to not only support Kids on Point through the Charitable Fund but also, through volunteering. Space is limited. Questions, call Stephanie Ochipinti at 843-406-6546.

This concert program emotionally resonates with the juxtaposition of lightness and darkness and highs and lows, through brilliant music and voices, with works by Anton Bruckner and Morten Lauridsen. Morten Lauridsen‘s Lux Aeterna (“eternal light” in Latin) is a deeply moving expression of grief and mercy. The piece, written by Lauridsen in the year of his mother’s death, often calls comparison to requiems by Gabriel Fauré and Johannes Brahms, but firmly and deservedly holds its own. The five movements, each referencing light, make up a choral cycle interspersed with familiar moments from the traditional Catholic Requiem Mass. The CSO Chorus and the College of Charleston Concert Choir will join the orchestra for this meaningful, profound choral masterpiece. There are few people who can claim to have a nickname created exclusively for them by Leonard Bernstein. Maestro Carl St.Clair, who grew up in Texas, is one. St.Clair, called “Cowboy” by the great conductor, was a young conducting student when he became a mentee and friend of Bernstein’s. St.Clair became an assistant conductor with the Boston Symphony for several years, held other top posts and guest conducted around the world, and is now in his fourth decade as music director of the Pacific Symphony. The Bus for this event will be departing from the Front Commons at: 6:45 pm You may purchase a ticket here