Music
Permanent practice field for The Pride of the Lowcountry
You are sitting at a football game. You are feeling as energized as Charleston Southern’s team is as they are in the heat of the moment. You are feeling energized as the other members of the audience are getting excited. And then CSU’s marching band, The Pride of the Lowcountry, starts to play from the […]
| READ MORE: Permanent practice field for The Pride of the LowcountryCSU voice students advance to regional competition
Eight voice students from the Charleston Southern University Horton School of Music and Performing Arts are advancing to the National Association of Teachers of Singing Mid-Atlantic Region competition. The students earned awards competing in state-level events held in the fall and spring by the South Carolina Chapter of NATS. Student auditions are in various categories […]
| READ MORE: CSU voice students advance to regional competitionCSU mourns longtime piano professor
The Charleston Southern family is mourning the loss of Professor Emeritus of Music Eugene Henry Koester who died Feb. 3 at the age of 91. Koester graduated in 1969 from the then Baptist College at Charleston, now CSU, in the first graduating class. He held a Master of Music in piano performance from the University […]
| READ MORE: CSU mourns longtime piano professorStudents perform at CSO’s 2021 Tour of Homes
A few weeks before Christmas break, students and faculty from Charleston Southern University’s Horton School of Music performed in the 2021 Symphony Tour of Homes. The 24th annual event hosted by the Charleston Symphony Orchestra League is a self-guided tour of five stunning homes on Kiawah Island. Nearly 1,000 tickets were sold. Dr. Soohyun Yun, director […]
| READ MORE: Students perform at CSO’s 2021 Tour of HomesAlumnus gets four-chair turn on “The Voice”
From an 8th grade talent show to large music venues, Aaron Hines ’16 has performed on stages of all sizes—but none bigger than the one he walked on recently at Universal Studios in Hollywood. Hines is currently competing on Season 21 of “The Voice,” an NBC Emmy Award-winning musical competition series that showcases vocalists from across […]
| READ MORE: Alumnus gets four-chair turn on “The Voice”Decades-old Gospel Choir now offered as a course at CSU
Charleston Southern University’s Horton School of Music is expanding its music course opportunities by offering Gospel Choir each semester. With virtually no limit on capacity, students from any academic discipline can enroll. Students will learn the history of traditional African-American gospel music and how it has become a progressive sound in the contemporary worship experience. […]
| READ MORE: Decades-old Gospel Choir now offered as a course at CSUConnecting through creative arts
Catherine Compton Nielsen, MT-BC ‘03 and her entrepreneurial husband, Chris Nielsen, started The Palm Beach Music Therapy Institute, LLC in 2007. In 2019, they changed the name to Creative Arts Therapies of the Palm Beaches. Cat and Chris and their three children, Penelope, Grover, and Heidi, live in Palm Beach County, Florida. She said, “I am […]
| READ MORE: Connecting through creative artsMusic camps back at CSU
Charleston Southern University’s Horton School of Music sponsored the 10th annual Summer Music Camp during the last two weeks of June. Two hundred campers attended from every region of South Carolina and five neighboring states, and performed in the areas of band, orchestra, piano and voice. After a one-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CSU […]
| READ MORE: Music camps back at CSUCSU freshman saves drowning child
Caroline Grace is a freshman majoring in instrumental music education; she is also a courageous local hero. Last summer, Grace had a job at a local pool as an attendant, monitoring and keeping the facility clean. She was by no means a lifeguard. However, if it weren’t for Grace, a 3-year-old girl named Madelyn would […]
| READ MORE: CSU freshman saves drowning childCSU student to compete in national singing competition
The Horton School of Music at Charleston Southern University is proud to announce that Samuel Polk, sophomore music education – choral major, has earned entry into the National Preliminary Round of the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Student Auditions. This progressive audition first required Polk to finish with a qualifying score at the district […]
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