L’Organo featuring Christoph Hintermüller
Christoph Hintermüller, Director of Music at St. Ignatius in Austin, Texas, presents the “American Rhapsody” of Pietro Yon and includes music from Bach, Franz Lehrndorfer and his own transcription of Howard Shore’s “Lord of the Rings.”
10 a.m. | St. Matthew’s Lutheran | 405 King Street
Music at Noon: Top Notes 8-Hand Piano Ensemble
The Top Notes 8-Hand Piano Ensemble – The Top Notes Piano Ensemble performs music arranged for 8-hand piano enlivened with wit, humor and commentary. The musicians, all life-long pianists and music educators, have crafted a repertoire that ranges from popular songs to classical pieces that have delighted audiences throughout South Carolina. Hearing four pianists playing two pianos at once and watching the choreography of 40 fingers is a rare and exciting musical experience.
Noon | Circular Congregational Church | 150 Meeting Street
Young Artists Series: Mostly Mozart
Repertoire includes Mozart’s “Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K581, 1st mvt.” — Cecily Wright & Piper Walden (violins), Natalie Gizzo (viola), Bailey A. Ceurvorst (cello), Annie Rogers (clarinet); Beethoven’s “Duo in C major for violin and cello, 1st mvt.” — Anna Ilie (violin), Ian Suthon (cello); “Ach ich fühls” from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte – Julia Boughter (soprano); Parto ma tu ben mio from La clemenza di Tito – Meleana Cabales (mezzo-soprano); Mozart’s “Sonata in C major, K. 330, 1st mvt.” – Xandra Smith (piano); “Violin Concerto No 2, in D major, K211, 1st mvt.” – Piper Walden (violin); “Smanie implacabili” from Così fan tutte — Xandra Smith (mezzo-soprano.)
Noon | Simons Center Recital Hall | 54 St. Philip Street
Early Music Series: Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with Charleston Baroque
A cornerstone of classical music, Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” comes alive in this vibrant performance. Featuring violin soloist Micah Gangwer with Charleston Baroque, this is a thrilling musical experience enhanced by the church’s remarkable acoustics.
3 p.m.| St. Mary’s Catholic Church | 95 Hasell Street
Sundown Poetry featuring Kwoya Fagin Maples
Charleston native Kwoya Fagin Maples is a poet, woodworker and teacher of creative writing whose creative practice spans both literary and visual arts. She is the author of Long Eye, forthcoming from Hub City Press 2026; Mend, (University Press of Kentucky, 2018); and co-editor of I Witness: An Anthology of Documentary Poetry, forthcoming from Wesleyan University Press. Maples’ debut collection, Mend, received a 2019 Hurston/Wright Legacy Finalist Award for Poetry. Maples’ appearance will be followed by a reception at Buxton Books, 160 King Street.
6 p.m. | Washington Square Park | 80 Broad Street
Lowcountry Inspirations with Ron Daise
Lowcountry Inspirations is a dynamic 45-minute journey into the heart of Gullah Geechee culture led by renowned performer, author and cultural interpreter Ron Daise. Through music, storytelling and engaging conversation, Daise shares the themes, traditions, language and lived experiences that have shaped his four decades of cultural work. Known to many as “Mr. Ron” from the award-winning show “Gullah Gullah Island,” he brings warmth, wisdom, and authenticity to the stage. This interactive presentation invites audiences to add their voices and affirmations.
6 p.m. and 8 p.m. | Drummond Studio Gallery | 12 Line Street, Suite 102
Sierra Club Film Screening: Leaning into the Wild
Leaning into the Wind is a documentary film about Scottish landscape artist Andy Goldsworthy. Sixteen years after the groundbreaking film “Rivers and Tides,” director Thomas Riedelsheimer follows Andy, a self-described land artist so enraptured by nature that he manipulates found materials such as stones, branches, fallen trees, leaves, clay, rocks, vines and icicles in ways that honor their origins.
7 p.m. | College of Charleston School of Natural Environmental Science | 202 Calhoun Street
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