Events
Revel in Renaissance Music and Fare at A Yuletide Madrigal Feast
Press Release
The award-winning College of Charleston Madrigal Singers, conducted by Dr. Robert Taylor, will perform sacred and secular traditional holiday season carols in dinner theatre format. Each of the three evenings of this Yuletide Madrigal Feast will be filled with Renaissance entertainment and a feast fit for royalty.
Hosted by the Department of Music in the College of Charleston School of the Arts, the events will take place on December 4th at Circular Congregational Church (150 Meeting St.) and December 5th and 6th at Alumni Hall in Randolph Hall on the College’s campus. All events will take place at 7 pm.
Tickets range from $50 to $70, sold in advance until two days prior to each performance. Alcohol can be purchased separately at the event. Seating is limited. Reservations: ONLINE at music.cofc.edu, by calling (843) 953-8231, or by emailing cofcmadrigaldinner@gmail.com.
The College of Charleston Madrigal Singers is an auditioned ensemble made up of students from the College’s Concert Choir that specializes in chamber music ranging from the Renaissance to the present. The Madrigal Singers are perhaps best known for their annual Yuletide Madrigal Feast and are also annually featured on the Early Music Series and the Young Artists Series in the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. They also frequently have performed and toured with Steve Rosenberg and Charleston Pro Musica, and they function as the community outreach arm of the choral program, performing for various civic functions and charitable organizations.
Robert Taylor, Director of Choral Activities at the College, is also director of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Singers, and the professional choir-in-residence at the College of Charleston – the Taylor Festival Choir. He holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from Louisiana State University and is an experienced soloist, having sung leading tenor roles in a variety of operas, oratorios and musicals.