Rockapella
September 4th, 2008 at 8:00 pm - The undisputed kings of contemporary pop a cappella, the sound of this five-man powerhouse is an inf Learn More...
Gleb Ivanov, pianist
September 11th, 2008 at 8:00 pm - Twenty-five year old Russian pianist Gleb Ivanov is “eerily like the ghost of Horowitz…His talent is Learn More...
Music in the Air VI
September 14th, 2008 at 5:00 pm - Bells and more will ring from the tower of Tillman Hall as university carillonneur Linda Dzuris pres Learn More...
Neil Berg's 100 Years of Broadway
September 16th, 2008 at 8:00 pm - 100 Years of Broadway is a revue featuring five of Broadway’s finest singers accompanied by an all-s Learn More...
The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley
September 26th, 2008 at 7:00 pm - Ten year old Stanley Lambchop makes it cool to be flat! Although an unfortunate encounter with a bu Learn More...
Applied Music Faculty
Professor Ian Bracchitta, Bass
Ian Bracchitta teaches bass in the classical, jazz, and popular idioms in the Department of Performing Arts. In addition to his teaching duties at Clemson University, Prof. Bracchitta serves as the assistant principal bassist of the Greenville Symphony and its chamber orchestra, principal bassist of the Greater Spartanburg Philharmonic, and the Heritage Chamber Orchestra. He also performs in the bass section of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and as jazz bassist in many of their "pops" programs. Among his many jazz performances, Prof. Bracchitta as shared the stage with Dianne Schuur, Chris Vadalla, and John Stowell. Prof. Bracchitta’s jazz trio has performed throughout North Carolina and South Carolina. What’s more, he performs with the New York-based chamber ensemble, Synchronicity, whose debut recording was released in 2000. The ensemble made its New York City debut at the Merkin Concert Hall in November 2001. He has performed with the national Broadway tours of Sugar Babies, A Chorus Line, Annie Get Your Gun, West Side Story, Grease, Victor Victoria, Chicago, The Sound of Music, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Ragtime, and Fiddler on the Roof. Prof. Bracchitta has also appeared with Burt Bacharach, The Fifth Dimension, Rich Little, Shirley Jones, Carol Channing, and Carol Lawrence. He has performed on regional commercials and industrial soundtracks. Recording credits include Synchronicity’s "Like Minds," Joe Burke’s "Simply Romantic", Oracle’s "Evasive Actions" and Peggy Haden’s "I'm Glad There Is You." Prof. Bracchitta also serves as on the faculty of the South Carolina Governor's School For the Arts and Humanities. He received a Bachelor of Music Performance degree from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and studied jazz at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
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