Visiting all the way from Italy, Caroline Leigh Halleck is no stranger to the Charleston music scene. Having performed for New Muse Concerts, the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, and the Remington Concert Series, Caroline returns to the Lowcountry with Greg Hankins, a collaborative pianist from the University of Georgia. A blend of soulful saxophone and melodic piano, the musical prose of their combined talents blurs the line of musical style and genre. A special performance at the Library Society will feature contemporary takes on 15th and 16th-century court songs, and original compositions by the duo. Join the Convergence in the enveloping acoustics of the Main Reading Room.
About Caroline Leigh Halleck
Caroline is a freelance saxophonist and teacher based between the United States and Italy. Caroline has performed extensively throughout the United States and Europe in festivals such as the Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, Ravenna Festival, and Spinacorona Festival; as well as with associations such as the Amici della Musica (Italia), Associazione Musicale Etnea (Sicily), TIMUCUA Arts Foundation (USA) and the Fondazione Gioventù Musicale d’Italia. Caroline holds first prizes in numerous competitions as a soloist, including the University of Georgia’s Concerto Competition, and in chamber music, including Italy’s Premio delle Arti. An avid chamber musician, Caroline gave the European premiere of David Maslanka’s Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble under the baton of Lorenzo Passerini with the Mestizo Quartet. In 2023, she was chosen as one of five musicians for the artistic residency Changes with Swedish composer Ellen Arkbro, presenting concerts throughout Italy. Caroline teaches saxophone at the Officina della Musica and La Scuola di Musica Malerbi in Italy. She is one of the artistic directors of Festival Ulysses by Associazione Fattorini in Faenza, Italy and also helps organize the International SaxArts Festival. Caroline holds degrees from the University of Georgia and the Conservatorio di Musica “F.A. Bonporti” di Trento, and is the first saxophonist to graduate from the Fondazione Accademia Internazionale di Imola “Incontri col Maestro” where she studied Chamber Music. Caroline is a JLV Sound Paris Ambassador.
About Greg Hankins
Greg Hankins is a collaborative pianist at the University of Georgia where he is on staff for the UGA Opera Theatre. His recital partners have included members of the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, The Canadian Brass, Metropolitan Opera, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Cleveland Symphony, Boston Symphony, Sao Paulo Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Sydney Symphony, and solo artists and faculty of universities and conservatories around the world. As an active jazz pianist, Greg also writes and arranges for several ensembles. Since 2012, he has served on the faculty of the New York State Summer School for the Arts School of Choral and Vocal Studies.
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