Chapman Cultural Center in Spartanburg, SC, offers opportunities for free, casual, and cultural entertainment every Sunday, 1-5 p.m., during its Sundays Unplugged program. Art galleries and the history museum are open, and regional singer-songwriters perform, 2-4 p.m., to showcase the breadth of musical talent of the Upstate. OnAug. 30,2015,eclectic Asheville-based musician Kevin Lorenz plays.
Lorenz is a classically trained musician with experience in public performance, conducting, composition, teaching, and arranging. He studied classical guitar at UNC-Greensboro while earning his doctorate in music education. In addition, he attended master classes with Michael Lorimer and Jesus Silva among others. Citizens and visitors of Western North Carolina are likely to have heard Lorenz perform with the Asheville Symphony and the NC Pops Orchestra and as a soloist, or in churches, theaters, hotels, colleges, universities, and country clubs. His style is a mixture of jazz, pop, ragtime, bossa nova, Irish, and classical. As a well versed guitarist, he plays several different guitars to match the instrument to the genre. Samples of his work, as well as additional biographical details, can be found on his website KevinOnGuitar.com.
Artists Guild of Spartanburg, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg Regional History Museum, and the Student Galleries will be open with free admission, 1-5 p.m., to complement Lorenzs performance. Spartanburg Science Center will be open for a small fee.
Sundays Unplugged is a program of The Arts Partnership of Greater Spartanburg, the administrative non-profit agency that owns and operates Chapman Cultural Center and provides cultural leadership throughout Spartanburg County. For more information on Sundays Unplugged, call (864) 542-ARTS or visit ChapmanCulturalCenter.org.