Viva La Vida: Songs of the Early 2000s

Press Release

The School of the Arts, with the assistance of Academic Magnet High School students, is presenting its eighth annual Rockumentary Concert, “Viva La Vida: Songs of the Early 2000s.”   The concert will feature nineteen arrangements of songs from Coldplay, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Adele, Eminem, John Mayer and others, while fitting each song into a historical and cultural context.

The performance will involve everything from acoustic trios to multi-piece electric rock bands. The cast of performers will include thirty SOA students, four AMHS students, and SOA instructor John Cusatis. The show will conclude with the entire ensemble performing “Hey Ya.”

The concert will take place in the Rose Maree Myers Theater on the SOA campus on Wednesday, February 26, at 6 PM.  It is a free concert with donations being accepted for the Rose Maree Myers Scholarship for Artistic Excellence. Attendees will receive a free, full-color, 12-page glossy program.

Applause, SOA’s official student publication and the main sponsor for the event, created the $1,000 RMM Scholarship in 2010 –in conjunction with the dedication of SOA’s state-of-the-art theater– as a tribute to SOA’s founder, who pioneered and dedicated her life to arts education in Charleston County.  The scholarship is awarded to a senior who embodies the indispensable value of an arts-integrated education. This year’s scholarship will be awarded at the show.