October 2017
Wind Ensemble
Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor Scott Rawls, viola Pamela L. Klena, graduate conductor ETEZADY: Anahita SYLER: Love Among the Ruins WHITACRE: Sleep GRANTHAM: J’ai été au bal KRAMER: Mosaics IVES: Variations on “America” Live Stream: https://vpa.uncg.edu/events/cvpa-live SCOTT RAWLS has appeared as soloist and chamber musician in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Europe. Chamber music endeavors include performances with the Diaz Trio, Kandinsky Trio and Ciompi Quartet as well as with members of the Cleveland, Audubon and Cassatt String Quartets.…
Symphony Orchestra
Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor Lindsay Kesselman, soprano HINDEMITH: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber CORIGLIANO: Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan Live Stream: https://vpa.uncg.edu/events/cvpa-live Hailed by Fanfare Magazine as an “artist of growing reputation for her artistry and intelligence…with a voice of goddess-like splendor” LINDSAY KESSELMAN is a soprano who passionately advocates for contemporary music, actively commissioning and collaborating with a diverse array of composers to create unique, groundbreaking, and dramatically-inspired works for the voice.…
November 2017
New Music Greensboro presents Quintet Sirocco
5:30 pm UNCG Organ Hall free Quintet Sirocco: Ronnal Ford, oboe, Cat Keen Hock, clarinet, Matt Libera, bass clarinet, Taiki Azuma, saxophone, Becky Libera, bassoon. Performing works by Sherwood Shaffer and premieres UNCG student composers Indiria Everett, Grace Gollmar, Yunfei Li. Isaac Ward. Open Rehearsal: 3-5 pm, Recital Hall
Guest Composer/Theorist Garrett Schumann
3:00 pm Music Building, Room 221 Lecture: The Music of Garrett Schumann
Guest Composer/Theorist Garrett Schumann
5:00 pm Music Building, Room 224 Lecture: The Music of Meshuggah
Symphony Orchestra
View this event on CVPA Live!Download Program (PDF)Share on Facebook Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor Isaac Pyatt, marimba – Winner, Student Artist Competition with the J.H. Rose High School Orchestra (Greenville, North Carolina) Elizabeth Hughes, director ABE Prism Rhapsody TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Isaac Pyatt, marimbaStudent of Dr. Eric Willie Isaac Pyatt is an undergraduate percussion performance major at UNCG, where he is a recipient of the School of Music Minerva Scholarship. In 2017, he was…
February 2018
Beo String Quartet – Guest Artist Recital
PROGRAM György Ligeti String Quartet No. 1 Béla Bartók String Quartet No. 4 ADDITIONAL EVENTS Thursday, February 8 3:00 – 5:00 pm — Strings Masterclass, Room 111 7:00 – 9:00 pm — Composer Reading Session, Organ Hall Friday, February 9 10:00 – 11:00 am — Entrepreneurship with composer Steven Bryant, Organ Hall 3:00 – 4:00 pm — Composition Seminar, Room 221 A shared dedication to the exploration and love of music is what inspired the formation of Beo String Quartet (Jason Neukom, Sean Neukom, Sandro…
Faculty Composers Concert
Music by UNCG School of Music Faculty Composers Michael Burns, Gregory Carroll, Mark Engebretson, Steven Landis, Nick Rich, and Alejandro Rutty with texts by Brian Lampkin and Jonathan Wall To view the transformed texts for MAPS (Rich/Wall), visit https://tiny.cc/maps-uncg VIEW ON CVPA LIVE!DOWNLOAD PROGRAM (PDF)
March 2018
Emilio Peroni, piano – Guest Artist Recital
Piano Music from Argentina Playing music by Juan José Castro, Juan Carlos Paz, Pedro Saenz, Alberto Ginastera, Martín Gentleman, and Alejandro Rutty Pianist Emilio Peroni will present a program with a sample of significant piano works from Argentinean composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The program will include works by Juan José Castro, Juan Carlos Paz and Pedro Saenz—influential composers not often played in the United States—plus works by Alberto Ginastera, Martín Gentleman, and UNCG Professor of Composition Alejandro…
NM GSO Spring Festival: James Iman, piano (Reading Session)
Reading Session for student composers
Collage Chamber Series
Similar in concept to the annual Collage concert presented by the UNCG School of Music each September, this series strives to present a variety of genres, repertoire, and performers representing the faculty, students, and occasional guests of the School of Music. All concerts are approximately one hour in length with no intermission, and performances average 7-10 minutes in length. Tickets are available at the door or through Triad Stage box office. All ticket proceeds benefit scholarships in the School of…
Alejandro Rutty: Exhaling Space – Album Release Concert
Alejandro Rutty: Exhaling Space Album Release UNCG School of Music composition faculty member Alejandro Rutty and a cast of faculty and students will present works from the upcoming album Exhaling Space (Navona Records). The works included feature Rutty’s personal mix of world music styles, melody-driven lyricism, and rhythmic fireworks. featuring Fabián López, violin Inara Zandmane, piano Marjorie Bagley, violin Steve Stusek, saxophone Vincent Van Gelder, piano Adam Ricci, piano Carmen Granger, viola Suzanne Polak, piano Erik Schmidt, percussion Guy Capuzzo, guitar…
NM GSO Spring Festival: James Iman, piano – Guest Artist Recital
American pianist James W. Iman has distinguished himself as a specialist in 20th and 21st century repertoire and frequently performs music of the Second Viennese, Darmstadt, and New York schools. His playing has been called “direct,” “incisive,” “thoughtful,” and “compelling.” In 2015 he joined the artist roster of ZeD Classics and 2016 will see the release of his debut album which includes the World Premier Recording of Amy’s Sonate pour Piano alongside Pierre Boulez’s Troisième Sonate, and works by Arnold…
September 2018
NM_GSO: Hypercube – Guest Artist Recital
PROGRAM PLUTA American Tokyo Daydream IV (2007) TRIGOS Quartetto de do (2007) ROGERS Casino (Remix) (2018) CZERNOWIN Sahaf (2009) CASTRO Bajo el Hechizo (2009) ANDRIESSEN Hout (1991) VIEW ON CVPA LIVE! A quartet of saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion, HYPERCUBE embraces the boundaries of chamber music, at home in both electric and acoustic worlds. This group of gritty NYC musicians formed with the goal of performing high quality, cutting-edge works for modern instrumentation. …the members… played with a sense of…
November 2018
NM_GSO: Red Clay Saxophone Quartet with Chen Yi, guest artist
The Red Clay Saxophone Quartet was formed in 2003 when the fates conspired to bring four internationally recognized saxophonists (Susan Fancher, Robert Faub, Steven Stusek and Mark Engebretson) together in Greensboro, North Carolina. The RCSQ takes its name from the area’s luscious red soil. The Quartet presents a varied repertoire from classical to jazz to new music to tango, featuring music by composers such as Ben Johnston, György Ligeti, Chick Corea, Perry Goldstein, Francis Poulenc, Alejandro Rutty, Ben Boone, Steve Reich, Mark Engebretson,…