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January 2020
Emmylou Harris
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** SOLD OUT ** A 14-time Grammy winner and Billboard Century Award recipient, Emmylou Harris’ contribution as a singer and songwriter spans 40 years. She has recorded more than 25 albums and has lent her talents to countless fellow artists’ recordings. In recognition of her remarkable career, Harris was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2008 and earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement award in 2018. Harris is known as much for her eloquently straightforward songwriting as for…
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Camille A. Brown & Dancers
CAMILLE A. BROWN & DANCERS Founded in 2006, Camille A. Brown & Dancers is a Bessie Award-winning, NYC-based dance company that soars through history like a whirlwind. Recognized for an introspective approach to cultural themes through visceral movement and socio-political dialogues, the work contains high theatricality, gutsy moves, and virtuosic musicality, connecting excavations of ancestral stories and history with contemporary culture. www.camilleabrown.org. Orchestra/Mezz Balconies UNCG Students $5 $5 Non-UNCG Students $10 $10 Single $35 $30 Seniors/Military Faculty/Staff/Retirees $25 $20 Purchase…
Find out more »Symphony Orchestra and Choirs – Annie Jeng, piano
Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor Welborn Young, conductor Annie Jeng, piano Teri Bickham, soprano Carla LeFevre, soprano Clara O'Brien, mezzo-soprano Robert Bracey, tenor David Holley, tenor Donald Hartmann, bass Robert Wells, bass CHANG Northern Star BEETHOVEN Fantasy for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, op. 80 ("Choral Fantasy") VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem This performance is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required. VIEW ON CVPA LIVE!DOWNLOAD PROGRAM (PDF)UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRAS Annie Jeng is a performer, educator, and collaborator who strives…
Find out more »Renée Fleming
Renée Fleming is one of the most acclaimed singers of our time. In 2013, President Obama awarded her America's highest honor for an artist, the National Medal of Arts. She brought her voice to a vast new audience in 2014, as the only classical artist ever to sing the US National Anthem at the Super Bowl. Winner of the 2013 Grammy Award (her fourth) for Best Classical Vocal Solo, Renée has sung for momentous occasions from the Nobel Peace Prize…
Find out more »Sinfonia
Rebecca MacLeod, conductor Nicoletta Moss, graduate conductor This performance is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required. VIEW ON CVPA LIVE!DOWNLOAD PROGRAM (PDF)UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRAS The Sinfonia is dedicated to broadening the artistic performance level of its members while presenting programs that encompass a wide range of styles, from Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern eras. Faculty members are frequently featured as guest soloists, and the Sinfonia has performed several world premieres and collaborated with students from the UNCG…
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Daveed Diggs
Tony, Grammy, and Lucille Lortel Award-winning actor, writer, rapper and producer, Daveed Diggs is widely known for originating the dual roles of ‘Thomas Jefferson’ and ‘Marquis de Lafayette’ in the Broadway sensation Hamilton. His independent film Blindspotting, which he co-wrote, produced and starred in, debuted at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Lionsgate. Variety called it, “The most exciting cinematic take on contemporary race relations since Do the Right Thing nearly 30 years ago.” And Eric Kohn…
Find out more »Symphonic Band – Eric Willie, timpani
Jonathan Caldwell, conductor Eric Willie, timpani J. Benjamin Jones, graduate conductor WOOLFENDEN Suite française BIEDENBENDER Stomp JACOB William Byrd Suite DAUGHERTY Raise the Roof MÁRQUEZ Conga de fuego nuevo This performance is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required. VIEW ON CVPA LIVE!DOWNLOAD PROGRAM (PDF)UNIVERSITY BANDS Dr. Eric Willie has joined the School of Music as Director of Percussion Studies & Assistant Professor of Percussion. Described as a “true musical talent and professional” (Ivan Trevino, Composer), Dr.…
Find out more »Wind Ensemble – Erika Boysen, flute
Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor Erika Boysen, flute Jonathan Caldwell, associate conductor Carolina Perez, graduate conductor STRAUSS Königsmarsch SCHOENBERG Theme and Variations, op. 43a PUCKETT The Shadow of Sirius BRITTEN The Courtly Dances from Gloriana, op. 53a ALARCÓN Duende: Four Preludes This performance is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required. VIEW ON CVPA LIVE!DOWNLOAD PROGRAM (PDF)UNIVERSITY BANDS Dr. Erika Boysen is an international performer, educator and collaborator who is the Assistant Professor of Flute at The University of North Carolina…
Find out more »Symphony Orchestra
Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor Rebecca MacLeod, conductor Nicoletta Moss, graduate conductor STRAVINSKY Concerto in E-flat, "Dumbarton Oaks" TCHAIKOVSKY Swan Lake Suite, op. 20a This performance is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required. VIEW ON CVPA LIVE!DOWNLOAD PROGRAM (PDF)UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRAS The UNCG Symphony Orchestra is a highly select ensemble of approximately ninety performers majoring in music. Performers include undergraduates through masters and doctoral candidates in music performance and music education. Membership in the organization is highly competitive,…
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