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January 2020
Student Artist Competition Finals
Free and open to the public The UNCG School of Music Student Artist Competition provides an annual forum for exceptional student performers to audition for the opportunity to appear in concert with the University Symphony Orchestra. Two to three student winners are normally selected for this honor. Student Artist Competition TIME PERFORMER PIECE 5:30 PM Guy Chambers, baritone Bizet: “Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre” from Carmen 5:37 PM Sydney Scherer, flute Daugherty: Trail of Tears, Mvts.…
Find out more »Shawn Copeland, clarinet – Alumni Guest Artist Recital
Shawn L. Copeland, clarinet, joined the faculty of the Lionel Hampton School of Music at the University of Idaho in 2014. His duties include teaching clarinet, Alexander Technique and entrepreneurship and performing with the Northwest Wind Quintet. He has taught on the faculties of Stetson University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, High Point University and Coastal Carolina University, and is the co-director of the Stetson University Summer Clarinet Clinic. He has held management positions with Walt Disney Entertainment, Inc.,…
Find out more »José Valentino, flute – Guest Artist Recital
EMMY® Award Winner & multi-Latin GRAMMY® Nominee, recording and performing artist-music producer-audio engineer, Dr. José Valentino Ruiz, is an internationally-acclaimed multi-instrumentalist, composer, missionary, and educator known for his passionate performances, versatility, and fluid expression on the flute, saxophone, bass, and Latin percussion. A participating recording engineer and musician for the 20th Annual Latin GRAMMY® Award Winning album "Todo Pasa" by Juan Delgado, José Valentino worked for American Idol and X-Factor, produced 60 albums, scored 30+ nationally-televised commercials, & performed in over 1100…
Find out more »February 2020
“Just m.e.” – Mark Engebretson, composition – Faculty Recital
A retrospective solo show of music for saxophone and electronics, composed and performed by Mark Engebretson. Mark Engebretson (b. 1964) is Professor of Composition and Electronic Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He is the recipient of a Barlow Commission (for Bent Frequency), North Carolina Artist Fellowship in Composition (for the Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra), a Fulbright Fellowship for studies in France, and has received commissions from Harvard University’s Fromm Music Foundation (Acrylic Waves), the University…
Find out more »Collage Chamber Series
VIEW ON CVPA LIVE!DOWNLOAD PROGRAM (PDF) The Collage Chamber Series features the UNCG School of Music faculty in three concerts on campus in the School of Music Recital Hall and a fourth concert off campus. Concerts are one hour in length, modeled after the variety of repertoire and performers used in our large scale Collage concert presented every September, including a wide representation of both instrumental and vocal small scale works. All proceeds from ticket sales benefit the Collage Music…
Find out more »Logan Skelton, piano – Guest Artist Recital
ADDITIONAL EVENTS MASTERCLASS February 4, 3:00–5:00 PM Tew Recital Hall LECTURE "The Brotherhood of Peoples: Folk Styles in the Piano Music of Béla Bartók" February 5, 2:00 PM Organ Hall This lecture presents numerous folk music recordings (some recorded by Bartók himself) correlated with his piano music. The lecture examines folk music elements that appear in Bartok's music, including melodies, rhythms, and styles that derive from such places as Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, and Serbo-Croatia. By comparing the traditional elements with…
Find out more »Useon Bryan Choi, clarinet – Guest Artist Recital
Native of South Korea, Dr. Choi began his clarinet journey in the elementary school band program at Walnut Creek, California and started majoring in clarinet performance at the Busan High School of the Arts in South Korea. Currently he is the Adjunct Clarinet Professor at Inje University and the Principal Clarinetist with The Soloists Philharmonic. During his undergraduate years in Donga University, Dr. Choi received third place at the National Busan Music Competition and won two concerto competition with the…
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