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March 2019
NM_GSO: Domino Ensemble – Guest Artist Recital
The Knoxville-based Domino Ensemble is a multifaceted ensemble exclusively dedicated to the promotion, performance and commission of new music. The program will feature repertoire based on the upcoming album "Purple Ego." Reading Session, 3/15, 11:00 am, Organ Hall
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November 2019
F-Plus with Roger Zare, composer – Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
World premiere performances by UNCG student composers along with music by Roger Zare and more. F-PLUS is a violin, clarinet, and percussion trio committed to collaborating with today's most exciting composers to establish a diverse repertoire for their unique instrumentation. Formed in 2016 at the Bang on a Can Summer Festival, the ensemble has commissioned over 20 new works and has performed all over the country, from Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall in New York to the Art Institute of Chicago…
Find out more »The Difficulties – Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
The Difficulties is an anti-meta, neo-beat, electronic garage gospel, trio that brings laptop wizardry together with a whacked-out bass_gal, a saxophonist/chamber-music-rockstar, and an ironist wordsmith. Catch the theme song, “The Difficulties” on the title track of their eponymous, never-to-be-released debut album, “The Difficulties.” Mark Engebretson, soundsmith, computer, bari sax Rachel York, double bass, vocals, lead barista Brian Lampkin, wordsmith, spoken text, spiritual guidance Composer Mark Engebretson is busy stealing the souls of those in near proximity, injecting shards and shreds…
Find out more »January 2020
Steven Stusek, saxophone and Andrew Hudson, clarinet – Faculty Recital
Music by composers Andrew Weathers, Maurizio Guerandi, François Rossé, Roshanne Etezady, Lee Hyla, and Mark Engebretson. Steve Stusek, saxophone, is Associate Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, where he is a member of the Eastwind Quintette d’Anches and the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet. Originally from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, he received his Bachelor’s degree in saxophone performance from Indiana University. Before beginning a Master’s degree in saxophone and chamber music at Arizona State University, Steve spent a year in…
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 »Andy Hudson and Anthony Taylor, clarinets – Faculty Recital
Performances by Andy Hudson have been hailed as “a treat for the listener,” and have been praised for “an uncommon singularity of purpose, technical virtuosity, youthful vigor and a mature sensitivity.” Andy has performed at the World Congress of the International Alliance for Women in Music, the New Music Gathering, the College Music Society Conference in Vancouver, and gatherings of the International Clarinet Association’s ‘ClarinetFest’ in Los Angeles, Orlando, Knoxville, and Ostend, Belgium. He has appeared in venues like Carnegie Hall’s ‘Weill…
Find out more »Wind Ensemble – Steven Stusek, saxophone
Kevin M. Geraldi, conductor Steven Stusek, saxophone Jonathan Caldwell, associate conductor John R. Locke, guest conductor Andrea E. Brown, guest conductor Stacy Garrop, guest composer Jack Stamp, guest composer University Choirs ETEZADY Shoutout OQUIN A Solemn Place GARROP Quicksilver (consortium premiere) BOERMA Cityscape IVES The Alcotts STAMP No Brief Candle (world premiere) SIMON AMEN! This performance is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required. VIEW ON CVPA LIVE!DOWNLOAD PROGRAM (PDF)UNIVERSITY BANDS Dr. Steven Stusek, saxophone, is Associate Professor…
Find out more »Faculty Composers Concert – Faculty Recital
Music by UNCG faculty composers Michael Burns, Greg Carroll, Mark Engebretson, Alejandro Rutty, and more.
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