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SUMMARY:Collage
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URL:https://collage.uncg.edu
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music,UCLS
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SUMMARY:Wind Ensemble
DESCRIPTION:Event Details\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\nJoin Our Email List\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nart\, Exhibition\, gallery\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductorJoeli Schilling\, fluteChance Gatewood\, student composer \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nCHANCE GATEWOODLiving Machine (2026) \n\n\n\nJOEL PUCKETTThe Shadow of Sirius (2009) \n\n\n\nPERCY ALDRIDGE GRAINGERChildren’s March (1918/1995) \n\n\n\nDAVID MASLANKAA Child’s Garden of Dreams (1981) \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\nThe UNCG Wind Ensemble presents a program that celebrates creativity\, imagination\, and the power of emerging voices. The concert opens with a world premiere by student composer Chance Gatewood\, highlighting the School of Music’s commitment to fostering new music and the next generation of artistic talent. \n\n\n\nThe program also features flutist Joeli Schilling\, third-prize winner of the School of Music Student Artist Competition\, in a concerto performance that showcases both technical brilliance and expressive artistry. Complementing these student achievements are works by Joel Puckett\, Percy Grainger\, and David Maslanka\, composers whose music spans a wide emotional landscape while demonstrating the richness and versatility of the wind ensemble medium. \n\n\n\nFrom youthful energy and inventive creativity to moments of lyricism\, reflection\, and depth\, this program offers an engaging journey through the many voices of contemporary and twentieth-century wind music. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Soloist\nJoeli Schilling\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoeli Schilling is a Greensboro-based flutist and music educator pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute Performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro\, where she studies with Dr. Erika Boysen and serves as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. She holds a Master’s degree in Flute Performance from the University of Colorado Boulder. \n\n\n\nJoeli maintains a diverse career as a performer and educator\, with performances\, teaching\, and conference presentations throughout the United States and Europe. She is the first prize winner of the Raleigh Area Flute Association Young Artist Competition\, second prize winner of the Colorado Flute Association Young Artist Competition\, third prize winner of the South Carolina Flute Society Young Artist Competition\, and a winner of the National Flute Association’s 2024 Masterclass Performers Competition. \n\n\n\nAn avid advocate for new music\, Joeli frequently collaborates with emerging composers\, including Austin Perry\, whose flute sonata Sepulchre by the Sea was written for and premiered by Schilling in 2023. She has also premiered Perry’s wind quintet Adipocere at the Texas Music Educators Association and Annika Socolofsky’s quintet 7 Signs You’re Living in a Capitalist Hellscape. \n\n\n\nAs a passionate pedagogue\, Joeli has taught at the Boulder Symphony Music Academy\, maintains an active private studio\, and previously served on the Colorado Flute Association Board. She currently serves as the assistant exhibitor concert and showcase coordinator for the National Flute Association. Joeli has attended festivals including Brevard Music Center\, Texas Summer Flute Symposium\, and the Raffaele Trevisani Flute Course and has performed in masterclasses for artists such as Amy Porter\, Mark Sparks\, Alexa Still\, and Susan Milan. Joeli’s primary teachers include Erika Boysen\, Christina Jennings\, Lisa Garner Santa\, Spencer Hartman\, and Julee Kim Walker. \n\n\n\nBack to Program \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Wind Ensemble\n\n\n\n\nThe UNCG Wind Ensemble is the premier wind band of the UNCG School of Music\, uniting fifty outstanding musicians from across the United States and around the world. Its members—ranging from first‑year undergraduates to master’s and doctoral students in performance and music education—are selected through a highly competitive audition process. Ensemble musicians regularly earn top solo and chamber awards\, competitive scholarships and fellowships\, and professional positions in orchestras\, military bands\, teaching\, and arts leadership. Current students represent seventeen states\, Slovenia\, and Hong Kong. \n\n\n\nFor decades\, the ensemble has built a distinguished record of artistic excellence\, with acclaimed performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts\, Lincoln Center\, and leading venues throughout the eastern United States. Its catalog of more than twenty commercial recordings has received national recognition and helped position UNCG as a leader in wind band performance\, commissioning\, and recording. \n\n\n\nThe Wind Ensemble has been featured at major national and regional conferences of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA)\, National Band Association (NBA)\, American Bandmasters Association (ABA)\, and Music Educators National Conference (MENC). The ensemble has also collaborated with prominent composers and performers\, including Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Karel Husa and other influential figures in the field. \n\n\n\nRecent highlights include performances at the Music Center at Strathmore; a joint concert with the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own”; a twelve‑day international tour through the Czech Republic\, Austria\, and Italy\, culminating in a featured performance at Prague’s renowned Dvořák Hall; and a tour of the Southern United States that concluded with an appearance at the national conference of the College Band Directors National Association. \n\n\n\nBack to Program \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Bands\nThe UNCG Bands are devoted to the performance\, study\, and advancement of wind band music at the highest artistic level. Recognized as one of the nation’s premier collegiate band programs\, the UNCG Bands maintain an active and distinguished record of excellence through performances\, recordings\, tours\, and appearances at major conventions. \n\n\n\nThrough exemplary organization\, training\, and presentation\, the UNCG Bands offer exceptional musical experiences for our members and share outstanding performances throughout the year. Together\, we enrich the cultural life\, spirit\, and character of UNCG. \n\n\n\nThe UNCG Bands also proudly support music education across North Carolina and throughout the region by providing leadership\, mentorship\, and sponsorship to secondary school band programs and other musical organizations. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Bands\n\n\n\n\nBack to Program
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/wind-ensemble-17/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:John Scofield and Electrospective
DESCRIPTION:John Scofield and Electrospective\n\n\n\nThrough his fifty-four-year career\, three-time Grammy Award®-winner John Scofield has occasionally detoured from the traditions of straight-ahead jazz\, exploring a blend of funk and jazz\, which has led to some of his most popular projects. In late autumn of 2026\, Scofield looks back at many of his now classic fusion groove compositions with Electrospective. Not intending to replicate the earlier fan favorites\, he plans instead to revisit them with the seasoned perspective of several decades\, culling tunes from his Blue Matter\, Uberjam\, and AGoGo bands—each responsible for a few recordings—as well as new material in the same vein.  \n\n\n\nScofield looks forward to teaming up with a stellar band of colleagues\, Electrospective will rely on interpretative input from Scofield alum and super funk drummer/producer Adam Deitch (Lettuce)\, multidimensional Larry Goldings (Scary Goldings\, James Taylor) on keyboards\, and legendary bassist Oteil Burbridge (Dead & Co.\, Tedeschi Trucks\, Allman Brothers). With this repertoire so frequently (and loudly) requested by audience members\, Scofield is glad to have a band that will truly do the music justice.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets & Pricing\n\n\n\n\n\nTicket TypeOrchestra/MezzStudents$8.00Adults$28.00Seniors$18.00\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\n\n\n\n* Tickets to CVPA and UCLS events are sold exclusively through our box office locations and ETix website\, and nowhere else. Tickets purchased through third-party vendors cannot be honored. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobinson Family Visiting Jazz Artists\n\n\n\nA residency made possible by the Robinson Family Fund\, established by Ward Robinson (’19 PBC Jazz\, ’10 MPH) and Pamela Pittman\, is bringing two jazz luminaries to UNCG’s School of Music this year. Guitarist John Scofield and Electrospective\, and vocalist Carmen Bradford will come to Greensboro for residencies with students and concerts which will be open to the public.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/john-scofield-and-electrospective/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music,UCLS
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SUMMARY:Samara Joy
DESCRIPTION:A native of the Bronx\, Samara Joy became entranced by classic R&B as a child and cut her teeth as a singer in her church’s gospel choir. And while her family history is deeply musical—her grandparents helmed the Philadelphia gospel group the Savettes\, and her father\, the musician and songwriter Antonio McLendon\, has produced\, composed and arranged his own astounding original work—she didn’t delve into the jazz tradition until a college student at SUNY Purchase. During her studies there\, she won the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition\, which introduced her to the larger jazz scene as a rising star to watch. She was heard\, by audiences and critics alike\, as a masterful interpreter of jazz standards and a rightful heiress of the sound\, technique\, and charisma that defined her jazz heroines—including Vaughan\, Betty Carter\, Abbey Lincoln\, and Carmen McRae.     \n\n\n\nJoy released her self-titled debut on the Whirlwind label in 2021\, followed a year later by Linger Awhile\, her breakout Verve debut\, of which DownBeat wrote\, “With this beautiful recording\, a silky-voiced star is born.” The album earned her a Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Album in addition to a headline-making win for Best New Artist. A deluxe edition of the album was released\, as well as the EP A Joyful Holiday\, which took home Grammys for Best Jazz Vocal Album and Best Jazz Performance in 2025. Her new Verve album\, Portrait\, which Joy co-produced with the veteran trumpeter/bandleader and multi-Grammy winner Brian Lynch\, showcases the intimate\, soulful chemistry that she’s developed with her touring band\, already earning her an NAACP Image Award for Best Jazz Album. Portrait also spotlights her burgeoning gifts as a lyricist in ingenious arrangements that meld her thoughtful words with music by Charles Mingus\, Sun Ra\, and her late mentor Barry Harris.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets & Pricing\n\n\n\n\n\nTicket TypeOrchestra/MezzUNCG Students$7.50Regional Students$15.00UNCG Faculty/Staff$25.00Adults$58.00Seniors/Military$48.00Children (K-12)$20.00\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n\n\n* Tickets to CVPA and UCLS events are sold exclusively through our box office locations and ETix website\, and nowhere else. Tickets purchased through third-party vendors cannot be honored. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn addition to public presentations\, artists in the UCLS series have important interactions with UNCG students\, such as holding masterclasses\, talkback sessions\, and seminars\, often just hours before performing on stage. Thanks to a grant from The Cemala Foundation\, some of these artists also work with K-12 students in the Guilford County Schools.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/samara-joy/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,UCLS
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SUMMARY:Ben Folds
DESCRIPTION:Ben Folds is an Emmy-nominated singer-songwriter who has created an enormous body of genre-bending music\, which includes pop albums with Ben Folds Five\, multiple solo albums\, a holiday album\, and numerous collaborative records.   \n\n\n\nHe currently tours as a pop artist\, while also performing for over two decades with some of the world’s great symphony orchestras.  \n\n\n\nFolds\, who served for eight years as the first-ever Artistic Advisor to the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) at the Kennedy Center\, stepped down from his post when President Trump announced his takeover of the Center. Just days before the US presidential election\, Folds recorded two sold-out performances with the NSO\, which he released as a live album in 2025 that debuted at the top of the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts.  \n\n\n\nA New York Times best-selling author\, Folds has also created new music for film\, television\, and theatre\, including original songs for an ongoing series of animated Peanuts specials on Apple TV.   \n\n\n\nIn 2022 Folds launched a music education charitable initiative in his native state of North Carolina entitled “Keys for Kids\,” which provides funds and keyboards to existing nonprofits that offer free or affordable piano lessons to school-age children from economically disadvantaged households. For the past fifteen years\, he has been an outspoken advocate for arts funding\, music education\, and music therapy in the United States as a member of Americans for the Arts and the Arts Action Fund.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets & Pricing\n\n\n\n\n\nTicket TypeOrchestra/MezzBalconyUNCG Students$7.50$7.50Regional Students$15.00$15.00UNCG Faculty & Staff$25.00$25.00Adults$65.00$50.00Seniors/Military$55.00$40.00Children (K-12)$20.00$20.00\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n* Tickets to CVPA and UCLS events are sold exclusively through our box office locations and ETix website\, and nowhere else. Tickets purchased through third-party vendors cannot be honored. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn addition to public presentations\, artists in the UCLS series have important interactions with UNCG students\, such as holding masterclasses\, talkback sessions\, and seminars\, often just hours before performing on stage. Thanks to a grant from The Cemala Foundation\, some of these artists also work with K-12 students in the Guilford County Schools.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/ben-folds/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,UCLS
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SUMMARY:Carmen Bradford
DESCRIPTION:Carmen Bradford with UNCG Jazz Ensemble I\n\n\n\nCarmen Bradford is jazz royalty\, a 2024 Count Basie Orchestra Family member\, and Grammy Award® winner for Basie Swings the Blues: The Count Basie Orchestra. She’s been nominated five times for Grammy Awards and is the recipient of the Los Angeles Jazz Society’s Jazz Vocalist Award. With her body of work\, which reflects her vast experience\, versatility\, and technical brilliance\, she has carved out her place in jazz history and continues to contribute to the preservation of this uniquely American art form.  \n\n\n\nShe was discovered and hired by William “Count” Basie when she was just twenty-two; she went on to be the featured vocalist with the legendary Count Basie Orchestra for nine years and has continued to perform with them regularly throughout her career. All four of her Grammy Award nominations are for albums with the Count Basie Orchestra\, including two in the 1980s and a third\, Big Boss Band\, with guitarist George Benson. (She and Benson performed the classic duet\, “How Do You Keep the Music Playing\,” on the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.) The fourth is 2022’s Live at Birdland.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nTickets & Pricing\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTicket TypeOrchestra/MezzStudent$8.00Adult$28.00Senior$18.00\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\n\n\n\n* Tickets to CVPA and UCLS events are sold exclusively through our box office locations and ETix website\, and nowhere else. Tickets purchased through third-party vendors cannot be honored. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRobinson Family Visiting Jazz Artists\n\n\n\nA residency made possible by the Robinson Family Fund\, established by Ward Robinson (’19 PBC Jazz\, ’10 MPH) and Pamela Pittman\, is bringing two jazz luminaries to UNCG’s School of Music this year. Guitarist John Scofield and Electrospective\, and vocalist Carmen Bradford will come to Greensboro for residencies with students and concerts which will be open to the public.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/carmen-bradford/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music,UCLS
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