Alessandra Feris, piano ∙ Her Piano, Her Voice: South American Women Composers
2026-03-01 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
https://youtube.com/live/nsn3_vsZKDc

Praised for her artistry and passion, Brazilian pianist Alessandra Feris has established a distinguished career as a performer, pedagogue, and advocate for Latin-American piano music. She has performed widely across South America, Central America, Mexico, Europe, and the United States, with successful solo debuts in major venues including the Theatro São Pedro in Porto Alegre (Brazil), the Costa Rican National Theater, the Steinway Haus in Frankfurt (Germany), the Palácio de Bellas Artes (Sala Manuel M. Ponce) in Mexico City, and the Auditório León de Greiff in Bogotá, Colombia.

Alessandra Feris holds a bachelor’s degree from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, an Artist Diploma from the University of Music Franz Liszt in Germany, a master’s degree from the University of Iowa, and a doctoral degree from Florida State University. Her major teachers include Dirce Knijnik, Thomas Steinhöfel, Réne Lecuona, Read Gainsford, and the legendary Lazar Berman.

Committed to excellence in teaching, Dr. Feris has received the John Simms Piano Award at the University of Iowa, the Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at Florida State University, and the Mississippi Humanities Council Teacher of the Year Award. A sought-after pedagogue, she has been a guest adjudicator for various national and international competitions, including the Lancaster International Piano Competition, the Hyatt Piano Competition, the Pianissimo Piano Competition in Colombia, and the Piano Latinoamericano Competition in Costa Rica. Her students have frequently won piano competitions such as the South Dakota MTNA Young Artist, SDMTA Collegiate Piano, Truran Piano Competition, and the University of South Dakota Concerto Competition.

Her guest-artist engagements include masterclasses and performances at universities and conservatories worldwide, including the Colburn School, Bowling Green State University, Purdue University, University of Nevada-Reno, Radford University, Texas Woman’s University, Goshen College, Irvine Valley College, University of Arizona, Washington State University, University of Kansas, University of Central Florida, Louisiana State University, Montclair State University, North Dakota State University, Auburn University, University of Southern Mississippi, Kansas State University, Huntingdon College, University of North Dakota, Chadron State College, University of South Alabama, University of Montevallo, Southern University, Wayne State University, University of Costa Rica, University of Aveiro in Portugal, University of Buenos Aires in Argentina, Ionian University in Greece, Royal Birmingham Conservatory in England, National University of Music in Peru and several universities in Colombia and Brazil.

Alessandra Feris is devoted to the diffusion of Latin-American piano music and has been a guest performer at the Trester Festival for Latin-American Music at the University of Arizona, the Latin-American Piano Festival at Texas A&M University in Commerce, the Ibero-American Festival Cinco Sentidos in Jena, Germany, and the Brasilien trifft Berlin Festival. She is a passionate contemporary pianist and is often invited to premiere works by living composers. Recent premieres include Love Letters by Steven Sacco, Wissenschaftsgläubigkeit by Paul Lombardi, and Mni Wiconi by Jeffrey Paul.

Dr. Feris has recently joined the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as Assistant Professor of Piano. She has previously served as Associate Professor of Piano at the University of South Dakota and Piano Faculty/Artist-in-Residence at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. She is an artist-teacher at the InterHarmony International Music Festival in Italy and the Lancaster International Piano Festival in Pennsylvania.

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The Message
2026-03-02 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-03 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-04 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-05 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-06 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-09 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-10 09:00 - 16:00, 2026-03-11 09:00 - 16:00 and 6 more dates | Gatewood Studio Arts Center, 527 Highland Ave, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA, 527 Highland Ave, Greensboro, 27412, United States
Join the School of Art at UNCG as we welcome Steven M. Cozart to the Gatewood Gallery. This exhibition will be open February 19 – March 20th with a Reception and Artist Talk on February 19.

Steven M. Cozart is a highly accomplished artist-scholar and documentarian whose passion for Painting and drawing endures despite his colorblindness. His body of figurative work is deeply rooted in his personal experiences and introspections, with a thematic focus on race and identity in Black America. Through thoughtful and deliberate use of symbolic objects in his imagery, Cozart addresses the complexities and nuances of stereotypes affecting black men and women, especially as they exist within the black community itself.

To read more about Steven M. Cozart – https://www.stevenmcozart.com/

Sinfonia: Folk Tunes and Folk Tales
2026-03-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
https://youtube.com/live/K96dBkh7A6I

Scott Glasser, conductorJennifer Aikey, graduate conductorJordan Owen, graduate conductor

Program

HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBERBattalia

Sonata: The Gathering of the MusketeersThe Profligate Society of Common HumourAllegroThe MarchPrestoAriaThe BattleThe Lament of the Wounded

TRADITIONAL KOREAN FOLK SONGAhrirang (Traditional Korean Folk Song)

PERCY E. FLETCHERFolk Tune and Fiddle Dance

KIRT MOSIERTwo Scenes from the Hollow

Ichabod’s WalkHessian’s Ride

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Lorena Guillén, voice and artistic directorAlejandro Rutty, piano and bass Jacqui Carrasco, violinGuy Capuzzo, guitarAdam Ricci, pianoErik Schmidt, percussion

With its mesmerizing style and sound, the award-winning Lorena Guillén Tango Ensemble has captivated audiences with soulful arrangements of Argentine tango standards and original compositions that create a dynamic tango and pan-Latin fusion since 2015. The musicians in the group each have rich and extensive experience in Argentine tango, jazz, classical and contemporary music, and other world and popular music styles, all of which can be heard on their two albums, Exótica Flor (2023) and The Other Side of My Heart (2018), both available on all streaming platforms.

“Not Your Average Folk Contest 2021″ Grand Prize Winner (NC Folk Festival) and “World Music” category winner of Music-At-the-Museum Contest 2021 (NC Museum of Art), the Lorena Guillén Tango Ensemble has been featured on TV performances for NC PBS channel and Fox8News as well as live radio programs such as WUNC’s “The State of Things” with Frank Stasio (NPR affiliate in Chapel Hill, NC), KUNM’s “Corazón Tanguero” with Cristina Baccin (NPR affiliate in Albuquerque, NM), WFDD “Triad Arts” (Winston Salem, NC), “Musicaldo” (KGLP 91.7, Gallup, NM), and Radio DAMus (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Over the years, the ensemble has presented its music at various venues: Kleinhans Music Hall (Buffalo, NY), MusicBox Theater and Folk Research Center (Saint Lucia, West Indies), Frick Museum Summer Concerts (PA), Center Stage Series at the Sangre de Cristo Auditorium (CO), Winston-Salem’s FIESTA Festival, Music Carolina SummerFest, NC Museum of Art, Greensboro’s NC Folk Festival, Creative Greensboro Concert Series, Blowing Rock Art & History Museum Summer Concert Series, Western Piedmont Symphony Concert Series, and Los Angeles’ Alvas Showroom (Los Angeles, CA).

This September 2023, the LGTE will embark on their first concert tour to Argentina, with shows at various venues and a featured presentation at the Familia Club Atlético Fernández Fierro Tango Festival.

The group frequently collaborates with regional Latino organizations, tango-dance organizations and youth orchestras and choirs. The Other Side of My Heart reflects that commitment: an oral-history multi-media piece based on interviews with Latina immigrants to NC. In the Embrace of Tango Project explored the crossed-path between Argentine tango and Jewish-diaspora culture and involved workshops with the Triangle-Jewish-Chorale, the UNCG University Chorale, and Durham-Tango-Dance.

Many of these creative initiatives have been generously funded by grants from the following organizations, which have supported the group’s creation of original works, audio recording, video recording, and implementation of workshops: ArtsGreensboro “Regional Artist Project,” NC arts Council, New-Music USA, and “EDI Grant” from the UNCG College of Visual and performing Arts.

UNCG Orchestras
The vibrant UNCG Orchestra program has long been recognized for performance excellence, adventurous programming, and high artistic standards. A diversity of offerings allow students the opportunity to perform repertoire for ensembles ranging from the largest cornerstone and contemporary works for full orchestra, to intimate pieces for chamber orchestra, to string orchestra.

Students in the UNCG Orchestra program are dedicated to the performance, study and cultivation of orchestral music of the highest quality. The UNCG Orchestras offer outstanding performances throughout the year and enhance the institutional spirit and community of UNCG. We seek to promote music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by supporting secondary school orchestra programs and other organizations through our outreach activities and other annual events on campus.

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Say It Loud art exhibition
2026-03-03 12:00 - 2026-03-07 17:00 | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
Say It Loud

A Student Exhibition by North Carolina A&T Visual Arts Department

March 3-7, 2026

Reception: Friday, Mar 6th | 6-8P

More About Say It Loud

Say It Loud, inspired by the iconic James Brown anthem, is an exhibition that embraces the notion of making a statement with unwavering confidence. In the North Carolina A&T Visual Arts Department we strive to develop confident, unapologetic, and free-thinking artists that aren’t afraid to have their message heard. The works in this exhibition range from personal to collection narratives expressed through multiple mediums representative of what our artists think, feel, and know about the world. We feel that in the current landscape it is more important than ever to speak up and, as James Brown said, “SAY IT LOUD!”

Remy Baylor and Richard Huffman, piano
2026-03-03 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Symphonic Band
2026-03-03 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
https://youtube.com/live/dF-pAABLE58

Jonathan Caldwell, conductorAbigail Pack, hornMolly Allman, graduate conductor

Program

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMSFolk Song Suite (1924)

March, Seventeen Come SundayIntermezzo, My Bonny BoyMarch, Folk Songs from Somerset

CATHERINE LIKHUTASure-fire (2023)

THÉO SCHMITTNetworks (2023)

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Abigail Pack

Dr. Abigail Pack, Professor of Horn at UNCG and a native of Roanoke, Virginia, received her training from East Carolina University (BMA), University of Iowa (MM), and University of Wisconsin-Madison (DMA) where she was a Bolz Teaching Fellow. Before assuming her current position at UNCG she was horn faculty at James Madison University from 2001 to 2008. She has also been on faculty at Knox College in Galesburg, Il, Western State College in Gunnison, CO and in the Gunnison Watershed School District. An avid symphony player Dr. Pack has held positions with the Barton Symphony Orchestra, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, Des Moines Symphony Orchestra, Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Green-Bay Symphony Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and currently has a position with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra, the Southwest Chamber Orchestra, the Greensboro Opera, Amici Musicorum (chamber orchestra), and the Opera Roanoke Orchestra. Other orchestral subbing engagements include the Greensboro Symphony, Winston Salem Symphony, and the Charlotte Symphony. Other venues have included performances with the Western Piedmont Wind Symphony, North Carolina Brass Band, the Iowa Brass Quintet, Western Slope Brass Band, and Massanutten Brass Band. Performance and presentation highlights include the National Flute Association (Washington DC with the Montpelier Winds), the International Horn Symposium (University of Cape Town, South Africa, Ithaca, NY, Montreal, Canada), the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference (Chicago 2009, 2022), International Double Reed Society (Athens, GA), Western International Band Clinic (2022), the American Band College (2017, 2021, 2024) and The Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts (Washington). She is a founding member of System 5 Brass Quintet and CORalina Horn Quartet and can be heard on the Centaur label.

UNCG Bands
The renowned UNCG Bands are dedicated to the performance, study, and cultivation of wind band music of the highest quality, and are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression. The UNCG Bands are considered to be among the very finest collegiate band programs in America based upon our active profile of excellence in our performances, recordings, tours and convention performances.

Through exemplary practices in organization, training, and presentation, the UNCG Bands provide exceptional experiences for our members, sharing outstanding performances throughout the year and enhancing the institutional spirit and character of UNCG.

The UNCG Bands seek to support music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by providing leadership and sponsorship to secondary school band programs and other organizations.

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Ger Vang, oboe
2026-03-04 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Symphony Orchestra
2026-03-04 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
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Jungho Kim, conductorSuyahan, morin khuur/horsehead fiddleSiana Wong, violin (First Prize Winner, Student Artist Competition)Hexigetu (Wenze), guest composerJordan Owen, graduate conductor

Program

CARL MARIA VON WEBER

Overture to Der Freischütz, op. 77

HEXIGETU (WENZE)

Horqin Rhapsodie

HEXIGETU (WENZE)

Capriccio on a Pastoral Theme for Horsehead Fiddle and Orchestra

world premiere

JEAN SIBELIUS

Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47, Movement I

JOHANNES BRAHMS

Academic Festival Overture, op. 80

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Overture to Der Freischütz, op. 77

The Opera

Carl Maria von Weber’s 1821 opera Der Freischütz (The Freeshooter) is widely recognized as the foundational work of German Romantic opera. Composed between 1817 and 1821 and premiered in Berlin, this three act Singspiel with spoken dialogue draws on German folk legend and early Romantic interests in the supernatural, the natural world, and the moral tension between good and evil. At its center is Max, a huntsman whose confidence and marksmanship fail him at the very moment he must win a shooting contest, declared by Cuno, Agathe’s father and hereditary forester, to marry Agathe and become his rightful successor. In his desperation to improve himself and secure his future, Max is persuaded by his brooding companion Caspar, who has already forfeited his soul to Samiel, the Black Huntsman, into entering a Faustian bargain. Together they summon seven magic bullets, six of which Max controls, while the seventh belongs to Samiel and will strike whatever target the demonic power chooses.

The Music

The Overture condenses the opera’s dramatic trajectory into a concentrated musical narrative that foregrounds its central moral question concerning the conflict between good and evil. It begins with broad orchestral gestures and a noble horn chorale that evoke the hunting community and the forest environment, before the atmosphere shifts suddenly with tremolo strings and a diminished seventh chord associated with Samiel’s diabolical presence. The principal fast section unfolds in sonata form. Its turbulent first theme, derived from Max’s Act I aria, reflects his unsettled and darker character as it moves from agitated C minor writing into a grim, marchlike quality. In contrast stands a luminous second theme in C major, taken from Agathe’s Act II aria, initially shaped by antiphonal exchanges between woodwinds, low strings, and brass that suggest lingering uncertainty. By the conclusion, however, C major ultimately prevails over C minor. Agathe’s loving and redemptive music triumphs over Samiel’s sinister influence, and the Overture, like the opera, resolves its opening question by affirming that love and grace overcome the forces of darkness.

Note by Jordan Owen

Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47

Jean Sibelius composed his Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47, between 1902 and 1904, marking his only completed foray into the genre due to a naturally solemn disposition. While encouraged by German virtuoso Willy Burmester to write the piece, Sibelius was forced by financial strain and personal turbulence to move the premiere to a date that Burmester could not accommodate, leading the offended violinist to never perform it. Over a barely audible murmur in the strings, the solo violin introduces the principal theme of the first movement, a dark, sighing idea that gradually gains intensity. The theme conveys both longing and passion and returns multiple times throughout the movement. The composer’s stylistic features are evident throughout, including somber orchestral colors, swelling brass chords, slow harmonic motion, and expressive melodic writing.

Note by Jordan Owen

Horqin Rhapsody for Orchestra

Horqin Rhapsody is an orchestral work composed in the Mongolian style. The music is magnificent and grand, characterized by a tempestuous performance that evokes the vast and majestic landscape of the grassland. The piece is divided into four sections:

Introduction: Ancient horns awaken the slumbering grassland.

First Section: Depicts a magnificent scene of herds of horses galloping across the plains, stirring and awe-inspiring.

Second Section: Portrays the profound and serene expanse of the grassland.

Third Section: Presents a vision of nature and humanity in perfect harmony, celebrating the passionate, unrestrained, and optimistic spirit of the grassland people in the face of hardship.

Horsehead Fiddle Concerto: Capriccio on a Pastoral Theme

Capriccio on a Pastoral Theme depicts the vast pastures, gentle winds, clear skies, and serene waters of the northern frontier of the motherland. The piece is composed in a rhapsodic style and free form. Its inspiration is drawn from the pastoral songs of the grassland, incorporating traditional Mongolian folk songs praising the Mongolian horse. The work skillfully blends the horsehead fiddle with symphonic accompaniment, celebrating the grassland people’s love for their homeland and their efforts in building a magnificent northern frontier. It also reflects their noble inner world, dedicated to ecological preservation and harmonious coexistence with nature.

Academic Festival Overture

Johannes Brahms came from a working-class family in Hamburg. Money was tight. To help make ends meet, Brahms quit school at fourteen and headed to the seaport to work as a barroom musician. Brahms was unlikely to attend University, however his duo-partner, the violinist Joseph Joachim, invited Brahms into University life, over a couple of summer months in Göttingen, while Joachim and his friends took Philosophy and History classes.(It was to Joachim that he would late dedicate his monumental violin concerto.) It was during these summer months that Brahms acquainted himself with beer halls and student drinking songs. By 1879, Brahms was an established composer when the University of Breslau presented Brahms with an honorary Doctor of Philosophy. In return, the University requested him to compose a piece as a musical “thank you”. Brahms did not appreciate this and instead of the traditional symphony the academics expected, they received a beautifully orchestrate medley of student drinking songs that has become one of Brahms’ best-known works. In Academic Festival Overture, Brahms skillfully weaves together four traditional beer-hall songs that would have been well-known to German university students of his era. The first, “Wir hatten gebauet ein stattliches Haus” (“We have built a stately house”) is a majestic trumpet chorale that carried significant political weight; associated with student groups advocating for German unification. This is followed by the lyrical “Der Landesvater” (“Father of our Country”) in the strings and the humorous, bassoon led “Was kommt dort von der Höh? (“What comes from afar?”), a lighthearted tune traditionally used during freshman initiations. The piece culminates in a triumphant full-orchestra rendition of “Gaudeamus igitur” (“Let us rejoice, therefore”) a popular 13th-century commencement song that elaborates the rowdy, carefree spirit of student life.

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About Suyahan

“My grandfather and my great-grandfather played the Mongolian four-stringed fiddle, told Mongolian stories, and sang traditional songs in the village. Then, when I was nine, I first heard someone play the horsehead fiddle to accompany a folk song. From that moment I was deeply captivated by the sound! I fell in love with it!”

Born in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia, China to ethnic Mongolian parents, Suyahan was fascinated from a young age by the expressiveness of the Morin Khuur—(Horsehead Fiddle or Matou Qin). After undergraduate study, he went to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to complete his MM and then his DMA at the Mongolia National University of Education.

Prof. Suyahan has won numerous accolades for his performances in China, and he has received many teaching excellence awards from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region during his teaching at the Inner Mongolia University for the Nationalities (IMUN).

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About Siana Wong

Siana Wong is a native of Greensboro, North Carolina, with Malaysian heritage. Before attending college she was a member of the Greensboro and Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras, winning their concerto competition and performing as a soloist with them. She pursued her Bachelor of Music degree at UNC Chapel Hill under the tutelage of Nicholas DiEugenio, as well as a BA in biology. During her time at Chapel Hill, Siana was also a winner of the concerto competition. Siana is an avid chamber music performer in and out of her home state of NC, including performances with EMF and UNCG faculty. Siana spent many summers at the Luby Violin Symposium at Chapel Hill, having the opportunity to learn from first-class violinists from around the globe. She has also attended the Instrumental Program of Chautauqua Institution and participated in master classes with Ana Luque, Shannon Thomas and others.

Siana is a member of Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Western Piedmont Symphony, and she has recently been appointed Associate Concertmaster of Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. In addition to her performing career, she enjoys teaching in her private studio.

Currently, Siana is extending her studies at UNCG, pursuing a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Performance Studies with Dr. Fabián López.

She plays on a Wojciech Topa violin from 2017.

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About Hexigetu (Wenze)

Hexigetu (Wenze) is a Doctor of Musical Composition, a professor and Master’s supervisor at Inner Mongolia Minzu University. He holds several prominent positions, including Vice Chairman of the Inner Mongolia Musicians Association, Deputy Director of the Autonomous Region’s Steering Committee for Aesthetic Education, Council Member of the Chinese Society for Minority Music, and Deputy Director of the Ministry of Education’s Alliance for the Innovative Development of Art and Technology. He has been selected for the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region’s “New Century 321 Talent Project” and is recognized as an “Inner Mongolia Prairie Excellence” talent. He has published over 30 academic papers and musical works.

His orchestral work Sacrificial Praise was selected for the 4th China Symphony Music Season and won the Inner Mongolia “Sarina” Award. His orchestral compositions include Sacrificial Praise, Horqin Rhapsody, Distant Recollections, the symphonic chorus A Riguma, the musical Noligerma, the symphonic poem Sengge Rinchen, and the Horqin Banquet Music Collection, among others. His piano works include Variations on a Goose Theme, Western Capriccio, and Dance of Life (which received an entry award in the “San Carlo Cup” National Piano Composition Competition). His chamber work Blooming won the Excellence Award at the 2nd Chinese Minority Chamber Music Composition Competition. The songs Horqin Grassland and Years Like a Song won first and third prizes, respectively, in the National University Music Alliance Song Composition Competition. Horqin Grassland and Searching for That Piece of Grassland received the Inner Mongolia “Five Ones Project” Award. The mixed chorus You Are My Lifelong Pursuitwas selected for the National University Archives of Original Classics Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China. The work Grassland Cavalry was awarded the Outstanding Creative Work prize at the First Northeast China Three Provinces and One Region Education System Art Performance. He is also the author of monographs such as Practical Piano Textbook and Horqin Rhapsody.

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UNCG Orchestras
The vibrant UNCG Orchestra program has long been recognized for performance excellence, adventurous programming, and high artistic standards. A diversity of offerings allow students the opportunity to perform repertoire for ensembles ranging from the largest cornerstone and contemporary works for full orchestra, to intimate pieces for chamber orchestra, to string orchestra.

Students in the UNCG Orchestra program are dedicated to the performance, study and cultivation of orchestral music of the highest quality. The UNCG Orchestras offer outstanding performances throughout the year and enhance the institutional spirit and community of UNCG. We seek to promote music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by supporting secondary school orchestra programs and other organizations through our outreach activities and other annual events on campus.

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Concert Band
2026-03-05 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
https://youtube.com/live/F4j41w3uriI

Patty Saunders, conductorMolly Allman, graduate conductorJaden Brown, graduate conductor

Program

JOHN PRESCOTTNova Stella: New Star Fanfare

RICHARD SAUCEDOAmerican Barndance

WILLIAM OWENSBig Bend

NICOLE PIUNNOResound

GUSTAV HOLSTA Mooreside Suite

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UNCG Bands
The 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.

Through 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.

The 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.

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Community Day of Dance
2026-03-06 08:00 - 15:00 | Coleman Building, 1408 Walker Ave, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27412, United States
UNCG School of Dance in collaboration with Dr. Teresa Heiland is excited to host the Spring 2026 Community Day of Dance on Friday, March 6, 2026 from 8:30am-3:00 pm. This invite is open to area high school dance instructors. You may bring ten* (10) students at $10 per student (no cost for instructors). *Special permission is needed from Dr. Heiland if you wish to bring more than 10 students. Your registration is confirmed once UNCG School of Dance receives your payment (check or credit card accepted).

What to expect from the Spring 2026 Community Day of Dance:

In the morning, students may take 2-3 dance classes with UNCG dance faculty and graduate students in the following areas:

Jazz

Contemporary

Ballet

Safety Release Technique

West African

Yoga

Pilates

Percussion workshop

…and more to be added

Lunch: lunch will not be provided, however, we will provide information for restaurants on campus and close by as well as our full service Fountain View Dining Hall offering a wide of variety of dining options and foods for those with dietary restrictions.

In the afternoon, UNCG School of Dance will host a ‘Dance Share’ event in the UNCG Auditorium. We invite you and your students to share a piece of choreography (under five minutes in length). Students will also have the opportunity to experience two university dance performances, view screen dances, and meet School of Dance students over lunch to ask questions, learn about college experiences and life in the UNCG School of Dance.

For students interested in auditioning to be a dance major at UNCG, this day may serve as their audition.

In order to accommodate as many schools as possible, we are limiting the number of students per school at ten (10). To request additional students, please submit a written request to Teresa Heiland at tlheilan@uncg.edu.

Your registration becomes valid once payment of $10 per student is received buy the UNCG School of Dance via check (payable to UNCG Dance) or credit card. If other forms of payment are needed, please email UNCG School of Dance Business Services Coordinator, Jennifer Pugh at jepugh@uncg.edu.

The full Spring 2026 Community Day of Dance Itinerary will be shared once registration is confirmed.

Dennis Parker, cello
2026-03-16 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
withInāra Zadmane, piano

Dennis Parker, Haymon Professor of Cello, has been on the faculty at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, La. for the past 32 years. Parker tours internationally as soloist, recitalist and educator. Recent seasons’ tours have taken him to, Korea, China, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Mexico, Costa Rica, Romania, France, Italy, Brazil and Ecuador, where he gave the premiere performance of Ecuadorian composer, Luis Humberto Salgado’s “Cello Concerto” (1975) in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

He received his training at Indiana University with Janos Starker and Yale University with cellist, Also Parisot. His early training was with Channing Robbins. He held the position of Principal Cello in Porto Alegre, Brazil (1982-84) and was a member of the Detroit Symphony (1986-88).

He is the author of “The Popper Manifesto”(2002), the only complete video recording and users-guide Instructional Manual to David Popper’s “High School of Cello Playing.” With more than 3,000 copies distributed worldwide, this is a widely used text on all continents. He has also released many CD recordings, as well as the world premier of the Brazilian composer, Walter Burle Marx’s “Cello Concerto,”. His other recordings range from crossover, and jazz influenced music “Cello Matters” (music of David Baker, Liduino Pitombeira, Daniel Schnyder, Astor Piazzolla, to recordings of his own transcriptions for cello including Debussy’s “Sonata for Violin” Poulenc’s “Sonata for Flute” Enesco’s “Violin Sonata no.3.” He has premiered and recorded and published editions for his transcriptions to Mozart’s “Violin Concerto No.5” and “Sinfonia Concertante.” He has recorded for Centaur Records chamber music of composers Erwin Schullhoff, Gideon Klein, Hans Krasa, and Viktor Ullmann, all killed in the Holocaust. Another recording features the “Cello Sonata “and “Piano Trio” of Russian composer, Ivan Sokolov.

Parker is also a sculptor and wood-worker, recycling humorous reconstructions from old, out-of-use musical instruments as well as other found objects. You can follow his work on Instagram @Dennisparkercelloetc and on YouTube.

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Open House for Prospective Music Students
2026-03-17 08:00 - 17:00

annual community small works art Exhibition
2026-03-17 12:00 - 2026-03-21 17:00 | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
GPS’s Annual

Community Small Works Show 2026

March 17 – 21, 2026

Reception: Friday, March 20th | 6-8P

Greensboro Project Space is pleased to announce its third annual community exhibition that features works by our local and regional artists. Through this exhibition we explore the depth and range of creative practices that flourish in Greensboro and beyond. We encourage community members to express themselves in any way, activating our space with playful contrasting dimensions and diverse visual approaches, across many artistic mediums.

Student Composers Concert I
2026-03-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Eli Roegge, horn
2026-03-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Student Composers Concert II
2026-03-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Faculty, Students, and Friends Chamber Recital
2026-03-18 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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withYi-Ju Shih, Line Roussel, Siana Wong, and Fabián López, violinsDavid Parks and Dave Phillips, violasAlex Ezerman andCori Trenczer, cellos Ināra Zandmane, piano
