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SUMMARY:Sinfonia: Folk Tunes and Folk Tales
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/K96dBkh7A6I\n\n\n\n\nScott Glasser\, conductorJennifer Aikey\, graduate conductorJordan Owen\, graduate conductor \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nHEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ BIBERBattalia \n\n\n\nSonata: The Gathering of the MusketeersThe Profligate Society of Common HumourAllegroThe MarchPrestoAriaThe BattleThe Lament of the Wounded \n\n\n\nTRADITIONAL KOREAN FOLK SONGAhrirang (Traditional Korean Folk Song) \n\n\n\nPERCY E. FLETCHERFolk Tune and Fiddle Dance \n\n\n\nKIRT MOSIERTwo Scenes from the Hollow \n\n\n\nIchabod’s WalkHessian’s Ride \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\n \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\n\nLorena Guillén\, voice and artistic directorAlejandro Rutty\, piano and bass Jacqui Carrasco\, violinGuy Capuzzo\, guitarAdam Ricci\, pianoErik Schmidt\, percussion \n\n\n\nWith 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. \n\n\n\n“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). \n\n\n\nOver 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).  \n\n\n\nThis 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. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\nMany 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. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Orchestras\nThe 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. \n\n\n\nStudents 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. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Orchestras\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent 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\nkeyboard\, music\, piano\, student recital\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/sinfonia-13/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Symphonic Band
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/dF-pAABLE58\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductorAbigail Pack\, hornMolly Allman\, graduate conductor \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nRALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMSFolk Song Suite (1924) \n\n\n\nMarch\, Seventeen Come SundayIntermezzo\, My Bonny BoyMarch\, Folk Songs from Somerset \n\n\n\nCATHERINE LIKHUTASure-fire (2023) \n\n\n\nTHÉO SCHMITTNetworks (2023) \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\n \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\nAbigail Pack\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. 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.  \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Bands\nThe 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. \n\n\n\nThrough 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. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent 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\nkeyboard\, music\, piano\, student recital\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
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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:Symphony Orchestra
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\nkeyboard\, music\, piano\, student recital\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/e1Ue0ztNez4\n\n\n\n\nJungho Kim\, conductorSuyahan\, morin khuur/horsehead fiddleSiana Wong\, violin (First Prize Winner\, Student Artist Competition)Hexigetu (Wenze)\, guest composerJordan Owen\, graduate conductor \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n\nCARL MARIA VON WEBER \n\n\n\nOverture to Der Freischütz\, op. 77 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEXIGETU (WENZE) \n\n\n\nHorqin Rhapsodie \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHEXIGETU (WENZE) \n\n\n\nCapriccio on a Pastoral Theme for Horsehead Fiddle and Orchestra \n\n\n\nworld premiere \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJEAN SIBELIUS \n\n\n\nViolin Concerto in D minor\, op. 47\, Movement I \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJOHANNES BRAHMS \n\n\n\nAcademic Festival Overture\, op. 80 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\nOverture to Der Freischütz\, op. 77\n\n\n\nThe Opera  \n\n\n\nCarl 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.  \n\n\n\nThe Music \n\n\n\n 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. \n\n\n\nNote by Jordan Owen \n\n\n\nViolin Concerto in D minor\, op. 47\n\n\n\nJean 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. \n\n\n\nNote by Jordan Owen \n\n\n\nHorqin Rhapsody for Orchestra\n\n\n\nHorqin 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: \n\n\n\n\nIntroduction: Ancient horns awaken the slumbering grassland.\n\n\n\nFirst Section: Depicts a magnificent scene of herds of horses galloping across the plains\, stirring and awe-inspiring.\n\n\n\nSecond Section: Portrays the profound and serene expanse of the grassland.\n\n\n\nThird 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.\n\n\n\n\nHorsehead Fiddle Concerto: Capriccio on a Pastoral Theme\n\n\n\nCapriccio 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. \n\n\n\nAcademic Festival Overture\n\n\n\nJohannes 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.  \n\n\n\nNote by Jordan Owen \n\n\n\nBack to Program \n\n\n\n\nAbout Suyahan\n\n\n\n\n“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!”  \n\n\n\nBorn 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.  \n\n\n\nProf. 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). \n\n\n\nBack to Program \n\n\n\n\nAbout Siana Wong\n\n\n\n\nSiana 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.  \n\n\n\nSiana 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.  \n\n\n\nCurrently\, Siana is extending her studies at UNCG\, pursuing a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Performance Studies with Dr. Fabián López.  \n\n\n\nShe plays on a Wojciech Topa violin from 2017. \n\n\n\nBack to Program \n\n\n\n\nAbout Hexigetu (Wenze) \n\n\n\n\nHexigetu (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. \n\n\n\nHis 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. \n\n\n\nBack to Program \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Orchestras\nThe 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. \n\n\n\nStudents 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. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Orchestras\n\n\n\n\nBack to Program
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/symphony-orchestra-10/
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:Lawrence Brownlee
DESCRIPTION:Lawrence Brownlee is a leading figure in opera\, both as a singer who has graced the world’s leading stages and as a voice for activism and diversity in the industry. Captivating audiences and critics around the globe\, he has been hailed as “an international star in the bel canto operatic repertory” (New York Times)\, “one of the world’s leading bel canto stars” (The Guardian)\, and “one of the most in-demand opera singers in the world today” (NPR). \n\n\n\nIn the 2024–2025 season\, Mr. Brownlee makes his highly anticipated role debut in the title role of Mozart’s Mitridate\, re di ponto with Boston Lyric Opera. He also returns to the Metropolitan Opera as Count Amaviva in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (broadcast Live in HD in theaters worldwide) and joins Opéra national de Paris as Tonio in La fille du régiment and Arturo in I puritani\, as well as The New National Theatre in Tokyo as Count Almaviva\, and Bayerische Staatsoper as Tonio. On the concert stage\, Mr. Brownlee will join Levy Sekgapane in a duo concert with the Latvian National Orchestra\, L’Auditori in the closing concert\, and will embark on a recital tour featuring songs from his acclaimed Rising program across North America and Europe. \n\n\n\nHighlights of Mr. Brownlee’s recent seasons include his return as Ernesto in Don Pasquale at Teatro alla Scala Milan and as Tonio in La fille du régiment at Lyric Opera Chicago\, as well as his role debuts as Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at the Metropolitan Opera\, as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor at The New National Theatre Tokyo\, and Fernand in a new production of Donizetti’s La Favorite with Houston Grand Opera. In spring 2021\, Brownlee joined The Juilliard School as a Distinguished Visiting Faculty Member. He serves as artistic advisor for Opera Philadelphia and is an Ambassador for Lyric Opera of Chicago’s Lyric Unlimited as well as Opera for Peace. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrchestra/MezzUNCG Students$7.50UNCG Faculty/Staff$25.00Adults$45.00Seniors/Military$35.00Children (K-12)$10.00\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\nIn recent years\, Mr. Brownlee has emerged as a pivotal voice around equity and diversity in classical music. Mr. Brownlee works with companies and engages civic organizations in the cities he visits to create programs and experiences seeking to expand opera audiences. His critically acclaimed solo recital program Cycles of My Being\, a song cycle that centers on the black male experience in America today\, has toured extensively\, including performances at Opera Philadelphia\, Carnegie Hall\, the Kennedy Center\, and virtual broadcasts throughout 2020. \n\n\n\nMr. Brownlee is a Grand Prize Winner of the 2001 Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions. He is also the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions including “Male Singer of the Year” (2017 International Opera Awards)\, the Kennedy Center’s Marian Anderson Award\, and the Opera News Award (2021). In October 2019\, he had the distinct honor of singing at Jessye Norman’s funeral in her hometown of Augusta\, Georgia. \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/lawrence-brownlee/
LOCATION:Elliott University Center Auditorium\, 507 Stirling St\, Greensboro\, 27402
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,UCLS
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T190703
CREATED:20260216T164449Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T203232Z
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SUMMARY:Steve Haines and Friends
DESCRIPTION:Event Details\n\n\n\n\nReserve Tickets\n\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\nkeyboard\, music\, piano\, student recital\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwithJaninah Burnett\, voiceThomas Heflin\, trumpetAriel Pocock\, pianoZaren Saddler\, drums \n\n\n\nSteve Haines (double bass) gratefully returns to playing and teaching after the repair of a heart aneurysm in August\, 2025. This concert is dedicated to the doctors at the Cleveland Clinic as well as his incredibly supportive family. He has played with Wycliffe Gordon\, Jason Marsalis\, Jimmy Cobb\, Ralph Bowen\, Fred Wesley\, and the Joey Calderazzo Trio & Quartet. His latest recordings are Swing State with Thomas Heflin\, to be released shortly; Thomas Heflin’s Morning Star (Blue Canoe)\, alongside Greg Tardy and Mavis Poole; and with legendary drummer Joe Chambers on Samba De Maracatu (Blue Note). Steve has also written for Becca Stevens and full orchestra\, heard on Steve Haines and the Third Floor Orchestra (Justin Time) which Japan’s Jazz Life Magazine calls “a masterpiece”. He also orchestrated and arranged the longstanding musical Ella: The Life and Music of Ella Fitzgerald. Steve’s primary teachers were Jeff Bradetich & Craig Butterfield in classical bass; and also Skip Beckwith & Lynn Seaton\, who both studied extensively with Ray Brown. He and his wife Kim\, who is the Dean of the Lloyd International Honors College\, are the proud parents of three vivacious children\, Ben\, Violet\, and Jimmy. Steve thanks God for his family\, his health\, and all the wonderful people around him.   \n\n\n\n\nSteveHaines.com
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/steve-haines-and-friends/
LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260321T193000
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DTSTAMP:20260405T190703
CREATED:20260317T203054Z
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SUMMARY:Ariel Detwiler\, bassoon
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\n\n\nkeyboard\, music\, piano\, student recital\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/rweazsWRhpc\n\n\n\n\nDr. Ariel Detwiler\, owner of ACDC Reeds\, is an active bassoon teacher\, freelance performer\, and reed maker based in Minneapolis\, Minnesota.    \n\n\n\nAriel holds three degrees in Bassoon Performance: a DMA from the University of Minnesota\, an MM from Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music\, and a BM from DePauw University. Her primary teachers have included Norbert Nielubowski\, William Ludwig and Kara Stolle. Ariel performs regularly as a freelance musician in various bands\, orchestras\, musical pits\, and collaborates in many chamber music groups. An in-demand soloist\, Ariel has recently performed three times with local groups. Ariel won the DePauw University Concerto competition in 2010\, and in 2018 she won the second annual Wind Ensemble Concerto competition at the University of Minnesota; she then went on to perform as a soloist with the Encore Wind Ensemble and the Minnetonka Symphony Orchestra. With a lifelong passion for music education\, she maintains her own private studio of more than 20 students and holds the position of adjunct professor of bassoon at two universities in Minnesota: Augsburg University and Northwestern University of St. Paul. As a doctoral student\, she taught the Woodwind Techniques course for three years at the University of Minnesota. Ariel makes and sells high-quality handmade reeds under the name ACDC Reeds\, which can be found at Midwest Musical Imports\, Cadenza Music\, Chemical City Reeds\, Reed Supplies Canada\, or here on her own website. Ariel is also a talented arranger. She frequentlywrites arrangements of film and popular music for mixed bassoon ensembles\, including her unique Horn and Bassoon duo\, Duo 231. You can find her arrangements by searching for her name on www.sheetmusicdirect.com.   \n\n\n\nAriel’s teaching philosophy is centered around a positive music mindset and open awareness of oneself in order to become a master problem-solver. Her students are regularly chosen for honors ensembles and youth orchestras\, with well-rounded technical abilities and a beautiful warm tone. Ariel’s passion is spreading the knowledge of the bassoon with those who don’t know much about the instrument\, helping band directors recruit students\, and creating access for students who might not otherwise have the opportunity to study the bassoon.  \n\n\n\nACDC Reeds is a proud sponsor of many bassoon events and organizations\, including the International Double Reed Society\, Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Symposium\, Bassoons Without Borders\, the Double Reed Dish Podcast\, Nashville Yuletide Bassoons\, and the Tennessee Tech Bassoon Forum. ACDC Reeds has been a vendor at Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Symposium and MMEA Midwinter Clinic\, supplying bassoon reeds and bassoon-themed gifts to all who need them.   Ariel performs on a Puchner 5000 antique finish bassoon with a Heckel C2XL bocal. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Detwiler’s recital and visit is supported\, in part\, by the CVPA Inclusive Excellence Fund.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/ariel-detwiler-bassoon/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260322T163000
DTSTAMP:20260405T190704
CREATED:20260212T202335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260319T202032Z
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SUMMARY:Lorena Guillén Tango Ensemble: Música para Todos
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\n\n\nkeyboard\, music\, piano\, student recital\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLorena Guillén\, voice and artistic directorAlejandro Rutty\, piano and bass Jacqui Carrasco\, violinGuy Capuzzo\, guitarAdam Ricci\, pianoErik Schmidt\, percussion \n\n\n\nWith 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. \n\n\n\n“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). \n\n\n\nOver 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).  \n\n\n\nThis 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. \n\n\n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\nMany 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.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/lorena-guillen-tango-ensemble-musica-para-todos/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260328T210000
DTSTAMP:20260405T190704
CREATED:20260320T145247Z
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SUMMARY:Julianne Kirk Doyle\, clarinet
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\n\n\nkeyboard\, music\, piano\, student recital\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Julianne Kirk Doyle joined the faculty of the Crane School of Music in 2006 and serves as Professor of Clarinet and Admissions/Auditions Coordinator. She was Director of the Crane Youth Music Camp from 2009-2023. Dr. Doyle is the New York State Chair and served as Pedagogy Coordinator for the International Clarinet Association from 2022-2024. \n\n\n\nDr. Doyle’s debut CD “Dante Dances” premiered in 2019\, including works by Crane composers Arthur Frackenpohl and Elliot DelBorgo. She joined saxophonist Robert Young and pianist David Heinick on Young’s 2018 album “Hybrid\,” performing Heinick’s “four letter words\,” which she and Young commissioned for premiere at the 2016 International Clarinet Association Conference in Baton Rouge\, LA. \n\n\n\nAn active soloist and chamber musician\, she is a founding member of the Aria Reed Trio and serves as Principal Clarinet with the Orchestra of Northern New York and Northern Symphonic Winds. \n\n\n\nPassionate about the music of our time\, Julianne has joined numerous commission consortiums for new works by Stacy Garrop\, Reena Esmail\, Jenni Brandon\, Paul Schoenfeld\, Margaret Brower\, Jim Stephenson\, Erich Stem\, and Tyler Mazone (’21)\, as well as Crane colleagues Ivette Herryman-Rodriguez\, Timothy Sullivan\, Jerod Sommerfeldt\, and David Heinick. She looks forward to participating in many more consortiums and commission projects to continue to grow the 21st-century clarinet repertoire. \n\n\n\nDr. Doyle specializes in solutions to Stress Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (SVPI/soft palatal air leak) in wind playing. She has published articles and given conference presentations on pathways to alleviation and prevention. She regularly assists professionals and students in minimizing and correcting soft palate air leak. \n\n\n\nShe holds the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in Performance and Literature\, an Arts Leadership Certificate from the Eastman School of Music\, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Oklahoma. Her primary teachers include Jon Manasse\, David Etheridge\, and Bradford Behn. Dr. Doyle is honored to be an artist with Backun Musical Services and DANSR/Vandoren.  \n\n\n\nDr. Julianne Kirk Doyle’s visit has been generously sponsored by Backun Musical Services\, Eastman Music\, and Vandoren.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/julianne-kirk-doyle-clarinet/
LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260331T190000
DTSTAMP:20260405T190704
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LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T140450Z
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SUMMARY:Keys and Bridges Duo
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\nkeyboard\, music\, piano\, student recital\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nProf. Billie Feather is a singer-songwriter\, guitarist\, banjoist\, bassist who originally hails from Johnstown\, PA. Raised in the beautiful Pennsylvania mountains and surrounded by a family of avid music lovers\, Billie’s love of performing music in all forms was fostered. \n\n\n\nIn her sixth grade year\, Billie began saving for her first guitar by doing odd jobs and begging her parents for music lessons. Her parents finally gave into their daughter’s pestering for lessons and it happily grew into a lifelong passion of music performance and songwriting. \n\n\n\nFor her senior year in high school\, Billie was accepted into the prestigious music conservatory at The University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Classical Guitar Performance and remained there for her college studies. During her years at UNCSA\, Billie was a guest classical guitarist in The Carolina Wind Symphony and has been able to perform all over North Carolina as both a solo artist and in classical guitar ensembles. After graduating in 2006\, Billie expanded her musical studies by learning the double bass\, electric bass\, banjo\, and mandolin. \n\n\n\nAfter graduation\, Billie founded a private teaching studio in Winston-Salem\, NC and began performing in several local bands – most notably the bo-stevens (a North Carolina honky-tonk band) and The Darnell Woodies (an old-time Appalachian punk string band). During her tenure in these bands\, Billie was able to tour the United States and Europe. \n\n\n\nWhile in Winston-Salem\, she began studying stringed instrument repair at Separk Music. Eventually\, Billie was asked to take a position in Chapel Hill\, NC as instrument repair technician at Wes Lambe Guitars. Currently\, Billie operates her own stringed instrument repair shop in Durham\, NC. \n\n\n\nEventually\, Billie began to hear the call of academia once more and enrolled in North Carolina Central University for a second undergraduate degree with a focus in jazz guitar and arranging. \n\n\n\nGraduating with honors\, she was invigorated to share her love of jazz with her community and students by starting a local Beginner’s Jazz Jam and a Suzuki Guitar Jazz Curriculum to keep jazz traditions alive for the next generation. \n\n\n\nMerging her love of both classical and jazz\, Billie returned to the UNC School of the Arts where she earned Master’s Degree in Guitar Performance and a Professional Artist Certificate in Recording Engineering and Guitar. \n\n\n\nAn active performer\, Billie can be found in a variety of musical groups and settings. See more about Billie’s bands in the “Projects” page\, her songwriting examples in the “Songwriting” page\, and recordings featuring her musical work on the “Recordings” page. \n\n\n\nYou can find Billie at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro teaching guitar as part of their Popular Music and Technology Program. Her previous appointments include Washington State University\, in Pullman\, Washington where she taught Group Guitar/UCORE Classes and Meredith College in Raleigh\, North Carolina where she was the college\, community music school\, and Suzuki guitar professor. \n\n\n\nBillie’s performances have been hailed as “spectacular\, athletic\, and… narrative and epic rather than simply a recreation of recorded work” and a “live music find and stage presence of the first order and deserves the stellar career that is clearly in front of her” by the Camel City Dispatch blog. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Courtney Miller is Assistant Professor of Oboe at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro\, where she teaches oboe\, chamber music\, reed making\, and graduate seminars. Before coming to the University of North Carolina\, Greensboro\, she served on faculty at the University of Iowa in Iowa\, Boston College in Massachusetts\, and Ashland University in Ohio.  \n\n\n\nA highly regarded performer and pedagogue\, Dr. Miller tours as a soloist\, chamber musician\, and teacher throughout the United States\, Europe\, Asia\, and South America. Dr. Miller is a versatile artist devoted to performing new compositions and lesser-known works alongside standard repertoire.  Her 2019 album Portuguese Perspectives introduces a collection of world-premiere recordings for the oboe by Portuguese composers and includes several new commissions by Miller. This album and her 2015 release\, Modern Fairy Tales\, are available on iTunes\, Amazon\, and Spotify. American Record Guide praises her “seamless consistency in the various registers of the oboe…and sensitive phrasing and articulation.” Fanfare Magazine hails Courtney Miller as “a performer of considerable skill\, with an unfailingly lovely sound\, abundant technical ability\, and a special gift for turning notes into poetry.”    \n\n\n\nAn experienced orchestral musician\, Miller has performed in many orchestras in the United States\, such as the Chicago Symphony\, Orchestra Iowa\, Quad Cities Symphony\, and the Jacksonville Symphony. Dr. Miller performs as Principal Oboe with the North Carolina Opera. \n\n\n\n In addition to collaborations within the field of music\, Dr. Miller has a flair for interdisciplinary work. She has collaborated with hip-hop dancer Ernest “EKnock” Phillips\, belly dancer Janelle Issis\, and most recently\, choreographer and dancer Kristin Marrs.   \n\n\n\n Dr. Miller has authored articles published in the Double Reed Journal and the Journal of the American Viola Society. She has also presented recitals and papers at the College Music Society’s Northeast Regional Conference. Dr. Miller performs regularly at the International Double Reed Society’s annual conferences. In 2017\, she was a featured artist at the first international conference of the Associação Brasileira de Palhetas Duplas (Brazilian Double Reed Society or ABPD).  \n\n\n\nCourtney Miller has a Doctor of Musical Arts from Boston University\, a Master of Music from Cleveland Institute of Music\, and a Bachelor of Music from Florida State University. Her primary teachers include John Ferrillo\, John Mack\, and Eric Ohlsson.  
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/keys-and-bridges-duo/
LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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