College of Visual and Performing Arts

Tahnai Hand, soprano • Undergraduate Recital
2023-04-10 17:30 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Ian Rood (trumpet), Jack Jones (drums), and Phillip Prentiss-Williams (guitar) • Undergraduate recital
2023-04-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Make Contact With Your Life – Max Baynes MFA Thesis Exhibition
2023-04-11 - 2023-04-15 | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
Exhibition: April 11 – 15, 2023Reception: Friday, April 14th, 6pm – 8pm
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Make contact with your life | An MFA Thesis Exhibition
2023-04-11 12:00 - 2023-04-15 17:00 | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
Make contact with your life
An MFA Thesis Exhibition
Max Baynes

On View: April 11 – 15, 2023
Reception: Friday, April 14th, 6-8PM

This body of work is the beginning of a new connection to place and self. My sculpture has always drawn heavily from Modernism, and now I am starting to filter that influence through a lens that feels more directly related to my being. As I am constructing these works, I feel I am revealing myself to myself in a deeper way. My rural upbringing in Bethany, North Carolina and the resonance of that place and the objects that rest throughout that land are cornerstones of what informs my sculptural decisions. Many materials and objects from that place have made their way into the works in this exhibition. A quasi-pastoral aesthetic that gives way to entropy and decay is an important facet of the imagery I make. I see that decay as a potentially uplifting thing, however, because I am curious about the engagement with nature. Seeing the natural world as an embodied system in dialogue with our stuff is what I am working towards. I am building my identity through a mindful awareness of this dialogue that simultaneously digs for the poetry in a sometimes chaotic human experience.
To learn more about the artist, visit our website here

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Tuesday – Friday, 12 -5 PM
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William Dowell, cello • Graduate Recital
2023-04-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Lingyin Cao, voice • Graduate Recital
2023-04-11 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Ni Ni, viola • Graduate Recital
2023-04-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Trumpet Ensemble
2023-04-11 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Yangruohong Wang, mezzo-soprano • Graduate Recital
2023-04-12 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Kippeum Shin, voice • Graduate Recital
2023-04-12 19:30 - 21:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Miles Fowler and Daniel Sansbury, viola • Undergraduate Recital
2023-04-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Jazz Ensemble II featuring Rahsaan Barber • Centennials
2023-04-13 19:30 - 21:00 | The Crown at the Carolina Theatre, 310 S Greene St, Greensboro, 27401, United States
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1923 marked the birth of several jazz luminaries, as well as the beginning of Louis Armstrong’s long and storied recording career. UNCG’s Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program celebrates this watershed year with saxophonist Rahsaan Barber joining Jazz Ensemble II for a diverse program of music by Thad Jones, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, Tito Puente, Milt Jackson, Sam Rivers, and many more.

Since earning a Master’s Degree in Jazz Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in 2005, Rahsaan Barber (Assistant Professor, UNC Chapel Hill) has set out on a singular path of musical excellence in performance, composition, education, and entrepreneurship. Rahsaan enjoys a career that encompasses an ever-expanding range of musical styles, including jazz, blues, funk, classical, fusion, soul, Latin, and world music.
Rahsaan’s passionate, sincere, and studious approach to music-making has garnered professional appearances onstage alongside such heavyweights as Christian McBride, Brian Blade, the Temptations, Delfeayo Marsalis, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Duffy Jackson, Winard Harper, Kirk Franklin, Meghan Trainor and the Wooten Brothers. The saxophonist has performed on many of the world’s most prestigious stages for music including The Ryman, The Village Vanguard, Birdland, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Rahsaan joined the ranks of the nation’s rising jazz stars as the leader of his own quintet, Everyday Magic, and co-leader of the groundbreaking Nashville-based Latin-jazz septet El Movimiento. Rahsaan has entered the ranks of the nation’s premier jazz artists following several celebrated releases, most recently including “Mosaic,” a double-disc collection of original works released in April of 2021, featuring trumpeter Nathan Warner and trombonist Roland Barber, Rahsaan’s twin brother. Prior to the release of “Mosaic,” Barber received critical acclaim for “The Music In The Night” (2017) and “Everyday Magic,” (2011) both released on the saxophonist’s record label, Jazz Music City, which he founded to showcase his hometown’s (Nashville, TN) diverse and impressive musical talent. In addition to his own jazz outfits, the saxophonist founded The Nashville Salsa Machine in 2016, a twelve-member ensemble featuring Music City’s most celebrated Latin-music performers. Barber is also an in-demand saxophonist for recording sessions and touring work, most recently completing a year-long tour with pop icon Kelly Clarkson and multiple tours with Lauren Daigle.
Rahsaan currently serves as Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and Saxophone at the University of North Carolina. Barber has taught extensively at the collegiate level for over a decade, including six years of instruction at Belmont University, where he began his collegiate teaching career as instructor jazz and classical saxophone, jazz ensembles, and commercial music styles at the impressive age of twenty-five. Barber has given masterclasses and concerts at multiple Jazz Education Network conferences and at numerous colleges and universities, including the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, the University of Memphis, Lipscomb University, UNC-Pembroke, UNC-Wilmington, Indiana University, The University of Wisconsin (OshKosh), the University of Evansville, and many more. In addition, Rahsaan has served as Vice-President of the Tennessee Jazz and Blues Society and as a board member for the Nashville Jazz Workshop’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion panel.

The Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program at UNCG is a unique and innovative undergraduate jazz program designed to emulate the traditional process of learning jazz, through a combination of mentorship, real-world playing experiences, and a communal approach to learning. Although the program is housed in one of the largest music schools in the Southeast, it is kept intentionally small, resulting in an intensive and highly personalized learning environment.

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Patrons must sit in their assigned seat. Face coverings that cover the nose and mouth are strongly encouraged, but not required, while inside the performance hall. Social distancing is encouraged when possible.

Minerva Stage Company: Opera and Musical Theatre Scenes
2023-04-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Margaret Stuckey, piano • Graduate Recital
2023-04-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Alexia Della Valle, soprano • Graduate Recital
2023-04-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Cancelled: Joseph Ciampi, trombone • Undergraduate Recital
2023-04-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Zachary Taylor, tenor • Graduate Recital
2023-04-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Spring Dances 2023
2023-04-14 19:30 - 21:30 | Dance Theatre, 1408 Walker Avenue, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
Spring Dances 2023 features choreography from UNC Greensboro School of Dance faculty and guest artists. Tickets will go on sale January 9, 2023 at go.uncg.edu/dancetix

ROCK OF AGES
2023-04-14 19:30 - 22:00 | UNCG Taylor Theatre, 406 Tate St, Greensboro, NC 27403, USA, 406 Tate St, Greensboro, NC, 27403, United States
By Chris D’Arienzo
Arrangements and Orchestrations by Ethan Popp
Directed by Erin Speer
Dates:
April 14 – 15 at 7:30 p.m.
April 16 at 2:00 p.m.
April 19 – 22 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online.
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Age Rating: PG-13
Content Advisory: Mature language, adult situations, sexual innuendo, loud sounds, drug and alcohol use, strobe lights, and haze.
Run Time: Approx. 2 hr.
Frame/Works Discussion via Zoom: April 26 at 7:00 p.m. (click here for the link)
Location: Taylor Theatre, 406 Tate St., Greensboro, NC 27412
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Summary:
It’s the tail end of the big, bad 1980s in Hollywood, and the party has been raging hard. Aqua Net, Lycra, lace, and liquor flow freely at one of the Sunset Strips last legendary venues, a place where sex machine Stacee Jaxx takes the stage and scantily clad groupies line up to turn their fantasies into reality. Amidst the madness, aspiring rock star (and resident toilet cleaner) Drew longs to take the stage as the next big thing (and longs for small-town girl Sherri, fresh off the bus from Kansas with stars in her eyes). But the rock ‘n’ roll fairy tale is about to end when German developers sweep into town with plans to turn the fabled Strip into just another capitalist strip mall. Can Drew, Sherri and the gang save the strip – and themselves – before it’s too late? Only the music of hit bands Styx, Journey, Bon Jovi, Whitesnake and more hold the answer. – Concord Theatricals
“As the show opens with blinding lights, shredding guitars and hammer-handed drumming, even nonbelievers may start inhaling the Aqua Net and embracing their inner rocker.” – Variety
“A seriously silly, absurdly enjoyable arena-rock musical… the performances blend sincere conviction and knowing parody. I never would have guessed that wine coolers could age this well!” – New York Times
ROCK OF AGES is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com

Erin Burke, percussion • Undergraduate Recital
2023-04-15 11:30 - 13:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Nicholas Lewis, trombone • Graduate Recital
2023-04-15 13:30 - 15:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

William Labossiere, percussion • Graduate Recital
2023-04-15 15:30 - 17:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Chloe White, saxophone • Undergraduate Recital
2023-04-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Peyton Wheeler, mezzo-soprano • Undergraduate Recital
2023-04-15 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Roland Burnot, saxophone • Undergraduate Recital
2023-04-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Joseph Calcagno, trumpet • Undergraduate Recital
2023-04-16 11:30 - 13:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Grace Nelson Poe, flute • Graduate Recital
2023-04-16 13:30 - 15:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Matthew Henderson, piano • Undergraduate Recital
2023-04-16 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

William Morris, jazz double bass • Graduate Recital
2023-04-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Saxophone Studio Recital
2023-04-17 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
