College of Visual and Performing Arts

lust(rous) Exhibition
2023-07-25 12:00 - 2023-07-29 17:00 (America/New_York) | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
lust(rous)
Heidi Zenisek
July 25 – 29, 2023
Reception: Friday, July 28th, 6-8PM
We have evolved to seek and value all that glitters and shines, whether it’s the thrill we feel when we see a vivid color, a gleaming surface, or shards of light— that need to see it, touch it, have it, goes all the way down to the bone. This work plays into our evolutionary chemical and emotional response to sparkle and color by using an iridescent film. The materiality of the film lures us in by taking advantage of one of our first and most basic human instincts: to be drawn to the glittering ripples across the surface of water. This instinctual attraction similarly plays a role in our fascination with natural phenomena such as the aurora borealis, galaxies, rainbows, the dazzle of a diamond, or the flecks in an opal. This work impersonates these curious occurrences and attempts to mimic the inexplicable isness of nature.
These pieces have been made or assembled on site responding to the space, to the light emanating from other pieces, to the sun moving across the gallery throughout the day and how they transition with the dark of night. The film is transparent in certain light causing it to layer on top of its surroundings. At other angles, it becomes opaque and mirrored so the surroundings now adorn its surface, creating an art object in itself while also becoming enmeshed with the space. It mimics, converses, and contrasts the environment it occupies.

To learn more about the artists, visit our website here
Greensboro Project Space Weekly Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Friday, 12 -5 PM
Saturday, 2-5PM

GPS Student Residency Program Summer Studios: Arts on Site!
2023-08-01 12:00 - 2023-08-12 17:00 | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
Greensboro Project Space Presents its Inaugural Cohort for its new Student Residency Program
Summer Studios: Arts on Site!

Supporting UNCG student artists as they forge new directions in their creative practices over a two-week incubation period

Session #2: August 1 – 12, 2023*
Public Open Studio: Friday, August 4th | 12-5P
Public Open Studio: Tuesday, August 8th | 12-3P
Closing Open House: Friday, August 11th | 6-8P

Designed to support UNCG undergraduate student artists (BA + BFA) striving to develop, adapt, and/or reinvent their creative process and to promote artistic growth and development, artists are afforded two-weeks of uninterrupted research and development, coupled with financial support and public presentational platforms to share their creative work.
The students selected represented those proposals who best considered how to use this residency as a way to work towards new or expanded approaches in their making practices. We are pleased to accept the following artists into this summer’s program and to contribute to new directions in their artistic practice.

Session #2 Artists in Residence (August 1-12, 2023)
Christina Hall (she/her; photography) will experiment with building sculptures out of natural materials sourced nearby GPS and, in the community, and pair these sculptures with photographs drawing attention to the environmental issue of plastic bag litter.
Jasper Rutledge (he/him; painting) will begin a body of paintings and mixed-media works addressing themes of identity and belonging, particularly as a queer person who grew up in the American South.
Ashe Smith (she/they; sculpture/ceramics) will create a space that can be healing, by working with found objects from nearby GPS and the community to create an installation that focuses on anxieties and mental illness.
Abigail Weatherholtz (she/her; painting) will explore the collaboration of traditional fine arts and sewing crafts in the context of couture as a painter, working towards the possibility of creating garments made from paintings – a three-dimensional canvas for (semi-) practical wear.

*Note: the gallery will not be open during regular public hours these two weeks; the gallery will only be open during the above dates/times for public engagement events
This student opportunity was made possible by our Founding Sponsor, Maggie Triplett.

Color Rooms Art Exhibition
2023-08-15 12:00 - 2023-08-26 17:00 | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
Color Rooms
by: UNCG Painting Students
August 15 – 26, 2023
Reception: Friday, August 25th, 6-8PM
Over the course of 8 months, UNCG Painting capstone students have delved into process, mood, and symbolism. Paintings in this show were created through inquiry of environments and memories, addressing the evolution of our personal lives through color.
Featured Artists
Olivia Axland
Amiah Jones
Wesley Durham
Jasper Rutledge
Madison Miller
Sarah Smith
Brenda Fonseca-Martinez
Wisp Schock

To learn more, visit our website here
Greensboro Project Space Weekly Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Friday, 12 -5 PM
Saturday, 2-5PM

Graduate Clarinet Studio Showcase
2023-08-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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I❤️COLLABORATION
2023-08-26 16:00 - 16:16 | Elliott University Center Auditorium, 507 Stirling St, Greensboro, 27402
Directed by Michael Flannery
Cinematography by Professors Jennida Chase and Hassan Pitts
Editor: Jennida Chase
Screenplay: Andre Otabor, Jeffrey Payton, and Michael Flannery
Date: Screening 4 p.m. on Aug. 26
Tickets: Not Required
The web series link is coming soon.
Age Rating: PG-13
Run Time: 16 Min
Frame/Works Discussion via Zoom: Immediately following the screening
Location: EUC Auditorium
Summary:
Episode 1 of I❤️COLLABORATION will be screened on Saturday, August 26th at 4pm in the EUC Auditorium. I❤️COLLABORATION is a 13-episode mockumentary web series that follows a class whose final exam is hijacked by the graduate teaching assistant who was humiliated by someone in the class. The web series is a co-production of the UNCG School of Theatre and the UNCG Department of Media Studies. Scoring for the episodes is being done by the UNCG School of Music. After Episode 1 is screened, there will be a short talkback with some of the people (both in front and behind the camera) involved. After the public screening on the 26th, a new episode will drop weekly beginning Sunday, September 3rd.

Kai Summerlin, horn • Undergraduate Recital
2023-08-31 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Color, Cloth, & Chaos Art Exhibition
2023-09-05 12:00 - 2023-09-09 20:00 | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
Color, Cloth, & Chaos
by Greg Hausler (Wonky Star Studios)
September 5 – 9, 2023
Reception: Saturday, September 9th | 6-8P

Local artist, Greg Hausler, owner of Wonky Star Studios will be debuting his first solo show, Color, Cloth & Chaos. The exhibit will be held during the NC Folk Festival, so you can enjoy both visual and performing arts.
Hausler creates paintings by combining clothing, fabric scraps, found objects, and profuse amounts of paint into thought-provoking works of art. He has been refining this unique technique for decades and is excited to share over thirty of his works with people as they take in the festivities downtown.
In addition to the artists’ work, the exhibition will also broadcast a live interview on the EyesClosed Podcast, music by DJFM on Thursday, September 7 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM and Friday & Saturday, September 8 & 9, from 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Plus, a few more surprises throughout the exhibit!
For a sneak peek of Hausler’s work, visit www.wonkystarstudios.com or follow him on Instagram @WonkyStarStudios.

To learn more, visit our website here
Greensboro Project Space Weekly Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Thursday, 12 -5 PM
Special Friday + Saturday hours during NC Folk Festival Weekend: Sept 8th + 9th | 12-8PM

1919 Viola Celebration • Faculty and Guest Artist Recital
2023-09-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Jonathan Bagg, viola
Samuel Gold, viola
Scott Rawls, viola
Suzanne Rousso, viola
Annie Jeng, piano
Teddy Robie, piano
Jungho Kim, conductor

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This concert was made possible with the generous support of The Gertrude Burke Endowment & Mallarmé Music.

Jonathan Bagg is Professor of the Practice at Duke University and violist with the Ciompi String Quartet. His career with the Ciompi includes hundreds of concerts across the U.S. and around the world, as well as dozens of recordings. He is a founding Artistic Director of Electric Earth Concerts in New Hampshire, and he directed the Monadnock Music festival from 2007-2011. As an orchestral player he appeared often with the Boston Symphony, Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society Orchestra, the New Haven Symphony, and the New Hampshire Symphony, where he was principal viola. Currently Chair in the Department of Music, Bagg has directed the chamber music program at Duke, and he has served as Director of Undergraduate Studies and Director of Performance.
Samuel Gold began studying the viola at the age of four with Sherida Josephson of the Des Moines Symphony. He is a graduate of the New England Conservatory, where he studied primarily with Martha Strongin Katz and Roger Tapping, and the University of Iowa, where he studied with Christine Rutledge and Elizabeth Oakes. Gold is currently the principal violist with the North Carolina Symphony. He has performed at the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Taos School of Music, and the Montreal International String Quartet Academy.
Scott Rawls has appeared as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, and Europe. His solo and chamber music recordings can be heard on the Centaur, CRI, Nonesuch, Capstone, and Philips labels. A strong proponent of new music, Rawls has premiered dozens of new works by prominent composers. Most notable, he has toured extensively as a member of Steve Reich and Musicians. During the summer season, Rawls plays principal in the festival orchestra at Brevard Music Center where he also coordinates the viola program. He was also recently appointed principal viola of the Palm Beach Opera orchestra, David Stern artistic director. Dr. Rawls currently serves as Professor of Viola and Chamber Music at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He holds a BM degree from Indiana University and a MM and DMA from State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Violist Suzanne Rousso serves as artistic and the executive leader of Mallarmé Music, based in Durham. The ensemble is known as one of the region’s most diverse collective of musicians.
Her previous administrative and educational engagements included service as Director of Operations and Education of the Portland (Maine) Symphony and Director of Education for the North Carolina Symphony. In 2009, she received a Regional Artist grant from the United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County and later a Durham Arts Council’s Emerging Artist grant that enabled her to acquire a baroque viola and enter into the field of historically-informed performance. She has participated in both Boston and Berkeley Early Music Festivals, is a member of the North Carolina Baroque Orchestra and a regular player with Duke Chapel’s Bach Cantata Series in which Mallarmé is a musical partner. Her service to the arts extends beyond performance and administration. She has served on the boards of the American Federation of Musicians Local #500 and Arts North Carolina, an advocacy organization for arts and arts education in NC.

Strings Alumni Concert
2023-09-09 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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String alumni, come visit and play with us! We are having an alumni concert on Saturday, September 9 and want everyone to join in the fun! The day will start at 10:00 am, and be done by 6:30 pm, with plenty of time for catching up with friends over lunch and coffee.
All players will have the opportunity to play in a string orchestra conducted by our new Director of Orchestras, Dr. Jungho Kim. We hope you’ll attend and bring a friend or ten! The more the merrier!

Animation Art Show and Dance Party
2023-09-14 12:00 - 2023-09-16 17:00 | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
Animation Art Show and Dance Party
Life Size Animated Dancers
by UNCG Animation Students

September 14th – 16th, 2023
Dance Party Celebration:Friday, September 15th | 6-8P

Join us for an Animation Art Show and Dance Party on Friday September 15th at Greensboro Project Space! The show will feature storyboarding work inspired by the current Weatherspoon exhibition, A Golden Age: Original Animation Art from the Walt Disney Studios, 1937-42. Life sized student 2D animations will also be on display in a virtual dance hall where you’re invited to join in and dance the night away

To learn more, visit our website here
Greensboro Project Space Weekly Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Friday, 12 -5 PM
Saturday, 2-5PM

The Wind Music of Louis Ballard • Faculty/Student Side-by-Side
2023-09-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Jonathan Caldwell, conductor

BALLARD
Ritmo Indio: A Study in American Indian
Rhythms
Siouxiana
Desert Trilogy

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Louis Ballard (1931–2007), in full Louis Wayne Ballard, Quapaw name Honganózhe (“Grand Eagle”or “Stands With Eagles”), was an American composer and music educator best known for compositions that synthesize elements of Native American and Western classical music.
Ballard experienced—and indeed oscillated between—Native American and Western (or Euro-American) musical worlds from an early age. His Quapaw mother and Cherokee father divorced when he was a young boy, after which Ballard lived alternately with his grandmother on Quapaw tribal territory in northeastern Oklahoma and with his mother and non-Native stepfather in southeastern Michigan. While staying with his grandmother, he was an active member of the War Dance Society of the Quapaw and participated in powwows and other events in the Native American community. Meanwhile, his grandmother obtained a piano for him by leasing mineral rights on her Oklahoma property, and she supported his piano and voice lessons in the Western tradition.
Ballard continued to play the piano while a student in the high-school division of Bacone College in Muskogee, Oklahoma. By his sophomore year he had mastered some challenging classical repertoire and had begun to perform in public. After graduating from high school in 1949, he briefly attended the University of Oklahoma (1949–50) and Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College (1950–51) before enrolling in the music program at the University of Tulsa. Ballard sang with the campus Radio Choir throughout his undergraduate studies at Tulsa, and in 1954 he graduated with two bachelor’s degrees—one in music and the other, more specifically, in music education. He then worked as a music director at churches and schools in Tulsa, Osage, and Pawhuska, Oklahoma. In 1959 Ballard returned to the University of Tulsa for graduate study in music composition and received a master’s degree in the discipline in 1962. Following his graduate work, he studied privately with composers Darius Milhaud, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Carlos Surinach, and Felix Labunski.
When the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) opened in 1962, Ballard joined the staff and directed the organization’s music and performing arts programs through the remainder of the decade. During his time at the IAIA, he composed prolifically and debuted a number of works that were based on Native American themes. Notable among these were the ballets Koshare (c. 1965), which made use of a Hopi creation story, and The Four Moons (1967), which was intended to revive the spirits of four tribes that had come back to Earth.
From his position at the IAIA, Ballard went on to become a curriculum specialist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (1969–79). Compositions from this period include Ritmo Indio (1969), a woodwind quintet featuring a Native American flute; the highly regarded Desert Trilogy (1971), an octet for woodwinds, strings, and percussion; and Incident at Wounded Knee (1974), a four-movement work for chamber orchestra commemorating the 1890 massacre of the Oglala Sioux at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, and the symbolic occupation of the town by members of the American Indian Movement in 1973. Aside from his music compositions, Ballard published American Indian Music for the Classroom (1973), a boxed set of instructional materials that included recordings of Native American music, music scores, and a teacher’s guide.
Ballard ultimately developed a national presence, primarily through concert premieres across the United States. He also achieved international recognition, most notably through performances of his work at the Beethovenhalle in Bonn, West Germany (1989), and the Salzburg Mozarteum in Austria (2000). Ballard received numerous awards during the course of his career, not only for his compositions but also for his accomplishments as an educator. In addition, he was honoured for his contributions to the Native American community and to society as a whole; in 2002 he was awarded a Cherokee Medal of Honor for his service in that capacity.

Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration Concert
2023-09-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, Patricia Garcia Gil and Angelita Berdiales Juscamaita will celebrate with a free concert of works by Hispanic and Latin American composers on Friday, September 15 at 7:30 pm in Tew Recital Hall. After the concert, the audience will be invited to take part in a Salsa workshop!
This recital is funded by the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access Awards.

Drawing Marathon MFA Student Exhibition
2023-09-19 12:00 - 2023-09-23 17:00 | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
Drawing Marathon MFA Exhibition
By UNG MFA in Art Students
September 19 – 23, 2023

Featured Artists
Celena Amburgey
Erin Fei
Karrington Gardner
Jason Lord
Paul Stanley Mensah
Nill Smith

Drawing Marathon is a foundational course in the MFA Studio Arts program at UNCG. Through a four-week intensive course that meets for 14+ hours every weekend, students work through preconceived notions about their own image-making and artistic practices, spending large blocks of time drawing in response to prompts or guidelines and then discussing the learning process with peers and this year’s Drawing Marathon instructor, Mariam Stephan. This exhibition is the culmination of the work produced during these four weeks by the graduate students, including a range of drawings from quick experimentations to fully resolved drawings.

To learn more, visit our website here
Greensboro Project Space Weekly Gallery Hours:
Tuesday – Friday, 12 -5 PM
Saturday, 2-5PM

Reception for Sarah Sudhoff – Not a Drill
2023-09-20 16:00 - 18:00 | Gatewood Studio Arts Center, 527 Highland Ave, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA, 527 Highland Ave, Greensboro, 27412, United States
Sarah Sudhoff will give a talk about her exhibition “Not A Drill” in the School of Art’s Gatewood Gallery
Wednesday, September 20, from 4:00 – 6:00pm
For more information on Sarah’s work please visit www.sarahsudhoff.com

“Elements of Soneo Theory: Vocal Improvisation Strategies in Salsa Music” • Irna Priore Music and Culture Lecture Series
2023-09-22 16:00 - 17:00 | Collins Lecture Hall (Music 217), 100 McIver St, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
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Salsa music’s soneos are improvisatory spaces in which lead singers (soneros) perform impressive feats of vocal pyrotechnics in cyclic alteration with a choral refrain. This paper develops a set of tools for interpreting soneos, inviting analysts to examine the sung stories of salsa music as a multivalent tapestry woven of sound, language, and gesture. Centering venerated soneros like Benny More, Celia Cruz, and Ismael River, Dr. Mitchell explores standard ways of manipulating vocal styles, melodic shapes, rhythmic gestures, and ensemble relationships on the fly during a soneo improvisation. These techniques combine with the cyclic repetition schemes and linear intensification processes scripted by the arrangement, giving rise to unique energetic shapes, which an analyst may then bring into expressive dialogue with the song’s gestural and linguistic media.

Dr. Nathaniel Mitchell is Lecturer of Music Theory at the UNC Greensboro School of Music. He comes to the School of Music from Temple University where he was Adjunct Professor of Music Theory. He has also held professional appointments at the University of Delaware and Princeton University in the area of Music Theory.
Mitchell’s research focuses on the cognitive foundations of musical creativity in a variety of genres, including opera, bluegrass, and video games. His research has appeared in Music Theory Spectrum (“The Volta: A Galant Gesture of Culmination”), the Oxford Handbook of Public Music Theory (“/r/musictheory: Making Music Theory on Reddit.com”), and SMT-Pod (“Moderating Musical Discussions on Reddit: An Interdisciplinary Conversation”), and a video essay on the Animal Crossing video game series is forthcoming in SMT-V.
Mitchell received his PhD in Music from Princeton University, where his dissertation on musical form in eighteenth-century opera was awarded the Holmes/ D’Accone Dissertation Fellowship from the American Musicological Society. He also holds an MM in Music Theory from Indiana University as well as a BM in Piano Performance and Music Theory from Furman University.

Jacqueline Wilson, bassoon • Guest Artist Recital
2023-09-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Jacqueline Wilson, bassoon
Sophia Tegart, flute
Fabio Mescetti, piano

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Bassoonist Dr. Jacqueline Wilson is an active performer, pedagogue, collaborator, and advocate. She currently serves as Principal Bassoonist of the Washington Idaho Symphony and Assistant Professor of Bassoon at Washington State University where she performs with the Solstice Faculty Wind Quintet. As an active soloist and chamber musician, she regularly presents recitals, masterclasses, and clinics including engagements at the International Double Reed Society Conference (Boulder, CO, Tampa, FL, Columbus, GA,), the International Alliance for Women in Music Conference (Corvallis, OR), the Meg Quigley Bassoon Symposium (Tucson, AZ, Los Angeles, CA), and the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, NY). She is also a founding member of Ensemble 337, an innovative bassoon and marimba duo with percussionist Dr. Christopher Wilson. An eager contributor to the double reed community, Dr. Wilson currently serves as Vice President of the International Double Reed Society, a Co-Executive Director of the Meg Quigley Vivaldi Competition and Bassoon Symposium, and co-hosts the Double Reed Dish podcast with oboist Dr. Galit Kaunitz.
As an avid supporter of new music, Dr. Wilson (Yakama) frequently collaborates with composers on the creation of new works to expand the repertoire of the bassoon. She is especially passionate about embracing diversity in her performances by elevating music featuring underrepresented perspectives and lived experiences, with a special focus on collaborating with Indigenous composers. In this capacity, she has premiered, commissioned, and recorded works by composers Juantio Becenti, Connor Chee, Louis W. Ballard, and Raven Chacon, among others. These efforts can be heard on her debut album, Works for the Bassoon by Native American Composers (WSU Recordings). Expansion of this work was supported by a WSU New Faculty Seed Grant in the form of an international Indigenous artistic collaboration with Māori composers, as well as an Artist Trust Fellowship to fund the commissioning of a concerto for bassoon and strings by Connor Chee. She also actively composes new pieces and creates resources that facilitate the performance of works from the 20th century and beyond. Wilson’s composition Dance Suite for Solo Bassoon was awarded the 2022 PatsyLu Prize for outstanding work by a BIPOC composer in the 41st Search for New Music Competition by the International Alliance for Women in Music. Her article, “Strategies for Learning Luciano Berio’s Sequenza XII,” co-authored with Dr. Christin Schillinger (Ithaca College), has been published in The Double Reed and the Journal de L’Association Bassons (France). Similarly, her dissertation, an analysis and performance guide of Sofia Gubaidulina’s Concerto for Bassoon and Low Strings, has been utilized by noteworthy bassoonists worldwide.
Dr. Wilson holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Bassoon Performance and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa. She is also a graduate of Boston University’s College of Fine Arts and Eastern Washington University. Her principal teachers include Benjamin Coelho, Matthew Ruggiero, and Lynne Feller-Marshall.

Sinfonia
2023-09-26 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Rebecca MacLeod, conductor
William Dowell, graduate conductor

PIAZZOLLA
Oblivion
WHITACRE
October
VIVALDI
Teuzzone
HOLST
March from A Moorside Suite

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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.

Jazz Ensembles I and II
2023-09-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Adults
$12.00

Seniors
$9.00

Students
$6.00

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Chad Eby, director
Thomas Heflin, director

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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.

Sara Davis Buechner, piano • Daniel Ericourt Artist Residency
2023-09-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Additional Events

Monday 9/25
2:00–4:00 p.m.
Organ Hall
Masterclass for UNCG piano students
Tuesday 9/26
10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Organ Hall
Masterclass for UNCG piano students
Wednesday 9/27
2:00–4:00 p.m.
Tew Recital Hall
Masterclass for UNCG piano students
Thursday 9/28
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Organ Hall
Lecture on piano technique

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Noted for her musical command, cosmopolitan artistry, and visionary independence, Sara Davis Buechner is one of the most original concert pianists of our time. Lauded for her “intelligence, integrity and all-encompassing technical prowess” (New York Times), “thoughtful artistry in the full service of music” (Washington Post), and “astounding virtuosity” (Philippine Star), Japan’s InTune magazine sums up: “Buechner has no superior.”
In her twenties Ms. Buechner earned a bouquet of top prizes at the world’s premiere international piano competitions — Queen Elisabeth (Brussels), Leeds, Mozart (Salzburg), Beethoven (Vienna), and Sydney. She was a Bronze Medalist of the 1986 Tschaikowsky Competition in Moscow and the Gold Medalist of the 1984 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition. Ms. Buechner has performed in every state and province of North America as recitalist, chamber musician and soloist with top orchestras. Her career has spanned North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Sara Davis Buechner joined the faculty of Temple University’s Boyer College of Music and Dance in 2016, after previously teaching at the Manhattan School of Music, New York University and the University of British Columbia. As a proud transgender woman, Ms. Buechner also appears as a speaker and performer at important LGBTQ events and has contributed interviews and articles about her own experience to numerous media outlets worldwide.

The Daniel Ericourt Artist Residency in Piano at the UNC Greensboro School of Music honors the legacy of the great French pianist Daniel Ericourt (1903-1998), who was Artist-in-Residence at the UNC Greensboro School of Music from 1963 through 1976. The Ericourt Residency has brought many renowned artists to UNCG, including José Feghali, Jon Nakamatsu, Jacques Despres, Pascal Rogé, David Owen Norris, Charles Richard-Hamelin, Daria Rabotkina, Craig Sheppard, and Lydia Artymiw. Superlative performers and teachers like these bring inspiration, new insights, and joy to students, faculty, and audiences alike.

Into The Woods
2023-09-29 19:30 - 22:30 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate St, Greensboro, NC 27403, USA, 408 Tate St, NC, United States
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by James Lapine
Originally Directed on Broadway by James Lapine
Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick
Directed by Sarah Hankins
Dates:
Sept. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Sept. 30 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Oct. 1 at 2:00 p.m.
Tickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click on the “website” link below to purchase tickets online.
Age Rating: PG
Run Time: Approx. 2 hr. and 45 min.
Frame/Works Discussion via Zoom: Oct. 2 at 7:00 p.m.
Location: UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate St, Greensboro, NC 27403
Summary:
James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim take everyone’s favorite storybook characters and bring them together for a timeless, yet relevant, piece… and a rare modern classic. The Tony Award-winning book and score are both enchanting and touching.
The story follows a Baker and his wife, who wish to have a child; Cinderella, who wishes to attend the King’s Festival; and Jack, who wishes his cow would give milk. When the Baker and his wife learn that they cannot have a child because of a Witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Everyone’s wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later with disastrous results.
One of Sondheim’s most popular works, Into the Woods is a musically sophisticated show with the opportunity to feature actors adept at dark comedy. Designers will especially enjoy highlighting the fantastical elements of this magical word. – Musical Theatre International
“Into the Woods” is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Spartan Voices and University Chorale
2023-09-30 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Brett Nolker, conductor
Carole Ott Coelho, conductor

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The mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching, performance, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance, we strive to create an environment of trust, communication, and expressive freedom, to present outstanding performances throughout the year, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry, understanding, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals.

The Gatewood Gallery Presents – Brian Kreydatus – Greetings from Williamsburg
2023-10-02 09:00 - 16:00 | Gatewood Studio Arts Center, 527 Highland Ave, Greensboro, NC 27412, USA, 527 Highland Ave, Greensboro, 27412, United States
Brian Kreydatus’s Greetings from Williamsburg
October 2 – 27, 202

Artist Talk and Reception October 4th at 4:00pm

Erika Boysen, flute • Artist Faculty Recital
2023-10-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Dr. Erika Boysen is an international performer, educator and collaborator who is the Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. Known for her verve and energy while teaching, Erika has previously served as faculty at the Interlochen Arts Academy and Interlochen Arts Camp, Northwestern Michigan College and Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts.
Committed to developing new and innovative ways of presenting and teaching the traditional model of classical flute, the majority of her research and scholarship focuses on cross-disciplinary collaboration between the arts. Through movement, singing and acting, she promotes an approach to education and performance that highlights multiple aspects of artistic expression.
In demand as a clinician and speaker, she has been a featured artist at the Montana Flute Festival, Eastern Carolina Flute Symposium and Iowa Flute Festival. In addition, she has published articles in Flute Talk Magazine and Physics Education Journal and presented at the North Carolina Music Educators Association Conference and Wild Acres Flute Retreat.
Erika has toured across the United States and Europe performing in a variety of chamber, orchestral and improvisation-based ensembles. Currently, as a member of the UNCG East Wind Quintet, Seen/Heard Trio and COLLAPSS Ensemble (Collective for Happy Sounds), she is dedicated to championing music of living composers. Erika has received orchestral fellowships from the Aspen Music Festival, Texas Music Festival and Brevard Music Festival having worked with conductors: Christian Arming, David Robertson, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Robert Spano and Hugh Wolff. These orchestral and chamber pursuits are complemented by her appearances at ArtX Detroit, Meadowbrook, and Culture Lab Festivals as a part of Shara Nova’s indie rock/alternative pop band, My Brightest Diamond.
Her first solo debut album, Reimagining the Album, will be released via an online application featuring newly commissioned works for the singing/moving flutist by composers: David Biedenbender, Mark Engebretson, Jane Rigler and Sam L. Richards. In addition, she can be heard on the Blue Griffin and Arts Laureate Recording labels.
A native of Iowa, Dr. Boysen received her Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan, Master of Music from the New England Conservatory and Bachelor of Music from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Studio Voice Recital
2023-10-03 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Symphonic Band • Garrett Klein, trumpet
2023-10-03 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
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Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
Garrett Klein, trumpet
Kristin Arp, graduate conductor

ADAMS
The Governor’s Own
SPECHT
Bridge to Manhattan
THOMAS
Shenandoah
EWAZEN
Recuerdos from Danzante
MASLANKA
Give Us This Day

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Trumpet artist Garrett Klein has performed across the United States and Asia as a soloist, chamber player, and orchestral musician. He is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Trumpet at UNC Greensboro where he leads the Trumpet Studio, coaches the Graduate Brass Quintet, and directs the Trumpet Ensemble. Previously Garrett served on the faculties of St. Olaf College and Gustavus Adolphus College.
Garrett is a member of the Dallas Brass, an internationally recognized touring ensemble. Dallas Brass has a legacy of presenting uplifting performances, which span a wide array of musical styles. In addition to performing shows across the country, Dallas Brass demonstrates a steadfast commitment to music education by working to inspire students of all ages while on tour.
Outside of touring with Dallas Brass, Garrett has performed with the Charlotte Symphony, Winston-Salem Symphony, the North Carolina Brass Band, and the Carolina Brass. He has also appeared as a guest musician with The Phoenix Symphony, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, the New World Symphony, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Additionally, Garrett is an Associate Artist with the Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass. A new music advocate, Garrett has worked with composers to commission new works for trumpet, presenting newly composed works at International Trumpet Guild Conferences.
Garrett earned his DMA and MM degrees at Arizona State University, along with a Certificate in Music Theory Pedagogy. Prior to ASU, he studied at the prestigious Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore and St. Olaf College in Minnesota. Garrett Klein is an endorsing artist for Conn-Selmer and proudly performs on Vincent Bach trumpets.

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.

Symphony Orchestra • Daniel Garcia, clarinet
2023-10-04 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
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Jungho Kim, conductor
Daniel García, clarinet
Winner, Student Artist Competition

MÁRQUEZ
Danzón No. 2
NIELSEN
Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, op. 57
TCHAIKOVSKY
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op. 64

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Honduran clarinetist and composer Daniel Garcia began his musical study at the age of 11 at the National Music School of Honduras. He has performed with orchestras in Latin America and the US, and in 2022 joined North Carolina’s Western Piedmont Symphony as 2nd Clarinet. Daniel, who is an endorsed artist for Steuer Reeds, won the 2015 MasterWorks Festival Concerto Competition and made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2021 as First Prize winner of the Golden Classical Music awards. He has won other top prizes in the Charleston International Music Competition, the BTHVN Wien Competition, the Valencia Awards Music Competition, the London Classical Music Competition, the International Mozart Competition Vienna, Swiss International Music Competition, the UNCG Student Artist Competition and the Raleigh Symphony “Rising Star” Competition.
Daniel’s compositional voice takes a tonal approach, with melody as the main pillar and it is influenced by modernism and some of the most known composers of the twentieth century. His works have been performed by Susan Hoskins, Jorge Diez & Ryan Johnson among others. Daniel is currently a Graduate Teaching Assistant and MM Candidate at UNC Greensboro, where he studies clarinet with Anthony Taylor, Luke Ellard & Andy Hudson and composition with Alejandro Rutty & Mark Engebretson. He previously earned his BM in Clarinet Performance from the Schwob School of Music in 2022, where he was a Woodruff Scholar and studied clarinet with Lisa Oberlander and composition with James Ogburn.

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.

Chambers Singers and Coro di Belle Voce
2023-10-05 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Welborn Young, conductor

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The mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching, performance, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance, we strive to create an environment of trust, communication, and expressive freedom, to present outstanding performances throughout the year, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry, understanding, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals.

Wind Ensemble
2023-10-05 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
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Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
Kristin Arp, graduate conductor
David Aarons, steel pans

THOMAS
Caribana
CUONG
Deciduous
HIGDON
Mysterium
BRYANT
Concerto for Wind Ensemble (consortium premiere)

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The UNCG Wind Ensemble is a highly select concert band of fifty performers majoring in music at the UNCG School of Music. Performers in the current Wind Ensemble are drawn from sixteen states, Slovenia, and Hong Kong. The ensemble has enjoyed a distinguished record of performance throughout its history. In January 1992, the UNCG Wind Ensemble performed “A Tribute to John Philip Sousa” to a capacity crowd of 2,700 at the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Twice, the Wind Ensemble earned critical acclaim from The Washington Post following concerts in the nation’s capital. The Wind Ensemble has performed throughout the eastern United States in recent years including the first-ever performance, in 1987, by a North Carolina collegiate ensemble in Lincoln Center, New York City. The Wind Ensemble performed that same year in West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C. The Wind Ensemble has recorded nineteen commercially-available albums which have received widespread praise.
In 1985, the Wind Ensemble performed a series of concerts with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer-conductor Karel Husa. In 1988, the UNCG Wind Ensemble performed in New Orleans, Louisiana by invitation of the College Band Directors National Association for the Southern Division convention. On a number of occasions, the Wind Ensemble has commissioned and premiered works from leading band composers. In November of 1990, the Wind Ensemble performed for the Southern Division of MENC convention. In February 1994, the UNCG Wind Ensemble performed for a convention of the CBDNA and NBA in Williamsburg, Virginia. In March 1999, the Wind Ensemble performed for the national convention of the American Bandmasters Association in Melbourne, Florida. In February 2000, the Wind Ensemble performed for the CBDNA Southern Division Convention hosted at UNCG. In 2006, the Wind Ensemble performed in The Music Center at Strathmore in Bethesda, Maryland, shared a concert with the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own” in Arlington, Virginia, and collaborated with Karel Husa, David Dzubay, and Carter Pann in the performaces of their music, including two commissions. In 2009, the Wind Ensemble performed at the CBDNA National Convention at the University of Texas at Austin and performed additional concerts in Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, and Texas as part of a week-long tour. The Wind Ensemble performed at the 2011 National Convention of the American Bandmasters Association and the 2013 National Conference of the College Band Directors National Association hosted in Greensboro. Most recently, the UNCG took a twelve day concert tour through the Czech Republic, Austria, and Italy, the highlight of which was a concert in Prague’s famed Dvořák Hall.

Ziteng Guo, saxophone • Graduate Recital
2023-10-06 15:30 - 17:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Concert Band • Anthony Taylor and Luke Ellard, clarinets
2023-10-06 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
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Kristin Arp, conductor
Jennifer Walter, guest conductor
Dalton Guin, guest conductor
Anthony Taylor, basset horn
Luke Ellard, clarinet

COPLEY
Halcyon Hearts
CAMPBELL
A Thousand Inner Voices
MENDELSSOHN
Concertpiece No. 2
GIROUX
Celestial Seas
NELHYBEL
Corsican Litany
BUCKLEY
Cascadia Suite

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Anthony Taylor, clarinet, has been on the faculty of the University of North Carolina College of Visual and Performing Arts and Principal Clarinet of the Winston-Salem Symphony since 2007. He has been an Artist/Teacher for the Eastern Music Festival since 2013 and served on the faculty of the Hot Springs Music Festival (Arkansas) from 2008–2012. He has formerly held positions with the Spokane Symphony, the Boise Philharmonic, Washington State University, Eastern Washington University, and Whitman College. Taylor’s clarinet playing can be heard on recordings on the Navona, Centaur, Naxos American Classics and Gothic recording labels, and the most recent releases are two Centaur records projects with New Music Raleigh. The most recent is the world premiere recording of Brett William Dietz’s opera introspective Headcase, and another recent release is the debut recording of composer DJ Sparr, 21207. He can also be found on youtube; his video promoting his March 2011 basset clarinet performances of the Mozart concerto with the Winston-Salem symphony now has nearly 100,000 views. In 2014, Taylor was among the first performers of Donald Crockett’s Dance Concerto(please see media page for recordings). He has appeared at the International Clarinet Association ClarinetFest®, with a notable performance of John Adams’s clarinet concerto Gnarly Buttons in 2010 and in 2011, the world premiere of UNCG composer Alejandro Rutty’s work for Guitars, for two clarinets and Ableton Live-based electronics. In recent years, Taylor has been expanding his pedagogical skills through extensive study of human movement and the Alexander Technique, and expects to complete his ATI certification as a teacher of the Alexander Technique some time during the 2016–17 academic year. Taylor holds degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the Florida State University and Washington State University. His former teachers include Steve Cohen, Ron Aufmann, Richard Hawkins, Frank Kowalsky, Jim Schoepflin, and Joseph Brooks.

Clarinetist, composer, educator, and new music collaborator Luke Ellard strives for art that continually reaches out, valuing a relational spirit, informed engagement, and unapologetic authenticity.
For Luke, collaboration is what gives music life. As clarinetist, they have performed with members of Bang On a Can All Stars, Eighth Blackbird, International Contemporary Ensemble, Fifth House Ensemble, Arkansas Symphony, and Lone Star Wind Orchestra. Their current performance projects center around their self-produced solo cross-genre/electronic band LE, and commissioning new exciting works for the clarinet.
Their collaborative spirit is reflected in their life as a composer as well, drawing inspiration from a personal and communicative place. Their music has been performed by groups such as New Trombone Collective (Blue Interjections, finalist in the 2013 Slide Factory International Composition Contest), the North Texas Wind Symphony (The Seer, concerto for Bassoon and Wind Ensemble), HOCKET (someone else’s days, #What2020SoundsLike), the University of Texas Symphony Band (Shifting Tides), Michigan State University Concert Band, Barkada Quartet (threads of execution), the Mother Falcon String Quartet (all I’m feeling right now, winner of Golden Hornet Composer Lab’s String Quartet Smackdown III), and in collaboration with cellist Nick Photinos (haven’t yet, Bang on a Can Summer Festival).
Dr. Ellard joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in the Fall of 2023 as Visiting Assistant Professor of Clarinet, having previously served on faculty at the University of Oklahoma and Midwestern State University while teaching privately and performing in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Luke earned their Doctor of Musical Arts in Clarinet Performance with related studies in Contemporary Music and Music Entrepreneurship at the University of North Texas, studying under Kimberly Cole Luevano. Additionally, Luke has earned degrees from Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (James Campbell & Eric Hoeprich), the University of Texas at Austin (Yevgeniy Sharlat, Dan Welcher, & Donald Grantham), and Louisiana Tech University (Lawrence Gibbs, Joe L. Alexander).
