BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//College of Visual and Performing Arts - ECPv6.15.19//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:College of Visual and Performing Arts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for College of Visual and Performing Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230909T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164450Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164450Z UID:10000794-1694280600-1694286000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Strings Alumni Concert DESCRIPTION:DOWNLOAD PROGRAMINTEREST FORM\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\n \nString 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. \nAll 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! URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/strings-alumni-concert/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/string-faculty-area-photo-2KsTVC.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230906T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230906T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164445Z UID:10000790-1694028600-1694034000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:1919 Viola Celebration • Faculty and Guest Artist Recital DESCRIPTION:DOWNLOAD PROGRAM\nJonathan Bagg\, viola\nSamuel Gold\, viola\nScott Rawls\, viola\nSuzanne Rousso\, viola\nAnnie Jeng\, piano\nTeddy Robie\, piano\nJungho Kim\, conductor \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\nThis concert was made possible with the generous support of The Gertrude Burke Endowment & Mallarmé Music. \n\nJonathan 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. \nSamuel 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. \nScott 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. \nViolist 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.\nHer 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/1919-viola-celebration-faculty-and-guest-artist-recital/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230610T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230610T160000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164241Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164241Z UID:10000780-1686405600-1686412800@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Dr. Jack Masarie Memorial DESCRIPTION:DOWNLOAD PROGRAM\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nA native of California\, Jack Masarie (1942–2023) attended The Julliard School where he received his Bachelor of Music. He earned his Master of Music degree from Bowling Green State University. A former member of the Toledo and Detroit Symphony Orchestras\, Masarie joined UNCG’s School of Music in 1972. He was a founding member of the Market Street Brass and the EastWind Quintet. He played principal horn as a member of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and served as auxiliary horn and substituted with the Roanoke\, Lynchburg\, Winston-Salem\, Charlotte\, and North Carolina Symphonies. Professor Masarie spent eighteen summers at the Brevard Music Center teaching\, coaching\, and playing principal horn in the Festival Orchestra. Masarie was a frequent performer on the natural horn\, the valveless predecessor to the modern horn\, and was an educational specialist for United Musical Instruments\, maker of Conn horns. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/dr-jack-masarie-memorial/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230424T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230424T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164154Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164154Z UID:10000755-1682364600-1682370000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonia DESCRIPTION:DOWNLOAD PROGRAMPROGRAM NOTES AND BIOS\nRotem Weinberg\, conductor\nRebecca MacLeod\, conductor\nTyler Reece\, double bass\nWinner\, Student Artist Competition \n\nMONCAYO\nHuapango \nMARTIN\nBass Concerto \nVAUGHAN WILLIAMS\nConcerto Grosso \nBERNSTEIN\nWest Side Story (selections) \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 \nTyler Reece is a Junior Double Bass Performance Major at UNCG\, where he is a student of Craig Brown. Tyler has recently won a fellowship position with the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle\, a section position with the Salisbury Symphony and substitutes in regional orchestras around the state. When not practicing or performing\, he enjoys playing basketball and travelling. \n\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. \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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/symphony-orchestra-and-sinfonia/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/symphony-header-22a-scaled-CNgyLW.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UNCG Auditorium-1-CVPA –%3B Master (2000)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3736303334383835333332@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230421T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164152Z UID:10000746-1682105400-1682110800@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Jazz Ensemble I featuring Roxy Coss • Miles Davis Jazz Festival DESCRIPTION:Tickets\n\n \n\n\n\nAdults\n$12.00\n\n\nSeniors\n$9.00\n\n\nStudents\n$6.00\n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAM\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\nMusician\, Composer\, Bandleader\, Educator and Activist Roxy Coss received the 2022 Downbeat Critics’ Poll “Rising Star” award on Soprano Saxophone\, is a recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award\, the Hothouse Magazine & Jazzmobile “Tenor Saxophone” Award\, and is a Jazziz Magazine “Artist to Watch”. She has performed around the world\, headlining at the Newport Jazz Festival\, Melbourne Big Band Festival\, NYC Winter JazzFest\, BRIC JazzFest\, Earshot Jazz Festival\, San Jose Jazz Summerfest\, Jazz Standard\, and Jazz Showcase. Coss has performed as a side musician with Jazz greats and luminaries including Clark Terry\, Billy Kaye\, Maurice Hines\, Rufus Reid\, Louis Hayes\, Gene Perla\, Houston Person\, Claudio Roditi\, Bill Charlap\, Geoffrey Keezer\, Willie Jones III\, Jeremy Pelt\, Darcy James Argue\, the DIVA Jazz Orchestra. \nRoxy has six albums out under her own name\, including her latest release\, Disparate Parts (Outside in Music)\, which was met with critical acclaim. Her fifth album Quintet (Outside in Music)\, received a 4-Star review from Downbeat. The Roxy Coss Quintet\, featuring some of the world’s finest young musicians\, is the first-ever recipient of the Emerging Artist Project\, a four-year grant from the Local 802 Musicians Union. They largely perform Coss’ original compositions. Her composition work can also be found on Jeremy Pelt’s recording\, Face Forward\, Jeremy (High Note). \nCoss grew up in Seattle\, WA where she attended the acclaimed Garfield High School Jazz Ensemble\, and graduated from William Paterson University in 2008 with a BM in Jazz Studies/Performance. She has been living in the New York area since 2004. Roxy currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Jazz Education Network (JEN)\, is Jazz Faculty at The Juilliard School\, and is the President & Founder of Women In Jazz Organization (WIJO). She is also an endorsing Artist for P. Mauriat\, Vandoren\, and Key Leaves products. \n\nThe 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/jazz-ensemble-i-featuring-roxy-coss-miles-davis-jazz-festival/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/roxy-coss-event-feature-YiVqxU.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UNCG Auditorium-1-CVPA –%3B Master (2000)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3736303334383835333332@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230420T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164152Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164152Z UID:10000743-1682019000-1682024400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Wind Ensemble • Garrett Klein\, trumpet DESCRIPTION:DOWNLOAD PROGRAMPROGRAM NOTES AND BIOS\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductor\nGarrett Klein\, trumpet \n\nBALLARD\nOcotillo Festival Overture \nCHANG\nSunan Dances \nHUDSON\nThe Hopes and Dreams of Flightless Birds (world premiere) \nZHOU\nSeeker’s Scherzo \nHUSA\nMusic for Prague 1968 \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 \nTrumpet 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. \nGarrett 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. \nOutside 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. \nGarrett 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. \n\nThe 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. \nIn 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/wind-ensemble-garrett-klein-trumpet/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bands-header-3FOXQV.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UNCG Auditorium-1-CVPA –%3B Master (2000)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3736303334383835333332@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230419T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164151Z UID:10000741-1681932600-1681938000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:University Band • Abigail Pack\, horn DESCRIPTION:DOWNLOAD PROGRAMPROGRAM NOTES AND BIOS\nKristin Arp\, conductor \n\nBRYANT\nDusk \nNORRIS\nLiminal Spaces \nBALMAGES\nPele \nNISHIMURA\nStarship \nLIKHUTA\nPlanet B \nVAUGHAN WILLIAMS\nFolk Song Suite \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 \nDr. Abigail Pack\, Professor of Horn at UNCG\, 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 taught 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\, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra\, and currently performs with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra\, the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival Orchestra\, the Southwest Chamber Orchestra\, and the Opera Roanoke Orchestra. Other venues have included performances with the Iowa Brass Quintet\, Western Slope Brass Band\, and Massanutten Brass Band. Recent performance and presentation highlights include the National Flute Association (Washington D.C. with the Montpelier Winds)\, the International Horn Symposium (University of Cape Town\, South Africa)\, the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference (Chicago)\, and the Kennedy Center of The Performing Arts (Washington). \n\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. \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. \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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/university-band-abigail-pack-horn/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bands-header-3FOXQV.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UNCG Auditorium-1-CVPA –%3B Master (2000)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3736303334383835333332@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230414T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230414T220000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164134Z UID:10000670-1681500600-1681509600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:ROCK OF AGES DESCRIPTION:By Chris D’Arienzo\nArrangements and Orchestrations by Ethan Popp\nDirected by Erin Speer \nDates: \nApril 14 – 15 at 7:30 p.m.\nApril 16 at 2:00 p.m.\nApril 19 – 22 at 7:30 p.m.\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \nPurchase Tickets \nAge Rating: PG-13 \nContent Advisory: Mature language\, adult situations\, sexual innuendo\, loud sounds\, drug and alcohol use\, strobe lights\, and haze. \nRun Time: Approx. 2 hr.\nFrame/Works Discussion via Zoom: April 26 at 7:00 p.m. (click here for the link)\nLocation: Taylor Theatre\, 406 Tate St.\, Greensboro\, NC 27412 \nPrograms\, bios\, and more! \nSummary: \nIt’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 \n“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 \n“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 \nROCK OF AGES is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/rock-of-ages/ LOCATION:UNCG Taylor Theatre\, 406 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27403\, USA\, 406 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27403\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Theatre END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164133Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164133Z UID:10000668-1681414200-1681419600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Jazz Ensemble II featuring Rahsaan Barber • Centennials DESCRIPTION:Tickets\n\n \n\n\n\nAdults\n$15.20\n\n\nSeniors\n$12.20\n\n\nMilitary\n$12.20\n\n\nStudents\n$12.20\n\n\n\nTicket prices include $3.20 service charge\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAM\n\n\n\n\n\n1923 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. \n\nSince 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. \nRahsaan’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. \nRahsaan 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. \n\nThe 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. \n\n\n\nAudience Note\nPatrons 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/jazz-ensemble-ii-featuring-rahsaan-barber-centennials/ LOCATION:The Crown at the Carolina Theatre\, 310 S Greene St\, Greensboro\, 27401\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/rahsaan-barber-event-header-ZCshLa.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230403T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230403T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164127Z UID:10000655-1680550200-1680555600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:James Miller\, flute • Guest Artist and Alumni Recital DESCRIPTION:DOWNLOAD PROGRAM\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 \nSFC James J. Miller (’08 MM) is originally from Pontiac\, Michigan. He joined Pershing’s Own in December 2013. He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina – Columbia; a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro\, where he was a graduate assistant and a Professional Artist Certificate from the North Carolina School of the Arts. Miller has been a prizewinner in numerous flute competitions including: MTNA Young Artist\, SC Flute Society. He was the winner of the Concerto Competition at both the University of South Carolina and University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has performed with the Western Piedmont Symphony\, Fayetteville Symphony\, Winston-Salem Symphony\, and Nova Chamber Orchestra. He has also been a featured soloist at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival in Charleston\, SC and London International Poetry Festival in London\, England. Miller joined the Army in July 2011. Before joining Pershing’s own he served in the 8th United States Army Band in Seoul\, Korea and The United States Training and Doctrine Command band at Ft. Eustis\, VA. SFC Miller is in active soloist\, chamber musician and clinician. When not making music he enjoys volunteering\, running\, cooking\, and traveling. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/james-miller-flute-guest-artist-and-alumni-recital/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-2-CVPA –%3B Organ Hall (125)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3735333130333732353136@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164045Z UID:10000647-1680111000-1680116400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Sinfonia DESCRIPTION:DOWNLOAD PROGRAM\nRebecca MacLeod\, conductor\nHeather Lofdahl\, graduate conductor \n\nBIZET\nCarmen Suite No. 1 \nBEACH\nBal Masque \nSIBELIUS\nFinlandia \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\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. \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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/sinfonia-3/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sinfonia-feature-lDG6QG.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230324T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230324T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164043Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164043Z UID:10000645-1679688000-1679688000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Seraph Brass DESCRIPTION:Winners of the 2019 American Prize in Chamber Music\, Seraph Brass is a dynamic ensemble drawing from a roster of America’s top female brass players. Performing primarily as a quintet/sextet\, Seraph Brass also performs as a larger 10-piece ensemble. Committed to engaging audiences with captivating programming\, Seraph Brass presents a diverse body of repertoire\, which includes original transcriptions\, newly commissioned works\, and well-known classics. Seraph released their debut studio album\, Asteria\, on Summit Records in January 2018\, winning a Silver Medal Global Music Award. Seraph Brass is in residency at the Walton Art Center’s Artosphere Festival\, alongside the Dover Quartet\, in the festival orchestra. \nSeraph Brass has toured extensively throughout the United States\, China\, Mexico\, and Europe. Featured performances of Seraph’s 2019–2020 touring schedule include a sextet recital at the International Trumpet Guild Conference in Miami\, performances at the Busan Maru International Music Festival in Korea\, and a residency at the Interlochen Arts Academy. \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nOrchestra/Mezz\nBalconies\n\n\nUNCG Students\n$5\n\n\n\nNon-UNCG Students\n$10\n\n\n\nSingle\n$45\n\n\n\nSeniors/Military\nFaculty/Staff/Retirees\n$40\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets\nPurchase Season Tickets\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 \nOn the international stage\, Seraph has performed at the Lieksa Brass Week in Finland and the Forum Cultural Guanajuato in León\, Mexico. Stateside\, Seraph has performed as the featured ensemble at the International Women’s Brass Conference and has performed concerts at Sarasota’s Artist Series Concerts\, Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago\, Gettysburg Concert Association\, Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach\, SUNY Cortland\, and the Jamestown Concert Association. The group has also toured extensively as Allied Concert Services artists. Seraph is on the roster of Manhattan Music Ensemble and G.L. Berg Entertainment. As featured soloists with band\, Seraph performed Rick DeJonge’s Prelude and Fantasy with the Rowan University Wind Ensemble\, under the direction of Joseph Higgins\, and James Stephenson’s Dodecafecta with the Bucknell University Wind Ensemble\, under the direction of William Kenny. Many members of Seraph Brass performed with Adele on her North American tour in 2016. \nEnthusiastic about education\, Seraph has developed strong relationships with Venezuelan “El Sistema” programs in Philadelphia and Washington\, DC\, and has performed fundraising concerts for Play-On Philly! and Bridges: Music Through Harmony. Seraph has given residencies and performances at Stephen F. Austin University\, University of Virginia\, Fayetteville State University\, Montana State University\, Hendrix College\, Arkansas Tech University\, Lee University\, Tennessee Tech University\, University of Tennessee\, Wittenberg University\, Eastern and Western Illinois Universities\, Penn State Erie\, Virginia Commonwealth University\, Western Michigan University\, Michigan State University\, University of North Carolina School of the Arts\, and Metropolitan State University of Denver\, among others. Seraph offers a variety of entrepreneurship and career development workshops\, in addition to traditional brass pedagogy and technique master classes. \nCommitted to introducing new works into the chamber music repertoire for brass\, Seraph Brass commissioned and premiered Wolf for solo soprano and brass quintet from Philadelphia-based composer Joseph Hallman. In its efforts to promote the work of women composers\, Seraph has commissioned new works by Catherine McMichael and Rene Orth\, both featured on the album Asteria. Seraph also premiered Lucy Pankhurst’s Ouroboros\, with euphonium soloist Hélène Escriva at the International Women’s Brass Conference. In addition to these original works\, Seraph also has many original arrangements by trumpeter Jeff Luke featured on Asteria and Seraph Brass Live! \nMembers of Seraph Brass have performed with such esteemed ensembles as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra\, New York Philharmonic\, San Francisco Symphony\, Musicians from Marlboro\, Luzern Music Festival in Switzerland\, National Symphony\, Brass Band of Battle Creek\, Daejeon Philharmonic\, and Auckland Philharmonia. They currently hold positions in the Richmond Symphony\, World and European Brass Association\, Louisville Orchestra\, Artosphere Orchestra\, University of North Texas\, Hendrix College\, Louisiana State University\, University of Richmond\, University of North Carolina School of the Arts\, University of Wisconsin-Madison\, and Shenandoah Conservatory. \n\nIn addition to public presentations\, every artist in the UCLS series does important work with UNCG students\, such as holding masterclasses and seminars\, often just hours before performing on stage. Thanks to 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/seraph-brass/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,UCLS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Seraph_Brass_Banner-pPvUDW.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191244 CREATED:20240130T164024Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164024Z UID:10000614-1678901400-1678906800@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Xin Gao\, saxophone • Guest Artist and Alumni Recital DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAM\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 \nDr. Xin Gao serves as Assistant Professor of Saxophone and Music Theory at Truman State University. Prior to this\, he served on faculties of East Tennessee State University\, the Music Academy of North Carolina\, Furman University\, Georgia State University and University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) Summer Music Camp. He also taught at UNCG and University of Tennessee at Knoxville during his graduate work at those schools. At UNCG\, he also filled the duties of Associate Professor Steve Stusek while Stusek was on sabbatical. \nGao has enjoyed a successful career as a chamber musician and soloist\, and his accomplishments include national and international recognition at major world competitions\, including first place at the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) National Young Artist Woodwind Competition in 2011\, finalist at the International Saxophone Symposium and Competition (ISSAC) in 2014\, and twice semi-finalist at the International Jean-Marie Londeix Saxophone Competition in 2008 and 2014. With the chamber group QuadrAtomic Saxophone quartet\, he reached the finals of both the Fischoff and Coleman competitions\, and the group was awarded the Coleman-Saunderson Prize. In 2016\, he served as judge at MTNA Tennessee State Young Artist Woodwind and Chamber Music Competition. \nHe has performed as a soloist with orchestras and in recitals across the U.S. as well as Asia. In 2013\, he toured China as a performer and also gave performances and master classes at universities throughout the southeastern U.S. He has performed concertos with the UNCG orchestra\, the UTK orchestra\, and the Duquesne orchestra in the U.S. and the Sichuan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in China. He was invited to the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) for a residency and performance of Claude T. Smith’s saxophone concerto with the UIC Wind Ensemble in 2014. He also frequently performs lecture recitals at national and international conferences\, such as the North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) and the Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium. \nAs a chamber musician\, his experiences with the Sirocco Reed Quintet\, New Century Saxophone Quartet\, QuadATOMIC Saxophone Quartet\, and Road of Creativity (ROC) ensemble have all played major roles in forming his musical identity. Quintet Sirocco performs in a variety of locations around North and South Carolina and was a featured ensemble for the SAVVY Musician in Action Chamber Competition\, Classical Revolution Greensboro\, and the MANC Summer Artist Series. In 2014\, Gao toured with the New Century Saxophone Quartet across nine states in the U.S. Midwest\, giving performances and outreach clinics. The ROC ensemble\, a collaboration among professional musicians and faculty from four universities\, seeks to reinvent concert saxophone and classical chamber music to include elements of jazz\, hip-hop\, and indigenous music. The ROC ensemble appeared at the University of Georgia on April 17\, 2014 for a featured performance and presentation session as part of the university’s interdisciplinary entrepreneurship week. The group has also been invited to present keynote addresses at major corporations such as Corning\, Inc. \nFurthermore\, Gao is passionate about new music and has commissioned new pieces from world-renowned composers such as Sherwood Shaffer and Leilei Tian\, and he has collaborated directly with young composers such as Wei Dai in his efforts to bring Chinese music to a wider audience. His research involves creating the first annotated bibliography dedicated to Chinese saxophone music. \nGao received his DMA from the University of North Carolina\, where he studied with Steve Stusek. He also completed a year of graduate study under the guidance of Connie Frigo at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. His BM and MM in saxophone performance are from Duquesne University\, where he studied with James Houlik. Gao hails from Chengdu City\, People’s Republic of China\, where he began his musical studies on clarinet at the age of eight\, studying with Professor Zhenglong Xiang at the Sichuan Conservatory of Music. In 1997\, at the age of 13\, Gao enrolled in the pre-college program at the Sichuan Conservatory and decided to change his major to classical saxophone performance\, a major created by Yusheng Li\, who was also new to the Conservatory that year. \n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/xin-gao-saxophone-guest-artist-and-alumni-recital/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-2-CVPA –%3B Organ Hall (125)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3735333130333732353136@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230303T170000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T164020Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164032Z UID:10000610-1677857400-1677862800@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Emily Loboda\, saxophone • Alumni and Guest Artist Recital DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\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\nDr. Emily Jane Loboda is an accomplished solo saxophonist\, chamber musician\, and educator. Emily has performed as a soloist with orchestras in Tennessee\, Michigan\, and North Carolina; and has been heard as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the world including performances in China\, Illinois\, Missouri\, Ohio\, Colorado\, Tennessee\, Texas\, and Virginia. She also is active on the professional jazz scene in North Carolina and Tennessee. She studied jazz with Chad Eby and is a member of the Winston-Salem’s Camel City Jazz Orchestra. She was awarded an assistantship for summer 2016 to study with acclaimed saxophonist Branford Marsalis. Emily currently resides in Nashville. She is an adjunct professor at Middle Tennessee State University and Nashville State Community College and private saxophone instructor to a large studio in Middle Tennessee. She was formerly the Adjunct Professor of Saxophone at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City\, Tennessee. She received her Doctorate in Musical Arts in performance\, with minor areas in jazz and music education studies from UNCG. She holds degrees from Central Michigan University and Tennessee Technological University. Her teachers include Phil Barham\, John Nichol\, Steve Stusek\, and Chad Eby. \n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/emily-loboda-saxophone-alumni-and-guest-artist-recital/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230226T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230226T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T164018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164018Z UID:10000605-1677439800-1677445200@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Donald Hartman\, bass-baritone • Artist Faculty Recital DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\nHANDEL\n“Dall’ondoso periglio…Aure\, deh\, per pieta\nand “Quel torrente!” from Giulio Cesare \n“Si tra i ceppi” from Berenice \nSCHUMANN\nLiederkreis\, op. 39 \nBARBER\nDover Beach\, op. 3\nI hear an army\, op. 10. no. 3 \n\n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n“Is it possible that his students in UNCG’s College of Visual and Performing Arts are fully cognizant of the treasure that they have before them in bass-baritone Donald Hartmann’s tutelage? It is one thing to lecture effectively on fine points of operatic interpretation\, but this performer’s characterizations are invaluable lessons in the art of combining unflappable musicality with an adroitness upon the stage that can be observed and thus honed but only very rarely taught to those who do not possess it.” –Voix des Arts \nSince the beginning of his professional operatic singing career in 1978 at the Stadttheater Regensburg\, and later with the Vereinigte Städtiches Bühnen Krefeld/Mönchengladbach in Germany\, bass-baritone\, Donald Hartmann\, continues to be an active performer with regional and national opera companies. He has been described as possessing a\, “big\, rich voice with an amazing timbre;” interpretative abilities as “hearty and dramatic;” vocal resonance as “ringing\,” “sepulchral\,” “richly focused;” and “… his flair for comedic bel canto is major-league-worthy.” Having performed in over 135 operatic productions\, in over 55 operas singing over 70 different roles\, he is a commanding leading man and “one of the best character singers on any opera stage anywhere.” With a vast repertoire from works of Mozart\, Puccini\, Verdi\, Donizetti\, Rossini\, Strauss\, Bizet\, Britten\, and many others\, engagements have included appearances with Opéra de Montreal\, Madison Opera\, Toledo Opera\, Opera Carolina\, Michigan Opera Theater\, Nashville Opera\, Piedmont Opera\, Opera Delaware\, North Carolina Opera\, Arizona Opera\, Florentine Opera\, and Virginia Opera Association\, to name a few. In March 2013\, Donald Hartmann made his first venture into the music of Richard Wagner singing Wotan’s Lebewohl and Hans Sachs monologue\, Wahn! Wahn! Überall\, Wahn! As reported in the Classical Voice of North Carolina: “Appearing as soloist…Donald Hartmann of the UNCG faculty\, a serious presence\, and a skilled vocalist producing beautifully-shaped\, deep\, round tones\, displaying a fine instrument\, with a natural delivery and clear diction.” In April 2009\, he created the role of Howard in the world premiere of Libby Larsen’s opera\, Picnic. 2014-2015 included a return to Toledo Opera for Tosca; Sulpice in Daughter of the Regiment for Greensboro Opera; and a debut with Roanoke Opera as Don Magnifico in La Cenerentola. His 2015-2016 season includes Don Magnifico for Greensboro Opera\, Monterone in Rigoletto for Piedmont Opera and two very important national debuts: William Jennings Bryan in the 60th anniversary production of Ballad Baby Doe for Central City Opera in Colorado\, and the Sacristan in Tosca in the historic reopening of New York City Opera’s return to Lincoln Center! A concert recitalist and oratorio soloist\, Donald Hartmann has sung with the renowned Detroit Symphony Orchestra\, Beethoven Symphony #9 with New Mexico Symphony\, the Verdi Requiem with the Eastern Philharmonic\, Peabody Symphony\, Plymouth Symphony\, and a benefit performance conducted by Neeme Järvi. Other engagements include the Mozart Requiem with the Greensboro Symphony\, the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra; Brahms’ A German Requiem; Duruflé Requiem; Handel’s Messiah; Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass and The Seasons. Donald received his BM in Piano Performance\, and MM in Vocal Performance from UNCG and the DMA from the University of Oklahoma\, graduating with Honors. He is a Professor of Voice in the Department of Performance Studies. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/donald-hartman-bass-baritone-artist-faculty-recital/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230224T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230224T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T164017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164017Z UID:10000602-1677267000-1677272400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Symphony Orchestra DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMPROGRAM NOTES AND BIOSVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\nRotem Weinberg\, conductor \n\nADAMS\nLollapalooza \nCOPLAND\nAppalachian Spring Suite \nPRICE\nSymphony No. 3 in C minor \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\n \nThe UNCG Symphony Orchestra is a highly select ensemble of approximately ninety performers majoring in music. Performers include undergraduates through masters and doctoral candidates in music performance and music education. Membership in the organization is highly competitive\, and all students are placed by audition. Members of the Symphony have achieved numerous individual honors including solo competition awards on regional and national levels\, music scholarships\, undergraduate teaching fellowships\, graduate assistantships and fellowships\, and membership in honors ensembles. \nThe UNCG Symphony Orchestra periodically tours the state and region\, and has recently performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington\, DC. A recent review in the Classical Voice of North Carolina described the Orchestra’s performance as\, “dramatic and incisive\,” and “beautifully done.” \nIn addition to the performances of standard orchestral literature\, the Symphony Orchestra often collaborates with the UNCG Choirs to present a major choral/orchestral work. Faculty\, as well as winners of the annual Student Artist Competition\, are often featured as soloists. The Symphony combines with the School of Music Opera Theatre and the UNCG School of Theatre to perform a fully staged opera production each spring semester. String performers who are not majoring in music are especially encouraged to participate. \n\n \n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/symphony-orchestra-2/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/symphony-header-22a-scaled-CNgyLW.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UNCG Auditorium-1-CVPA –%3B Master (2000)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3736303334383835333332@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T164016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164016Z UID:10000598-1677007800-1677013200@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Symphonic and University Bands • Steven Stusek\, saxophone • Michael Burns\, bassoon DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMPROGRAM NOTES AND BIOSVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\nUNIVERSITY BAND\nKristin Arp\, conductor\nSteven Stusek\, saxophone \n\nGIROUX\nDream Dancer \nGRAINGER\nAustralian Up-Country Tune \nITTURALDE\nPequeña Czardas \nLAPLANTE\nAmerican Riversongs \nWILLIAMS\nSymphonic Dance No. 3\, “Fiesta” \nROBICHAUX\nConfronting Chaos \n\n\n\nSYMPHONIC BAND\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductor\nMichael Burns\, bassoon \n\nARCHER\nFanfare politeia \nSTARK\nAugenblick \nGRYC\nA Strange Occurrence in the Night from Guignol \nDEBUSSY\nGénéral Lavine – eccentric from Préludes\, Livre 2 \nCOPLEY\nDope \nTHOMAS\nA Mother of a Revolution! \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\n \nSteve Stusek\, saxophone\, is Associate Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina Greensboro\, where he is a member of the Eastwind Quintette d’Anches and the Red Clay Saxophone Quartet. Originally from Oshkosh\, Wisconsin\, he received his Bachelor’s degree in saxophone performance from Indiana University. Before beginning a Master’s degree in saxophone and chamber music at Arizona State University\, Steve spent a year in Paris studying at the Paris Conservatory (Conservatoire Nationale Superior de Musique de Paris) and the Conservatoire de le Région de Paris\, where he was awarded the Prix d’Or à l’Unanimité in Saxophone Performance. After living in the Netherlands for almost eight years he returned to Indiana University and was awarded a DMA in Saxophone in 2001. He has served on the faculties of Ball State University\, Middlebury College\, the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. He has been on the UNCG faculty since 1999. As a soloist\, Steve has appeared with the Eastern Music Festival and more recently with the University of South Carolina Wind Ensemble as part of the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial conference. He has been the principal saxophonist for the Eastern Music Festival and the Greensboro Symphony for the past ten years. In 2000\, he won the prestigious Dutch Chamber Music Competition as part of the saxophone-accordion duo 2Track with accordion virtuoso Otine van Erp. Together they have performed throughout the Netherlands\, the US and on Dutch radio. Steve teamed up with pianist Inara Zandmane and saxophonist Susan Fancher to produce the critically acclaimed recording Louder than Words – music for two saxophones and piano. Steve’s teachers have included Eugene Rousseau\, Joseph Wytko\, David Baker\, Larry Teal\, Daniel Deffayet\, Jean-Yves Formeau\, and Leroy Wolter. Steve is the Past-President of the North American Saxophone Alliance. \n\nHailed for his “exquisite artistry\,” “stunning interpretations” and “flawless performances\,” New-Zealand-born bassoonist Michael Burns enjoys a multi-faceted career as a performer\, teacher and composer. \nAn active performer\, Burns enjoys roles as a soloist\, in chamber groups\, and orchestrally with numerous recent performances at International Double Reed Society conventions\, recitals and masterclasses throughout North America\, Germany\, Italy\, China and the South Pacific. He performs as principal bassoon with the Asheville Symphony and the North Carolina Opera and as bassoonist in the EastWind Ensemble and Blue Mountain Forecast. He also performs regularly with regional groups such as the Greensboro\, Charlotte\, and North Carolina Symphonies and as a guest with the Ciompi Quartet and Mallarme Chamber Players. \nHe has recorded for the Centaur\, CAP\, Telarc\, EMI\, Klavier\, and Mark labels and his solo CD Primavera: Music for Bassoon and Piano by Bassoonists\, was released to critical acclaim on the Mark Masters label. A new CD Glass Ghosts is scheduled for release in 2020. He performed extensively with the Cincinnati and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras\, the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra\, and he held Principal positions with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and the Midland/Odessa\, Richmond\, and Abilene Symphonies. Burns plays on a Moosmann 222CL 5SC Thin Wall bassoon. \nBurns’ primary position is as Professor of bassoon at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In summers\, he has been associated with several Festivals including the Clazz International Music Festival in Tuscany\, Italy\, Eastern Music Festival\, The Summer Bassoon Extravaganza\, Music for All/Bands of America Summer Symposium\, the Affetti Festival\, New England Music Camp and the Bocal Majority and Operation O.B.O.E. Prior to accepting the position at UNCG\, he also taught at the Cincinnati College-Conservatory\, Indiana State University and Midland College. \nHe is an active composer with many of his pieces being published by TrevCo Music\, Potenza Music and Effiny Music and frequently performed internationally. Additionally\, he has published articles and reviews in the Double Reed (the journal of the International Double Reed Society)\, the TBA Journal (Texas Bandmasters’ Association)\, the NC Music Educator (journal of the NC Music Educators’ Association for which he served as Woodwind Notes Editor for over a decade)\, and Notes (the journal of the Music Library Association). His mentors include William Winstead\, Sherman Walt\, Leonard Sharrow\, Sidney Rosenberg\, and Colin Hemmingsen. He is archivist for the International Double Reed Society and was co-host for the IDRS 2003 Conference in Greensboro\, NC. \n\n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/symphonic-and-university-bands-steven-stusek-saxophone-michael-burns-bassoon/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bands-header-3FOXQV.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UNCG Auditorium-1-CVPA –%3B Master (2000)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3736303334383835333332@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230212T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T164015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164015Z UID:10000593-1676223000-1676228400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Marjorie Bagley\, violin • Artist Faculty Recital DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\nMarjorie Bagley\, violin\nInāra Zandmane\, piano \n\nBEETHOVEN\nSonata in G Major\, op. 30 no. 3 \nAUERBACH\nPreludes for Violin and Piano \nZWILICH\nA Little Violin Music \nfiggis-vizueta\nquiet city (& easter bells in the bowery) \nROZSA\nDuo for Violin and Piano\, op. 7 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nViolinist Marjorie Bagley made her Lincoln Center concerto debut in 1997 with the Little Orchestra Society after beginning her performing career at the age of nine in her home state of North Carolina with the Asheville\, Winston-Salem\, and North Carolina Symphonies. Having graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in the first class of Pinchas Zukerman\, she is active as a recitalist\, chamber musician\, and teacher. Marjorie has also performed as soloist with the Utah Symphony\, Idaho Falls Symphony\, Ann Arbor Symphony\, the University of Michigan Symphony\, and the Washington Square Music Series. As first violinist and founding member of the Arcata String Quartet\, Marjorie performed in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie\, London’s Wigmore Hall\, and across Western Europe and the United States. She is also an active proponent for new music and has premiered works by Paul Chihara\, David Noon\, Nils Vigeland\, and Judith Shatin. Through her travels to music festivals\, Marjorie has had the opportunity to play with some of the great artists of our time including Pinchas Zukerman\, Itzhak Perlman\, Joseph Kalichstein\, members of the Guarneri\, Emerson\, American\, Tokyo\, and Borromeo String Quartets. Ms. Bagley can be heard on recordings for the VOX\, New World and Summit labels\, and a recording of music for violin and percussion on the Equilibrium label featuring a concerto by Lou Harrison. Marjorie is the Co-Director of the Juniper Chamber Music Festival in Logan\, Utah\, which is becoming one of the most elite chamber music festivals in the nation. Ms. Bagley has been on the faculty of Ohio University\, Utah State University\, and the International Music Academy in Pilsen\, Ms. Bagley has also taught at the Brevard Music Center\, the Perlman Music Program\, the Kinhaven Music School\, and the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Program. \n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/marjorie-bagley-violin-artist-faculty-recital/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230211T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230211T160000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T164015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T164015Z UID:10000592-1676124000-1676131200@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Carolina Band Festival Honor Bands DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMCAROLINA BAND FESTIVAL\n33rd Annual\nCarolina Band Festival\nand Conductors Conference \n\nConcert Band\nDr. Patricia Cornett\, guest clinician\nDirector of Bands\nTemple University\nPhiladelphia\, Pennsylvania \n\nSymphonic Band\nDr. Andrea E. Brown\, guest clinican\nAssociate Director of Bands\nUniversity of Maryland\nCollege Park\, Maryland \n\n\n\n\n \nPatricia Cornett is the Director of Bands at the Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance where she conducts the Wind Symphony and teaches advanced conducting. Prior to joining the faculty at Temple\, she was the Director of Bands at Cal State Fullerton where she conducted the Wind Symphony\, Symphonic Winds\, and taught courses in conducting and music education. She was also a Visiting Assistant Professor at SUNY Potsdam’s Crane School of Music. \nCornett taught at Essex High School in Essex Junction\, Vermont from 2007–2010 where she conducted three concert bands\, jazz band\, and taught courses in guitar and history of rock. She was also the Director of Instrumental Music at Woodland Regional High School in Beacon Falls\, Connecticut\, from 2003–2005. She is published in the Teaching Music Through Performance in Band series\, the CBDNA Journal\, and has presented sessions at national CBDNA conferences\, as well as numerous state conferences. She is a member of the College Band Directors National Association\, the Conductors Guild\, the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association\, and the National Association for Music Education. \n\nDr. Andrea E. Brown was appointed the Associate Director of Bands at the University of Maryland in 2018. In this position she conducts the University of Maryland Wind Ensemble and serves as the Director of Athletic Bands in which she leads the “Mighty Sound of Maryland” and all aspects of the athletic band program. Brown is formerly a member of the conducting faculty at the University of Michigan where she served as the assistant director of bands. In this position\, she was the conductor of the Campus Bands and director of the Campus Band Chamber Ensembles\, associate director of the Michigan Marching and Athletic Bands\, director of the Men’s Basketball Band\, guest conductor with the Symphony Band and Concert Band\, taught conducting\, and was a faculty sponsor of a College of Engineering Multidisciplinary Design Project team researching conducting pedagogy technology. Previously Brown was the director of orchestra and assistant director of bands at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta where she also led research in conducting pedagogy technology and was a member of the Oxford Program faculty. She is a frequent guest conductor\, clinician\, and adjudicator in the US\, Europe\, and Asia. \nBrown completed a DMA in instrumental conducting at UNC Greensboro where she was a student of John Locke and Kevin Geraldi. While at UNCG\, she was named Outstanding Teaching Assistant and was both guest conductor and principal horn on UNCG Wind Ensemble’s fireworks! and finish line! CDs released on the Equilibrium label. Brown has also had several rehearsal guides published in the popular GIA Publications series\, “Teaching Music Through Performance in Band” and has presented at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago\, Music For All Summer Symposium\, the Yamaha Bläserklasse in Schlitz\, Germany\, the International Computer Music Conference in Ljubljana\, Slovenia\, the College Music Society International Conference in Sydney\, Australia\, and multiple times at the College Band Directors National Association National Conference. \nA proponent of inclusion and equity issues in the music profession\, Brown is a frequent guest speaker on these topics. She currently serves on the CBDNA Gender and Ethnic Minority Committee\, and as a member of the recently formed Drum Corps International Women’s In Step Committee. Brown is also the founder of “Women Rising to the Podium” – an online group of 2300 members supporting and celebrating women band directors. She also serves the chair of the Sigma Alpha Iota Women’s Music Fraternity Graduate Conducting Grant. \nBrown currently serves as a brass consultant for Phantom Regiment and Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps. She has been on the brass and conducting instructional staff of the DCI World Champion Phantom Regiment since 2004. Other marching organizations with which she has instructed are the U.S. Army All-American Marching Band\, Carolina Crown\, Kennesaw Mountain High School (GA)\, Father Ryan High School (TN)\, and McGavock High School (TN). \nAs a performer\, Brown was a member of the AA Brass Quintet\, which won the International Brass Quintet Competition hosted by Fred Mills at the University of Georgia. She performed with the horn sections of the Boston Brass All Stars Big Band\, North Carolina Symphony\, Winston-Salem Symphony\, and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra. Brown has studied brass performance and pedagogy with Abigail Pack\, Jack Masarie\, Freddy Martin\, J.D. Shaw\, Dottie Bennett\, Randy Kohlenberg\, Richard Steffen\, and Ed Bach. \nOriginally from Milan\, Tennessee\, she is a graduate of Austin Peay State University where she was named “Outstanding Student in Music.” Brown earned a master of music degree in horn performance and a master of music education degree with a cognate in instrumental conducting from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Prior to her position at Georgia Tech\, Brown was the assistant director of bands at Austin Peay State University and taught public school in Milwaukee\, Wisconsin\, and Dallas\, Texas. She is a member of Phi Kappa Phi\, Pi Kappa Lambda\, and CBDNA. She was awarded the Rose of Honor as a member of Sigma Alpha Iota and is an honorary member of Kappa Kappa Psi and Tau Beta Sigma. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/carolina-band-festival-honor-bands/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="UNCG Auditorium-1-CVPA –%3B Master (2000)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3736303334383835333332@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230203T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230203T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T163929Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163929Z UID:10000583-1675452600-1675458000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:She Is…Her Story: A Woman’s Love and Life in Her Own Words • Teri Bickham\, soprano • Faculty and Guest Artist Recital DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\nTeri Bickham\, voice\nJennifer Liuken\, mezzo soprano\nElaine Ross\, piano and composer \n\n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nSoprano Theresa “Teri” Bickham has been praised for her “expressive legato line” and “fine piano nuances.” She made her European debut singing scenes from La Traviata under the direction of Maestro Eduardo Müller. Dr. Bickham has performed with opera companies throughout the United States including Houston Grand Opera\, Opera New Jersey\, Opera in the Heights\, Loudoun Lyric Opera\, and Opera Camerata of Washington. She has performed a diverse repertory of operatic roles that include a specialization in Mozart heroines (Donna Anna\, La Countessa\, Fiordiligi)\, Italian opera (Adina\, Violetta\, Musetta)\, German operetta (Rosalinde\, Hanna Glawari)\, and contemporary American opera (A Bird in Your Ear\, The Beautiful Bridegroom.) \nDr. Bickham is a frequent guest artist in the United States and Europe. Recent concert appearances include works by Vivaldi\, Bach\, Mozart\, Handel\, Brahms\, Rossini\, Orff\, Vaughn Williams and numerous orchestral pops performances. In competition\, Dr. Bickham was an international semi-finalist in the Concorso Lirico Internazionale per Cantanti lirici Rosa Ponselle in Caiazzo\, Italy. She has also been the winner of national and regional competitions including: The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions-Mid-Atlantic Regional Finalist\, Palm Beach Opera Semi-Finalist\, Shreveport Opera Singer of the Year Finalist\, MD/DC National Association of Teachers of Singing\, and the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston. \nAn avid recitalist\, Dr. Bickham has performed recital tours in Maryland\, Virginia\, Texas\, Washington DC\, and most recently as a part of the Bellingham Music Club in Washington state. Her passion for art song has led to diverse programs specializing in repertoire written for specific voices and the exploration of the performer’s role in the creation of music. \nDr. Bickham’s performance experience has culminated in her passion for training young professionals. Her students have been recognized for their polished performances and exemplary teaching. Former students have attended prestigious schools that include The Juilliard School\, Indiana University\, the University of Maryland\, the University of Tennessee\, the University of Denver Lamont School of Music\, Bard College Conservatory of Music\, Ithaca College\, Boston Conservatory\, and Roosevelt University. In addition\, they have won prizes with the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions\, Annapolis Opera\, the National Society of Arts and Letters\, National Association of Teachers of Singing\, and the Classical Singer competitions. Many students are performing professionally with such companies as The Metropolitan Opera\, Opera Theater of St. Louis\, Marilyn Horne: The Song Continues Masterclass Series at Carnegie Hall\, Annapolis Opera\, Knoxville Opera\, New York Lyric Opera\, Disney Cruise Lines\, and Creativiva Entertainment. \nDr. Bickham is proud of the many music educators that she has taught. Her former students are passionate and respected educators throughout Maryland\, Virginia\, Pennsylvania\, Texas\, and other areas in the United States. \nDr. Bickham holds degrees from the University of Maryland College Park (DMA)\, the University of Houston (MM)\, and Towson University (BM). She received additional training as a young artist at Opera New Jersey and AIMS in Graz. Dr. Bickham taught at Towson University for thirteen years before joining the faculty of the University of North Carolina Greensboro as an Assistant Professor of Voice in 2019. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/she-isher-story-a-womans-love-and-life-in-her-own-words-teri-bickham-soprano-faculty-and-guest-artist-recital/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/teri-bickham-event-Pq3yEa.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T163837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163837Z UID:10000566-1674761400-1674766800@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:The Chevalier • UNCG Strings with special guest Ronald Long • Guest Artist Recital DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\nSTILL\nDanzas de Panama \nBOLOGNE\nSymphonie Concertante\nSymphony No. 2 \nPRICE\nAdoration\nFive Folksongs in Counterpoint \nMONTGOMERY\nPeace \nWALKER\nSonata for Cello \nPERKINSON\nLouisiana Blues Strut (A Cakewalk) \n\nTRAILER\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAmerican violinist Ronald Long spends most of the year performing with major UK ensembles including the London Philharmonic Orchestra\, The Philharmonia Orchestra\, BBC Concert Orchestra\, 12 Ensemble\, Aurora Orchestra\, and the Chineke! Orchestra. Ronald has also performed at music festivals across the US and Europe\, including the Ghent Festival\, Edinburgh International Festival\, Eastern Music Festival\, Cambridge Music Festival\, Wimbledon Music Festival\, and London’s BBC Proms. \nWhen Ronald isn’t performing on stage\, he works as an on-set violin coach for Hollywood actors. Recently\, he worked with actor Kelvin Harrison Jr. who stars in the new film Chevalier\, directed by Stephen Williams and written by Stefani Robinson. This story is based on the life of the titular French-Caribbean musician Joseph Bologne\, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. Ronald also had the pleasure of recording the violin solos for the movie at the famous Abbey Road Studios. \nRonald is a graduate of the Manhattan School of Music and studied at the Paris Conservatoire\, and plans to continue his career in chamber music\, teaching and inspiring young musicians. \n“Such a soulful player…” – Michael Abels \n\n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/the-chevalier-uncg-strings-with-special-guest-ronald-long-guest-artist-recital/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/long-ronald-header-1wzsbg.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230122T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230122T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T163837Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163837Z UID:10000564-1674394200-1674399600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Southeast Honors String Festival Orchestra DESCRIPTION:DOWNLOAD PROGRAM\n\n\n\n\nAudience Note\nFace coverings that cover the nose and mouth are strongly encouraged\, but not required\, while inside the performance hall. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nWilliam LaRue Jones is “one of the most active and versatile symphonic conductors in America today\, possessing a unique ability to work effectively with musicians at all levels of performing capability and experience” (Minneapolis Star-Tribune).  His conducting schedule includes a wide array of professional\, festival\, collegiate and student ensembles throughout North America\, Latin America\, Europe\, and Asia\, ranging from the Minnesota Orchestra and the Minneapolis Pops to the Penang (Malaysia) Symphony\, the Antofagasta (Chile) Symphony\, and the Symphony Orchestra of Lucerne (Switzerland) to the Orquestra Sinfonia do Theatro da Paz (Belem\, Brazil). He returns annually to China to conduct orchestras and present conducting master classes. Recent engagements include conducting orchestras in the Chinese cities of Beijing\, Shanghai\, Wuhan\, Xi’an\, Nanning\, Shenyang\, Zhengzhou\, Shijiazhuang\, Tianjin\, Nanchang\, Sichuan\, and Hong Kong. Other orchestras in Asia include Singapore\, and in the Malaysian cities Kuala Lumpur\, Ipoh\, Kedah\, and Penang. In addition\, Jones has conducted over 100 all-state orchestras with additional festivals and clinics in each of the 50 United States and each Canadian province. \nAs a professional performer\, noted for his outstanding technique and musicality\, Jones was principal bassoon of the Minnesota Opera and Minnesota Ballet\, and was first call associate with the Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra for over 15 seasons. He has performed under such esteemed maestros as Stanislaw Skrowaczewski\, Klaus Tennstedt\, Antol Dorati\, Charles Dutoit\, Aaron Copland\, Zubin Mehta\, Neville Marriner\, Edo deWaart\, Daniel Barenboim\, and Leonard Slatkin\, to name a few. \nSince 1997\, Dr. Jones has been professor of music\, director of orchestral studies and conductor of orchestras and opera at the University of Iowa (Iowa City). In 2008/9\, the State of Iowa and the University of Iowa selected Dr. Jones for the Regents Award for Faculty Excellence. He was also appointed an Obermann Scholar and a Stanley International Fellow in 2008. In 2011\, he received the designation of Collegiate Fellow in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. \nDr. Jones is currently music director/conductor of the Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra. He has previously held the position of music director/conductor of the Oshkosh Symphony Orchestra\, Bloomington (MN) Symphony Orchestra. He holds the titles of founder and conductor laureate of Greater Twin Cities’ Youth Symphonies (MN) and conductor emeritus of the 3M Symphony. \nFor his untiring work on behalf of music and arts education\, he has been honored with the 2013 “Medal of Honor” presented by the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic (Chicago). In addition\, he has received the American String Teachers Associations Exceptional Leadership and Merit Award\, the David W. Preuss Leadership Award\, the Sigma Alpha Iota Musician of the Year Award\, WCCO Radio “Good Neighbor Award” and the State of Minnesota Governors’ Proclamation of “Dr. William LaRue Jones Week”. \nRecognition of Jones’ outstanding gestural skills and score analysis has made him a sought-after teacher of conducting.  He is the founding artistic director of the critically acclaimed Conductors Workshop of America and was the lead member of the conducting faculty of the International Workshops where he also served as conductor of the International String Orchestra. Jones has also presented conducting seminars/workshops internationally for professional/educational associations in Japan\, Norway\, Australia\, Scotland\, Austria\, Germany\, Malaysia\, Switzerland\, France\, Brazil\, and China. \nIn 1972\, Dr. Jones founded the Greater Twin Cities’ Youth Symphonies (MN) which he guided to international acclaim during a 25-year tenure. The program became a model for youth orchestra structures worldwide\, comprised of eight full orchestras involving over 1000 students annually. \nA Texas native\, Dr. Jones holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin\, University of Iowa and Kansas State University\, with additional studies at The Juilliard School of Music and the University of North Texas. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/southeast-honors-string-festival-orchestra/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230120T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230120T190000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T163836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163836Z UID:10000558-1674235800-1674241200@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Mengfei Xu\, piano • Alumni Recital DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAM\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBorn in Dalian\, China\, Mengfei Xu was admitted to the pre-college program at Shenyang Conservatory of Music at age twelve. Xu earned performance degrees from Xinghai Conservatory of Music\, Ithaca College\, and UNC Greensboro. Currently\, Xu is completing her graduate studies at Yale Institute of Sacred Music. Her primary teachers include Andrew Willis (piano and historical keyboards)\, Charis Dimaras (piano)\, James O’Donnell (organ)\, Carole Terry (organ)\, Craig Cramer (organ)\, André Lash (organ)\, Marya Fancey (organ)\, and Jean Radice (organ and harpsichord). Her doctoral dissertation entitled “Organ Influences on Selected French Piano Works from the 1880s to the 1920s (2021)” is available on ProQuest. As a performer\, Xu holds a particular interest in compositions written by female and underappreciated composers. As a soloist\, Xu performed piano concertos with Shenzhen Philharmonic Orchestra\, Ithaca College Symphony Orchestra\, and UNCG Symphony Orchestra. As an organist\, Xu performed in Greater Greensboro Chapter of American Guild of Organists (AGO) organ recital in 2016. She was awarded numerous scholarships from multiple organizations\, including 2016 Richard VanSciver Church Music Scholarship by Metropolitan Music Ministries\, 2017 Montréal Organ Festival Young Organist Scholarship by Royal Canadian College of Organists\, 2018 AGO National Convention Young Organist Scholarship\, and 2022 Charles Ives Prize for outstanding organ student by Yale School of Music. As an active chamber musician\, Xu has been working with instrumentalists and vocalists for two decades. She has served as staff pianist for Bennett College Choir and voice studios from 2017 to 2020\, multiple voice competitions and auditions\, and was recognized with outstanding vocal accompanist awards. \n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/mengfei-xu-piano-alumni-recital/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-2-CVPA –%3B Organ Hall (125)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3735333130333732353136@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230117T203000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T163836Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163836Z UID:10000562-1673976600-1673987400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Student Artist Competition Finals DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\nThe UNCG School of Music Student Artist Competition provides an annual forum for exceptional student performers to audition for the opportunity to appear in concert with the University Symphony Orchestra. Two to three student winners are normally selected for this honor. \n\n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\nTIME\nPERFORMER\nREPERTOIRE\n\n\n5:30\nXin Ma\, saxophone\nCreston: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra\, op. 26\, Mvts. I-III\n\n\n5:45\nJonathan Simmons\, cello\nElgar: Cello Concerto in E mino\, op. 85\, Mvts. I-II\n\n\n6:00\nLauren Derflinger\, oboe\nMartinu: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra\, H. 353\n\n\n6:15\nAlexia Della Valle\, soprano\nBernstein: “Glitter and Be Gay” from Candide\n\n\n6:25\nSandy Serbinowski\, horn\nJacob: Concerto for Horn and Strings\, Mvt. I\n\n\n6:35\nRachael Keplin\, viola\nRósza: Viola Concerto\, op. 37\, Mvt. I\n\n\n6:50\nAngelita Berdiales\, piano\nScriabin: Piano Concerto in F-sharp minor\, op. 20\, Mvt. I\n\n\n7:00\nBreak\n\n\n\n7:15\nTyler Reece\, double bass\nMartin: Concerto for Bass and Orchestra\n\n\n7:25\nZachary Taylor\, tenor\nBizet: “Flower Aria” from Carmen\n\n\n7:30\nPatricia Garcia-Gil\, harpsichord\nMartinez: Concerto in C\n\n\n7:45\nDaniel Garcia Sierra\, clarinet\nNielsen: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra\, op. 57\, Mvt. I\n\n\n7:55\nPeyton Wheeler\, mezzo-soprano\nMeyerbeer: “Nobles seigneurs\, salut!” from Les Huguenots URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/student-artist-competition-finals/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230113T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230113T200000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T163824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163824Z UID:10000555-1673640000-1673640000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Indigo Girls with the Greensboro Symphony DESCRIPTION:Twenty years after they began releasing records as the Indigo Girls\, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have politely declined the opportunity to slow down with age. With a legacy of releases and countless U.S. and international tours behind them\, the Indigo Girls have forged their own way in the music business. Selling over 14 million records\, they are still going strong. Amy & Emily are the only duo with top 40 titles on the Billboard 200 in the ’80s\, ’90s\, ’00s and ’10s. \n\n\n\nIn 2012\, Saliers and her Indigo Girls partner\, Amy Ray\, embarked on a bold new chapter\, collaborating with a pair of orchestrators to prepare larger-than-life arrangements of their songs to perform with symphonies around the country. The duo found an elusive sonic sweet spot with the project\, creating a seamless blend of folk\, rock\, pop\, and classical that elevated their songs to new heights without scarifying any of the emotional intimacy and honesty that have defined their music for decades. Now\, after more than 50 performances with symphonies across America\, the experience has finally been captured in all its grandeur on the band’s stunning new album\, Indigo Girls Live With The University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra. \n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nOrchestra/Mezz\nBalconies\n\n\nUNCG Students\n$5\n$5\n\n\nNon-UNCG Students\n$10\n$10\n\n\nSingle\n$75\n$70\n\n\nSeniors/Military\nFaculty/Staff/Retirees\n$65\n$60\n\n\nPurchase Tickets\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 \nThe power of unity\, both in music and in life\, has been an Indigo Girls calling card ever since they burst into the spotlight with their 1989 self-titled breakout album. Since then\, the band has racked up a slew of Gold and Platinum records\, taken home a coveted GRAMMY® Award\, and earned the respect of high profile peers and collaborated from Michael Stipe to Joan Baez. NPR’s Mountain Stage called the group “one of the finest folk duos of all time” while Rolling Stone said “they personify what happens when two distinct sensibilities\, voices\, and worldviews come together to create something transcendentally its own.” \nThe duo has balanced their long\, successful musical career by supporting numerous social causes–the Indigo Girls don’t just talk the talk; they walk the walk. Both on and off the stage\, Emily Saliers and Amy Ray have secured their spot as one of the most legendary musical acts of this generation. \n\nIn addition to public presentations\, every artist in the UCLS series does important work with UNCG students\, such as holding masterclasses and seminars\, often just hours before performing on stage. Thanks to 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/indigo-girls-with-the-greensboro-symphony/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,UCLS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/indigo_girls_banner_final-pIs5Ye.tmp_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221121T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221121T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T163527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163527Z UID:10000539-1669059000-1669064400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Sinfonia DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMPROGRAM NOTES AND BIOSVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\nRotem Weinberg\, conductor \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\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. \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\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/sinfonia-2/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Tew-Recital-Hall-exMMln.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221120T150000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T163526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163526Z UID:10000538-1668951000-1668956400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Honors High School Jazz Band and Jazz Ensemble I with Sean Jones DESCRIPTION:Tickets\n\n \n\n\n\nAdults\n$12.00\n\n\nSeniors\n$9.00\n\n\nStudents\n$6.00\n\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\n\n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusic and spirituality have always been intertwined in the artistic vision of trumpeter\, bandleader\, composer\, educator\, and activist Sean Jones. Mr. Jones sang and performed as a child with the church choir in his hometown of Warren\, Ohio\, and switched from playing the drums to the trumpet at the age of 10. \nMr. Jones is a musical chameleon\, comfortable in any musical setting no matter the role or genre. After a six-month stint with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra\, Wynton Marsalis offered him a permanent position as lead trumpeter of the ensemble\, a post he held from 2004 until 2010. In 2015\, Mr. Jones was tapped to become a member of the SFJAZZ Collective. During this time\, he has managed to keep a core group of talented musicians together under his leadership\, forming the foundation for groups that have produced and released eight recordings on Mack Avenue Records. His most recent is the 2017 release Sean Jones: Live from Jazz at the Bistro. \nMr. Jones has been prominently featured in recordings and performances with many major figures in jazz\, including Illinois Jacquet\, Jimmy Heath\, Frank Foster\, Nancy Wilson\, Dianne Reeves\, Gerald Wilson\, and Marcus Miller. He was selected by Mr. Miller\, Herbie Hancock\, and Wayne Shorter for their A Tribute to Miles tour in 2011. He has also performed with the Cleveland\, Pittsburgh\, and Youngstown symphony orchestras\, as well as Soulful Symphony in Baltimore and a chamber group at the Salt Bay Chamberfest. \nMr. Jones is an internationally recognized educator. He is president of the Jazz Education Network and holds the Richard and Elizabeth Case Chair in Jazz Studies at The John Hopkins University’s Peabody Institute in Baltimore. As well as artistic Director for the NYO JAZZ Program of Carnegie Hall. Previously\, he served as chair of the Brass department at Berklee College of Music in Boston. \n\nThe 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/honors-high-school-jazz-band-and-jazz-ensemble-i-with-sean-jones/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/sean-jones-trumpet-BXQ4k0.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Music Bldg-1-CVPA –%3B Recital Hall (350)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_38393931303333362d313837@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T163525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163525Z UID:10000534-1668713400-1668718800@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Wind Ensemble • Andy Hudson\, clarinet DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMPROGRAM NOTES AND BIOSVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductor\nAndy Hudson\, clarinet\nDarren Lin\, guest conductor \n\nHIGDON\nFanfare Ritmico \nGRADONE\nFrom the Sky Far Whispers (world premiere) \nJOYCE\nAll or Nothing \nSCHWANTNER\nFrom a Dark Millennium \nTHOMAS\nThe Low-Down Brown Get-Down (consortium premiere) \n\n \n\n\n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPerformances by Andy Hudson have been hailed as “a treat for the listener” and have been praised for “an uncommon singularity of purpose\, technical virtuosity\, youthful vigor and a mature sensitivity.” He has appeared in Carnegie Hall’s ‘Weill Recital Hall\,’ at Chicago’s ‘Symphony Center\,’ and at the World Congress of the International Alliance for Women in Music\, College Music Society conferences in both Canada and the US\, and gatherings of the International Clarinet Association in Los Angeles\, Orlando\, Knoxville\, and Ostend\, Belgium. Andy won top honors at the 2008 MTNA National Senior Woodwind Competition and has received other prizes in the National Collegiate Solo Competition\, the Vandoren Emerging Artists Competition\, the Luminarts Foundation Fellowship Competition\, and the Ariel Artists ‘Impact Performance’ Competition. Andy has recently performed as guest principal clarinet of the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra and the North Carolina Opera\, and he was appointed Bass Clarinet/III Clarinetist of the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra in 2020. Other festival appearances include the Lucerne\, Bang on a Can\, Sewanee\, Hot Springs\, and Great Lakes Chamber Music festivals. \n\nContinue reading about Andy Hudson\n\nA noted interpreter of contemporary music\, Andy has premiered and commissioned dozens of works to date and has performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on their MusicNOW series\, at the New Music Gathering\, and with Ensemble Dal Niente\, the Chicago Composer’s Orchestra\, and the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition’s Grossman Ensemble (with whom he is featured on the 2020 release FOUNTAIN OF TIME). In 2018\, he was clarinetist for the workshop performance of Augusta Read Thomas’s opera “Sweet Potato Kicks the Sun\,” sponsored by the Santa Fe Opera. Andy also performs with the Zafa Collective and earspace\, and was a founding member of the trio F-PLUS. Andy is clarinetist with the mixed sextet Latitude 49\, which recently released its sophomore album WAX AND WIRE on New Amsterdam Records. Latitude 49 has held residencies at Princeton University and Baylor University\, and has been the recipient of grants from the Barlow Endowment\, the Fromm Foundation\, Chamber Music America\, and the Aaron Copland Fund. \nAndy is currently Assistant Professor of Clarinet at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and each summer joins the Artist-Faculty of the Tennessee Valley Music Festival. Previously\, he held teaching positions at Northwestern University and Lake Forest College\, and he has been the North Carolina State Chair for the International Clarinet Association since 2019. Andy earned his DMA in Clarinet Performance with a Cognate Certification in Music Theory from Northwestern University\, where he also earned his Master of Music degree. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Columbus State University’s Schwob School of Music. His primary teachers have included Steve Cohen\, J. Lawrie Bloom\, and Lisa Oberlander. Andy is an Artist-Clinician for Buffet Crampon and an Ambassador for Rovner Products. He performs exclusively on Buffet clarinets and Rovner ligatures. \n\n\n\n1st Lieutenant Darren Y. Lin joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in July 2019 as a percussionist. He was appointed Assistant Director in July 2021 and commissioned to his current rank in January 2022. 1st Lt. Lin is a 2009 graduate of Hershey High School in Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor’s degree in percussion performance and a teacher’s certificate in 2014 from the University of Michigan (U-M) in Ann Arbor; a master’s degree in percussion performance and literature in 2016 from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester in New York; and pursued additional studies at the New England Conservatory in Boston. His principal percussion teachers were J. William Hudgins of the Boston Symphony Orchestra\, Michael Burritt of the Eastman School of Music\, and Joseph Gramley and Jonathan Ovalle of U-M. He also has studied conducting with Christopher James Lees\, Michael Haithcock\, and Rodney Dorsey. \n\nContinue reading about Darren Y. Lin\n\nPrior to joining “The President’s Own\,” 1st Lt. Lin was an active educator and performer. He was the adjunct instructor of percussion at Lebanon Valley College in Annville\, Pa.\, and performed frequently with the Buffalo Philharmonic in Buffalo\, N.Y.\, the New Haven Symphony in Connecticut\, and the New World Symphony in Miami. He has performed under the batons of conductors like Valery Gergiev\, Michael Tilson Thomas\, Andris Nelsons\, and JoAnn Falletta. He is equally at home performing contemporary music\, having performed with the NakedEye Ensemble and both founding and leading the group [sunflower]. He has worked closely with composers Steve Reich and John Luther Adams\, and has premiered works by Dave Hollinden\, Molly Joyce\, Angélica Negrón\, Randall Woolf\, and Chris Vu. \nAs Assistant Director\, 1st Lt. Lin’s responsibilities include conducting the Marine Band and Chamber Orchestra in their winter and spring concert series and summer concerts on the National Mall as well as at ceremonies in the national capital region and at the White House. Additionally\, he serves as a supervisor for the acclaimed fall and winter Chamber Music Series\, which features the virtuoso musicians of “The President’s Own\,” as well as all pre-concert music. \n\n\nThe 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. \nIn 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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/wind-ensemble-andy-hudson-clarinet/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/bands-header-3FOXQV.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UNCG Auditorium-1-CVPA –%3B Master (2000)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3736303334383835333332@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T163523Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163523Z UID:10000533-1668627000-1668632400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Symphony Orchestra • Schumann’s Fourth DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMPROGRAM NOTES AND BIOSVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\nRotem Weinberg\, conductor\nLucas Gianini\, clarinet\nKyrese Washington\, flute \n\nVERDI\nOverture to ‘Nabucco’ \nZARE\nfrom Bennu’s Fire \nNIELSEN\nfrom Concerto for Flute and Orchestra\, FS 119 \nSCHUMANN\nSymphony No. 4 in D minor\, op. 120 \n\n \n\n\n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLucas Gianini has performed with the Greensboro\, Charlotte\, and Lima Symphony Orchestras\, Greensboro Opera\, Bel Canto Opera Company\, Carolina’s Wind Orchestra and with ensembles across Ohio and North Carolina. An avid performer of contemporary music\, he has taken part in the premiere and commissioning of several pieces for solo clarinet and chamber ensemble. In 2016-2017\, Lucas was a founding member and toured with the Noise to Signal Ensemble\, which premiered works for Reed Quintet and Piano. Lucas was recently a winner of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s 2022 Student Artist Competition with John Corigliano’s Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra. He has received multiple performance invitations from conferences of the International Clarinet Association and the College Music Society. The most recent invitation to the ICA conference (Reno\, NV in 2022) involves the commission and premiere of a piece for solo clarinet that features the rare “fluting” technique by Erin Cameron. In addition\, Lucas was a performer for the ICA’s “New Music Weekend” in 2021 and has regularly performed at the Charlotte New Music Festival as part of their “open mic” concerts. Lucas performed at the 2020 Clarinet Maestro Festival and was invited to be the Bass Clarinet Fellow at the (subsequently-cancelled due to COVID) 2020 Brevard Music Center. \nIn addition to his teaching duties as a Doctoral TA for UNC Greensboro’s clarinet studio\, Lucas currently teaches clarinet\, saxophone\, and flute lessons in the Charlotte\, NC area. He has also taught online lessons to students as far as Texas. He has served as band director for multiple middle school programs in Charlotte\, NC and regularly works with various local schools as a woodwind instructor. For several years Lucas has worked at the UNCG Summer Music Camp as both a counselor and private clarinet lessons instructor. \nLucas is currently working on his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at UNC Greensboro\, where he is a Minerva Scholar and also earned his Bachelor’s degrees in Music Education and Performance. Lucas earned his Master of Music degree from Bowling Green State University. His primary teachers have included Anthony Taylor\, Kelly Burke\, Kevin Schempf\, and Andy Hudson. \n\n \nKyrese Washington is a 2022 graduate of UNCG (BM Flute Performance) where they studied with Dr. Erika Boysen and Dr. Tim Hagen. As a soloist\, Kyrese has appeared on many stages\, such as the SECU Auditorium at the Museum of Art with the Community Music School\, and the Meymandi Concert Hall with Pink Martini and the North Carolina Symphony. As an active student at UNCG\, Kyrese has participated in the UNCG Symphonic Band\, Wind Ensemble\, University Symphony Orchestra\, Opera\, and Casella Sinfonietta. Additionally\, Kyrese has been a winner of the Raleigh Area Flute Association Review and Contest consecutively for the past three years. Recently\, Kyrese has been selected as a participant of the National Flute Association Young Artist Mentorship Program. As a result of all of Kyrese’s hard work and dedicating numerous hours into developing their craft\, they have been selected by the UNCG School of Music faculty as the Presser Scholar of the 2021-2022 school year. Currently\, Kyrese is the principal flutist of the Appalachia Wind Symphony and teaches private lessons at Music & Arts stores in Greensboro and Burlington. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/symphony-orchestra-schumanns-fourth/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,CVPA Live!,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/symphony-header-22a-scaled-CNgyLW.tmp_.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="UNCG Auditorium-1-CVPA –%3B Master (2000)":MAILTO:uncg.edu_3736303334383835333332@resource.calendar.google.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T210000 DTSTAMP:20260410T191245 CREATED:20240130T163514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240130T163514Z UID:10000504-1668540600-1668546000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Symphonic Band • Ashley Barret\, oboe DESCRIPTION:RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMPROGRAM NOTES AND BIOSVIEW ON CPVA LIVE\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductor\nAshley Barret\, oboe \n\nSOUSA\nThe Black Horse Troop \nZARE\nNEOWISE \nFRANÇAIX\nL’horloge de flore \nOKOYE\nGrayce and Sickle \nGAILBRAITH\nDanza de los duendes \n\n\n\n\nAudience Note\nTickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMary Ashley Barret is the Professor of Oboe at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and has been on the faculty since 1998. A native of North Carolina\, she holds the principal oboe position with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra in addition to being a frequent performer throughout the southeastern USA. She has appeared as soloist with the Salisbury Symphony\, the Florida State Wind Orchestra\, the UNCG Orchestra\, Symphonic Band\, and Wind Ensemble\, the Pottstown Symphony Orchestra\, and has presented numerous guest recitals and master classes throughout the United States\, Caribbean\, Central America\, Canada\, Germany\, China\, New Zealand and Australia. A chamber music aficionado\, Barret performs regularly with the Cascade Wind Quintet\, the EastWind Trio d’Anches\, the EastWind Ensemble\, and has spent several summers playing chamber music in the Adirondacks of New York. \nSome highlights of her career include co-hosting the International Double Reed Society’s 32nd annual conference in 2003\, a Carnegie-Hall recital debut with the EastWind Trio d’Anches in 2005\, a ten-day recital tour to China with the EastWind Quintette d’Anches in 2008\, and most recently being invited as faculty at the Brevard Music Center for the Summer Festival of 2010. Barret’s degrees include the Doctor of Music from Florida State University\, the Master of Music from Baylor University\, and the Bachelor of Music from the Eastman School of Music. She can be heard on Live from Luzerne recordings with the Luzerne Chamber Players (NY)\, Out of the Woods\, French reed trio music with TreVent\, The Russian Clarinet (with EastWind Trio d’Anches)\, EastWind Trio d’Anches Looks East (Reed Trios of Eastern Europe)\, Chamber Music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (pub. by Centaur Records). Barret’s current research focus has been recording music by women composers\, the first CD of which was released Spring 2012\, published by Centaur Records. Barret is an artist/clinician for Buffet Group USA. \n\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. \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. \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. 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