BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//College of Visual and Performing Arts - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH 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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240909T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240909T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240816T145318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T135345Z UID:10001139-1725910200-1725915600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Courtney Miller\, oboe DESCRIPTION:“On Love and Longing”\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/kCMRuXe1Tro\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Courtney Miller is the oboe professor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro\, where she teaches oboe\, chamber music\, and reed making. Before coming to UNC Greensboro\, she served on faculty at the University of Iowa in Iowa\, Boston College in Massachusetts\, and Ashland University in Ohio. \n\n\n\nA highly regarded performer and pedagogue\, Dr. Miller tours as a soloist\, chamber musician\, and teacher throughout the United States\, Europe\, Asia\, and South America. Her 2023 tour in Thailand promoted her newest album collaboration\, “Hans Gál: Works for Viola\, Piano\, Violin & Oboe\,” released in 2022 on Centaur Records. Also an experienced orchestral musician\, Miller has performed in many orchestras in the United States\, such as the Chicago Symphony\, Orchestra Iowa\, Quad Cities Symphony\, Jacksonville Symphony\, Portland Symphony\, Akron Symphony\, and the Cleveland Opera. She will perform with the North Carolina Opera in 2023-2024. \n\n\n\nDr. Miller is a versatile artist devoted to performing established repertoire\, new compositions\, and lesser-known works. Her 2019 album Portuguese Perspectives introduces a collection of world-premiere recordings for the oboe by Portuguese composers and includes several new commissions by Miller. This album and her 2015 release\, Modern Fairy Tales\, are available on iTunes\, Amazon\, and Spotify. American Record Guide praises her “seamless consistency in the various registers of the oboe…and sensitive phrasing and articulation.” Fanfare Magazine hails Courtney Miller as “a performer of considerable skill\, with an unfailingly lovely sound\, abundant technical ability\, and a special gift for turning notes into poetry.”   \n\n\n\nIn addition to collaborations within the field of music\, Dr. Miller has a flair for interdisciplinary work. She has collaborated with hip-hop dancer Ernest “EKnock” Phillips\, belly dancer Janelle Issis\, and most recently\, choreographer and dancer Kristin Marrs. Since 2016\, Marrs and Miller have performed in many concerts featuring oboe and dancer and have toured together throughout the United States. Perhaps her most daring collaboration yet is Psionic\, which explores interactive movement data between oboist and computer through a live stream of EEG data with composer Christopher Jette\, printmaker Terry Conrad\, and digital media designer Daniel Fine.  \n\n\n\nDr. Miller has authored articles published in the Double Reed Journal and the Journal of the American Viola Society. She has also presented recitals and papers at the College Music Society’s Northeast Regional Conference. Dr. Miller performs recitals regularly at the International Double Reed Society’s annual conferences. In 2017\, she was a featured artist at the first international conference of the Associação Brasileira de Palhetas Duplas (Brazilian Double Reed Society or ABPD). \n\n\n\nCourtney Miller has a Doctor of Musical Arts from Boston University\, a Master of Music from Cleveland Institute of Music\, and a Bachelor of Music from Florida State University. Her primary teachers include John Ferrillo\, John Mack\, and Eric Ohlsson.  \n\n\n\nDr. Miller is a member of the International Double Reed Society\, the College Music Society\, and Sigma Alpha Iota. Courtney Miller is a Lorée Artist.  URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/courtney-miller-oboe-artist-faculty-recital-2/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/courtney-oboe.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240918T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240909T141248Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T143559Z UID:10001584-1726680600-1726686000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Paul Nolen\, soprano and alto saxophones DESCRIPTION:Paul Nolen\, soprano and alto saxophonesGeoffrey Duce\, piano \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPaul Nolen currently serves as Professor of Saxophone at Illinois State University where he has taught for the past 16 years. Paul has appeared as soloist\, chamber musician\, and jazz artist throughout the United States\, Canada\, Puerto Rico\, and the United Kingdom.  \n\n\n\nDr. Nolen appeared as concerto soloist at the 2012 World Saxophone Congress in Scotland with the Royal Northern College of Music Wind Ensemble\, where he premiered Dr. Roy Magnuson’s Concerto for Saxophone and Wind Ensemble. He has soloed with the San Francisco Wind Ensemble at the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles\, and the University of New Mexico Wind Ensemble at the Robb Symposium. In 2018\, he gave a consortium premiere of William Bolcom’s Concerto for Soprano Saxophone with the ISU Wind Symphony. Dr. Nolen has recorded two CD’s of Davis Maslanka’s music on Albany Records with ISU Wind Bands. They include a 2012 recording of David Maslanka’s Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble and a 2018 release\, entitled Saxophone Concertos: Maslanka/Magnuson\, with the premiere recording of David Maslanka’s Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Wind Ensemble.  \n\n\n\nDr. Nolen is also well known for his work with the award winning Iridium Quartet\, with whom he has traveled and performed across North American for ten years\, and recorded two CD’s of American music for saxophone quartet: Into Xylonia\, and Skylines\, both available on the Blue Griffin Record Label. Paul is a staunch advocate of new music and has commissioned works by composers such as William Bolcom\, Roy Magnuson\, Joshua Keeling\, David Kirkland Garner\, Peter Gilbert\, Peter Lieuwen\, Roy Magnuson\, Marcus Maroney\, David Maslanka\, Sonia Morales\, Karola Obermüller\, David Rakowski\, Ben Stonaker\, and Carl Schimmel. \n\n\n\nDr. Nolen performs regularly with the Iridium Quartet\, Peoria Symphony Orchestra\, and the Heartland Festival Orchestras. He has given numerous masterclasses and lectures throughout the United States\, including classes at the Brevard Music Festival\, and has twice led an International Saxophone Course at the Aberystwyth MusicFest in Wales\, UK. He received his Doctorate of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Michigan State University with Joseph Lulloff\, and his undergraduate degree in saxophone performances from the UMKC Conservatory of Music with Tim Timmons. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeoffrey Duce is Coordinator of the Piano Area at Illinois State University. His pianism was described by Fanfare as “revelatory and a joy to listen to\,” possessing “ferocious intellect as well as technique.” He has performed in Carnegie Hall\, the Berlin Philharmonie\, the Wigmore Hall\, Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall\, Edinburgh’s Queens Hall\, and many other venues across North America and Europe\, as well as in Japan\, Hong Kong\, and Taiwan. In 2022\, he gave a solo recital debut at Ravinia. As a concerto soloist\, his appearances have included the Sinfonie Orchester Berlin in Germany\, the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra\, Olympia Symphony Orchestra\, and New York Sinfonietta in the USA\, and the Scottish Sinfonia\, Edinburgh Philharmonic\, and Dundee Symphony Orchestra in the UK. During the 2018-19 season\, he was the first Artist in Residence with the Peoria Symphony Orchestra\, with which he performed concertos by Duke Ellington and Edward MacDowell\, among others.His solo CD of Fantasies and Rhapsodies by CPE Bach\, Schubert\, John McCabe\, and Dohnanyi was released in 2023 on Albany Records. He has appeared at contemporary music festivals\, including a solo recital as the opening concert of the Dialogues Experimental Music Festival in Edinburgh\, and numerous performances of solo and chamber works at the RedNote New Music Festival in Illinois\, for example by Steven Stucky\, Eric Moe\, Steven Hartke\, and George Tsontakis. A winner of the Making Music Award from Britain’s National Federation of Music Societies and the Prix de Piano at the American Conservatory in Fontainebleau\, France\, Geoffrey Duce is also a passionate chamber musician and accompanist\, his appearances including performing at the Library of Congress in Washington\, DC\, recording for BBC Radio 3\, and previous album releases with partners including double bassist Nicholas Bayley\, the disk described by MusicWeb International as “expertly played … a truly satisfying chamber collaboration” and named their Recording of the Month\, and with tenor Justin Vickers\, Fanfare commenting “It is difficult to imagine a finer performance than this.” Originally from Edinburgh\, Scotland\, he initially studied at the Royal Northern College of Music and Manchester University before receiving a DAAD scholarship to attend the Universität der Künste Berlin\, and earned his doctorate at Manhattan School of Music. His teachers have included Sheila Desson\, Renna Kellaway\, Klaus Hellwig\, Ferenc Rados\, Solomon Mikowsky\, Nina Svetlanova\, and Phillip Kawin.He has previously served on the faculty at Manhattan School of Music\, the State University of New York (Westchester Community College)\, and Indiana University South Bend. He has given masterclasses for the Orquesta Filarmónica in Bogotá\, Colombia\, and at such institutions as the University of Hawaii\, the City of Edinburgh Music School\, St. Thomas University in New Brunswick\, Canada\, and Seattle’s Academy of Music Northwest\, as well as at colleges in Tennessee\, Michigan\, Wisconsin\, and throughout Illinois. He served as a resident international visiting faculty member at the University of Taipei\, has taught at Tunghai University in Taichung\, Taiwan\, was a faculty member of the inaugural Global Immersion Program at SouthWest University in Chongqing\, China\, and was a juror at the American Classical Pianist International Competition in Hangzhou and the Asia Youth Piano Festival\, based in Shanghai. He has also taught at the Chicago Chamber Music Festival and the Fischoff Chamber Music Summer Intensive. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/paul-nolen-saxophone/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241001T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240724T145150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T191525Z UID:10001129-1727811000-1727816400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Sinfonia DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/IbNrrhjGsCk?feature=share\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. \n\n\n\nStudents in the UNCG Orchestra program are dedicated to the performance\, study and cultivation of orchestral music of the highest quality. The UNCG Orchestras offer outstanding performances throughout the year and enhance the institutional spirit and community of UNCG. We seek to promote music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by supporting secondary school orchestra programs and other organizations through our outreach activities and other annual events on campus. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/sinfonia-8/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241003T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241003T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240815T131706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T170837Z UID:10001135-1727983800-1727989200@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Coro di Belle Voci DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/G21a8eJc72I?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UNCG Choral program is recognized for excellence\, creative performances\, and high artistic standards. The UNCG Choirs are comprised of four ensembles: University Chamber Singers\, University Chorale\, Coro di Belle Voci\, and Spartan Voices. These diverse offerings allow students the opportunity to experience a wide range of stylistic ideas through the exploration of music from various time periods and various cultures\, including major choral-orchestral works as well as smaller chamber pieces. The UNCG Choirs have performed at state\, regional\, national and international conferences.  \n\n\n\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/coro-di-belle-voce/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240916T135541Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240930T161114Z UID:10001592-1728063000-1728068400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Heidi Radtke\, saxophones DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA passionate teacher\, Dr. Radtke has held teaching positions at Butler University in Indianapolis and was a private instructor for the Carmel High School Band Program. An active clinician\, she has served on the faculties of the Illinois Summer Youth Music Pre-College Saxophone Camp\, the Indiana University Summer Saxophone Academy\, and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Dr. Radtke currently holds the position of Lecturer of Saxophone at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill\, where she co-teaches the saxophone studio alongside Rahsaan Barber. She also serves on the North American Saxophone Alliance Committee for Gender Equity and has been the leader of the Women+’s Mentoring Program since 2021. \n\n\n\nAs a soloist\, Dr. Radtke has performed throughout the United States\, giving recent appearances in Washington\, D.C. and soloing with the UNC Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band. She gave a premiere performance of Stacy Garrop’s concerto Alpenglow with tubist Anthony Kniffen and the Butler University Wind Ensemble at the 2022 American Bandmasters Association Convention and performed Garrop’s concerto Quicksilver at Butler University in the spring of 2018. Since arriving in Chapel Hill in 2022\, Dr. Radtke has performed with the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra\, Winston-Salem Symphony\, and Charlotte Symphony Orchestra. Her debut solo album\, Convergence\, was released in March 2024 on Navona Records. Dr. Radtke holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University. She is a Conn-Selmer Artist/Clinician and Vandoren Artist/Clinician. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/heidi-radtke-saxophones/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241004T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240815T145159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240913T204406Z UID:10001136-1728070200-1728075600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:University Chorale DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nCarole Ott Coelho\, conductorInspiroBaker Lawrimore\, conductorMarques L.A. Garrett\, guest conductor \n\n\n\nWALKER An Acquaintance with Nature \n\n\n\nGARRETT Five Songs for Laurence Hope \n\n\n\nGARRETT Your Hand and Mine \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/Pi6jx3-YxhM?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nThe UNCG Choral program is recognized for excellence\, creative performances\, and high artistic standards. The UNCG Choirs are comprised of four ensembles: University Chamber Singers\, University Chorale\, Coro di Belle Voci\, and Spartan Voices. These diverse offerings allow students the opportunity to experience a wide range of stylistic ideas through the exploration of music from various time periods and various cultures\, including major choral-orchestral works as well as smaller chamber pieces. The UNCG Choirs have performed at state\, regional\, national and international conferences. Dr. Carole Ott serves as Director of Choral Activities and conductor of Chamber Singers and Chorale. Prof. Lindsay Kesselman is conductor of Coro di Belle Voci. Dr. Brett Nolker is conductor of Spartan Voices.  \n\n\n\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/university-chorale/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241006T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241006T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240815T171437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T172823Z UID:10001137-1728235800-1728241200@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Spartan Voices DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/YOj3uNdTkOw?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nThe UNCG Choral program is recognized for excellence\, creative performances\, and high artistic standards. The UNCG Choirs are comprised of four ensembles: University Chamber Singers\, University Chorale\, Coro di Belle Voci\, and Spartan Voices. These diverse offerings allow students the opportunity to experience a wide range of stylistic ideas through the exploration of music from various time periods and various cultures\, including major choral-orchestral works as well as smaller chamber pieces. The UNCG Choirs have performed at state\, regional\, national and international conferences. Dr. Carole Ott serves as Director of Choral Activities and conductor of Chamber Singers and Chorale. Prof. Lindsay Kesselman is conductor of Coro di Belle Voci. Dr. Brett Nolker is conductor of Spartan Voices.  \n\n\n\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/spartan-voices/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241007T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241007T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240815T172917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T173950Z UID:10001138-1728329400-1728334800@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Chamber Singers DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nCarole Ott Coelho\, conductorLindsay Kesselman\, sopranoJaninah Burnett\, soprano \n\n\n\nTRÁN Tupelo Poems \n\n\n\nBRAHMS Vier Quartette\, op. 92 \n\n\n\nJANËEVSKIS Atsalums \n\n\n\nLEONARDA Dixit DominusAd Arma \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/huyGLVEk0PE?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\n\nLindsay Kesselman is a two-time GRAMMY-nominated soprano known for her warm\, collaborative spirit and investment in personal\, intimate communication with audiences. She regularly collaborates with orchestras\, wind symphonies\, chamber ensembles\, opera/theater companies\, and new music ensembles across the United States\, often premiering\, touring\, and recording new works composed for her by living composers. She is a passionate advocate for contemporary music and has commissioned/premiered over one hundred works to date.    \n\n\n\nRecent and upcoming highlights include the premiere of Darkening\, then Brightening by Christopher Cerrone with the University of Illinois Wind Symphony; the wind transcription of Caroline Shaw’s Is a Rose\, Energy in All Directions by Kenneth Frazelle with Sandbox Percussion at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center; the role of Anna in Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s The Seven Deadly Sins with the Charlotte Symphony; the role of Ada Lovelace in the new opera Galaxies in Her Eyes by Mark Lanz Weiser and Amy S. Punt; Astronautica: Voices of Women in Space with Voices of Ascension; the John Corigliano 80th birthday celebration at National Sawdust (2018); a leading role in Louis Andriessen’s opera Theatre of the World with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Dutch National Opera; and an international tour of Einstein on the Beach with the Philip Glass Ensemble (2012–2015). \n\n\n\nKesselman is Assistant Professor of Voice and Choral Music at the UNC Greensboro School of Music. Kesselman holds degrees in voice performance and music education from Rice University and Michigan State University. She is represented by Trudy Chan at Black Tea Music and lives in Charlotte with her husband\, Kevin Noe\, and son\, Rowan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA versatile singer\, actor\, musician\, writer\, arranger\, and educator\, Janinah Burnett is in demand and has thrilled audiences domestically and internationally in opera\, recital\, musical theatre\, jazz\, television\, and film. Some of her signature operatic roles include Mimí in La bohème\, Leila in Les pêcheurs des perles\, Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni\, Micaëla in Carmen\, Marguerite in Faust\, and Violetta in La Traviata. An original cast member of Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème on Broadway as Mimí\, she won a Los Angeles Theater Alliance Award and performed on the Tony Awards Presentation. \n\n\n\nBurnett was on the roster of principal artists at the Metropolitan Opera for eight consecutive seasons debuting as Bianca in La Rondine. She was a member of the closing cast of Phantom of the Opera on Broadway\, making appearances as “Carlotta Giudicelli” since 2016. \n\n\n\nIn February 2021\, Burnett released her debut album\, Love the Color of Your Butterfly\, which features musical arrangements and collaborations with some of the world’s finest jazz musicians including Christian Sands\, Sullivan Fortner Jr.\, Casey Benjamin\, and Terreon Gully who produced the project. Released on her own record label Clazz Records\, Love the Color of Your Butterfly is an amalgamation of jazz\, opera\, art song\, oratorio\, rhythm and blues\, and spirituals and introduces her concept of “Clazz\,” which encourages collaboration and redefines the parameters of genre while embracing parts of history that are erased\, widely unknown and forgotten. Love the Color of Your Butterfly has been featured in numerous publications including the Financial Times\, Playbill\, Broadway World\, Downbeat Magazine\, and Opera News. \n\n\n\nBurnett has been a guest artist and taught masterclasses at Eastern Mennonite University\, The Cinema School\, Clark University\, and Bar Harbor Music Festival. She holds an MM from the Eastman School of Music and a BA from Spelman College. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Choirs\nThe UNCG Choral program is recognized for excellence\, creative performances\, and high artistic standards. The UNCG Choirs are comprised of four ensembles: University Chamber Singers\, University Chorale\, Coro di Belle Voci\, and Spartan Voices. These diverse offerings allow students the opportunity to experience a wide range of stylistic ideas through the exploration of music from various time periods and various cultures\, including major choral-orchestral works as well as smaller chamber pieces. The UNCG Choirs have performed at state\, regional\, national and international conferences. Dr. Carole Ott serves as Director of Choral Activities and conductor of Chamber Singers and Chorale. Prof. Lindsay Kesselman is conductor of Coro di Belle Voci. Dr. Brett Nolker is conductor of Spartan Voices.  \n\n\n\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Choirs URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/chamber-singers/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241009T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240717T204827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241009T142848Z UID:10001125-1728502200-1728507600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Symphony Orchestra DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nJungho Kim\, conductorFranck Fontcouberte\, guest conductorAngela Moretti\, bassoonDaisy Schön\, soprano \n\n\n\nWEBER Concerto for Bassoon in F Major\, op. 75 \n\n\n\nBIZET Suite No. 1 from Carmen \n\n\n\nBOULANGER D’un Matins de printemps \n\n\n\nGOUNOD Musique de ballet de Faust“Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/brdiyduH_CE?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\n\nAngela Moretti is currently in her first year of study for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She holds a Master’s degree from the University of Central Florida and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Florida State University. Prior to her time at UNCG\, Ms. Moretti was the Adjunct Lecturer of Bassoon at Texas Lutheran University and served in the U.S. Army as a member of the 8th Army Band in South Korea and the 323d Army Band in Texas. While serving as an Army musician\, she performed in hundreds of concerts\, festivals\, and clinics in South Korea and the United States. Prior to her Army service\, Angela was a music teacher at Lakewood Park Elementary School in Florida and held positions with several regional orchestras across Florida and Texas. Her small business\, Laughing Crow Bassoon Reeds\, specializes in handmade bassoon reeds and supplies for amateur and professional bassoonists. In her spare time\, Angela enjoys hiking\, nature photography\, freelance graphic design\, and spending time with her rescued greyhound\, Sarge. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMs. Daisy Schön\, she/her\, is a classical soprano pursuing her Masters at UNCG. She studies with Dr. Robert Wells and is in the Vocal Pedagogy track. Daisy graduated from Indiana University with a BM degree in Vocal Performance where she studied with Dr. Brian Gill. While at IU\, Daisy sang in numerous opera choruses\, oratorios\, and premiered contemporary vocal solo works. Last summer\, Ms. Schön sang at the Collaborative Piano Institute at Louisiana State University\, where she sang in masterclasses with master teachers of collaborative piano and premiered a set of music written for her and Mengyao Zhao by Steven Naylor. Daisy also teaches a vibrant studio and maintains an interest and focus on trauma-informed teaching practices. She strives for a compassionate\, joyful\, and mindful approach to her musicianship and facilitating. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFranck Fontcouberte is the artistic director of the Contrepoint instrumental ensemble\, the «MusicaSète» festival\, the «Rencontres Gigeantesques»\, the Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Montpellier and the Chorale de Sète\, Conductor of the United Strings of Europe in London. \n\n\n\nAfter working as conductor with David Robertson\, Zoltan Pesko\, Armin Jordan and Pierre Boulez\, he gives numerous concerts in France and abroad with his own orchestras and as guest conductor in Florence\, Rome\, Riga\, Athens\, Istanbul\, Barcelona\, Prague\, Salzburg\, Johannesburg\, Belgrade\, Kotor\, Novisad\, London\, Geneva\, Lausanne\, Beirut and Merida. \n\n\n\nAlongside his career as Music Director and Conductor\, Franck Fontcouberte is a professor of instrumental ensembles at the Regional Conservatory of Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole. He founded the International Academy of Conducting\, which provides opportunities for young conductors from around the world to develop under his guidance. He was invited by the Université Notre Dame de Beyrouth to give master classes between 2016 and 2020. \n\n\n\nFranck Fontcouberte has recorded many instrumental and lyrical works\, including: La Belle Hélène by Jacques Offenbach\, the Coronation Mass by Franz Liszt\, the Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi\, Norma by Vincenzo Bellini\, Valses et Polkas by Johann Strauss\, Sacred and Profane Dances by Claude Debussy\, Music for strings\, percussion and celesta by Béla Bartók\, Serenade for strings by Tchaikosvki\, by Dvorak\, by Elgar\, the Chamber Symphony by Shostakovitch\, the Concert for violin and percussion on Balkan themes in world premiere by Mateja Marinkovic. His latest album «In motion» under the Swedish label Bis was released in November 2020. It presents the work «Maralinga» by the Australian composer Matthew Hindson with the New Zealand virtuoso violinist Amalia Hall. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Orchestras\nThe vibrant UNCG Orchestra program has long been recognized for performance excellence\, adventurous programming\, and high artistic standards. A diversity of offerings allow students the opportunity to perform repertoire for ensembles ranging from the largest cornerstone and contemporary works for full orchestra\, to intimate pieces for chamber orchestra\, to string orchestra. \n\n\n\nStudents in the UNCG Orchestra program are dedicated to the performance\, study and cultivation of orchestral music of the highest quality. The UNCG Orchestras offer outstanding performances throughout the year and enhance the institutional spirit and community of UNCG. We seek to promote music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by supporting secondary school orchestra programs and other organizations through our outreach activities and other annual events on campus. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/symphony-orchestra-6/ 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/2023/10/uncg-symphony-orchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241010T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240711T225213Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240915T175307Z UID:10001112-1728588600-1728594000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Wind Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductorJaninah Burnett\, vocalistErik Santos\, composer \n\n\n\nFLAGELLO Bravado \n\n\n\nPURRINGTON apricity \n\n\n\nSANTOS The Seer \n\n\n\nBERNSTEIN Profanation from Symphony No. 1\, “Jeremiah” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/_w5Ibf6DKvY?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\n\nA versatile singer\, actor\, musician\, writer\, arranger\, and educator\, Janinah Burnett is in demand and has thrilled audiences domestically and internationally in opera\, recital\, musical theatre\, jazz\, television\, and film. Some of her signature operatic roles include Mimí in La bohème\, Leila in Les pêcheurs des perles\, Donna Anna and Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni\, Micaëla in Carmen\, Marguerite in Faust\, and Violetta in La Traviata. An original cast member of Baz Luhrmann’s La Bohème on Broadway as Mimí\, she won a Los Angeles Theater Alliance Award and performed on the Tony Awards Presentation. \n\n\n\nBurnett was on the roster of principal artists at the Metropolitan Opera for eight consecutive seasons debuting as Bianca in La Rondine. She was a member of the closing cast of Phantom of the Opera on Broadway\, making appearances as “Carlotta Giudicelli” since 2016. \n\n\n\nIn February 2021\, Burnett released her debut album\, Love the Color of Your Butterfly\, which features musical arrangements and collaborations with some of the world’s finest jazz musicians including Christian Sands\, Sullivan Fortner Jr.\, Casey Benjamin\, and Terreon Gully who produced the project. Released on her own record label Clazz Records\, Love the Color of Your Butterfly is an amalgamation of jazz\, opera\, art song\, oratorio\, rhythm and blues\, and spirituals and introduces her concept of “Clazz\,” which encourages collaboration and redefines the parameters of genre while embracing parts of history that are erased\, widely unknown and forgotten. Love the Color of Your Butterfly has been featured in numerous publications including the Financial Times\, Playbill\, Broadway World\, Downbeat Magazine\, and Opera News. \n\n\n\nBurnett has been a guest artist and taught masterclasses at Eastern Mennonite University\, The Cinema School\, Clark University\, and Bar Harbor Music Festival. She holds an MM from the Eastman School of Music and a BA from Spelman College. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nErik Santos is a composer\, multi-instrumentalist\, singer\, producer\, and teacher\, who is active in many musical genres\, from rock and jazz\, to classical\, to electronic\, world music\, and music for theater and dance. He is the Chair of the Composition Department at the University of Michigan School of Music\, Theatre & Dance. \n\n\n\nAs the first-born in a family of musicians – father Rosendo Ejercito Santos\, Jr.\, mother Harriet\, brothers Nathan and Jason – music has always been at the core of his life practice\, both as a profession and hobby. \n\n\n\nProfessor Santos has received commissions\, prizes\, fellowships\, and other recognitions for his concert music\, including the prestigious 2020 Sousa-ABA-Ostwald Prize from the American Bandmasters Association\, the Charles Ives Scholarship\, and the Charles Ives Fellowship from The American Academy of Arts and Letters\, awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI)\, the MacDowell Colony\, the Bozeman Symphony\, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago\, the Rackham Graduate School of U-M\, and the Music Teachers National Association (MTNA). \n\n\n\nBut\, in recent years\, Santos has become increasingly preoccupied with presenting music in venues other than the classical concert hall  — dance clubs\, street corners\, radio\, theaters\, churches\, museums\, cafes\, car stereos\, movies\, Internet\, iPods\, etc. — where there is more emphasis given to the interaction of music with other spontaneous sensory elements\, involving listeners at the hub of a transdimensional experience. This interest flourished in 2002 when he was invited to join the pioneering and internationally celebrated Japanese butoh company Dairakudakan: Temputenshiki (avant-garde dance/theater)\, as a resident composer—a potent collaboration that continues to this day. \n\n\n\nIn 2005\, Santos and artist/singer Toko Shiiki formed an upbeat band called October Babies\, which has performed a large variety of original multi-cultural and multi-lingual dance songs in America and Japan. (Check out their 2020 EP Find New Way\, and new videos!) They affiliated with the local Ann Arbor music label/collective Oddfellow Music\, which later became Willis Sound. Having completed 5 albums\, along with music videos and documentaries with October Babies\, Santos and Shiiki became interested in filmmaking\, and this led to the full-length movie Threshold: Whispers of Fukushima in 2015. This project focuses on the lives of several musicians who have chosen to live in their homeland of Fukushima\, Japan\, despite the devastation of earthquake and tsunami\, the threat of the failing nuclear reactor\, and even persecution by fellow human beings. By 2019\, they completed three more films inspired by creative relationships they formed in Fukushima (Over the Sky\, Passing the Baton\, and Up the Mountain)\, as well as the film We Women Weave\, about the Moonseed Movement Troupe. \n\n\n\nThe creative relationships formed in the making of Threshold have continued to grow. For example\, in 2016\, Santos and Shiiki co-organized a partnership with the University of Michigan Center for World Performance Studies\, the Center for Japanese Studies\, and SMTD\, to invite the fiery Japanese youth drum ensemble Yamakiya Taiko to perform at the University of Michigan for The Fukushima Tribute Concert/Residency. This week-long event began with a thunderous concert at the Power Center and continued with a bunch of rousing Taiko workshops around campus and town. The ensemble premiered a new work Santos wrote for them and a cadre of U-M student drummers\, called “Armadillo Flow.” Check out the video! \n\n\n\nSantos has been on the Michigan local original music scene for XX years\, with bands October Babies\, The Crossed Lines\, 16 More Miles\, and Citygoat\, and he’s hosted several long-running Open Mic stages in the area. These days\, he’s possessed by a fresh passion for practicing – learning\, unlearning\, all day every day – memorizing poetry\, investigating inventions of Bach and Bruce Lee\, and Vince Gilligan\, enjoying sound. \n\n\n\n\nWind Ensemble\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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/wind-ensemble-6/ 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/2024/05/UNCG-Wind-Ensemble-Web-2400px.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241016T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241016T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240911T173700Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T133822Z UID:10001590-1729107000-1729112400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Ana Luque Fernandez\, violin DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\nBorn in Granada (Spain)\, Ana Luque Fernandez holds degrees in violin and chamber music from Granada and Murcia Conservatories in Spain. Ana also graduated from the Louisiana State University in the USA as a Master of Music in Violin Performance (1996) and as a Doctor of Musical Arts (2002).   \n\n\n\nHer main teachers have been Joaquín Palomares\, Camilla Wicks\, and Kevork Mardirossian\, having also received advice from Danuta Glowacka\, Dennis Parker\, Yair Kless\, Fredell Lack\, and Yfrah Neaman\, among others.  \n\n\n\nShe has held orchestra positions in the Murcia Chamber Orchestra (1989-1991) and the Murcia Symphony Orchestra (1991-1993) in Spain\, and the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra (1994-2000) in the USA. Since 1993\, she plays regularly with the Granada Symphony Orchestra (OCG).  \n\n\n\nAna has been a founding member of the Atlántico String Quartet and Carezzévole Piano Trío\, and collaborates with many other chamber music projects having performed in the USA\, Spain\, Finland\, Colombia and Morocco.  \n\n\n\nShe is the author of the monograph The Works of Manuel Quiroga: A Catalogue (Louisiana State University\, USA 2002)\, the book The Music of Manuel Quiroga Losada (VDM-Verlag\, 2009)  and the article Catalogación y Revisión de la Producción Musical de Manuel Quiroga Losada (1r Congrés Internacional Investigació en Música\, Valencia\, 2010).  \n\n\n\nAlso\, she has been professor at the string summer courses “Música y Naturaleza” (2000-2006) and Da Capo Strings School (2011-2019). Moreover\, she has been guest instructor at different conservatories in Spain and international institutions such as: I Barenboim-Said Foundation´s Master of Orchestral Studies (Seville\, Spain\, 2008); III International String Academy (Pereira\, Colombia\, 2012); and Jacobs School of Music (Bloomington-Indiana\, USA\, 2013).   \n\n\n\nAna has been tenure violin professor in Seville´s Conservatory “Francisco Guerrero” (2000-2002)\, Granada´s Conservatory “Angel Barrios” (2002-2006)\, and in Granada´s Real Conservatorio Superior “Victoria Eugenia” since 2006.  URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/ana-luque-fernandez-violin/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241018T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241018T200000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240703T211903Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240703T211904Z UID:10001107-1729281600-1729281600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Swing Out DESCRIPTION:Sw!ng Out\n\n\n\nAcclaimed choreographer Caleb Teicher brings the best of the swing dance world to Greensboro with live music by the Eyal Vilner Big Band. \n\n\n\nA New York Times’s Critic’s Pick\, SW!NG OUT celebrates the unbridled joy of Lindy Hop and the excitement of the artists’ distinct improvisational styles—generating a different show each night. \n\n\n\nMusic by the Eyal Vilner Big Band complements the social dance experience with irresistible rhythms that will make you want to dance along. Welcoming audiences into the fold\, each performance concludes with an on-stage jam session with the company! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrchestra/MezzBalconiesUNCG Students$7.50$7.50UNCG Faculty/Staff$25.00$25.00Adults$50.00$45.00Seniors/Military$40.00$35.00Children (K-12)$25.00$15.00\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n* Tickets to CVPA and UCLS events are sold exclusively through our box office locations and ETix website\, and nowhere else. Tickets purchased through third-party vendors cannot be honored. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn addition to public presentations\, artists in the UCLS series have important interactions with UNCG students\, such as holding masterclasses\, talkback sessions\, and seminars\, often just hours before performing on stage. Thanks to a grant from The Cemala Foundation\, some of these artists also work with K-12 students in the Guilford County Schools. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/swing-out/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,UCLS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/swingout-copy.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241021T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241021T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240924T145340Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241016T184657Z UID:10001601-1729539000-1729544400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:The Sequence Quartet DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/iJ6i-98R0n0?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Sequence Quartet is a euphonium quartet founded in August 2020 at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Its current members include Josh Bishop\, Caleb Harris\, Jack Lorens\, and Andrew Sallee. The quartet plays a wide variety of works including original euphonium quartet music\, wind band transcriptions\, and orchestral transcriptions. With multiple composers and arrangers in the ensemble\, the group is also committed to creating new works for the ensemble and pushing the boundaries of what the instrument can do. Since its founding\, the quartet has completed a regional tour and has been invited as guest performers at numerous Tuba/Euphonium conferences including the 2023 International Euphonium Tuba Festival and the 2023 International Tuba/Euphonium Conference. The quartet is committed to educating future generations of low brass students while also introducing the euphonium to a broader audience.  URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/the-sequence-quartet/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241026T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240716T152918Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241016T134851Z UID:10001120-1729971000-1729976400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Collage DESCRIPTION:The UNCG School of Music is proud to present our 17th annual performance of Collage at 7:30 PM on October 26\, 2024! We are excited to welcome audiences back to UNCG Auditorium for our most exciting event of the year with a new date! Get into the spooky spirit with special lighting\, haunting music\, and non-stop scintillating performances! \n\n\n\nCollage is captivating and totally unique\, featuring an incredible range of performers presenting one riveting work after another. Join School of Music students and many of our world-class faculty members for this non-stop evening of amazing performances. It’s not to be missed! \n\n\n\nAll ticket proceeds benefit the School of Music Collage Scholarship Fund. \n\n\n\nSectionAdultsSeniorsStudentsSection Afront orchestra\, mezzanine$27$22$17Section Bmiddle and rear orchestra\, lower balcony$20$16$12Section Cupper balcony$15$11$8\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/collage-5/ LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music,UCLS ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/collage-feature-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241104T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241104T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20241009T171040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241015T170521Z UID:10001609-1730748600-1730754000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Clare Longendyke\, piano DESCRIPTION:A pianist with “an artistic ferocity that captivated and astonished listeners” (Waverly Newspapers)\, Clare Longendyke is a soloist\, chamber musician\, and musical innovator who performs with American orchestras and on recital series around the world. Recent highlights include performances with orchestras in Minnesota\, Iowa\, Indiana\, and Virginia\, and the release of her debut solo CD in 2024\, …of dreams unveiled\, featuring works of Debussy\, Amy Williams\, and Anthony R. Green. The album debuted at #2 on the Traditional Classical Billboard Chart and was praised as “a work of remarkable pianistic invention” (The WholeNote)\, “delightfully daring\,” and “a CD that should not be missed” (EarRelevant).    \n\n\n\nA charming and charismatic performer\, Clare’s passion for the music she plays radiates through her artistry and in the way she speaks from the concert stage. She has a contagious commitment to the music of our time\, and her programming celebrates works by favorite composers of the past—Robert and Clara Schumann\, Beethoven\, and Debussy\, to name a few—while creating space for those that are paving the way towards classical music’s more inclusive future. One of the highlights of her career has been to collaborate with living composers to commission new works. She relishes the opportunity to put her stamp on pieces of music that will go on to be staples of the piano repertoire for centuries. In the last decade\, she has commissioned over 30 new solo and chamber music works and been involved in over 250 world premiere performances.  \n\n\n\nClare’s 2024/25 Season highlights include Carnegie Hall and collaborations with the Mankato Symphony Orchestra (MN) and Denver Young Artists Orchestra. Past appearances include The University of Chicago Presents\, The Schubert Club of Minnesota\, The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (MN)\, Sandler Center for the Performing Arts (VA)\, The Palladium (IN)\, and Olin Arts Center (ME). Recent orchestral partners include Symphonicity (VA)\, Rochester Symphony Orchestra (MN)\, and the Oak Ridge Symphony (TN). Her playing has been heard on radio stations around the country\, including NPR’s Performance Today.  \n\n\n\nClare has lived and studied on both American coasts and abroad\, earning degrees at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts and her Master’s and Doctor of Music from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. An ardent Francophile and fluent French speaker\, she received the Fulbright-Harriet Hale Woolley Award in the Arts to study at the École normale de musique in Paris in 2009. She has served as Artist-in-Residence at The University of Chicago (2019–21) and the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute\, Indiana (2023–24).  \n\n\n\nFor Clare\, performance is just one aspect of her role as an ambassador for classical music in today’s world. The connections she makes on concert stages\, in classrooms\, and everywhere in between help to foster a greater sense of community for the classical music field that she cares about so deeply.  URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/clare-longendyke-piano/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241105T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241105T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240911T174838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241016T135151Z UID:10001591-1730827800-1730833200@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Shannon Thomas\, violin and Stijn DeCock\, piano DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\nA Tennessee native\, violinist Shannon Thomas has garnered a reputation for exciting\, thoughtful performances as a chamber musician\, soloist\, and in recital throughout North and South America\, Europe\, and Asia. Recent performing engagements have taken her to the Kennedy Center\, Spoleto Festival USA\, Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium\, Bolivia’s Centro Sinfonico in La Paz\, and the Banff Centre where she has collaborated with distinguished artists such as the St. Lawrence String Quartet\, David Halen\, Richard King\, Wendy Chen\, Anita Pontremoli\, and Midori.  \n\n\n\nAs a chamber musician\, Shannon has performed at the Innsbrook Summer Music Festival\, Garth Newel Music Center\, Sarasota Music Festival\, Kneisel Hall\, ENCORE School for Strings\, Aspen Music Festival\, the International Clarinet Association National Conference (Belgium)\, Northwestern University\, and Brancaleoni International Music Festival (Italy). She is violinist of the Benzaiten Trio and performs regularly with the Bryant Park Chamber Players in New York City\, ProMusica Chamber Orchestra\, and IRIS Collective under the direction of Michael Stern. Shannon has recorded for Blue Griffin Records\, most recently releasing a CD celebrating the music of Lera Auerbach\, Ellen Zwilich\, and Jennifer Higdon.  \n\n\n\nInterested in sharing her enthusiasm for the arts through teaching\, Shannon is in demand as a pedagogue. She currently serves as Associate Professor of Violin at Florida State University and directs the Gabriel Del Orbe Violin Program in the Dominican Republic. In the summers\, she teaches at Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival and Hilton Head Chamber Music Institute. Previously on the faculties of University of Southern Mississippi\, the Cleveland Institute of Music Preparatory Division\, and Interlochen Arts Camp\, her students have been prizewinners and finalists at national competitions\, including MTNA and the Sphinx Competition. She has also taught at the Kinhaven Music School\, Stony Brook University Chamber Music Camp\, and Innsbrook Institute Summer Music Academy and Festival\, where she served as Education Director. Shannon has presented educational sessions and masterclasses at the National ASTA conference\, Florida Music Educators Association annual conference\, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Luby Violin Symposium. In addition\, she has served as an adjudicator and clinician for the Seattle Young Artists Music Festival Association and to MTNA and regional All-State orchestral auditions. She is co-artistic director of MusicBridges Tallahassee\, a non-profit that provides opportunities for youth to succeed through the power of music and diversity.  \n\n\n\nShannon earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the Cleveland Institute of Music\, where she was Paul Kantor’s teaching assistant. She received a Master of Music at Yale University and a Bachelor of Music at Vanderbilt University\, and also pursued graduate work at Arizona State University\, where she was the first student to be accepted into the Artist Diploma program. She studied chamber music with Peter Salaff\, Merry Peckham\, George Sopkin\, Christopher von Baeyer\, Laurie Smukler and members of the Juilliard\, Blair\, Tokyo\, and Cavani String Quartets. Her principal teachers have included Paul Kantor\, Cornelia Heard\, Jonathan Swartz\, Robert Lipsett\, and Ani Kavafian. She lives in Tallahassee\, Florida\, with her husband\, violinist Frank Trem\, and their morkie named Puccini. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHailed for his passionate and virtuosic piano playing by the East Hampton Star\, internationally acclaimed pianist Stijn De Cock maintains an active musical career as a soloist\, chamber musician\, and teaching artist in the US and abroad. His playing has been described as “alternating between the stormy and sublime\, while getting to the heart of the music” and was praised for its ability to create “a most compelling musical narrative (Amalfi Festival concert review).”  \n\n\n\nDr. De Cock’s concert seasons have included concerts on four continents\, from the US to Europe\, Asia\, and Africa. In recent concert seasons\, Dr. De Cock has appeared in Kenya\, Macau\, Taiwan\, Russia\, China\, Canada\, Italy\, France\, Belgium\, Poland\, the Czech Republic\, Greece\, and Spain\, in solo\, chamber\, and collaborative capacities. He has performed in prestigious music festivals around the world\, a selection of which include the Amalfi Coast International Music and Arts Festival\, PianoTexas\, Pianofest in the Hamptons\, the XIV NewSound Festival\, the Interventions New Music Festival at the Great Gallery of the Toledo Museum of Art\, the Prague International Piano Masterclasses\, and the Gijón International Piano Festival. Dr. De Cock has also been a major prize winner in multiple competitions\, including the Los Angeles International Liszt Competition\, the Ann Arbor Society for Musical Arts Young Artist Competition\, the Poland International Music Festival Piano Competition and the Prix des Jeunes and Lions Club music competitions in Belgium. As the founding director or the Brancaleoni International Music Festival\, Dr. De Cock has created a large-scale summer festival that offers a unique\, intensive\, and immersive artistic learning environment to the aspiring young pianists\, singers\, and string players from around the world in the beautiful Marche region of Italy. Also a sought after teaching artist\, Dr. De Cock has presented masterclasses and lecture-recitals in Naples\, Amalfi\, and Maiori\, at the Amalfi Coast International Music and Arts Festival in Italy\, the Charles University in Prague\, the Pardubice Conservatory in the Czech Republic\, Tangaza College and the Conservatoire de Kenya in Nairobi\, Kenya\, Wah Yan College and Lasalle College in Hong-Kong\, China\, Tunghai University in Taiwan\, and many more. Dr. De Cock has taught and held faculty positions at the State University of New York Fredonia\, the University of Michigan\, Schoolcraft College\, Albion College\, and the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point. He currently serves on the piano faculty of Florida State University as Associate Professor of Piano.  \n\n\n\nDr. De Cock hold a Premier Prix from the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels\, where he was trained in the tradition of Russian pianism by Evgeny Moguilevky\, a former student of Moscow Conservatory’s legendary teacher\, Heinrich Neuhaus\, whose formidable students included Sviatoslav Richter\, Emil Gilels\, and Radu Lupu. He also holds a Master’s Degree and Doctorate of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan\, which he pursued under tutelage of Logan Skelton. Dr. De Cock has also received guidance from artists such as Claude Frank\, Robert McDonald\, Yehoved Kaplinsky\, Julian Martin\, Matti Raekallio\, Boris Slutsky\, Malcolm Bilson\, Martin Katz\, Margot Garrett\, and Marilyn Horne.  \n\n\n\nDr. De Cock is an active member of the American Liszt Society\, the College Music Society\, and MTNA. His students have won prizes at state and international piano competitions\, gained admission to competitive undergraduate and graduate college programs and participated in international music festivals. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/shannon-thomas-violin-and-stijn-decock-piano/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241115T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20241114T230848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241114T231513Z UID:10002040-1731699000-1731704400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Scott Rawls\, viola DESCRIPTION:Kimberly Sparr\, violaJames Douglass\, piano \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nViolist Scott Rawls has appeared as soloist and chamber musician throughout the United States\, Canada\, Mexico\, Japan\, and Europe.  Recent chamber music endeavors include performances with Dmitry Sitkovetsky\, Branford Marsalis\, Sergey Antonov\, Michelle Cann and the Reynolda Quartet.  With the Nikkanen/Rawls/Bailey string trio\, he has played tours in Alaska\, Washington\, Arizona and Texas.  His solo and chamber music recordings can be heard on the Centaur\, CRI\, Nonesuch\, Capstone\, and Philips labels.   \n\n\n\nA 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.  As the violist in this ensemble\, he performed the numerous premieres of Daniel Variations\, The Cave and Three Tales by Steve Reich and Beryl Korot\, videographer. And under the auspices of presenting organizations such as the Wiener Festwochen\, Festival d’Automne a Paris\, Holland Festival\, Berlin Festival\, Spoleto Festival USA and the Lincoln Center Festival\, he has performed in major music centers around the world including London\, Vienna\, Rome\, Milan\, Tokyo\, Prague\, Amsterdam\, Brussels\, Los Angeles\, Chicago and New York.    \n\n\n\nUnder the baton of maestro Christopher Dragon\, he plays principal viola in the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra.  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.  \n\n\n\nDr. 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. His major mentors include Abraham Skernick\, Georges Janzer\, John Graham and Julius Levine.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKimberly Sparr is Associate Professor of Viola at Louisiana State University. Equally skilled as a soloist\, chamber and orchestral violist\, she has garnered praise for her versatility and virtuosity across the United States and beyond. She is a founding member of the Atlantic Chamber Ensemble and is on faculty at the Brevard Music Festival. Sparr has also taught at the National Music Festival and the Summer Strings Academy for Girls.   \n\n\n\nAs an orchestral violist\, Sparr was the assistant principal violist of Virginia’s Richmond Symphony from 2008-13 and has performed with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra\, National Symphony Orchestra\, and the Washington National Opera\, among others. Her festival participation includes Jackson Hole Chamber Music; New Hampshire Music Festival; Tanglewood Music Center; the Verbier Festival Orchestra in Switzerland; Festival Mozaic and Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music in California; Sarasota Music Festival; and the Lake George Music Festival in New York. Recently\, she has been an invited guest with Agarita and the Harrington String Quartet.  \n\n\n\nSparr has appeared as a concerto soloist with the Amarillo Virtuosi\, the Pittsburgh Civic Orchestra\, the Texas Tech University Symphony Orchestra\, Colorado Music Festival Orchestra\, and the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. An enthusiastic educator\, Dr. Sparr has previously served on the faculties of Texas Tech University\, The College of William and Mary\, and University of Maryland\, Baltimore County (UMBC). She also performs with the trio\, Scabaret.   \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs a collaborative pianist\, James Douglass has performed across the United States\, Europe\, and China\, in genres as diverse as opera\, choral arts\, vocal arts\, chamber music\, jazz\, musical theater\, and cabaret. His performances have been heard on public radio and television broadcasts in Los Angeles\, New Orleans\, Nashville\, Mississippi\, and Alabama\, as well as the Welsh Television network in Great Britain\, and in venues such as Carnegie Weill Hall and the Liszt Academy (Budapest). Dr. Douglass has taught at Mississippi College\, Occidental College (Los Angeles)\, the University of Southern California\, and Middle Tennessee State University where he was director the of collaborative piano degree program. In the summer of 2004 he began teaching in the summer study program AIMS (American Institute of Musical Studies) in Graz\, Austria where has served variously as the instructor of collaborative piano and a vocal coach in the Lieder studios. He joined the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2005 and is currently the Professor of Collaborative Piano\, director of the collaborative piano degrees program\, coordinator of chamber music activities\, and vocal coach. Dr. Douglass holds degrees in piano performance from the University of Alabama (BM\, MM) and the DMA in collaborative piano from the University of Southern California. He is also active as a clinician\, adjudicator\, and recording artist\, having released internationally (among other recordings) two CDs with soprano Hope Koehler of the songs of John Jacob Niles\, and most recently a recording of Othmar Schöck’s song cycle Das Stille Leuchten with the late mezzo-soprano Clara O’Brien.  URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/scott-rawls-viola/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/scott-rawls-web-FA23.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240724T150514Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241114T183337Z UID:10001130-1731958200-1731963600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Sinfonia DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nMarissa Guarriello\, conductorAnna Tschiegg-Baker\, graduate conductorDalton Guin\, graduate conductorSam Hollar\, guest composer and conductorDonny Walter\, guest conductor \n\n\n\nRILEY Flying \n\n\n\nPARRISH Boreas \n\n\n\nJAIME-DONJUAN A su merced\, Don José \n\n\n\nHOLLAR Masque of the Red Death \n\n\n\nCOLERIDGE-TAYLOR Danse negre \n\n\n\nHIRSCH Grand Central \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/x3-H-a_o49c?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\nUNCG Orchestras\nThe vibrant UNCG Orchestra program has long been recognized for performance excellence\, adventurous programming\, and high artistic standards. A diversity of offerings allow students the opportunity to perform repertoire for ensembles ranging from the largest cornerstone and contemporary works for full orchestra\, to intimate pieces for chamber orchestra\, to string orchestra. \n\n\n\nStudents in the UNCG Orchestra program are dedicated to the performance\, study and cultivation of orchestral music of the highest quality. The UNCG Orchestras offer outstanding performances throughout the year and enhance the institutional spirit and community of UNCG. We seek to promote music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by supporting secondary school orchestra programs and other organizations through our outreach activities and other annual events on campus. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/sinfonia-9/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/orchestas-pic13905.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241120T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241120T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240717T205130Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241120T171047Z UID:10001126-1732131000-1732136400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Symphony Orchestra DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nJungho Kim\, conductorJayon Felizarta\, violin \n\n\n\nMOZART Overture to Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)\, K. 620 \n\n\n\nBRAHMS Violin Concerto in D major\, op. 77 (Mvt. I\, Allegro non troppo) \n\n\n\nBEETHOVEN Egmont Overture\, op. 84 \n\n\n\nMUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orchestrated by Maurice Ravel) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\nProgram Notes and Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/yKhnBuzwQS0?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\n\nJayon Felizarta is a violinist currently studying under Dr. Fabian Lopez at UNCG. As a native of North Carolina\, he has been closely involved with the musical community since his youth\, performing with the NC Triangle Youth Symphony\, Duke String School symphony\, and TYP Quartet. In 2020\, Jayon received second prize of the King’s Peak International Music Competition\, and in 2017\, he received second prize at the North Carolina Symphony Youth Concerto Competition. He was a laureate of the Peter Perret youth talent search and has performed as soloist for the Winston-Salem Symphony. \n\n\n\nAn active orchestral performer\, Jayon Felizarta is a first violinist of the Fayetteville Symphony and UNCG University Symphony Orchestra\, and has performed with the Wilmington Symphony. He also performs as violinist for the JAW Trio at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Orchestras\nThe vibrant UNCG Orchestra program has long been recognized for performance excellence\, adventurous programming\, and high artistic standards. A diversity of offerings allow students the opportunity to perform repertoire for ensembles ranging from the largest cornerstone and contemporary works for full orchestra\, to intimate pieces for chamber orchestra\, to string orchestra. \n\n\n\nStudents in the UNCG Orchestra program are dedicated to the performance\, study and cultivation of orchestral music of the highest quality. The UNCG Orchestras offer outstanding performances throughout the year and enhance the institutional spirit and community of UNCG. We seek to promote music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by supporting secondary school orchestra programs and other organizations through our outreach activities and other annual events on campus. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/symphony-orchestra-7/ 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/2023/10/uncg-symphony-orchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240822T200047Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241114T184236Z UID:10001143-1732210200-1732215600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:University Chorale DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/-xJH6IIOt3Y?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nThe UNCG Choral program is recognized for excellence\, creative performances\, and high artistic standards. The UNCG Choirs are comprised of four ensembles: University Chamber Singers\, University Chorale\, Coro di Belle Voci\, and Spartan Voices. These diverse offerings allow students the opportunity to experience a wide range of stylistic ideas through the exploration of music from various time periods and various cultures\, including major choral-orchestral works as well as smaller chamber pieces. The UNCG Choirs have performed at state\, regional\, national and international conferences. Dr. Carole Ott serves as Director of Choral Activities and conductor of Chamber Singers and Chorale. Prof. Lindsay Kesselman is conductor of Coro di Belle Voci. Dr. Brett Nolker is conductor of Spartan Voices.  \n\n\n\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/university-chorale-2/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/choir-feature.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240715T133827Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T155414Z UID:10001113-1732217400-1732222800@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Wind Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductorLindsay Kesselman\, sopranoPatty Saunders\, graduate conductor \n\n\n\nDAI Saṃsāric Dance (world premiere) \n\n\n\nGRAINGER Colonial Song \n\n\n\nCERRONE Darkening\, Then Brightening \n\n\n\nGOTKOVSKY Symphonie pour orchestre d’harmonie \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\nProgram Notes and Biographies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\nJoin Our Email List\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/DJklje3rNQ0?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\nTonight’s program is a preview performance of the Wind Ensemble’s concert at the College Band Directors National Association national conference in Fort Worth\, Texas on March 28\, 2025. In advance of that performance\, the Wind Ensemble will perform six concerts on a tour that will span the southern United States with stops in Charlotte\, Atlanta\, Tuscaloosa\, New Orleans\, Houston\, and Dallas. The program\, with compositions by UNCG alum Dai Wei (’15 MM) and Ida Gotkovsky\, the poetry of Kim Addonizio\, and the voices of Dai Wei and UNCG faculty member Lindsay Kesselman\, is an acknowledgement of UNCG’s legacy of women’s education and a celebration of women’s voices more broadly. \n\n\n\nIn 1892\, UNCG opened its doors as the State Normal and Industrial School with music courses as part of the original curriculum. For the first seventy-two years of its existence\, the university only served women before becoming co-educational in 1964—the year after the university was renamed as the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Today\, the university’s population stands at roughly 67% women. Tonight’s program serves as a reminder and reaffirmation of UNCG’s mission of educating women in North Carolina and beyond. \n\n\n\nThe program is also bound together through elements of cyclicity and repetition. In some musical cultures\, repetition is used to promote and create community—to instill a sense of collectivism; in others\, it may be used to express the infinite and indescribable qualities of reality. The ephemeral and fleeting nature of music necessitates cyclicity in order to promote understanding\, particularly in the long-form music found in the Western classical tradition. In music\, however\, repetition is never simply repetition—to promote understanding\, the repetition is changed\, or the listener is changed by experiencing the repetition. Just as poet Kim Addonizio describes the simple experience of watching the sky “darkening\, then brightening” over the course of a day\, sometimes we notice changes in the musical cycles before us and other times we notice changes within ourselves. In other words\, does the cycle change or do we? \n\n\n\nEach of the three pieces on the CBDNA program feature elements of cyclicity and symmetry. Dai Wei’s Samsaric Dance is inspired by the Tibetan Buddhism conception of existence. Over the course of the piece\, multiple musical elements emerge\, return\, interact with each other\, and continuously transform before the piece eventually rests on a C♯ that symbolizes the oneness and unity of all existence. In this sense\, cyclicity refers to the endless cycle of birth\, death\, and rebirth—like a wheel rolling forward and backwards towards a possible but never promised nirvana. \n\n\n\nChristopher Cerrone’s Darkening\, Then Brightening is built in an arch form but one shaped like a valley. The descent of the first three movements leads towards the return of the C♯ from Samsaric Dance now transformed into the sound of inevitable descent. While the listener and singer ascend towards the light in the final movements\, the promise of redemption lies just beyond their grasp as the piece suddenly stops. The valley was just too deep. \n\n\n\nWhile elements of formal cyclicity are clearly evident in both movements of Ida Gotkovsky’s Symphonie pour orchestre d’harmonie\, her intermingling of octatonic\, whole tone\, and quartal pitch material throughout the symphony is of particular interest. This kind of symmetrical pitch organization\, one also favored by her composition teacher Olivier Messiaen\, creates melodic and harmonic structures free of any sense of a fundamental pitch\, occurring in looping cycles without a clear beginning or end. While traditional tonal music relies on asymmetrical pitch structures to establish hierarchy\, Gotkovsky’s pitch organization lends her music an almost otherworldly quality while remaining relatively consonant even within a modernist framework. \n\n\n\nThe chord that ends the piece\, and thus the concert\, is a quartal harmony built on C-naturals in the soprano and bass voices. The chord’s brightness and power seem far removed from the C♯ featured so prominently in the previous two pieces. The cycle has ended lower in pitch but perhaps more hopeful in tone? Darkening\, then brightening… has the cycle changed\, or have we? \n\n\n\nA performance such as this is an incredible undertaking and requires a great deal of effort and resources. Thank you to the following for their support of the UNCG Wind Ensemble’s performance at CBDNA. \n\n\n\n\nJohn R. Locke Endowment for Excellence in Music\n\n\n\nBetty Johnson Cheek Fine Arts Endowment\n\n\n\nDr. J. Alan Boyette\, Provost\, UNCG\n\n\n\nDr. bruce d. mcclung\, Dean\, UNCG College of Visual and Performing Arts\n\n\n\nDr. Charles Young\, Director\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nDr. Catherine Keen Hock\, Assistant Director\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nProf. Lindsay Kesselman\, Assistant Professor of Voice and Choral Music\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nBrad McMillan\, Director of Outreach Programs and Marketing Coordinator\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nLyndsey Dean\, Ensembles Manager\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nDr. Kevin M. Geraldi\, Director of Bands\, University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign\n\n\n\nDr. John R. Locke\, Director of Bands Emeritus\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nDr. Carole Ott Coelho\, Director of Choral Activities\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nDr. Jungho Kim\, Director of Orchestras\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nNeil Shepherd\, Business Officer\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nDennis Hopson\, Hall Manager and Recording Engineer\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nSharneisha Joyner\, Building Manager and Instrument Inventory Specialist\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nAdella Dzitko-Carlson\, Administrative Assistant and Personnel Officer\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nDr. Nick Lewis\, Admissions and Student Services Specialist\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nStephen Duncan\, Piano Technician\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nPatty Saunders\, DMA Conducting Student\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nDalton Guin\, MM Conducting Student\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\nKat Smith\, MM Conducting Student\, UNCG School of Music\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\n\nLindsay Kesselman is a two-time GRAMMY-nominated soprano known for her warm\, collaborative spirit and investment in personal\, intimate communication with audiences. She regularly collaborates with orchestras\, wind symphonies\, chamber ensembles\, opera/theater companies\, and new music ensembles across the United States\, often premiering\, touring\, and recording new works composed for her by living composers. She is a passionate advocate for contemporary music and has commissioned/premiered over one hundred works to date.    \n\n\n\nRecent and upcoming highlights include the premiere of Darkening\, then Brightening by Christopher Cerrone with the University of Illinois Wind Symphony; the wind transcription of Caroline Shaw’s Is a Rose\, Energy in All Directions by Kenneth Frazelle with Sandbox Percussion at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center; the role of Anna in Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s The Seven Deadly Sins with the Charlotte Symphony; the role of Ada Lovelace in the new opera Galaxies in Her Eyes by Mark Lanz Weiser and Amy S. Punt; Astronautica: Voices of Women in Space with Voices of Ascension; the John Corigliano 80th birthday celebration at National Sawdust (2018); a leading role in Louis Andriessen’s opera Theatre of the World with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Dutch National Opera; and an international tour of Einstein on the Beach with the Philip Glass Ensemble (2012–2015).   \n\n\n\nKesselman is Assistant Professor of Voice and Choral Music at the UNC Greensboro School of Music. Kesselman holds degrees in voice performance and music education from Rice University and Michigan State University. She is represented by Trudy Chan at Black Tea Music and lives in Charlotte with her husband\, Kevin Noe\, and son\, Rowan. \n\n\n\n\nWind Ensemble\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. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/wind-ensemble-10/ 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/2024/05/UNCG-Wind-Ensemble-Web-2400px.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241123T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240822T200742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T191054Z UID:10001144-1732390200-1732395600@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Chamber Singers DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nCarole Ott Coelho\, conductor \n\n\n\nDURUFLÉ Requiem\, op. 9 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe UNCG Choral program is recognized for excellence\, creative performances\, and high artistic standards. The UNCG Choirs are comprised of four ensembles: University Chamber Singers\, University Chorale\, Coro di Belle Voci\, and Spartan Voices. These diverse offerings allow students the opportunity to experience a wide range of stylistic ideas through the exploration of music from various time periods and various cultures\, including major choral-orchestral works as well as smaller chamber pieces. The UNCG Choirs have performed at state\, regional\, national and international conferences. Dr. Carole Ott serves as Director of Choral Activities and conductor of Chamber Singers and Chorale. Prof. Lindsay Kesselman is conductor of Coro di Belle Voci. Dr. Brett Nolker is conductor of Spartan Voices.  \n\n\n\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/chamber-singers-2/ LOCATION:First Presbyterian Church\, 617 N Elm 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/2023/12/combined-choirs-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T133000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241124T133000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20241031T153016Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241101T124146Z UID:10002006-1732455000-1732455000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Peter Bernstein DESCRIPTION:PETER BERNSTEIN\, JAZZ GUITAR WITH UNCG JAZZ ENSEMBLE I & HONORS HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND\n\n\n\nJazz guitarist Peter Bernstein has been a part of the jazz scene in New York and abroad since 1989. He has participated in over 80 recordings and numerous festivals\, concert and club performances with musicians from all generations. \n\n\n\nAs a leader\, Bernstein has released nine albums and a DVD\, Live at Smoke\, and he has enjoyed long musical associations with legendary drummer Jimmy Cobb (Cobb’s Mob)\, organist Larry Goldings\, and drummer Bill Stewart. Together the trio recorded a dozen records\, all of which display their distinctive sound\,exploring the depths of jazz standards and playing original compositions. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrchestra/MezzStudents$6.00Adults$8.00Seniors$6.00\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS\n\n\n\n\n* Tickets to CVPA and UCLS events are sold exclusively through our box office locations and ETix website\, and nowhere else. Tickets purchased through third-party vendors cannot be honored. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom 1995 through 1997\, Bernstein was a member of Joshua Redman’s band and played on Redman’s Freedom in the Groove CD. He played with Diana Krall’s quartet from 1999 through 2001 and with Dr. Lonnie Smith\, the legendary organist who made his debut on the George Benson Cookbook albums. He has also recorded five CDs with organist Melvin Rhyne\, known for his association with Wes Montgomery. He has also played with groups led by Nicholas Payton\, Sonny Rollins\, Lee Konitz\, Tom Harrell\, and Eric Alexander. \n\n\n\nCurrent projects include the recent album\, Monk\, a spin on the rich legacy of Thelonious Monk. In September\, Bernstein released a solo guitar record\, Solo Guitar – Live at Smalls (Smalls Live). \n\n\n\n\nROBINSON FAMILY JAZZ 10% OFF\n\n\n\nPurchase tickets to both Robinson Family Jazz Artists events (Peter Bernstein and Brevan Hampden) and receive 10% off your total purchase. \n\n\n\n\nPurchase Robinson Family Jazz Bundle\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nROBINSON FAMILY VISITING JAZZ ARTISTS\n\n\n\nA residency made possible by the Robinson Family Fund\, established by Ward Robinson (’19 PBC Jazz\, ’10 MPH) and Pamela Pittman\, is bringing two jazz luminaries to UNCG’s School of Music this year. Guitarist Peter Bernstein and Percussionist Brevan Hampden will come to Greensboro for residencies with students and concerts which will be open to the public. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/peter-bernstein/ 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/2024/05/peterbernstein-copy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241125T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241125T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240822T201334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241114T190911Z UID:10001145-1732563000-1732568400@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Spartan Voices DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/Qp8PkTx3Tj4?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\nThe UNCG Choral program is recognized for excellence\, creative performances\, and high artistic standards. The UNCG Choirs are comprised of four ensembles: University Chamber Singers\, University Chorale\, Coro di Belle Voci\, and Spartan Voices. These diverse offerings allow students the opportunity to experience a wide range of stylistic ideas through the exploration of music from various time periods and various cultures\, including major choral-orchestral works as well as smaller chamber pieces. The UNCG Choirs have performed at state\, regional\, national and international conferences. Dr. Carole Ott serves as Director of Choral Activities and conductor of Chamber Singers and Chorale. Prof. Lindsay Kesselman is conductor of Coro di Belle Voci. Dr. Brett Nolker is conductor of Spartan Voices.  \n\n\n\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/spartan-voices-2/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20250116T163137Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T163409Z UID:10002758-1737660600-1737666000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Garrett Klein\, trumpet DESCRIPTION:Ināra Zandmane\, pianoMarjorie Bagley\, violinPeter Stammer\, trumpet \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrumpet artist Garrett Klein has garnered an international reputation for his varied performing career and dedicated teaching. He is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Trumpet at UNC Greensboro where he leads the Trumpet Studio\, directs the Trumpet Ensemble\, and serves as Brass Area Chair.   Aside from his teaching\, Garrett is the Principal Trumpet of the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra and Principal Solo Cornet with North Carolina Brass Band. He is a former member of the world-renowned Dallas Brass and toured the nation with that ensemble for five years. He has also appeared as a guest musician with Charlotte Symphony\, The Phoenix Symphony\, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra\, the New World Symphony\, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra\, and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. A new music advocate\, Garrett has worked with composers to commission several new works for trumpet\, presenting newly composed works at three International Trumpet Guild Conferences.  Garrett earned his DMA and MM degrees at Arizona State University\, along with a Certificate in Music Theory Pedagogy. Prior to ASU\, he studied at the prestigious Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music in Singapore and St. Olaf College in Minnesota. Garrett Klein is an endorsing artist for Conn-Selmer and proudly performs on Vincent Bach trumpets.  URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/garrett-klein-trumpet/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 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/klein-garrett-scaled-1-768x769-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20250124T161813Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250206T162216Z UID:10002773-1739215800-1739221200@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Nicholas Susi\, piano DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\nJoin Our Email List\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/QjXDtjjuyeU?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nWorld Music – Authentic and Imagined\n\n\n\nFor hundreds of years\, folk music has been a source of inspiration for classical composers. In many cases\, this inspiration stems from the desire of a composer to broadcast the richness of their native culture’s music to the rest of the world. In other cases\, a composer becomes inspired by the music of a foreign land and imagines how they might compose music in that style. Both of these avenues offer glimpses into music around the world\, both authentic and imagined. This program explores music inspired by Ancient Egypt\, through 19th-century Eastern Europe\, to modern day Ecuador. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDescribed in The WholeNote as “an innovative musician and aggressive thinker with a gift for keyboard brilliance\,” Dr. Nicholas Susi enjoys a multifaceted career living out his deep love of music. He recognizes that Classical music has been a transformative force in his life\, and seeks to share its power with others through his teaching and performing.   \n\n\n\nAs a teenager\, Nicholas experienced a musical turning point upon discovering the music of Franz Liszt. Thrilled by the composer’s virtuoso music and inspirational biography\, he became a lifelong super-fan of all things Liszt. Performances and projects centering around the Hungarian composer have been a recurring theme throughout Dr. Susi’s career. He has appeared as soloist in the concerti of Liszt with the Omaha Symphony Orchestra\, Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City\, Taneycomo Festival Orchestra\, and Webster Symphony Orchestra\, and he celebrated the composer’s bicentennial in 2011 with a series of performances of the complete Douze études d’exécution transcendante. In 2014\, Susi advanced to the semifinals of the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition (Utrecht\, The Netherlands) as one of two Americans selected worldwide to participate in this prestigious competition. Most recently\, he made his debut as a published author in the 2020 edition of The Journal of the American Liszt Society; in his article\, Susi offers an interdisciplinary reading of Liszt’s Legend no. 1 by intersecting theoretical analysis with Catholic iconography.   \n\n\n\nDr. Susi’s research has been awarded grants from such organizations as the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)\, Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation\, and Legacy Foundation for the Arts. These and other grants enabled him to travel\, study\, and perform music across Europe; the experiences of researching Beethoven in Bonn\, Debussy in Paris\, and Mozart in Vienna have been central to his development as a musician and to his cosmopolitan understanding of musical styles. Other noteworthy appearances abroad include recitals at the Cité universitaire de Paris\, two all-Liszt concerts for the Princess von Hohenzollern at her castle in Namedy\, Germany\, and concerto solos with the Wiener Residenz Orchester and Symphonieorchester der Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.   \n\n\n\nStateside\, Dr. Susi’s career took off upon winning the 2015 National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Young Artist Competition. Winners of this competition receive two years of management\, which resulted in performances\, masterclasses\, and lectures across the country. At the same time\, Susi recorded and released his debut album\, Scarlatti Now\, to critical acclaim; in addition to international radio airplay\, the disc was featured on the prestigious Critics’ Choice list (2017) of American Record Guide and was chosen as a 1st place winner of The American Prize in 2018.   \n\n\n\nDr. Susi is Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of South Carolina\, President of the American Matthay Association\, and Associate Director of the Southeastern Piano Festival. He previously taught piano and music theory at The College of St. Scholastica in Duluth\, MN. He completed his doctorate at the University of Michigan\, with previous studies at the University of Kansas and at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln as a two-time DAAD grantee. Primary teachers include Zena Ilyashov\, Jack Winerock\, Nina Tichman\, and Arthur Greene. For details on upcoming appearances and further listening\, please visit www.nicholas-susi.com.   URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/nicholas-susi-piano/ LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/nicholas-susi.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250210T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20250204T174234Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250209T193043Z UID:10003083-1739215800-1739221200@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Adam Frey\, euphonium DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\nJoin Our Email List\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdam Frey travels the globe sharing his talents as a performer\, teacher and advocate for live music and education. Adam has soloed with orchestras and bands the world over\, including the world famous Boston Pops\, Cheju Symphony Orchestra (South Korea)\, US Army Orchestra (Washington DC)\, Harvard Pops (MA)\, Fort Collins (CO)\, Indian Hill (MA)\, the Vaasa Symphony Orchestra (Finland)\, Atlanta Philharmonic (GA)\, Camerata Eleutheria (Argentina)\, Cascade (WA)\, Greensboro (NC)\, Clemson (SC)\, LaGrange (GA)\, Minot (ND)\, Bellevue Philharmonic (WA)\, and Northeastern (MA) Symphony Orchestras.  He also performs regularly with wind bands and brass bands that have included Soli Brass in Holland\, Point of Ayr in Wales\, the National Youth Brass Band of Switzerland and wind bands from Singapore\, Thailand\, Brazil\, South Korea\, Guatemala\, the Dominican Republic\, Colombia\, Peru\, Australia\, Russia\, Finland\, China\, Germany\, Hong Kong\, and the United States. \n\n\n\nAdam has been guest soloist at festivals around the globe\, including four times at the Midwest Clinic (USA)\, the WASBE Convention (Singapore)\, Melbourne International Festival of Brass (Australia)\, Trombonanza (Argentina)\, Carlos Gomez Festival (Brazil)\, Jeju International Wind Festival (South Korea)\, Asia Pacific Band Directors Conference (South Korea)\, Westby Low Brass Workshop (Norway)\, Peru Low Brass Festival (Peru)\, Colombia Festubal (Colombia)\, Tubmania (Thailand)\, and Orquesta Latinoamericana de Vientos (Colombia) to name a few.  \n\n\n\n A native of Atlanta\, Georgia\, Adam Frey received his musical training at the University of Georgia\, the Royal Northern College of Music\, and the University of Salford.  As a major ambassador of the euphonium\, Adam has more than one hundred and fifty works that have been composed or specifically arranged for him. Some composers and arrangers include Frank Gulino\, Gail Robertson\, Kevin Day\, Barbara York\, Kevin Kaska\, Wan-Yun Liang\, Jorge Tagliapetria\, Patrick Hoffman\, Allen Feinstein\,  Jose Flores\, Jim Self\, Jiro Censhu\, Tim Jansa\, Matt Hightower\, Camilio Ayala\, Eduardo Nougerales\, Fernando Deddos\, and many more. \n\n\n\nFor 20 years\, Adam has hosted the International Euphonium Tuba (IET) Festival at Emory University.  This event each June hosts more than 140 students and teachers from around the world in a week of playing\, learning\, and inspiration.  Participants range from high school and college students to adult amateurs.  More details at:  www.IETFestival.com  The festival promotes international involvement by offering scholarships through the Louder Fellowships to students from outside the US and has made awards to students from South Africa\, China\, Peru\, Colombia\, Brazil\, Malaysia and others.   \n\n\n\nAdam Frey is Associate Professor at the University of North Georgia were he teachers undergraduate low brass students and is Director of Instrumental Studies.  We also teaches graduate students at Georgia State University.  Adam is currently serving as Vice-President/President-Elect for the International Tuba Euphonium Association and is only the 4th euphoniumist to be elected to lead the organization since its foundiner over 50 years ago. \n\n\n\nHe promotes a wide vareity of composers through two publishing companies that include composers like Kevin Day\, Bruce Fraser\, Yukiko Isomura\, Tim Jasna\, Andrew Hobsen\, Fernando Morias\, Jiro Censhu\, Duncan MacMillian\, Gail Robertson\, Tim Olt\, Silas Bareto\, Ben Horne\, and many more. \n\n\n\nAdam Frey plays exclusively on the Yamaha YEP-842TS and an Ultimate Brass AF Model Mouthpiece.  Adam Frey has been a Yamaha Performing Artist and Guest Clinician since 2000. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/adam-frey-euphonium/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/adam-frey.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20250204T182339Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250204T182705Z UID:10003086-1739899800-1739905200@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Geoffrey Kiorpes\, piano DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\nJoin Our Email List\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Geoffrey Kiorpes is a native of Greensboro\, NC. He completed high school and college at the NC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem\, as a student of Clifton Matthews\, Marian Hahn and Robert McDonald. After relocating to New York City\, Kiorpes completed his Master’s and DMA at the Manhattan School of Music with Ruth Laredo and Jeff Cohen.  \n\n\n\nKiorpes enjoys a busy career as an educator\, accompanist\, and musical director. In 2016\, Kiorpes co-founded the New York City Charter School of the Arts\, a middle school in lower Manhattan\, where he serves as Arts Director and piano teacher. His students have given recitals in New York City and have received top scores at the NYSSMA festival at NYU. Over 40% of the 2022 graduating class were accepted to audition-based NYC high schools of the arts. Dr. Kiorpes served on the faculty of the Bronx Preparatory Charter School from 2002 to 2014\, as Artistic Director and piano teacher. His students received numerous awards and scholarships and performed at the state music convention and in music education classes at NYU. In 2013\, his students were featured in a benefit at Steinway Hall.   \n\n\n\nIn 2006\, Kiorpes gave his New York solo piano debut at Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall as the recipient of the Artists International Award. Dr. Kiorpes’ concerto appearances include the Raleigh Symphony\, the Durham Symphony\, and the North Carolina School of the Arts Orchestra under conductor Otto Werner-Mueller. Kiorpes has spent summers teaching at Skidmore College and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. His numerous Broadway and popular credits include serving as keyboardist for the Broadway revival of Annie Get Your Gun with Bernadette Peters\, musical director/keyboards for ‘In The Heights’ and ‘Les Mis’ in the Bronx\, and arranger/pianist for the hit Off-Broadway productions of Always\, Patsy Cline and The Heat is On. He has also served as music director for Broadway performers Kaye Ballard and Miss Maggie Moore\, and has appeared as pianist for Tony Award winning actress Victoria Clark (The Light in the Piazza)\, Jackie Hoffman\, and Montego Glover. A sought-after collaborator\, Mr. Kiorpes has served as accompanist for the Empire City Men’s Chorus\, and has accompanied the Boys Choir of Harlem and the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus. He gave a live performance of Phillip Glass’ Academy Award-nominated score for the motion picture The Hours at the film’s New York City premiere at the Metropolitan Club\, and has appeared with opera singer Stephanie Blythe and the Avalon String Quartet. He has presented solo recitals at Ithaca College\, St. Peter’s Church in Manhattan\, and UNC Greensboro\, and accompanied the National Youth Choir in Carnegie Hall.   \n\n\n\nIn 2023\, Dr. Kiorpes returned to the recital stage\, presenting works of African American composers. Two of the recitals were at institutions where the composers had been in residency\, (Bennett College/Nathaniel Dett and Rutgers/George Walker)\, with the third being presented as a benefit for CSA. In 2024\, Kiorpes returned with a second recital\, featuring 6 African American composers. 2025 brings the release of his first professional recording\, entitled Black Composers\, featuring works of Nathaniel Dett\, Roger Dickerson\, Adolphus Hailstork and John Wesley Work\, III. In addition\, Kiorpes is extremely excited to perform an evening of Dett’s piano works at Lane College\, in Jackson\, Tennessee\, where Dett had his first residency from 1908-1911.  URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/geoffrey-kiorpes-piano/ LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/geoffrey-kiorpes.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250219T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240717T205452Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T181343Z UID:10001127-1739993400-1739998800@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Symphony Orchestra DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nJungho Kim\, conductorSteven Stusek\, saxophone \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBERNSTEIN Overture to Candide \n\n\n\nDEBUSSY Rhapsodie\, L.98 \n\n\n\nSTRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919 version) \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/B-rvKRRtE9o?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Soloist\n\n\n\n\nSteven Stusek is Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at 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 principle 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\n\n\n\nUNCG Orchestras\nThe vibrant UNCG Orchestra program has long been recognized for performance excellence\, adventurous programming\, and high artistic standards. A diversity of offerings allow students the opportunity to perform repertoire for ensembles ranging from the largest cornerstone and contemporary works for full orchestra\, to intimate pieces for chamber orchestra\, to string orchestra. \n\n\n\nStudents in the UNCG Orchestra program are dedicated to the performance\, study and cultivation of orchestral music of the highest quality. The UNCG Orchestras offer outstanding performances throughout the year and enhance the institutional spirit and community of UNCG. We seek to promote music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by supporting secondary school orchestra programs and other organizations through our outreach activities and other annual events on campus. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/symphony-orchestra-8/ 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/2023/10/uncg-symphony-orchestra.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250221T200000 DTSTAMP:20260405T223610 CREATED:20240822T202142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250217T215111Z UID:10001147-1740162600-1740168000@vpa.uncg.edu SUMMARY:Spartan Voices DESCRIPTION:The UNCG Choral program is recognized for excellence\, creative performances\, and high artistic standards. The UNCG Choirs are comprised of four ensembles: University Chamber Singers\, University Chorale\, Coro di Belle Voci\, and Spartan Voices. These diverse offerings allow students the opportunity to experience a wide range of stylistic ideas through the exploration of music from various time periods and various cultures\, including major choral-orchestral works as well as smaller chamber pieces. The UNCG Choirs have performed at state\, regional\, national and international conferences. Dr. Carole Ott serves as Director of Choral Activities and conductor of Chamber Singers and Chorale. Prof. Lindsay Kesselman is conductor of Coro di Belle Voci. Dr. Brett Nolker is conductor of Spartan Voices.  \n\n\n\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/spartan-voices-3/ LOCATION:First Baptist Church Reidsville\, 409 S Main Street\, Reidsville\, North Carolina\, 27320\, United States CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR