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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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SUMMARY:University Chorale
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/LjWcCnbT4cY?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/university-chorale-3/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Chamber Singers
DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nCarole Ott\, conductor \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/I8-mapsnu9E?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the UNCG 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.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/chamber-singers-3/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Inna Faliks\, piano • Daniel Ericourt Artist Residency in Piano
DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Events\n\n\n\nWednesday\, February 26\, 2025Masterclass with UNCG Piano Students10:00 am–12:00 pm\, Organ Hall \n\n\n\nThursday\, February 27\, 2025Masterclass with UNCG Piano Students10:00 am–12:00 pm\, Organ Hall \n\n\n\nLecture4:00 pm\, Organ Hall \n\n\n\nFriday\, February 28\, 2025Masterclass with UNCG Piano Students10:00 am–12:00 pm\, Organ Hall \n\n\n\nAll events are free and open to the public. \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/uLMYlmGYgKQ?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nInna Faliks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n“Adventurous and passionate” (The New Yorker) Ukrainian-born pianist Inna Faliks has established herself as one of the most communicative\, and poetic artists of her generation. She has made a name for herself through commanding performances of standard piano repertoire\, as well genre-bending\, interdisciplinary projects\, and inquisitive work with contemporary composers. Her new memoir\, Weight in the Fingertips\, A Musical Odyssey from Soviet Ukraine to the World Stage\, was published by Globe Pequot Press in October 2023. \n\n\n\nMs. Faliks’s distinguished career has brought thousands of recitals and concerts throughout the US\, Asia\, and Europe. Recent seasons have included performances at Alice Tully Hall\, National Sawdust\, Ravinia Festival\, National Gallery of Art\, the Wallis Annenberg Center\, Oji Hall in Tokyo\, tours of China\, with appearances in all of its major halls including the Beijing Center for Performing Arts\, Shanghai Oriental Arts Theater and Tianjin Grand Theater; debuts at the Festival Internacional de Piano in Mexico\, the Fazioli Series in Italy\, Israel’s Tel Aviv Museum\, Portland Piano Festival\, Camerata Pacifica and a collaboration with the contemporary dance company\, Bodytraffic at the Broad Stage. She has performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Concert Hall\, the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, the Salle Cortot in Paris\, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Hall and at many important festivals such as Verbier\, Mondo Musica Cremona\, Gilmore\, Newport Classical and the Peninsula Music Festival where she has appeared frequently \, Music in the Mountains\, Brevard\, Taos\, the International Keyboard Festival in New York\, Bargemusic Here and Now\, and Chautauqua. Since her acclaimed teenage debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Harvey Felder she has been regularly engaged as a concerto soloist: Rachmaninoff 2nd concerto with Dmitry Sitkovetsky and the Greensboro Symphony\, Gershwin with Daniel Meyer and the Erie Symphony\, Clara Schumann with Erin Freeman at the Wintergreen Festival\, Beethoven 3rd with the Williamsburg Symphony\, Prokofiev 1 and 3 with Victor Yampolsky and the Peninsula Festival Orchestra\, Tchaikovsky 1 with Robert Moody and the Memphis Symphony\, and numerous concerti under the batons of such renowned conductors as Leonard Slatkin\, Keith Lockhart\, Edward Polochick\, and Neal Stuhlberg\, as well as important emerging conductors like Thomas Heuser and Yaniv Attar. \n\n\n\nInquisitive and versatile\, Inna Faliks has had a strong commitment to contemporary music\, giving premieres of works composed for and dedicated to her by Timo Andres\, Billy Childs\, Richard Danielpour\, Paola Prestini\, Ljova\, Clarice Assad\, Peter Golub. Her newest CD recording \, “Manuscripts Don’t Burn” on Sono Luminus\, was featured on NPR Morning Edition in May 2024. Her most personal recording\, the disc features five world premieres composed for Faliks by Clarice Assad\, Mike Garson\, Veronika Krausas\, Ljova and Maya Miro Johnson\, as well as Schubert-Liszt\, Fazil Say and Fanny Mendelssohn\, featuring music for solo piano and spoken word. In her “Reimagine Beethoven and Ravel” performance project and recording\, nine contemporary composes responded to Beethoven Bagatelles and Ravel’s Gaspard de la Nuit. “13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg” included new variations by contemporary composers based on Bach’s Goldberg Variations. This season\, she gave the world premiere of Clarice Assad’s “Lilith” concerto\, composed for her. Ljova’s “Voices” for piano and historical recording was composed for her and commissioned by the Milken Center of American Jewish Music in 2020. \n\n\n\nFaliks created a one-woman show “Polonaise-Fantasie\, Story of a Pianist”\, an autobiographical monologue for pianist and actress\, premiered in New York’s Symphony Space and performed worldwide. A committed chamber musician\, she has had notable collaborations with Rachel Barton Pine\, Gilbert Kalish\, Ron Leonard\, Fred Sherry\, Ilya Kaler\, Colin Carr\, Wendy Warner\, Clive Greensmith\, and Antonio Lysy\, among many others. \n\n\n\nInna Faliks has been featured on radio and television throughout the world. She co-starred with Downton Abbey’s Lesley Nicol in “Admission – One Shilling\,” a play for pianist and actor based on the life of the great British pianist\, Dame Myra Hess. \n\n\n\nHer CD releases\, Reimagine: Beethoven and Ravel on Navona Records and The Schumann Project Volume 1\, on MSR Classics\, received rave reviews\, and were named to several “best of 2021” lists. With her all-Beethoven CD release on MSR\, WTTW called Faliks “High priestess of the piano\, concert pianist of the highest order\, as dramatic and subtle as a great stage actor.” Sound of Verse\, was released in 2009\, featuring music of Boris Pasternak\, Rachmaninoff and Ravel. “Polonaise-Fantasie\, Story of a Pianist” on Delos captures her autobiographical monologue-recital with short piano works from Bach to Carter. \n\n\n\nFaliks is founder and curator of Music/Words\, an award-winning poetry-music series: performances in collaboration with distinguished poets. Her long-standing relationship with Chicago’s WFMT radio has led to multiple broadcasts of Music/Words\, which she produced alongside some of the nation’s most recognized poets in performances throughout the United States. \n\n\n\nA past winner of many prestigious competitions\, Inna Faliks is currently Professor of Piano and Head of Piano at UCLA. She is in demand as Artist Teacher and is frequently invited to judge competitions and give masterclasses at major conservatories and universities. As a writer\, she has been published by the LA Times and Washington Post. During Covid\, she started a weekly online recital series\, Corona Fridays\, featuring children’s concerts\, new music\, and poetry. \n\n\n\nInna Faliks is a Yamaha Artist. \n\n\n\n\nInna Faliks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Ericourt Artist Residency in PIano\n\n\n\nThe Ericourt Residency honors the artistry of the great French pianist Daniel Ericourt (1903-1998)\, who held the position of Artist in Residence at the UNCG School of Music from 1963 through 1976. His legacy as an artist teacher is documented by one of his former students\, Dr. Judy Hutton\, in her 1993 DMA treatise.  In 1994\, at the age of ninety\, Ericourt played a memorable all-Debussy recital as the guest artist for the UNCG Focus on Piano Literature symposium.  His recordings of the complete piano music of Debussy were reissued on the Ivory Classics label in 2003 to honor the centenary of his birth. \n\n\n\nThe Ericourt Residency was founded in 2007 through a gift from Mr. Bill Heins\, a friend of Daniel Ericourt and a cousin of Mr. Ericourt’s widow Jayne Winfield Ericourt. Jayne continues to be a beloved presence at many School of Music keyboard events. \n\n\n\nSince its founding in 2007\, the Ericourt Residency has brought these renowned artists to UNCG:   José Feghali\, Jon Nakamatsu\, Jacques Després\, Pascal Rogé\, David Owen Norris\, Charles Richard-Hamelin\, Daria Rabotkina\, Craig Sheppard\, Lydia Artymiw\, and Sara Davis Buechner.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/inna-faliks-piano/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Coro di Belle Voci
DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nLindsay Kesselman\, conductor \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/bPuZorTRTUA?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the UNCG 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.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/coro-di-belle-voci-2/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Sinfonia
DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nMarissa Guarriello\, conductor \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/oHB-5BP44qw?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-10/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Michael Burns\, bassoon
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/-_xbCfay1B0?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMichael Burns is hailed as a dynamic performer and teacher of bassoon. He is Professor of Bassoon at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is a Moosmann Bassoon Artist. His critically acclaimed CD Primavera: Music for Bassoon and Piano by Bassoonists was released by Mark Masters. Burns plays principal with the Asheville Symphony and North Carolina Opera and is a frequent performer with the Charlotte Symphony as well as playing with the North Carolina and Greensboro Symphonies. In the summers he is faculty of the Clazz International Music Festival in Tuscany\, Italy and has also served on the faculties of the Eastern Music Festival\, InterHarmony International Music Festival\, Bands of America/Music for All Summer Symposiums\, New England Music Camp\, and the Affetti Music Festival in Anchorage\, Alaska. He has held positions teaching Bassoon at Indiana State University in Terre Haute\, playing Principal Bassoon in the Midland/Odessa Symphony Orchestra in Texas\, and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra; as well as playing contrabassoon and bassoon in the Cincinnati Symphony and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.  \n\n\n\nAn avid and enthusiastic teacher\, he is also active as a solo and chamber musician in several groups including the EastWind and Blue Mountain Ensembles as well as many appearances with Mallarme Music\, the Ciompi Quartet and others. Burns has performed recitals and master classes throughout America\, Canada\, Germany\, China\, Italy\, Korea\, Australia\, and New Zealand. He has also performed at numerous International Double Reed Society (IDRS) conferences as well as at the Meg Quigley Bassoon Symposium. Burns has an extensive discography and is an active composer with many pieces published by TrevCo Music\, Potenza Music\, and Effiny Music. He is Archivist for the IDRS and was co-host for the IDRS 2003 Conference in Greensboro\, NC.  
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/michael-burns-bassoon/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Lang Lang
DESCRIPTION:Lang Lang is a leading figure in classical music today—as a pianist\, educator\, and philanthropist he has become one of the world’s most influential and committed ambassadors for the arts in the 21st century. Equally happy playing for billions of viewers at the 2008 Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing or just for a few hundred children in the public schools\, he is a master of communicating through music. \n\n\n\nHeralded by the New York Times as “the hottest artist on the classical music planet\,” Lang Lang plays sold-out concerts all over the world. He has formed ongoing collaborations with conductors including Sir Simon Rattle\, Gustavo Dudamel\, Daniel Barenboim\, and Christoph Eschenbach and performs with all the world’s top orchestras. Lang Lang is known for thinking outside the box and frequently steps into different musical worlds. His performances at the GRAMMY Awards with Metallica\, Pharrell Williams\, or jazz legend Herbie Hancock were watched by millions of viewers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOrchestra/MezzBalconiesUNCG Students$7.50$7.50UNCG Faculty/Staff$25.00$25.00Adults$75.00$70.00Seniors/Military$65.00$60.00Children (K-12)$50.00$40.00Platinum VIP$100.00\n\n\n\n\nPURCHASE TICKETS (Sold Out)\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“The hottest artist on the classical music planet may well be the Chinese pianist Lang Lang. \n\n\n\n— New York Times \n\n\n\n\nFor about a decade\, Lang Lang has contributed to musical education worldwide. In 2008 he founded the Lang Lang International Music Foundation aimed at cultivating tomorrow’s top pianists\, championing music education at the forefront of technology\, and building a young audience through live music experiences. In 2013 Lang Lang was designated by the Secretary General of the United Nations as a Messenger of Peace focusing on global education. \n\n\n\nLang Lang started playing the piano aged three and gave his first public recital before the age of five. He entered Beijing’s Central Music Conservatory aged nine and won First Prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians at 13. He subsequently went to Philadelphia to study with legendary pianist Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute of Music. He was seventeen when his big break came\, substituting for André Watts at the Gala of the Century\, playing Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Christoph Eschenbach: he became an overnight sensation and the invitations started to pour in. \n\n\n\nLang Lang’s boundless drive to attract new audiences to classical music has brought him tremendous recognition: he was presented with the 2010 Crystal Award in Davos and was picked as one of the 250 Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum. He also received  honorary doctorates from the Royal College of Music\, the Manhattan School of Music\, and New York University. In December 2011 he was honored with the highest prize awarded by the Ministry of Culture of the People’s Republic of China and received the highest civilian honors in Germany (Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany) and France (Medal of the Order of Arts and Letters). In 2016 Lang Lang was invited to the Vatican to perform for Pope Francis. He has also performed for numerous other international dignitaries\, including four US presidents and monarchs from many nations. \n\n\n\n\n“The ebullient Lang Lang is maturing as an artist… his playing is refined\, almost severe. He has an intelligent way of shaping phrases\, controlling dynamics\, varying articulations… a captivating performance\, the kind that you remember as much for its quiet stretches as for its wow factor. \n\n\n\n— New Yorker \n\n\n\n\n\n“Lang the magician is slowly transforming himself into Lang the musician…there will be no stopping this nonchalant dervish of the keyboard . . .his playing was so raptly beautiful that one was afraid to breathe for fear of missing anything. \n\n\n\n— Chicago Tribune \n\n\n\n\n\nwww.langlangofficial.com \n\n\n\nwww.langlangfoundation.org \n\n\n\nwww.instagram.com/langlangpiano \n\n\n\nwww.facebook.com/langlangpiano \n\n\n\nwww.twitter.com/lang-lang \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/langlang/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,UCLS
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SUMMARY:Alejandro Rutty\, electric bass
DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nComposer and bassist Alejandro Rutty is best-known for his distinctive mix of South American styles\, lyrical melodies\, meticulous rhythmic detail\, and exotic textures. His recent output includes solos\, duos\, trios and quartets for extended-range electric bass\, which he performs by himself or with other bassists.  \n\n\n\nRutty’s compositions and arrangements have been performed by the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra\, Boston Modern Orchestra Project\, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra\, National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina\, National Symphony Orchestra of Brazil\, Montevideo Philharmonic\, Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra and numerous chamber ensembles. Recordings of his music have been released by Navona\, Capstone\, Albany\, Arizona University Recordings\, and other labels.   \n\n\n\nWhy Bass? II is a release with original music for a solo bass\, no overdubs. The recording is available on all streaming platforms.  \n\n\n\nLearn More about the Why Bass? project: www.alejandrorutty.com 
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/alejandro-rutty-electric-bass/
LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:School of Music
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SUMMARY:Poulenc's 'Dialogues of the Carmelites'
DESCRIPTION:Poulenc’s THE DIALOGUES of the CARMELITES is based on the true-life Martyrs of Compiègne\, who were executed by guillotine on July 17\, 1794\, just ten days before the end of the French Revolution Reign of Terror. The sixteen sisters who died that day exhibited extraordinary faith and paid the ultimate price and did not compromise when faced with great persecution. \n\n\n\nPoulenc’s riveting and haunting opera will move you as few operas can. With a cast of ninety singers combining with the UNCG Symphony Orchestra\, this is a production not to be missed. \n\n\n\n\n\nTicketPriceAdult$10.00Students (All)$5.00Ticket prices do not include processing fee.\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\nOpera Theatre\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
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/poulencs-dialogues-of-the-carmelites/
LOCATION:Huggins Auditorium (Greensboro College)\, 815 W Market St\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Wind Ensemble (CBDNA National Conference)
DESCRIPTION:College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) National Conference \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductorLindsay Kesselman\, soprano \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDAI (’15 MM)Saṃsāric Dance \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\nConcert Livestream\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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Soloist\n\n\n\n\nLindsay Kesselman is a twice 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 written for her by living composers. She is a passionate advocate for contemporary music\, and has commissioned/premiered over 100 works to date. Recent and upcoming highlights include frequent performances of Darkening\, then Brightening by Christopher Cerrone across the country\, a tour culminating at National CBDNA with the UNC Greensboro Wind Ensemble\, premieres of wind transcriptions of Caroline Shaw’s Is a Rose and Maria Schneider’s Winter Morning Walks\, Pierrot Lunaire with Ensemble ATL\, Energy in All Directions by Kenneth Frazelle with Sandbox Percussion at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center\, the role of Anna in Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins with the Charlotte Symphony\, the role of Ada Lovelace in a new opera\, Galaxies in Her Eyes by Mark Lanz Weiser and Amy Punt\, Astronautica: Voices of Women in Space with Voices of Ascension\, ongoing performances of works written for Kesselman by John Mackey with orchestras and wind symphonies across the country\, the John Corigliano 80th birthday celebration at National Sawdust (2018)\, Quixote (Amy Beth Kirsten and Mark DeChiazza) with Peak Performances at Montclair State University (2017)\, 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). She is featured on several recent recordings: David Biedenbender’s all we are given we cannot hold (2023\, Blue Griffin)\, Chris Cerrone’s opera In a Grove (2023\, In a Circle Records)\, Caroline Shaw’s Is a Rose (2023\, Blue Griffin)\, Chris Cerrone’s The Arching Path (2021\, In a Circle Records)\, Russell Hartenberger’s Requiem for Percussion and Voices (2019\, Nexus Records)\, Chris Cerrone’s The Pieces That Fall to Earth with Wild Up (2019\, New Amsterdam Records)\, Mathew Rosenblum’s Lament/Witches’ Sabbath with the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (2018\, New Focus Recordings)\, Louis Andriessen’s Theatre of the World with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (2017\, Nonesuch)\, and Jon Magnussen’s Twinge with HAVEN (2016\, Blue Griffin). Kesselman has been the resident soprano of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble for 13 seasons\, and Haven\, Kesselman’s trio with Kimberly Cole Luevano\, clarinet and Midori Koga\, piano (www.haventrio.com) actively commissions and tours throughout North America. Haven is the recipient of a 2021 Barlow Endowment for Music Composition award with composer David Biedenbender and a 2021 Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant with composer Ivette Herryman Rodríguez. She is a dedicated teacher and serves as Assistant Professor of Voice and Choral Music at UNC Greensboro. There she maintains an active voice studio and she conducts the UNCG Treble Ensemble. Kesselman also co-directs the Heretic’s Guide to Musicianship: A Score Study and Interpretation Workshop with Kevin Noe. A frequent guest clinician at colleges and universities across the United States\, Kesselman specializes in voice teaching\, leadership\, entrepreneurship\, musicianship\, young composer mentoring\, chamber music\, audience development\, programming\, interdisciplinary collaboration\, harnessing vulnerability in performance\, and community engagement. \n\n\n\nKesselman 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\, NC with her husband Kevin Noe and son Rowan. More information can be found at www.lindsaykesselman.com. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Wind Ensemble\n\n\n\n\nThe UNCG Wind Ensemble is a highly select concert band of fifty performers majoring in music at the UNCG School of Music. Performers in the current Wind Ensemble are drawn from sixteen states\, Slovenia\, and Hong Kong. The ensemble has enjoyed a distinguished record of performance throughout its history. In January 1992\, the UNCG Wind Ensemble performed “A Tribute to John Philip Sousa” to a capacity crowd of 2\,700 at the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington\, D.C. Twice\, the Wind Ensemble earned critical acclaim from The Washington Post following concerts in the nation’s capital. The Wind Ensemble has performed throughout the eastern United States in recent years including the first-ever performance\, in 1987\, by a North Carolina collegiate ensemble in Lincoln Center\, New York City. The Wind Ensemble performed that same year in West Virginia\, Virginia\, Pennsylvania\, and Washington\, D.C. The Wind Ensemble has recorded nineteen commercially-available albums which have received widespread praise.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/wind-ensemble-cbdna-national-conference/
LOCATION:Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU\, 2900 W Lowden St\, Fort Worth\, Texas\, 76109\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Poulenc's 'Dialogues of the Carmelites'
DESCRIPTION:Poulenc’s THE DIALOGUES of the CARMELITES is based on the true-life Martyrs of Compiègne\, who were executed by guillotine on July 17\, 1794\, just ten days before the end of the French Revolution Reign of Terror. The sixteen sisters who died that day exhibited extraordinary faith and paid the ultimate price and did not compromise when faced with great persecution. \n\n\n\nPoulenc’s riveting and haunting opera will move you as few operas can. With a cast of ninety singers combining with the UNCG Symphony Orchestra\, this is a production not to be missed. \n\n\n\n\n\nTicketPriceAdult$10.00Students (All)$5.00Ticket prices do not include processing fee.\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\nOpera Theatre\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
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/poulencs-dialogues-of-the-carmelites-2/
LOCATION:Huggins Auditorium (Greensboro College)\, 815 W Market St\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Poulenc's 'Dialogues of the Carmelites'
DESCRIPTION:Poulenc’s THE DIALOGUES of the CARMELITES is based on the true-life Martyrs of Compiègne\, who were executed by guillotine on July 17\, 1794\, just ten days before the end of the French Revolution Reign of Terror. The sixteen sisters who died that day exhibited extraordinary faith and paid the ultimate price and did not compromise when faced with great persecution. \n\n\n\nPoulenc’s riveting and haunting opera will move you as few operas can. With a cast of ninety singers combining with the UNCG Symphony Orchestra\, this is a production not to be missed. \n\n\n\n\n\nTicketPriceAdult$10.00Students (All)$5.00Ticket prices do not include processing fee.\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\nOpera Theatre\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
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/poulencs-dialogues-of-the-carmelites-3/
LOCATION:Huggins Auditorium (Greensboro College)\, 815 W Market St\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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