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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
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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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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\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-9/
LOCATION:Tew Recital Hall Atrium\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Symphonic Band
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/F6xqQpOcdlA?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductorEric Willie\, percussionAlbert Lau\, percussionMcKayla Phillips\, percussionJoe Turner\, percussion \n\n\n\nVIET CUONG Re(new)al (2019) \n\n\n\n  Hydro  Wind  Solar \n\n\n\nKAREL HUSAApotheosis of This Earth (1970) \n\n\n\nApotheosisTragedy of DestructionPostscript \n\n\n\nALEXANDER SCRIABIN Nocturne\, op. 9\, no. 2 (1894/1975)transcribed by Alfred Reed \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\nViet Cuong | Re(new)al (2019)\n\n\n\nI have tremendous respect for renewable energy initiatives and the commitment to creating a new\, better reality for us all. Re(new)al is a percussion quartet concerto that is similarly devoted to finding unexpected ways to breathe new life into traditional ideas\, and the solo quartet therefore performs on several “found” instruments\, including crystal glasses and compressed air cans. And while the piece also features more traditional instruments\, such as snare drum and vibraphone\, I looked for ways to either alter their sounds or find new ways to play them. For instance\, a single snare drum is played by all four members of the quartet\, and certain notes of the vibraphone are prepared with aluminum foil to recreate sounds found in electronic music. The entire piece was conceived in this way\, and even the accompaniment was written these ideas in mind. \n\n\n\nCooperation and synergy are also core themes of the piece\, as I believe we all have to work together to move forward. All of the music played by the solo quartet is comprised of single musical ideas that are evenly distributed between the four soloists (for those interested\, the fancy musical term for this is a hocket). The music would therefore be dysfunctional without the presence and dedication of all four members. For example\, the quartet divvies up lighting-fast drum set beats in the second movement and then shares one glockenspiel in the last movement. But perhaps my favorite example of synergy in the piece is in the very opening\, where the four soloists toast crystal glasses. We always toast glasses in the presence of others\, and oftentimes to celebrate new beginnings. This is my simple way of celebrating everyone who is working together to create a cleaner\, more efficient world. \n\n\n\nRe(new)al is constructed of three continuous movements\, each inspired by the power of hydro\, wind\, and solar energies. The hydro movement transforms tuned crystal glasses into ringing hand bells as the wind ensemble slowly submerges the soloists in their sound. The second movement turns each member of the quartet into a blade of a dizzying wind turbine\, playing seemingly-impossible 90’s-inspired drum and bass patterns over a bass line that quotes and expands upon a few bars from one of my favorite drum and bass tracks by DJ Hype. The closing movement simulates a sunrise and evokes the brilliance of sunlight with metallic percussion instruments. This piece was originally written with a sinfonietta accompaniment\, and in its original form was commissioned for the 2017 American Music Festival by David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony’s Dogs of Desire in partnership with GE Renewable Energy. A full orchestra version was commissioned in 2018 by the Albany Symphony\, and this final version for wind ensemble was commissioned by a consortium of universities and community ensembles. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who has been involved in any of the three versions of this piece. \n\n\n\n– Note by Viet Cuong \n\n\n\nKarel Husa | Apotheosis of this Earth (1970)\n\n\n\nThe composition of Apotheosis of this Earth was motivated by the present desperate stage of mankind and its immense problems with everyday killings\, war\, hunger\, extermination of fauna\, huge forest fires\, and critical contamination of the whole environment. \n\n\n\nIn the first movement\, “Apotheosis\,” the earth first approaches as a point of light in the universe. Our memory and imagination approach it in perhaps the same way as it appeared to the astronauts returning from the moon. The earth grows larger and larger\, and we can even remember some of its tragic moments (as struck by the xylophone near the end of the movement). \n\n\n\nThe second movement\, “Tragedy of Destruction\,” deals with the actual brutalities of man against nature\, leading to the destruction of our planet\, perhaps by radioactive explosion. The earth dies as a savagely\, mortally wounded creature. \n\n\n\nThe last movement is a “Postscript”\, full of the realization that so little is left to be said: the earth has been pulverized into the universe\, the voices scattered into space. Toward the end\, these voices — at first computer-like and mechanical — unite into the words “this beautiful earth”\, simply said\, warm and filled with regret…and one of so many questions comes to our minds: “Why have we let this happen?” \n\n\n\n– Note by Karel Husa \n\n\n\nAlexander Scriabin | Nocturne\, op. 9\, no. 2 (1894/1975)\n\n\n\nAlexander Scriabin was one of the most prolific Russian composers and pianists of his time. In his early life\, Scriabin’s musical language consisted of a romantic and lyrical style and was heavily influenced by pianist and composer\, Frederick Chopin. However\, in his later career\, Scriabin developed an atonal and dissonant style of writing\, separately from Schoenberg’s atonal musical system\, that influenced many Russian composers during his time\, such as Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky. \n\n\n\nScriabin’s Prelude and Nocturne for Left Hand\, op. 9\, is in two movements and written for the left hand alone. Scriabin composed the piece in 1894 after injuring his right hand while preparing Franz Liszt’s Don Juan. This arrangement for band by Alfred Reed is a setting of the second movement. \n\n\n\n– Note from Brolaga Music Publishing \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n\n\n\n\nDescribed as a “true musical talent and professional” Eric Willie has a varied career as a percussion soloist\, chamber musician\, orchestral player\, and teacher. \n\n\n\nHaving performed on three continents\, Eric has presented solo performances throughout the United States\, Russia\, Brasil\, and Colombia. Most recently\, Eric performed as soloist with the Tamborimba Ensamble in Cali\, Colombia\, and conducted Edgard Varese’s “Ionisation” at the III Encontro Percussivo in Recife\, Pernambuco Brasil. In the United States\, Eric has performed or conducted at ten Percussive Arts Society’s International Conventions (PASIC)\, presented at the Midwest Clinic\, as well as several state days of percussion and music educator conventions. \n\n\n\nAs a chamber musician\, Eric performs with the Nief-Norf Project and the Legal Wood Project. As well\, as an avid promoter of new music for percussion\, Eric has commissioned and/or premiered works by Christopher Adler\, Michael Burritt\, Doug Bristol\, Eric Cha-Beach\, Elliott Cole\, Greg Danner\, Christopher Deane\, Paul Lansky\, Anna Meadors\, Marc Mellits\, Leroy Osmon\, John Psathas\, Josh Quillen\, Baljinder Sekhon\, Adam Silverman\, D.J. Sparr\, Jason Treuting\, Blake Tyson\, Alejandro Viñao\, Matt Walker\, Jamie Whitmarsh\, and James Wood. \n\n\n\nActive within the Percussive Arts Society (PAS)\, Eric previously served as Chair of the International Percussion Ensemble Committee\, President of the Tennessee Chapter\, as a New Literature and Recordings Reviewer for Percussive Notes journal\, and now serves as Vice President for the North Carolina Chapter of the Society. His percussion ensembles have been named winners of the 2015 and 2020 PAS International Percussion Ensemble Competition. \n\n\n\nIn addition to his talents as a classical percussionist\, Eric is known for his marching percussion arranging and teaching experience. He has served on staff with the Cavaliers Drum and Bugle Corps\, served as a Percussion Consultant with the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps (2012-2013)\, and instructor and/or arranger for the Spirit\, Southwind\, Carolina Crown\, and the Madison Scouts drum and bugle corps. He has also instructed for the University of North Texas “A” Line\, Music City Mystique\, and as Faculty for the Music for All World Percussion Symposium. \n\n\n\nAs an author and composer\, his books and solo have been published by Innovative Percussion\, TapSpace\, and Row-Loff. The latter\, his coauthored “All-Inclusive Audition Etudes” book\, has been adopted for use by the North Carolina and Tennessee Music Educator’s Associations. \n\n\n\nCurrently\, Eric serves as Professor of Percussion Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro\, where he directs a comprehensive percussion program. In addition to his teaching opportunities\, Eric has served as Chair of the School of Music Faculty\, as Chair of the Brass and Percussion Area\, as well as a member of the Strategic Planning Committee. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Bands\nThe renowned UNCG Bands are dedicated to the performance\, study\, and cultivation of wind band music of the highest quality\, and are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression. The UNCG Bands are considered to be among the very finest collegiate band programs in America based upon our active profile of excellence in our performances\, recordings\, tours and convention performances. \n\n\n\nThrough exemplary practices in organization\, training\, and presentation\, the UNCG Bands provide exceptional experiences for our members\, sharing outstanding performances throughout the year and enhancing the institutional spirit and character of UNCG. \n\n\n\nThe UNCG Bands seek to support music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by providing leadership and sponsorship to secondary school band programs and other organizations. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\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\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/symphonic-band-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:Brevan Hampden
DESCRIPTION:Brevan Hampden\, Jazz Percussionist\n\n\n\nAfro-Cuban Celebration Featuring Jazz Ensemble I\, Latin Jazz Ensemble\, and Two Student Jazz Combos\n\n\n\nBorn in New York City in 1985\, Brevan was born instantly a member of a high-level musical family; his father Ivan\, who has toured with Luther Vandross\, Vanessa Williams\, Jennifer Lopez\, Roberta Flack\, Grady Tate\, and Ashford & Simpson\, and his mother Brenda\, who has performed on Broadway\, with Dizzy Gillespie\, Angie Bofill\, Marian Anderson\, and Jazzmobile. \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\nAfter moving to Durham\, NC in 1988\, Brevan began showing signs of talent in music from age 7. He began playing percussion in church with his mother and brother at age 9. Soon after\, he began playing pick up gigs and at other churches in the Raleigh/Durham area. His older brother Brian moved to North Carolina when Brevan was 9\, and introduced him to the world of Latin and World Percussion. Brevan learned how to read music in middle school\, playing in concert band and jazz band\, and participated in the marching band once moving on to high school. Although there were no high school programs that catered to Latin percussion or jazz/popular music in general\, Brevan continued his study of percussion\, by listening to and being influenced by percussionists Ray Barretto\, Mongo Santamaria\, Carlos “Patato” Valdes\, Tata Guines\, Changuito\, Giovanni Hidalgo\, Angel “Cachete” Maldonado\, Tito Puente\, Miguel “Anga” Diaz\, Tomas “El Panga” Ramos and other artists such as Curtis Mayfield\, James Brown\, John Coltrane\, Thelonious Monk\, Kool and the Gang\, Parliament\, Daryl “Munyungo” Jackson\, Leon “Ndugu” Chancelor\, Steve Kroon\, Roger Squitero\, Sheila E. and Luis Conte. \n\n\n\nTwice\, during his high school years\, Brevan attended the Berklee World Percussion Festival in Boston\, where he studied with Giovanni Hidalgo\, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez\, Eguie Castrillo\, and Ernesto Diaz. This helped further his knowledge of percussion\, and of music in general\, which\, upon his return to North Carolina allowed him to continue performing locally\, with bands such as Junk in the Trunk\, Samecumba\, Carnavalito\, and the North Carolina Central University (NCCU) Jazz Ensemble\, with whom his other brother\, Iajhi\, was performing at the time. \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/brevan-hampden/
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:Spartan Voices
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/MzlS9WDhjiU?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-4/
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\, Sinfonia\, and Choirs
DESCRIPTION:Program\n\n\n\nJungho Kim\, conductorMarissa Guarriello\, conductorCarole Ott\, conductorCalvin Godfrey\, trumpet \n\n\n\nwithRobin Sukhadia\, tablaJohn Stephens\, sitarLindsay Kesselman\, sopranoAlannah MacMillan\, mezzo-sopranoEric Laine\, tenorRobert Wells\, baritone \n\n\n\nKHACHATURIAN Waltz from Masquerade \n\n\n\nSTEKKE Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra \n\n\n\nESMAIL This Love Between Us \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\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\n\n\n\nAbout the Soloist\n\n\n\n\nCalvin Godfrey is currently pursuing a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance at University of North Carolina Greensboro where he holds a Graduate Assistantship and studies with Dr. Garrett Klein. An active performer\, he has played with numerous professional ensembles\, including the Charlotte Symphony\, and advanced to the semi-final round of the graduate solo division at the 2024 National Trumpet Competition. Calvin was also recognized for his paper Beethoven and Shostakovich: The String Quartet in Soviet Russia\, winning the UNCG Best Musicology Project award in April 2024. Calvin graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Virginia Tech\, where he studied trumpet with Dr. Jason Crafton. \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-and-choruses/
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:Casella Sinfonietta
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/SfHopSvdivI\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductorLindsay Kesselman\, soprano \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nSTEVE REICHDouble Sextet (2009) \n\n\n\nFastSlowFast \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMARIA SCHNEIDERWinter Morning Walks (2013/2025)trans. Andrew Keiser \n\n\n\nWalking By FlashlightI Saw a Dust Devil This MorningMy Wife and I Walk the Cold RoadHow Important it Must Be \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAARON COPLANDAppalachian Spring (1944) \n\n\n\nChoreography by Martha GrahamMusic by Aaron CoplandDanced by Martha Graham\, Stuart Hodes\, Bertram Ross\, Matt Turney\, Helen McGehee\, Ethel Winter\, Miriam Cole\, YurikoProduced by Nathan KrollCourtesy of Martha Graham ResourcesFilmed and Produced by Metropolitan Pittsburgh Educational Television (1958) \n\n\n\nThe copyright for Appalachian Spring is held by the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance. No reproduction any kind is allowed without permission from the Center. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\n“Don’t get me wrong. Berg\, Schoenberg\, and Webern were very great composers. They gave expression to the emotional climate of their time. But for composers today to recreate the angst of ‘Pierrot Lunaire’ in Ohio\, or in the back of a Burger King\, is simply a joke.” \n\n\n\n— Steve Reich (1986) \n\n\n\nTitled “Prized Compositions\,” tonight’s faculty and student side-by-side concert features two Pulitzer Prize–winning compositions in Steve Reich’s Double Sextet and Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring and a GRAMMY Award–winning composition in Maria Schneider’s Winter Morning Walks. However\, beyond their award-winning appeal and framed by Steve Reich’s 1986 quote\, these pieces also offer a perspective on access and belonging in the concert hall. Given that\, a better title for this concert might be: “Popular Compositions.” \n\n\n\nWritten in 2008\, Steve Reich’s Double Sextet is a classic example of minimalism. Minimalism began in the mid-1960s as a reaction against some of the more “extreme” movements of the mid-20th century including the total serialism of Pierre Boulez and Karlheinz Stockhausen and the indeterminacy of John Cage. As opposed to other modernist movements that explore an expansion or even destruction of 19th-century musical language\, minimalism embraces relatively straightforward rhythmic\, pitch\, formal\, and harmonic materials as well as non-Western and popular music. This approach to composition\, which emphasizes accessibility to audiences\, stands in direct opposition to a central tenet of many modernist movements which is clearly articulated in Milton Babbitt’s 1958 article/manifesto “Who Cares if You Listen?”  In the essay\, Babbitt describes “modern” music (modern for 1958\, at least) as “…for\, of\, and by specialists” thereby explicitly denying the average listener access. Minimalism rejects this principle on its face and instead creates music which is “spun out” from a germinal cell and\, through repetition and gradual change\, is clearly revealed to the listener. In Reich’s words\, “[w]hat I’m interested in is a compositional process and a sounding music that are one and the same thing.” In this way\, minimalist music is often viewed as more listener-centric when compared to other streams of modernist music which seem more composer-centric. Or put differently\, music that could be performed in the back of a Burger King. \n\n\n\nWinner of the 2013 GRAMMY® for Best Classical Contemporary Composition\, Maria Schneider’s Winter Morning Walks is a contemporary song cycle based on the poetry of Ted Kooser. Typically\, when audiences think of song cycles\, they imagine pieces like Franz Schubert’s Winterreise or Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe\, both 19th-century mainstays. If anything\, though\, Schneider’s offering to the genre is more Sondheim than Schumann. Rather than distancing herself from the audience\, Schneider’s musical language freely synthesizes elements of classical music\, jazz\, and musical theater to create an intimate landscape that is uniquely accessible\, personal\, and touching. \n\n\n\nAaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring (1943) is the most famous work from the composer’s third period: his so-called populist or Americana period of the 1940s. While Copland’s work prior to 1940 tended towards abstraction\, his work in the 1940s represents a more direct and accessible form of expression. As Copland described in Our New Music (1941): \n\n\n\nDuring these years [the 1930s]\, I began to feel an increasing dissatisfaction with the relations of the music-loving public and the living composer. The old “special” public of the modern music concerts had fallen away\, and the conventional concert public continue apathetic or indifferent to anything but the established classics. It seemed to me that we composers were in danger of working in a vacuum. Moreover\, an entirely new public for music had grown up around the radio and the phonograph. It made no sense to ignore them and to continue writing as if they did not exist. I felt that it was worth the effort to see if I couldn’t say what I had to say in the simplest possible terms. \n\n\n\nSubtitled “Ballet for Martha\,” Appalachian Spring also bears direct connection to Martha Graham\, the founder of the Martha Graham Dance Company which will celebrate its centennial in 2026. Like Reich\, Schneider\, and Copland\, Graham offers a kind of natural and accessible technique albeit in a very different context. While audiences may find Graham’s choreography to be abstract and inaccessible\, it must be considered in contrast to classical ballet technique. In classical ballet\, the dancer is in a constant state of suspension while they hold themselves up (quite unnaturally) against the forces of gravity. By contrast\, Graham’s technique and other schools of modern dance focus on the relationship between the dancer and gravity\, a form of tension and release as the dancer works within the constraints of a natural force. In that sense\, it is Graham’s floorwork and use of falling techniques that offers the dance a different kind of “natural” than classical ballet. Specifically with regards to Appalachian Spring\, Graham’s choreography also incorporated folk dancing including square dance\, skips\, paddle turns\, and curtsies\, to complement the populist and folk elements found in Copland’s score and the ballet’s dramatic narrative. \n\n\n\nQuestions like “Who belongs in this space?” and “For whom is this music written?” are certainly not new for classical musicians. Tonight’s concert offers four different answers to those questions about belonging from Steve Reich\, Maria Schneider\, Aaron Copland\, and Martha Graham. But we may be asking the wrong question. Using Reich’s framework\, perhaps the question would better be posed as “Is this music giving expression to the emotional climate of our time?” If that is the question\, this evening’s concert should hopefully yield a satisfactory answer. \n\n\n\nThe following people contributed significant time and effort to support tonight’s concert. Thank you to each of them. \n\n\n\n\nIan Jones\n\n\n\nShar Joyner\n\n\n\nDennis Hopson\n\n\n\nBrad McMillan\n\n\n\nMark Engebretson\n\n\n\nAlly Harvel and the UNCG Electronic Music Studio\n\n\n\nAndrew Keiser and Maria Schneider\n\n\n\nMolly Allman\, Jaden Brown\, Jordan Owen\, and Patty Saunders\n\n\n\nJoyce Herring\, Raíssa de Sousa Lima\, and Antonio Fini (Martha Graham Dance Company)\n\n\n\nNick Nosko (WQED)\n\n\n\n\nFunding for tonight’s performance was provided\, in part\, by the John R. Locke Endowment for Excellence in Music fund. For more information on giving to the UNCG School of Music\, please visit https://vpa.uncg.edu/music/giving/ \n\n\n\n\nProgram Notes\nDouble Sextet\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThere are two identical sextets in Double Sextet. Each one is comprised of flute\, clarinet\, vibraphone\, piano\, violin and cello. Doubling the instrumentation was done so that\, as in so many of my earlier works\, two identical instruments could interlock to produce one overall pattern. For example\, in this piece you will hear the pianos and vibes interlocking in a highly rhythmic way to drive the rest of the ensemble. \n\n\n\nThe piece can be played in two ways; either with 12 musicians\, or with six playing against a recording of themselves. \n\n\n\nThe idea of a single player playing against a recording of themselves goes all the way back to Violin Phase of 1967 and extends though Vermont Counterpoint (1982)\, New York Counterpoint (1985)\, Electric Counterpoint (1987) and Cello Counterpoint (2003). The expansion of this idea to an entire chamber ensemble playing against pre-recordings of themselves begins with Different Trains (1988) and continues with Triple Quartet (1999) and now to Double Sextet. By doubling an entire chamber ensemble one creates the possibility for multiple simultaneous contrapuntal webs of identical instruments. In Different Trains and Triple Quartet all instruments are strings to produce one large string fabric. In Double Sextet there is more timbral variety through the interlocking of six different pairs of percussion\, string and wind instruments. \n\n\n\nThe piece is in three movements fast\, slow\, fast and within each movement there are four harmonic sections built around the keys of D\, F\, A-flat and B [Major] or their relative minor keys B\, D \, F and G-sharp. As in almost all my music\, modulations from one key to the next are sudden\, clearly setting off each new section. \n\n\n\nDouble Sextet is about 22 minutes long and was completed in October 2007. It was commissioned by eighth blackbird and received its world premiere by that group at the University of Richmond in Virginia on March 26\, 2008. \n\n\n\n— Steve Reich \n\n\n\nWinter Walks\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThese nine poems were selected from Ted Kooser’s wonderful book\, Winter Morning Walks: One Hundred Postcards to Jim Harrison. \n\n\n\nThey were written during his recovery from treatment for cancer\, after he began taking two mile walks each morning. He’d been told to stay out of the sun for a year because of skin sensitivity\, so he exercised before dawn\, hiking the isolated country roads near his home in Garland\, Nebraska. He sometimes walked with his wife but most often alone.  \n\n\n\nDuring the previous summer\, depressed and preoccupied\, he’d stopped writing. But as that winter (1998) approached\, his health began to improve. One November morning\, following his walk\, he tried his hand at a poem\, and soon was writing every day. \n\n\n\nAs he wrote in his foreword to Winter Morning Walks\, “Several years before\, my friend Jim Harrison and I had carried on a correspondence in haiku. As a variation on this\, I began pasting my morning poems on postcards and sending them to Jim\, whose generosity\, patience and good humor are here acknowledged. What follows is a selection of one hundred of those postcards.” \n\n\n\nThese poems feel so like home to me\, connecting with my southwest Minnesota roots at so many different levels\, that I find it almost astonishing. There’s nothing to explain about this music\, except to say it was very hard to pick which poems from Ted Kooser’s Winter Morning Walks I would choose. I could have gone on composing more\, and someday hopefully will. \n\n\n\nThese poems were originally titled with the date\, for instance Perfectly Still This Solstice Morning was titled December 21\, Clear and five degrees. I changed the titles\, as the dates were no longer chronological once musical considerations for song ordering entered the picture. But it did feel natural to open with the poem he wrote on the winter solstice\, and to close with the poem he wrote on the vernal equinox\, which seemed like the perfectly natural way to bookend Winter Morning Walks. \n\n\n\n— Maria Schneider \n\n\n\nAppalachian Spring\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSome of Copland’s most populist “American” music was produced during the Depression and war years\, including the overtly patriotic morale boosters Lincoln Portrait and Fanfare for the Common Man. Appalachian Spring capped a trilogy of dance interpretations of the American frontier spirit\, beginning with Billy the Kid (1938) and continuing with Rodeo (1942). This was music that created the concert and theater equivalent of the poignant “high lonesome” bluegrass sound emerging at the same time\, music of open chords and spare textures that often drew on traditional sources.  \n\n\n\nAppalachian Spring was commissioned by Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge for Martha Graham. Copland began work on Graham’s then-untitled scenario in Hollywood in June 1943\, completing the ballet a year later in Cambridge\, MA. “After Martha gave me this bare outline\, I knew certain crucial things—that it had to do with the pioneer American spirit\, with youth and spring\, with optimism and hope\,” Copland later wrote.   \n\n\n\nGraham took the eventual title from “The Dance\,” a poem by Hart Crane\, though not the narrative of an Appalachian housewarming for a pioneer and his bride. Copland originally scored the ballet for an ensemble of 13 instruments\, since the premiere was in the small Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Auditorium at the Library of Congress (with Graham herself as the Bride\, Erick Hawkins as the Husbandman\, and Merce Cunningham as the Revivalist). In the spring of 1945 he arranged a suite from the ballet for full orchestra\, which won the Pulitzer Prize for music that year.  \n\n\n\nO Appalachian Spring! I gained the ledge;Steep\, inaccessible smile that eastward bendsAnd northward reaches in that violet wedgeOf Adirondacks!—wisped of azure wands\, \n\n\n\n— from “The Dance\,” Hart Crane \n\n\n\nGraham told Copland that she wanted the dance to be “a legend of American living\, like a bone structure\, the inner frame that holds together a people\,” and the ballet and its music were immediately understood as reflections of a national identity\, of hope and fulfillment in a difficult time. “… the Spring that is being celebrated is not just any Spring but the Spring of America; and the celebrants are not just half a dozen individuals but ourselves in different phases\,” John Martin wrote in his New York Times review.  \n\n\n\n— John Henken  \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\nLindsay Kesselman\n\n\n\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.   \n\n\n\nRecent and upcoming highlights include performances of Darkening\, then Brightening by Christopher Cerrone across the country\, 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\, 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 (2012–15).  \n\n\n\nShe is featured on several recent recordings\, including: 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)\, and Louis Andriessen’s Theatre of the World with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (2017\, Nonesuch).  \n\n\n\nKesselman is Assistant Professor of Voice and Choral Music at UNC Greensboro and co-directs the Heretic’s Guide to Musicianship with Kevin Noe. She 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. \n\n\n\n\nPersonnel\nFluteErika Boysen*Amrutha KoteeswaranJoeli Schilling \n\n\n\nOboeKristen Daniel \n\n\n\nClarinetConcetta BrehmerLuke Ellard*Cat Keen Hock*Sarah Lucas-PageTaylor StirmAnthony Taylor* \n\n\n\nBassoonEmily KlinkoskiAngela MorettiRyan Reynolds* \n\n\n\nSaxophoneRobert Young* \n\n\n\nTrumpetNinon Kirchman \n\n\n\nHornAbigail Pack* \n\n\n\nEuphoniumJohn Cowger \n\n\n\nPercussionShunan GuiJoe TurnerEric Willie* \n\n\n\nHarpAlyssa Hall \n\n\n\nPianoAngelita BerdialesJim Douglass*Annie Jeng*Matthew Roxas \n\n\n\nViolinMarjorie Bagley*Xin-Yu ChangChloe LiFabián López*Yi-Ju ShihSiana Wong \n\n\n\nViolaSarah BahinScott Rawls* \n\n\n\nCelloAlex Ezerman*Davis LingnerCori Trenczer \n\n\n\nDouble BassZach Hobin*Jack Hopper \n\n\n\n* School of Music Faculty/Staff \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Bands\nThe renowned UNCG Bands are dedicated to the performance\, study\, and cultivation of wind band music of the highest quality\, and are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression. The UNCG Bands are considered to be among the very finest collegiate band programs in America based upon our active profile of excellence in our performances\, recordings\, tours and convention performances. \n\n\n\nThrough exemplary practices in organization\, training\, and presentation\, the UNCG Bands provide exceptional experiences for our members\, sharing outstanding performances throughout the year and enhancing the institutional spirit and character of UNCG. \n\n\n\nThe UNCG Bands seek to support music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by providing leadership and sponsorship to secondary school band programs and other organizations. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Bands\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Notes\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\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\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/casella-sinfonietta-sxs/
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:Rahsaan Barber Quintet
DESCRIPTION:Since earning a Master’s Degree in Jazz Performance from the Manhattan School of Music in 2005\, Rahsaan Barber has set out on a singular path of musical excellence in performance\, composition\, education\, and entrepreneurship. Rahsaan enjoys a career that encompasses an ever-expanding range of musical styles\, including jazz\, blues\, funk\, classical\, fusion\, soul\, Latin\, and world music. \n\n\n\nRahsaan’s passionate\, sincere\, and studious approach to music-making has garnered professional appearances onstage alongside such heavyweights as Christian McBride\, Brian Blade\, the Temptations\, Delfeayo Marsalis\, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra\, Duffy Jackson\, Winard Harper\, Kirk Franklin\, Meghan Trainor and the Wooten Brothers. The saxophonist has performed on many of the world’s most prestigious stages for music including The Ryman\, The Village Vanguard\, Birdland\, Lincoln Center\, the Kennedy Center\, the Montreux Jazz Festival\, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture. Rahsaan joined the ranks of the nation’s rising jazz stars as the leader of his own quintet\, Everyday Magic\, and co-leader of the groundbreaking Nashville-based Latin-jazz septet El Movimiento. Rahsaan has entered the ranks of the nation’s premier jazz artists following several celebrated releases\, most recently including “Mosaic\,” a double-disc collection of original works released in April of 2021\, featuring trumpeter Nathan Warner and trombonist Roland Barber\, Rahsaan’s twin brother. Prior to the release of “Mosaic\,” Barber received critical acclaim for “The Music In The Night” (2017) and “Everyday Magic\,” (2011) both released on the saxophonist’s record label\, Jazz Music City\, which he founded to showcase his hometown’s (Nashville\, TN) diverse and impressive musical talent. In addition to his own jazz outfits\, the saxophonist founded The Nashville Salsa Machine in 2016\, a twelve-member ensemble featuring Music City’s most celebrated Latin-music performers. Barber is also an in-demand saxophonist for recording sessions and touring work\, most recently completing a year-long tour with pop icon Kelly Clarkson and multiple tours with Lauren Daigle. \n\n\n\nRahsaan currently serves as Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies and Saxophone at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Barber has taught extensively at the collegiate level for over a decade\, including six years of instruction at Belmont University\, where he began his collegiate teaching career as instructor jazz and classical saxophone\, jazz ensembles\, and commercial music styles at the impressive age of twenty-five. Barber has given masterclasses and concerts at multiple Jazz Education Network conferences and at numerous colleges and universities\, including the University of Tennessee at Knoxville\, the University of Memphis\, Lipscomb University\, UNC-Pembroke\, UNC-Wilmington\, Indiana University\, The University of Wisconsin (OshKosh)\, the University of Evansville\, and many more. In addition\, Rahsaan has served as Vice-President of the Tennessee Jazz and Blues Society and as a board member for the Nashville Jazz Workshop’s Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion panel. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program at UNCG is a unique and innovative undergraduate jazz program designed to emulate the traditional process of learning jazz\, through a combination of mentorship\, real-world playing experiences\, and a communal approach to learning. Although the program is housed in one of the largest music schools in the Southeast\, it is kept intentionally small\, resulting in an intensive and highly personalized learning environment. \n\n\n\n UNCG offers the following degree programs for students interested in studying Jazz: \n\n\n\n\nBachelor of Music (B.M.) – Performance\n\n\n\nPost-Baccalaureate Certificate in Jazz Studies\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Event\nMasterclass3:00 pm\, Organ Hall \n\n\n\n\n\nParking\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\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/rahsaan-barber-quintet/
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:Adam Frey\, euphonium
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/Y834VVlhA80?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAdam Frey travels the globe sharing his talents as a performer and advocate for live music. 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\, Columbia\, 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\nA 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 twenty works that have been composed or specifically arranged for him.  Most are published by Euphonium.com Publications\, Pinnacle Brass Publications\, and Absolute Brass.com.  \n\n\n\nFor 17 years\, Adam has hosted the International Euphonium Tuba (IET) Festival at Emory University. This event each June hosts more than 175 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 \n\n\n\nAdam Frey is also Associate Professor at the University of North Georgia. His website\, www.euphonium.com\, contains sound files\, performance schedules\, photos from his world travels\, and his recordings and publications.  \n\n\n\nAdam Frey is a Yamaha Performing Artist and Guest Clinician. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\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\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/adam-frey-euphonium-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:Robert Young\, saxophone
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/RBP9-DLsyog?feature=share\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFueled by a deep desire to create an enthusiasm surrounding the classical saxophone\, Dr. Robert Young connects with audiences with his musicianship\, virtuosity\, and authenticity. Praised for his “effortless expression and facile technique” (The Saxophonist Magazine)\, Robert maintains an active career as a soloist\, chamber musician\, and educator. His artistry has afforded him opportunities to appear with ensembles and musicians from across the globe including the PRISM Quartet\, The Crossing\, Chris Potter\, Ravi Coltrane\, Uri Caine\, Charlotte Symphony\, Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings\, and the Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestra.  \n\n\n\nAs a chamber musician\, Robert collaborated with The Crossing and performed alongside the PRISM Quartet on the GRAMMY Award-winning album Gavin Bryars: The Fifth Century (available on ECM Recordings). The New York Times praised the collective performance on this album as “superb”and “eloquent.” Young has appeared with the PRISM Quartet on numerous concerts including residencies at the Curtis Institute\, Shepherd School of Music (Rice University)\, and the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He can be heard on several albums with this notable ensemble including The Curtis Project\, Heritage/Evolution\, Volume 2\, and The Book of Days.  \n\n\n\nAppearing with the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra as soloist in the 2023-24 season\, he was hailed as “uncommonly expressive…and technically prodigious” (San Francisco Classical Voice) for his performance of Guillaume Connesson’s acrobatic concerto\, A Kind of Trane. He has also been a soloist with the United States Navy Band\, performing Quicksilver by Chicago-based composer Stacy Garrop\, and has been featured as a soloist with the Rock Hill Symphony Orchestra\, Piedmont Wind Symphony\, UNCSA Symphony\, and Zagreb Soloists (Croatia). \n\n\n\nRobert holds a teaching position at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro as Assistant Professor of Saxophone. Young’s students have received honors at several local\, regional and national competitions and have been featured at several clinics and conferences throughout the country. He previously has served on the faculties of the UNC School of the Arts\, The Crane School of Music – SUNY Potsdam\, and Wichita State University. Young is often invited to give guest lectures and classes throughout the country. In Fall 2022\, Robert was invited as be a guest teacher for the renowned University of Michigan saxophone studio as a sabbatical replacement for the award-winning saxophonist Timothy McAllister. \n\n\n\nRobert earned his Doctor of Musical Arts (2011) and Master of Music (2008) degrees in saxophone performance from the University of Michigan where he studied with Professor Donald Sinta. At the University of Michigan\, he studied jazz saxophone with Dr. Andrew Bishop and was a recipient of the Lawrence Teal Fellowship. Young received a bachelor’s degree from the University of South Carolina (2006) in saxophone performance where he studied with Dr. Clifford Leaman.  \n\n\n\nAs a Conn-Selmer Artist\, Robert Young plays exclusively on Selmer saxophones. He also serves as a D’Addario artist/clinician and endorses Key Leaves products. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\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\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/robert-young-saxophone/
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\, Abigail Pack\, and Marya Fancey
DESCRIPTION:Trumpet artist Garrett Klein has garnered an international reputation for his varied performing career and dedicated teaching. He is currently serving as Associate 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.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDr. Abigail Pack\, Professor of Horn at UNCG and a native of Roanoke\, Virginia\, received her training from East Carolina University (BMA)\, University of Iowa (MM)\, and University of Wisconsin-Madison (DMA) where she was a Bolz Teaching Fellow.  Before assuming her current position at UNCG she was horn faculty at James Madison University from 2001 to 2008.  She has also been on faculty at Knox College in Galesburg\, Il\, Western State College in Gunnison\, CO and in the Gunnison Watershed School District.  An avid symphony player Dr. Pack has held positions with the Barton Symphony Orchestra\, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra\, Des Moines Symphony Orchestra\, Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra\, Green-Bay Symphony Orchestra\, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and currently has a position with the Roanoke Symphony Orchestra\, the Southwest Chamber Orchestra\, the Greensboro Opera\, Amici Musicorum (chamber orchestra)\,  and the Opera Roanoke Orchestra.  Other orchestral subbing engagements include the Greensboro Symphony\, Winston Salem Symphony\, and the Charlotte Symphony. Other venues have included performances with the Western Piedmont Wind Symphony\, North Carolina Brass Band\, the Iowa Brass Quintet\, Western Slope Brass Band\, and Massanutten Brass Band.  Performance and presentation highlights include the National Flute Association (Washington DC with the Montpelier Winds)\, the International Horn Symposium (University of Cape Town\, South Africa\, Ithaca\, NY\, Montreal\, Canada)\, the International Midwest Band and Orchestra Conference (Chicago 2009\, 2022)\, International Double Reed Society (Athens\, GA)\, Western International Band Clinic (2022)\, the American Band College (2017\, 2021\, 2024) and The Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts (Washington).  She is a founding member of System 5 Brass Quintet and CORalina Horn Quartet and can be heard on the Centaur label. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nScholar-performer Marya Fancey uses her research to bridge temporal and cultural gaps in music for students and audiences. She received a 2017–2018 Fulbright Student Research Award to Poland for Historical Music Performance. This grant supported her dissertation research on organ masses from the Tablature of Johannes of Lublin (ca. 1540)\, culminating in a performance of its three mass cycles with vocal ensemble Flores Rosarum at the fifteenth-century Church of the Holy Cross in Krakow. She has presented at meetings of the Historical Keyboard Society of North America and the SE chapter of the American Musicological Society. \n\n\n\nHer concert programs frequently incorporate works by underappreciated composers. In 2016 Marya Fancey introduced Polish audiences to the music of Florence Price and David Hurd at the Podlaskie Organ Festival and the 18th International Festival of Organ Music at Pelplin Cathedral. She gave the 2015 world premiere of Passacaglia and Triple Fugue (organ) by Louise Talma. In 2011 she performed Sonata No. 2 (piano) by Grażyna Bacewicz at the 15th Annual Festival of Women Composers (Gainesville\, FL). \n\n\n\nIn studio and classroom teaching she augments the traditional classical canon with lesser-known compositions as well as works from a variety of other musical styles. She has taught music studies courses at UNCG\, Guilford College\, and the University of Florida. Her past professional activities include apprentice organ builder\, church organist and choir director\, private music teacher\, and assistant music editor. \n\n\n\nMarya Fancey holds the DMA degree in Organ Performance from UNC-Greensboro\, where she studied with André Lash (organ) and Andrew Willis (harpsichord and fortepiano)\, with a Post-Master’s certificate in Music Theory Pedagogy and a Post-Baccalaureate certificate in Historical Keyboard Performance. Her interest in the scholar-performer model arose from masterclasses with Marie-Claire Alain\, Olivier Latry\, John Grew\, William Porter\, Hank Knox\, and Edoardo Bellotti at multiple McGill Summer Organ Academies between 2005 and 2015. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\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\nmusic\, student recital\, trombone\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/garrett-klein-abigail-pack-and-marya-fancey/
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:https://youtube.com/live/PjFvnxPyjbs?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nScott Glasser\, conductor \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\n \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\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\nmusic\, student recital\, trombone\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/sinfonia-12/
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:Symphonic Band
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/Ca5-DGMkn_I?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductorStephanie Ycaza\, tuba \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nKEVIN DAYStride (2023) \n\n\n\nIVETTE HERRYMAN RODRÍGUEZSantiago (2019) \n\n\n\nNORMAN DELLO JOIOVariants on a Mediaeval Tune (1963) \n\n\n\nGALA FLAGELLOVitality (2022) \n\n\n\nDREW BONNERDeep\, Dark Night (2019) \n\n\n\nDMITRI SHOSTAKOVICHDance I from Suite for Variety Orchestra (1938) \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\nStride (2023)\n\n\n\nKevin Day is a composer\, jazz pianist\, producer\, and conductor who is known to juxtapose diverse musical traditions including contemporary classical\, jazz\, R&B\, and soul with classical composition. His father was a prominent hip-hop producer\, and his mother was a popular gospel singer. Day is one of eight founding members of the Nu Black Vanguard\, a collective dedicated to the advancement of Black composers\, and a graduate of Texas Christian University\, the University of Georgia\, and the University of Miami Frost School of Music. In 2024\, Day joined the faculty at the University of California San Diego as a lecturer in theory and musicianship. \n\n\n\nStride celebrates Day’s college marching band experiences and the idea of walking with confidence and decisiveness to overcome obstacles within one’s path. The piece includes a high energy theme\, a contrasting slower section\, and a return to the theme for an optimistic\, high-energy end. \n\n\n\n— Note by Kevin Day and Patty Saunders \n\n\n\nSantiago (2019)\n\n\n\nIvette Herryman Rodríguez\, a Cuban-born composer\, often incorporates elements of Cuban musical traditions into her work. Santiago takes its name from Santiago de Cuba\, a city renowned for its vibrant musical life and carnival traditions. At the heart of this culture is the “Comparsa Santiaguera\,” a parade of singers\, dancers\, and musicians that has become a defining feature of the city’s identity. The work celebrates Cuban musical traditions while paying tribute to Santiago de Cuba\, capturing both the spirit of its music and the lively energy of the comparsa. The piece opens with a lyrical statement of the main melody played by the corneta china\, a double-reed instrument with a piercing\, trumpet-like sound that traditionally announces the comparsa. The theme is followed by three titled variations: Variation I: Chorale\, which takes a lyrical approach to the main melody; Variation II: Lullaby and Dance\, which introduces a waltz-like dance; and Variation III: Comparsa\, which fully embraces the celebratory energy of the Cuban carnival.  \n\n\n\n— Note by Ivette Herryman Rodríguez and Molly Allman \n\n\n\nVariants on a Mediaeval Tune (1963)\n\n\n\nNorman Dello Joio\, an American composer best known for his choral works\, came from a musical family and first studied organ with his father before pursuing formal training. He is often identified as a postmodern\, specifically neoromantic\, composer. Postmodernism in music is characterized less by a unified style than by an emphasis on individual expression\, extending modernism’s break from tradition by encouraging composers to reject past conventions and write freely. Neoromanticism is a branch of postmodernism but shows a distinct return to emotional expression in music seen in 19th-century Romanticism.  \n\n\n\nVariants on a Mediaeval Tune premiered on April 10\, 1963\, as Dello Joio’s first original work for band. It is based on a melody titled “In dulci jubilo\,” a traditional Christmas carol\, which acts as the main theme. It includes a brief introduction followed by the theme and five variants that strongly contrast in tempo and character\, fully utilizing the possibilities of the band. The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation commissioned the piece for the Duke University Band with Paul Bryan\, conductor.  \n\n\n\n— Note by Jaden Brown  \n\n\n\nVitality (2022)\n\n\n\nGala Flagello is an American composer\, teacher\, and non-profit director. In 2022\, Flagello was a composition fellow at the Aspen Music Festival. Part of her fellowship requirement was to submit a piece to be read and recorded by the Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra. For this\, Flagello chose to write Vitality. \n\n\n\nFlagello wrote Vitality in 2022 for the Aspen Conducting Academy orchestral readings. It draws inspiration from a quote by Martha Graham\, a renowned American dancer\, teacher\, and choreographer.  \n\n\n\nThere is a vitality\, a life force\, a quickening\, that is translated through you into action\, and because there is only one of you in all time\, this expression is unique. And if you block it\, it will never exist through any other medium and will be lost.  \n\n\n\nFound in a letter from Graham to fellow dancer and choreographer Agnes De Mille\, this quote contains three ideas: the what\, the how\, and the why. Graham defines the “what” as the universal life-force within each person\, the “how” as its unique expression through individual actions\, and the “why” as the necessity of expression\, since otherwise that force would be lost. Flagello writes that “the piece loosely follows this structure\, musically exploring the prickly and potent glimmers of one’s life force alongside the uncertainty of self-expression and vulnerability.”  \n\n\n\n— Note by Gala Flagello and Jaden Brown \n\n\n\nDeep\, Dark Night (2019) \n\n\n\nDrew Bonner is a composer and euphonium player. As a performer and educator\, he writes for a range of ensembles\, including euphonium quartets and wind bands. Deep\, Dark Night is originally written for solo tuba and British brass band and explores the thoughts and emotions that arise as night falls: moments of reflection\, grief\, anxiety\, and ultimately resilience. The piece captures experiences we have all faced: the quiet heaviness of the mind at night\, as well as the emotional struggles that can accompany it.  \n\n\n\nThe first movement begins with percussion and introduces a four-note motif that recurs throughout. This movement reflects a sense of melancholy and inner weight\, as the motif is developed and varied\, leading to a cadenza that descends into the tuba’s lowest register. The second movement\, “Agitato\,” conveys anger and a willingness to fight\, driving forward with continuous motion through repeated rhythms\, shifting melodies\, and overlapping parts. The main motif reappears in the accompaniment while the soloist rises above it\, creating contrast and ultimately concluding the work with determination and strength.  \n\n\n\n— Note by Tiffany Galus and Molly Allman \n\n\n\nDance I from Suite for Variety Orchestra (ca. 1956)\n\n\n\nDmitry Shostakovich was a highly regarded 20th century Russian composer who lived in the Soviet Union for much of his life. As a composer\, he lived in the shadow of constant criticism and fear from Soviet authorities which dictated the trajectory of his work. When Shostakovich died in Moscow in 1975\, his legacy included a prolific oeuvre that also reflected his personal experience of composing within the context of political oppression. \n\n\n\nDance no. 1 is taken from Shostakovich’s Suite for Variety Orchestra which was compiled by Shostakovich’s colleagues in the 1950s from his film and stage scores. “Dance no. 1” was adapted from “No. 16\, ‘The Market Place’” in Shostakovich’s film score for The Gadfly and is a galloping race from the start. The dance includes a main theme\, a contrasting middle section\, and a return to the opening with whirling\, scalar flourishes in the woodwinds and punctuated brass. \n\n\n\n— Note by Patty Saunders and Gerard McBurney \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\nStephanie Ycaza\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStephanie Ycaza is the Assistant Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She previously held the position of Instructor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Northern Iowa\, and has also served on the music faculties of Virginia Commonwealth University\, Virginia State University\, Longwood University\, the University of Richmond\, and Shenandoah University. Stephanie is active as a masterclass teacher and as a clinician for middle and high school bands.  \n\n\n\nStephanie is a founding member of Calypsus Brass\, a brass quintet dedicated to performing new works and providing high-quality recordings for composers. Calypsus is committed to promoting the works of composers from historically marginalized groups\, and serves as an Ensemble-in-Residence for Rising Tide Music Press. Stephanie is Principal Tuba of the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony\, and has also performed with the Virginia Symphony\, the Williamsburg Symphony\, the Capital Wind Symphony\, and the Virginia Grand Military band. She has also contributed to recording projects at Spacebomb Records in Richmond\, VA. Stephanie’s recent solo performances have focused on music for tuba with electronic accompaniment\, music by women composers\, and her own transcriptions and arrangements for low brass. She has appeared as a soloist at the International Tuba Euphonium Conference\, the Northeast\, Southeast\, and Midwest Regional ITEA Conferences\, the Army Band Tuba-Euphonium Workshop\, and the International Women’s Brass Conference. Stephanie also writes and gives presentations on the topic of mindfulness in the practice and performance of music.  \n\n\n\nStephanie holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Shenandoah University\, a Master of Music degree and Artist Diploma from Yale University\, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. She studied with Dr. Ross Walter\, Toby Hanks\, Mike Roylance\, Andrew Hitz\, and Michael Bunn. Stephanie is a Miraphone tuba artist.  \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Bands\nThe renowned UNCG Bands are dedicated to the performance\, study\, and cultivation of wind band music of the highest quality\, and are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression. The UNCG Bands are considered to be among the very finest collegiate band programs in America based upon our active profile of excellence in our performances\, recordings\, tours and convention performances. \n\n\n\nThrough exemplary practices in organization\, training\, and presentation\, the UNCG Bands provide exceptional experiences for our members\, sharing outstanding performances throughout the year and enhancing the institutional spirit and character of UNCG. \n\n\n\nThe UNCG Bands seek to support music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by providing leadership and sponsorship to secondary school band programs and other organizations. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Bands\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\nProgram Notes\n\n\n\n\n\nParking\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\nmusic\, student recital\, trombone\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/symphonic-band-9/
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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