College of Visual and Performing Arts

Symphonic Band
2025-02-18 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
Program

Jonathan Caldwell, conductorSteven Stusek, saxophonePatty Saunders, graduate conductor

McCUNE Spiral

FLAGELLO Love and Nature

YOUNG Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble

PERSICHETTI Symphony No. 6

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About the Soloist

Steven Stusek, saxophone, 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 principal saxophonist for the Eastern Music Festival and the Greensboro Symphony for the past ten years. In 2000, he won the prestigious Dutch Chamber Music Competition as part of the saxophone-accordion duo 2Track with accordion virtuoso Otine van Erp. Together they have performed throughout the Netherlands, the US and on Dutch radio. Steve teamed up with pianist Inara Zandmane and saxophonist Susan Fancher to produce the critically acclaimed recording Louder than Words – music for two saxophones and piano. Steve’s teachers have included Eugene Rousseau, Joseph Wytko, David Baker, Larry Teal, Daniel Deffayet, Jean-Yves Formeau, and Leroy Wolter. Steve is the Past-President of the North American Saxophone Alliance.

About the UNCG Bands
The renowned UNCG Bands are dedicated to the performance, study, and cultivation of wind band music of the highest quality, and are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression. The UNCG Bands are considered to be among the very finest collegiate band programs in America based upon our active profile of excellence in our performances, recordings, tours and convention performances.

Through exemplary practices in organization, training, and presentation, the UNCG Bands provide exceptional experiences for our members, sharing outstanding performances throughout the year and enhancing the institutional spirit and character of UNCG.

The UNCG Bands seek to support music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by providing leadership and sponsorship to secondary school band programs and other organizations.

Symphony Orchestra
2025-02-19 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
Program

Jungho Kim, conductorSteven Stusek, saxophone

BERNSTEIN Overture to Candide

DEBUSSY Rhapsodie, L.98

STRAVINSKY The Firebird Suite (1919 version)

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About the Soloist

Steven 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.

UNCG Orchestras
The vibrant UNCG Orchestra program has long been recognized for performance excellence, adventurous programming, and high artistic standards. A diversity of offerings allow students the opportunity to perform repertoire for ensembles ranging from the largest cornerstone and contemporary works for full orchestra, to intimate pieces for chamber orchestra, to string orchestra.

Students in the UNCG Orchestra program are dedicated to the performance, study and cultivation of orchestral music of the highest quality. The UNCG Orchestras offer outstanding performances throughout the year and enhance the institutional spirit and community of UNCG. We seek to promote music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by supporting secondary school orchestra programs and other organizations through our outreach activities and other annual events on campus.

Alexandra Funk, flute and Baroque flute
2025-02-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Sounding Board
2025-02-20 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Jazz Ensembles I and II
2025-02-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-02-26 18:00 - 20:00 | The Crown at the Carolina Theatre, 310 S Greene St, Greensboro, 27401, United States
Jazz Ensembles I and II kick off the spring semester with a special concert featuring a kaleidoscope of guest vocalists! Songs by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, and more delivered in the classic styles of Ella Fitzgerald and Nat King Cole will delight your ears. This concert is sure to be a crowd pleaser, and they ALWAYS sell out…so get your tickets early!

The Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program at UNCG is a unique and innovative undergraduate jazz program designed to emulate the traditional process of learning jazz, through a combination of mentorship, real-world playing experiences, and a communal approach to learning. Although the program is housed in one of the largest music schools in the Southeast, it is kept intentionally small, resulting in an intensive and highly personalized learning environment.

UNCG offers the following degree programs for students interested in studying Jazz:

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) – Performance

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Jazz Studies

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Irna Priore Music and Culture Lecture Series: Anna Gatdula
2025-02-21 16:00 - 17:00 | Music 235, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27412, United States
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Listening for the Voiceless: Musical Representation and Historical Subjectivity in Hosokawa’s Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima

This paper examines Toshio Hosokawa’s Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima (1989, 2001) as a sonic archive that opens inquiry into the contradictory nature of historical matter: the subjects and objects of history, the perpetrators and victims of trauma. Through close analysis of the composition’s musical techniques and textual elements, alongside consideration of Kitaro Nishida’s philosophy, voice and trauma studies, and comparative historiographies of post-War Europe and Japan, the paper argues that Hosokawa’s work challenges Western paradigms of historical subjectivity. The study traces how Hosokawa’s piece evolved over its compositional life, reflecting shifting understandings of Hiroshima’s place in post-War global and Japanese memory. By incorporating texts from Holocaust survivor Paul Celan, Hosokawa creates a transpacific dialogue that both connects and distinguishes these two pivotal 20th-century events.

The paper critically examines the notion of “voicelessness” in relation to hibakusha (atomic bomb survivors), considering tensions between silence and testimony, individual and collective memory, and the politics of victimhood and reparation. Whose voice is voiceless? The victims, the perpetrators, the traumatized? Furthermore, what is a priori in the act of identifying and identifying with historical voices? I argue that Hosokawa’s work, informed by Nishida’s philosophy, offers an alternative ontology to Western subject-object distinctions. Following David Eng (2022), the paper begins to theorize historical redress outside paradigms of sovereignty altogether. Ultimately, this analysis of Voiceless Voice in Hiroshima contributes to ongoing discourse about the role of art in mediating historical memory and the politics of representation.)

Jack Kannan, trumpet
2025-02-21 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Spartan Voices
2025-02-21 18:30 - 20:00 | First Baptist Church Reidsville, 409 S Main Street, Reidsville, North Carolina, 27320, United States
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.

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

Everybody
2025-02-21 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-02-22 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-02-23 14:00 - 15:30, 2025-02-27 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-02-28 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-03-01 19:30 - 21:00 | Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre, 402 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27403, United States
By Branden Jacobs-JenkinsDirected by TBA

Dates:Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m.Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.Feb. 23 at 2:00 p.m.Feb. 27 at 7:30 p.m.Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m.Mar. 1 at 7:30 p.m.Mar. 2 at 2:00 p.m.

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Age Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 1.5 hrs.Production Location: Pam and David Sprinkle Theatre (Brown Building), 402 Tate St, Greensboro, NC 27412Frame/Works Discussion via Teams and in Person: Mar. 3 at 7:00 p.m.To attend Frame/Works in person, please visit room 130 in the Moore Nursing Building located at 318 McIver St.

Summary:

Get ready to embark on a wild and unpredictable ride with “Everybody,” a thrilling modern twist on the timeless tale of Everyman!

In this electrifying adaptation, the spotlight shines on Everybody, a character selected from the ensemble by sheer chance at every performance. Join them on a whirlwind journey through the labyrinth of life’s greatest enigma—the quest for meaning and purpose.

From the highs of joy to the lows of despair, “Everybody” navigates the unpredictable landscape of existence with wit, charm, and a dash of irreverence. With each twist and turn, they confront the mysteries of mortality and identity, challenging both themselves and the audience to ponder life’s ultimate questions.

Featuring a dynamic cast and a fresh, innovative approach to storytelling, “Everybody” promises an exhilarating theatrical experience like no other. So, grab your ticket, buckle up, and prepare to be swept away on an unforgettable adventure through the mysteries of the human condition!

EVERYBODY is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Concert Band
2025-02-21 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
Program

Patty Saunders, conductorDalton Guin, conductor

ITO On The March

BRYANT Nothing Gold Can Stay

CURNOW Rejouissance

HORNE Scrapin’

COPLEY Dragonfly

ARNOLD Prelude, Siciliano, and Rondo

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About the UNCG Bands
The renowned UNCG Bands are dedicated to the performance, study, and cultivation of wind band music of the highest quality, and are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression. The UNCG Bands are considered to be among the very finest collegiate band programs in America based upon our active profile of excellence in our performances, recordings, tours and convention performances.

Through exemplary practices in organization, training, and presentation, the UNCG Bands provide exceptional experiences for our members, sharing outstanding performances throughout the year and enhancing the institutional spirit and character of UNCG.

The UNCG Bands seek to support music education in the state of North Carolina and in our region by providing leadership and sponsorship to secondary school band programs and other organizations.

Recontextualizing American Art Song
2025-02-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
Janinah Burnett, sopranoLindsay Kesselman, sopranoCrystal Kachevas, sopranoRobert Bracey, tenorEric Laine, tenorRobert Wells, baritoneJames Douglass, pianoInāra Zandmane, piano

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This recital centers around an important reminder that America consists of far more than just the contiguous United States. You will hear music that embodies the familiar “Americana” style alongside works reflecting the landscapes and cultural narratives of Puerto Rico, the Muskogee (Creek) Nation, Harlem, and more. By weaving together these different stories, we hope to spark meaningful conversations about the richness and complexity of what being “American” truly encompasses.

Movers & Makers
2025-02-22 14:00, 2025-02-22 19:30 | Coleman Theatre, 1408 Walker Ave, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27412, United States
UNCG School of Dance, Student Choreograph Showcase

Performance Times: Saturday, February 22 – 2:00pm and 7:30pm

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Gracen Long, flute and piano
2025-02-23 11:30 - 13:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

J.S. Bach to (J.S.) John Salmon
2025-02-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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John Salmon, piano, has distinguished himself on four continents, as both a classical and jazz artist. Critics have praised his “mesmerizing boldness and confidence” (Tallahassee Democrat, Tallahassee, Florida) and called him “a tremendous pianist” (El País, Madrid, Spain) and “dashing performer” (Journal de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland). His broad repertoire covers the classics – Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Brahms – though his involvement with contemporary music is equally strong. Salmon has been at the forefront of performing new works by such celebrated composers as Dave Brubeck (who dedicated two compositions to Salmon), Nikolai Kapustin, and Lalo Schifrin. His performances and recordings on the Phoenix, Naxos, and Albany labels have been heard on radio stations throughout the U.S., including National Public Radio, WNYC in New York, and WFMT in Chicago; and on the national radio stations of Australia, Brazil, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Ukraine. Salmon is a frequent guest performer at festivals in the U.S. and Europe, having appeared at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival (Charleston, South Carolina), Piano Festival Northwest (Portland, Oregon), Festival for Creative Pianists (Grand Junction, Colorado), Festival Internacional de Música del Mediterráneo (Cartagena, Spain), and the International Bartók Festival (Szombathely, Hungary). Other special appearances include an all-Liszt recital in Mexico City for the American Liszt Society and an all-Brubeck recital in Washington, DC for the Music Teachers National Association. As guest lecturer, Salmon has spoken on a wide array of topics – “Beethoven’s Shadow” (The Juilliard School), “September 1828: Schubert’s Last Three Piano Sonatas” (Boston Conservatory), “Adding Notes to Classical Scores” (Conservatorio de Música, Morelia, Mexico). As author, he has covered such subjects as “What Brubeck Got From Milhaud” and “Urtext, que me veux tu?,” appearing in American Music Teacher, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Clavier, College Music Society Newsletter, Piano & Keyboard, and Piano Today.  His book The Piano Sonatas of Carl Loewe was published by Peter Lang Publishing in 1996. John Salmon has been a member of the faculty of The University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music since 1989.

Coalesce: Ceramics and Sculpture student Art Exhibition
2025-02-25 12:00 - 2025-03-01 17:00 | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
Coalesce:

An Exhibition of Student

Ceramics and Sculpture

February 25 – March 1, 2025

Reception: Friday, February 28th, 6-8PM

A juried ceramics and sculpture exhibition by students in the School of Art at UNCG. The show features artworks from undergraduate and graduate students under the guidance of Nikki Blair, Kevin Vanek, Kate Robinson, Kasia Ozga, Heidi Zenisek, and MJ Neuberger.

Greensboro Project Space Open Public Hours:

Tuesday – Friday, 12-5pm

Saturday, 2-5p

Maddy Robeson, flute
2025-02-25 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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University Chorale
2025-02-25 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
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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.

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

Flute Studio First-Year Recital
2025-02-26 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Chamber Singers
2025-02-26 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
Program

Carole Ott, conductor

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About the UNCG Choirs
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.

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

Inna Faliks, piano • Daniel Ericourt Artist Residency in Piano
2025-02-26 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Additional Events

Wednesday, February 26, 2025Masterclass with UNCG Piano Students10:00 am–12:00 pm, Organ Hall

Thursday, February 27, 2025Masterclass with UNCG Piano Students10:00 am–12:00 pm, Organ Hall

Lecture4:00 pm, Organ Hall

Friday, February 28, 2025Masterclass with UNCG Piano Students10:00 am–12:00 pm, Organ Hall

All events are free and open to the public.

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Inna Faliks

“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.

Ms. 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.

Inquisitive 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.

Faliks 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.

Inna 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.

Her 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.

Faliks 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.

A 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.

Inna Faliks is a Yamaha Artist.

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Daniel Ericourt Artist Residency in PIano

The 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.

The 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.

Since 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.

Coro di Belle Voci
2025-02-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
Program

Lindsay Kesselman, conductor

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About the UNCG Choirs
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.

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

Elizabeth Rubin, cello
2025-02-28 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Percussion Studio First-Year and Sophomore Recital
2025-03-02 11:30 - 13:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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