College of Visual and Performing Arts

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

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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.

Inna Faliks

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.

Everybody
2025-02-27 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-02-28 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-03-01 19:30 - 21:00, 2025-03-02 14:00 - 15:30 | 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)

Coro di Belle Voci
2025-02-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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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
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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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Joseph Turner, percussion
2025-03-02 15:30 - 17:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Ziyi Wang, collaborative piano
2025-03-02 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Tuba & Euphonium Studio Graduate Showcase
2025-03-03 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Sinfonia
2025-03-03 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
Program

Marissa Guarriello, conductor

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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.

Studio Voice Recital
2025-03-04 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Yue Zhang, mezzo-soprano
2025-03-05 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Tennessee Brass
2025-03-05 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Michael Burns, bassoon
2025-03-05 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Michael 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.

An 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.

Emma Saba, collaborative piano | Daisy Schön, voice
2025-03-06 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Taylor Stirm, clarinet
2025-03-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Dalton Guin, conductor
2025-03-07 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Lang Lang
2025-03-15 20:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
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.

Heralded 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.

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“The hottest artist on the classical music planet may well be the Chinese pianist Lang Lang.

— New York Times

For 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.

Lang 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.

Lang 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.

“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.

— New Yorker

“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.

— Chicago Tribune

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In 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.

Nick Beltchev, tuba
2025-03-17 16:00 - 17:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Charlotte Davis, horn
2025-03-17 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Spring Open House for Prospective Music Students
2025-03-18 08:00 - 17:00

Big works, small works community art exhibition
2025-03-18 12:00 - 2025-03-22 17:00 | Greensboro Project Space, 111 E February 1 Pl, Greensboro, NC 27406, USA
Big Works, Small Works

GPS’s Annual Community Show 2025

March 18 – 22, 2025

Reception: Friday, March 21st | 6-8P

Featuring 51 Greensboro Community Artists

Big Works, Small Works explores the range of creative practices that flourish in Greensboro and beyond, bringing our community together in the gallery. This exhibition activates our space with playful contrasting dimensions and diverse visual approaches, across all artistic mediums. Join us in celebrating the creativity of these artists at our reception on March 21, 2025, and during the gallery’s open hours from March 18th-22nd.

Greensboro Project Space Weekly Public Hours

Tuesday – Friday, 12-5p

Saturday, 2-5p

Ye Zhao, horn
2025-03-18 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Kai Summerlin, horn
2025-03-19 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Mattie Callahan, soprano
2025-03-20 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Ben Matney, composer
2025-03-21 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Olivya S.K. Moore, voice
2025-03-21 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

William Hawkins, trumpet
2025-03-22 13:30 - 15:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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