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SUMMARY:Symphony Orchestra: Pines of Rome
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/ttzUdStEcfI?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nJungho Kim\, conductorCori Trenczer\, cello \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nNIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOVCapriccio espagnol\, op. 34 (1887) \n\n\n\nFRANZ JOSEPH HAYDNCello Concerto No. 2 in D Major\, Hob. VIIb/2 (c. 1783)III. Rondo: Allegro \n\n\n\nOTTORINO RESPIGHIPines of Rome\, P 141 (1924) \n\n\n\nI pini di Villa Borghese (The Pines of the Villa Borghese)Pini presso una catacomba (Pines Near a Catacomb)I pini del Gianicolo (The Pines of the Janiculum)I pini della via Appia (The Pines of the Appian Way) \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\nCapriccio espagnol\, op. 34\n\n\n\nConsidering the great interest in Spanish music demonstrated by the father of Russian art music\, Mikhail Glinka (Glinka traveled extensively in Spain\, collected folk materials\, and composed pieces based on them)\, it is not surprising that a Glinka disciple such as Rimsky-Korsakov would look for similar geographic sources of inspiration. So it is that the Russian Rimsky-Korsakov conceived a fantasy on Spanish themes; he originally intended it to be for violin and orchestra. As it developed\, however\, the Capriccio espagnol came to be not only a virtuoso work for violin\, but also a work that could rightly be subtitled “Fantasy for violin\, clarinet\, oboe\, flute\, horn\, trumpet (etc.\, etc.).” Which is to say that while the composition’s accent is Spanish\, its emphasis is on solo instrumental virtuosity as well as on the orchestral effulgence that is so typical of Rimsky-Korsakov. \n\n\n\nThe composer himself commented on the dazzling merits of the piece\, saying\, “It is intended as a brilliant composition for the orchestra. The change of timbres\, the felicitous choice of melodic designs and figuration patterns\, exactly suiting each kind of instrument\, brief virtuoso cadenzas for solo instruments\, etc.\, constitute here the very essence of the composition and not its garb or orchestration. The Spanish themes of dance character furnished me with rich material for putting in use multiform orchestral effects. All in all\, the capriccio is undoubtedly a purely external piece\, but vividly brilliant for all that.” \n\n\n\nThe piece is in five sections\, played without pause. \n\n\n\n1. Alborada. This “morning song” begins with eye-opening\, full orchestral thrust\, out of which emerge clarinet and violin solos\, the latter ending the section quietly. \n\n\n\n2. Variations. A simple Spanish folk melody is given by horns. Five variations—really just elaborations on the theme—exploit various solo voices\, the last ending with languorous flute chromatics.  \n\n\n\n3. Alborada. The first section returns; here\, violin and clarinet reverse their first-movement solo passages.  \n\n\n\n4. Scene and Gypsy Song. A side drum initiates a fanfare for horns and trumpets alone; solo trumpet blazes out the theme. Next\, solo violin takes it up; then flute and clarinet\, with percussion and strings accumulating. A flute plays a cadenza over a timpani roll\, then clarinet over cymbals\, after which there is a harp and triangle duet. Finally\, the strings interject a ferocious idea; this is the gypsy song\, which then alternates with the opening fanfare motif in orchestral splendor.  \n\n\n\n5. Asturian Fandango. Trombones present the first part of the theme\, winds the second. After varying timbral treatment\, the Alborada returns to bring the capriccio to a fiery close.  \n\n\n\n— Orrin Howard \n\n\n\nSinfonia Concertante in E-flat Major for Violin and Viola\, K. 364\n\n\n\nBy 1779—a few years before Haydn wrote his Symphony No. 76—the 23-year-old Mozart was chomping at the bit to break free from the restrictions imposed by his employer in Salzburg\, the Archbishop Colloredo. His recent tour westward to Mannheim and Paris had proved of decisive importance; it apparently stirred a desire to experiment with some of the instrumental forms and styles Mozart had been encountering. \n\n\n\nOne result was the Sinfonia Concertante\, a work that bursts with the joy of exploring new instrumental sound combinations and possibilities. It also marks a sort of turning point\, in essence summing up much of what Mozart had achieved to date as an artist. Not long afterward—and in part on account of indulging in such purely pleasurable creative endeavors\, at the expense of his duties as court organist—he was summarily dismissed by his boss (as he sardonically puts it in a letter\, “with a kick on my arse”) and left Salzburg for good to live in Vienna. \n\n\n\nThe genre here\, as the name indicates\, is basically a hybrid between the symphony and the concerto – what\, later in the 19th century\, would be labeled a double concerto for violin and viola. Yet the Sinfonia Concertante wondrously unifies these several dimensions. Like Haydn\, Mozart exploits his rather modest orchestral ensemble to the maximum; there’s no percussion\, nor even flutes or Mozart’s beloved clarinets\, but he divides the violas into two for a richer string blend. The proportions of the opening movement (marked with the epic-sounding tempo “Allegro maestoso”) are generous and expansive\, further contributing to the work’s symphonic aspect. \n\n\n\nFor many\, this piece represents the grandest of Mozart’s violin concertos\, surpassing the five official ones. At the same time\, the viola is no second fiddle here. Mozart’s choice of instrument for the second soloist is telling: although an excellent violinist\, he himself loved to play viola in string quartet ensembles\, enjoying the perspective of being “in the middle.” One unforgettable characteristic of the Sinfonia Concertante is the remarkable partnership and equality shared by both soloists and the searingly beautiful sound blend they create. Mozart’s original score even inscribes the viola part in D major\, thus requiring the violist to tune the strings up a half-step. The intention is to give the usually more-reserved viola a certain resonance to offset the violin’s usual limelight-hogging sonority. \n\n\n\nThe Sinfonia Concertante is in part about an extraordinary abundance of ideas and sonorities which – thanks to Mozart’s art – pour out with a seeming effortlessness\, like ripened fruit simply there to be plucked. The opening orchestral exposition makes this clear\, as one idea is laid out on top of another until\, with a half dozen in the air\, one loses track. And more are yet to come as the curtain opens and the soloists enter in one of the most sublime passages of all Mozart\, soaring out from the background on a sustained high E-flat. It’s perhaps no surprise that George Balanchine choreographed a famous ballet to this music\, for the role of the duo soloists entails a conversation not just with the orchestra at large but with each other (it’s intriguing\, as well\, to imagine Mozart’s own voice represented by the viola). This is clear in the many echoing passages he unfolds and in his construction of the cadenzas\, expressly written out. \n\n\n\nBeyond these instrumental dimensions\, there’s yet another. This is the world of opera\, of lamenting song\, with a hint of archaic baroque sentiment\, which comes to the fore in the sensitive and lengthy Andante\, one of Mozart’s relatively rare minor-mode slow movements. Here we find an emotional depth that\, as Maynard Solomon speculates in his notable biography\, may reflect the composer’s experience of loss in coping with the recent death of his mother. Specifically\, the duality of the violin-viola sound contributes to another aspect of the piece’s stunning beauty: listen as the solo violin takes up its plaintive aria of grief and the response from the viola\, now providing a sudden but believable consolation. The two continue to form a complementary pair as Mozart unfolds his song seamlessly\, virtually prefiguring what Wagner would later coin as “infinite melody.” \n\n\n\nWith the presto rondo finale\, an irrepressibly joyful spirit returns. As Alfred Einstein observes\, its “gaiety results principally from the fact that in the chain of musical events the unexpected always occurs first\, being followed by the expected.” Or\, to return to Hesse’s ethereal Immortals\, the Sinfonia Concertante ends with their characteristic laughter\, which is “laughter without an object…simply light and lucidity.” \n\n\n\n— Thomas May \n\n\n\nPines of Rome\n\n\n\nRespighi managed to get a couple of operas staged in his native Bologna by the time he was 31 years old\, but work as an orchestral musician (violin and viola)\, teacher\, piano accompanist\, and arranger of Baroque music sustained his peripatetic career in its early years. A move to Rome in 1913 as professor of composition at the Liceo Musicale of Santa Cecilia proved decisive\, since Rome was then the center of orchestral life in Italy. In 1916\, he completed Fountains of Rome\, a four-part symphonic tone poem that gradually became a huge success\, making Respighi famous and wealthy. \n\n\n\nIn 1919 the Liceo became the Conservatory of Santa Cecilia\, and in 1923 Respighi was appointed its director. He held that administrative post only three years\, during which he composed Pines of Rome\, a sequel to Fountains and even more lucrative for Respighi. Its success\, following its premiere in December 1924\, enabled Respighi to quit as director of the Conservatory in 1926\, although he continued the teaching he loved\, as an advanced composition professor there until 1935. \n\n\n\nThe great popularity of this music is not hard to understand. It is brilliantly evocative\, well-crafted\, and emotionally sincere musical pageantry. The first section of Pines – all four are played without a break – is a short prelude depicting children at play in the pine grove of the Villa Borghese\, their dances and games raucously projected through quick brass and woodwind exchanges. \n\n\n\n“Pines Near a Catacomb” presents a serene\, even somber scene\, with muted strings supporting an orchestral chant which “re-echoes solemnly\, sonorously\, like a hymn” rising from the catacomb\, in the composer’s words. \n\n\n\n“The Pines of the Janiculum” is night music in which a solo clarinet sings plaintively\, introducing the actual song of a nightingale (Respighi even specified the recording to be used) over tremolo strings. “The Pines of the Appian Way” suggests morning dawning over the march of imperial Roman glory in trumpet-driven triumph. Mussolini adored Respighi’s orchestral music\, but the sound of a fascist parade here is probably the result of purely musical muscle flexing rather than any consciously propagandistic intentions on the part of the rather non-political composer.  \n\n\n\n— John Henken \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\nCori Trenczer (Third Prize\, Student Artist Competition)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCori Trenczer is a cellist\, chamber musician\, and teacher from the Hudson Valley region of New York. Coming from a musical family and a family of educators\, Cori is both an avid performer and a teacher to a robust studio of cello students. Cori has her bachelors degree in cello performance from the Eastman School of Music and she is a graduate assistant in the graduate string quartet at UNCG.  \n\n\n\nCori enjoys playing in the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra as a section cellist\, and teaching her studio of roughly 18 cello students\, ranging from age 8 to adult. She is interested in contemporary music and playing music by underrepresented composers. Cori is a virtual cello teacher on the faculty of Cornerstone Music Studios and on wyzant.com\, and teaches in-person at Moore Music Company and through UNCG’S Community Music Lessons Program. \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\nUNCG Orchestras\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Details\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\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\, voice\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/symphony-orchestra-the-pines-of-rome/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate Street\, Greensboro\, NC\, 27412\, United States
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-10-08/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
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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\, voice\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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SUMMARY:DRAwing Marathon Art Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Drawing Marathon\n\n\n\nAn MFA Student Exhibition\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOctober 7 – 11\, 2025\n\n\n\nReception: Thursday\, Oct 9th | 6-8p\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFeatured Artists \n\n\n\nQuan Apollo\n\n\n\nMatt Fisher\n\n\n\nNhân  Lương\n\n\n\nMelanie Mcallister\n\n\n\nVictoria Mercado-Lues\n\n\n\nNaomi Michelle\n\n\n\nCalvin Ulrich\n\n\n\nAlana Wilson\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nMore About Drawing Marathon Exhibition  \n\n\n\nDrawing Marathon is a foundational course in the MFA Studio Arts program at UNCG. Through a four-week intensive course that meets for 14+ hours every weekend\, students work through preconceived notions about their own image-making and artistic practices\, spending large blocks of time drawing in response to prompts or guidelines and then discussing the learning process with peers and this year’s Drawing Marathon instructor\, Jennifer Meanley. This exhibition is the culmination of the work produced during these four weeks by the graduate students\, including a range of drawings from quick experimentations to fully resolved drawings. \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGreensboro Project Space Weekly Gallery Hours: \n\n\n\nTuesday – Friday\, 12 -5 PM \n\n\n\nSaturday\, 2-5PM
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/drawing-marathon-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E February 1 Pl\, Greensboro\, NC 27406\, USA
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Greensboro Project Space,School of Art
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-10-07/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250825T150416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T211301Z
UID:10003379-1759779000-1759784400@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:Chamber Singers
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/EW6Xcs1mzuw?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nCarole Ott\, conductorAlexander Ezerman\, celloErika Boysen\, fluteMichaela Kelly\, soprano \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nTHEODORE MORRISONA Chant for Peace in Our Time \n\n\n\nMEIRA WARSHAUERAkhat Sha’alti \n\n\n\nANDREA CLEARFIELDPrayer for the Schechinah \n\n\n\nREENA ESMAILShe Will Transform You \n\n\n\nFRANZ SCHUBERTMirjam’s Siegesgesang \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\n \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Choirs\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Choirs\n\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\, voice\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/chamber-singers-4/
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251006T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
UID:10003440-1759721400-1759766400@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-10-06/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251005T163000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250731T182635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T202213Z
UID:10003475-1759672800-1759681800@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:Sweeney Todd
DESCRIPTION:The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetA Musical ThrillerMusic and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimBook by Hugh WheelerFrom an Adaptation by Christopher BondDirected by Tug Watson \n\n\n\nDates:Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 at 2 p.m.  \n\n\n\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets \n\n\n\nAge Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 2.5 hrs.Production Location: UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27403Frame/Works Discussion via Teams and In Person: Oct. 6 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. \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nEnter the dark\, twisted streets of 19th-century London—where revenge is served piping hot. Sweeney Todd\, a barber with a haunted past\, returns from exile burning with vengeance against the corrupt judge who destroyed his life and stole his wife. But justice has a price—and blood will spill. Teaming up with the wickedly clever Mrs. Lovett\, whose meat pie shop is circling the drain\, Todd opens a barbershop upstairs with a sinister twist. As razors flash and bodies vanish\, Mrs. Lovett’s business starts booming… thanks to a secret ingredient that has Londoners begging for more. But beware—this is only the beginning of the madness. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is back… and his blades are hungry. \n\n\n\nSweeney Todd is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are supplied by MTI. www.MTISHOWS.com
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/sweeney-todd/2025-10-05/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27403\, USA\, 408 Tate St\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T220000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
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SUMMARY:Sweeney Todd
DESCRIPTION:The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetA Musical ThrillerMusic and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimBook by Hugh WheelerFrom an Adaptation by Christopher BondDirected by Tug Watson \n\n\n\nDates:Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 at 2 p.m.  \n\n\n\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets \n\n\n\nAge Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 2.5 hrs.Production Location: UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27403Frame/Works Discussion via Teams and In Person: Oct. 6 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. \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nEnter the dark\, twisted streets of 19th-century London—where revenge is served piping hot. Sweeney Todd\, a barber with a haunted past\, returns from exile burning with vengeance against the corrupt judge who destroyed his life and stole his wife. But justice has a price—and blood will spill. Teaming up with the wickedly clever Mrs. Lovett\, whose meat pie shop is circling the drain\, Todd opens a barbershop upstairs with a sinister twist. As razors flash and bodies vanish\, Mrs. Lovett’s business starts booming… thanks to a secret ingredient that has Londoners begging for more. But beware—this is only the beginning of the madness. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is back… and his blades are hungry. \n\n\n\nSweeney Todd is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are supplied by MTI. www.MTISHOWS.com
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/sweeney-todd/2025-10-04/2/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27403\, USA\, 408 Tate St\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T190000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250903T191202Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T213331Z
UID:10003391-1759599000-1759604400@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:Student Composers Concert
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/ZH57JkDx0u8?feature=share\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\, voice\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/student-composers-concert-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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T163000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
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SUMMARY:Sweeney Todd
DESCRIPTION:The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetA Musical ThrillerMusic and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimBook by Hugh WheelerFrom an Adaptation by Christopher BondDirected by Tug Watson \n\n\n\nDates:Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 at 2 p.m.  \n\n\n\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets \n\n\n\nAge Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 2.5 hrs.Production Location: UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27403Frame/Works Discussion via Teams and In Person: Oct. 6 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. \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nEnter the dark\, twisted streets of 19th-century London—where revenge is served piping hot. Sweeney Todd\, a barber with a haunted past\, returns from exile burning with vengeance against the corrupt judge who destroyed his life and stole his wife. But justice has a price—and blood will spill. Teaming up with the wickedly clever Mrs. Lovett\, whose meat pie shop is circling the drain\, Todd opens a barbershop upstairs with a sinister twist. As razors flash and bodies vanish\, Mrs. Lovett’s business starts booming… thanks to a secret ingredient that has Londoners begging for more. But beware—this is only the beginning of the madness. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is back… and his blades are hungry. \n\n\n\nSweeney Todd is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are supplied by MTI. www.MTISHOWS.com
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/sweeney-todd/2025-10-04/1/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27403\, USA\, 408 Tate St\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T220000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
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SUMMARY:Sweeney Todd
DESCRIPTION:The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetA Musical ThrillerMusic and Lyrics by Stephen SondheimBook by Hugh WheelerFrom an Adaptation by Christopher BondDirected by Tug Watson \n\n\n\nDates:Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m.Oct. 4 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.Oct. 5 at 2 p.m.  \n\n\n\nTickets: Call the UNCG Theatre Box Office at 336-334-4392 or click the button below to purchase tickets online. \n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets \n\n\n\nAge Rating: PG-13Run Time: Approx. 2.5 hrs.Production Location: UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27403Frame/Works Discussion via Teams and In Person: Oct. 6 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. \n\n\n\nSummary: \n\n\n\nEnter the dark\, twisted streets of 19th-century London—where revenge is served piping hot. Sweeney Todd\, a barber with a haunted past\, returns from exile burning with vengeance against the corrupt judge who destroyed his life and stole his wife. But justice has a price—and blood will spill. Teaming up with the wickedly clever Mrs. Lovett\, whose meat pie shop is circling the drain\, Todd opens a barbershop upstairs with a sinister twist. As razors flash and bodies vanish\, Mrs. Lovett’s business starts booming… thanks to a secret ingredient that has Londoners begging for more. But beware—this is only the beginning of the madness. The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is back… and his blades are hungry. \n\n\n\nSweeney Todd is presented through special arrangement with Musical Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are supplied by MTI. www.MTISHOWS.com
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/sweeney-todd/2025-10-03/
LOCATION:UNCG Auditorium\, 408 Tate St\, Greensboro\, NC 27403\, USA\, 408 Tate St\, NC\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250825T145351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T213148Z
UID:10003378-1759519800-1759525200@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:University Chorale
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/ZMgLbcvDFMg?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nCarole Ott\, conductorKari Adams\, guest conductor \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nKATERINA GIMONElements (2014) \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\nElements\n\n\n\nElements is set of choral works that abstractly depict the four classical elements and explores the wide range of capabilities of the human voice – from overtone singing\, to vocal percussion\, to colourful vocal timbres. Elements features no ‘text’ (at least not in the traditional sense)\, rather a series of syllables generated through improvisation meant to evoke the sound and energy of each element. \n\n\n\nElements was premiered in March 2014 by Laurier Singers under Lee Willingham. This set of works is a 2016 SOCAN Young Composers Competition winner\, a 2015 Vancouver Chamber Choir’ Young Composers’ Competition winner\, and a 2014 IAWM Search For New Music winner. \n\n\n\nEarth is a beautiful\, texturally-driven work depicting the simple yet unexplainable beauty of the earth. The work features harmonic overtone singing by a group of soloists; an accessible introduction to overtone singing in a choral setting. \n\n\n\nAir traces the movement from calm breath to thick violent winds. Together singers gradually introduce new sounds and pitches\, building an intricate texture with ever-shifting emphasis. \n\n\n\nFire is a fun\, lively\, and energetic work incorporating vocal percussion\, body percussion\, nasal singing\, calls\, nonsense syllables\, as well as optional percussion. \n\n\n\nWater presents powerful soaring textures and lilting melodies that grow and decay like waves in the ocean. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Choirs\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Choirs\n\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\, voice\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/university-chorale-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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
UID:10003439-1759462200-1759507200@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-10-03/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250825T135208Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T213222Z
UID:10003377-1759433400-1759438800@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:Coro di Belle Voci
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/w4LFFoy2M-g?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nLindsay Kesselman\, conductor \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Program\n \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Artists\n \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Choirs\nThe mission of the UNCG Choirs is dedicated to the teaching\, performance\, study and cultivation of choral music of the highest quality representing not just the western choral canon but also choral music of other cultures by a diverse body of historical and new composers. We believe that the UNCG Choirs are a serious and distinctive medium of musical expression\, of vital service and importance to its members and to UNCG. Through ensemble performance\, we strive to create an environment of trust\, communication\, and expressive freedom\, to present outstanding performances throughout the year\, and to enhance the institutional sprit and character of UNCG. To music as an art and a profession\, the UNCG Choirs seek to bring increasing artistry\, understanding\, and respect by efforts within our own immediate sphere and by providing leadership and sponsorship to school choral programs and through cooperation with all other agencies pursuing similar musical goals. \n\n\n\n\nUNCG Choirs\n\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\, voice\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/coro-di-belle-voci-3/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251002T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
UID:10003438-1759375800-1759420800@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-10-02/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251001T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
UID:10003437-1759289400-1759334400@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-10-01/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250529T194701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T211419Z
UID:10003288-1759260600-1759266000@vpa.uncg.edu
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\, voice\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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T190000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250915T165735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T211046Z
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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\, voice\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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251004T170000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250831T021544Z
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SUMMARY:Beautiful In My Eyes art exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Beautiful In My Eyes\n\n\n\nSolo Exhibition by Grace Thompson\n\n\n\n September 30 – October 4\, 2025\n\n\n\nReception: Friday\, October 3rd | 6-8P\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMore About Beautiful in My Eyes \n\n\n\nBeautiful in My Eyes features a group of observational oil paintings that focus on capturing lived moments in time. The work in this exhibit evokes memories of paused moments in daily life\, crafting nostalgic feelings and thoughts. As life can be unpredictable\, I seek stability by recording familiar spaces to appreciate the time spent in them and with the people I care about. This prompts me to accept spaces for what they offer rather than staging a scene. Often\, I jump into painting without preparatory drawings because the subject changes as the environment moves through time. The paintings invite the audience to reflect on small things and moments that matter to them\, whether that be observing how the sun comes through the window during midday or a napping family pet.  \n\n\n\nMore About Grace  \n\n\n\nI am an observational oil painter interested in capturing fleeting moments in time. Many of my paintings render the progression of quotidian spaces across sessions\, capturing movement of objects\, people\, and light. I explore the sense of nostalgia in mundane spaces through rigorous rhythmic applications of mark and color. \n\n\n\nFollow Grace on Instagram @gracthomp \n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nGreensboro Project Space Weekly Gallery Hours: \n\n\n\nTuesday – Friday\, 12 -5 PM \n\n\n\nSaturday\, 2-5PM
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/beautiful-in-my-eyes-art-exhibition/
LOCATION:Greensboro Project Space\, 111 E February 1 Pl\, Greensboro\, NC 27406\, USA
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,Greensboro Project Space,School of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-30/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250910T193321Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T210953Z
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SUMMARY:mOthertongue: Lived Experience in Asian America
DESCRIPTION:https://youtube.com/live/W5r6deD2y7k?feature=share\n\n\n\n\nmOthertongue: Lived Experience in Asian America\n\n\n\nJennifer Lien\, sopranoAnnie Jeng\, piano \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExotic landscapes. Virtuous\, submissive\, sexualized women. Ineffective\, emasculated\, villainous men. These images of Asia have long been a staple of the European imagination\, whether in colonial-era art song\, grand Italian opera\, film\, or television. Here\, in the 21st century\, these stereotypes about Americans of Asian descent persist (see: pandemic-era anti-Asian hate).   \n\n\n\nI believe that the way to challenge outdated cultural ideas is by sharing new art with fresh cultural ideas. I wanted to perform songs that assert the Asian American lived experience\, from the perspective of those of us who live it. But when I went looking for songs by Asian American composers set to contemporary Asian American texts\, I came up empty. So I reached out to Chen\, Dunphy\, and Sankaram\, three Asian American women composers in their prime who also write beautifully for the voice. To my surprise\, all three readily agreed to my proposal.   \n\n\n\nThe new songs on today’s program express the joys\, pains\, contradictions\, and pride we experience as Asians living in this land we call home. I am struck by the recurring themes that resonate across the three song cycles: colonization; cultural shame; living in between cultures; culture loss; microaggression; pride. To sing these truths is to find and reclaim power that has been lost somewhere along the way.  \n\n\n\nMy deepest gratitude goes to Justine\, Melissa\, Kamala\, and the poet Ophelia Hu Kinney; to Sam Martin of Cincinnati Song Initiative for recognizing the importance of this project and co-commissioning these songs with me; to the Minnesota State Arts Board for awarding me a Creative Individuals grant in 2024; to all my Asian American pianist partners on this project\, in particular Annie Jeng here in North Carolina; and to all the host institutions welcoming this project to their concert stages.  \n\n\n\nMy wish for this project is that these songs feed the hunger of singers for repertoire that expresses their lived experience\, and inspire marginalized composers to create works that assert their truths\, take up space\, and shift the cultural needle in the right direction. Our stories are all American stories. To answer the question in Chen’s second song: All of us belong here.  \n\n\n\n— Jennifer Lien  \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\, voice\n\n\nInstagram\n\nFacebook\n\nX\n\nYouTube
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/mothertongue-lived-experience-in-asian-america/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
UID:10003435-1759116600-1759161600@vpa.uncg.edu
SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-29/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250928T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250928T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250820T204807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250820T205549Z
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SUMMARY:10-year anniversary Jan Van Dyke
DESCRIPTION:10-year Anniversary Jan Van Dyke  \n\n\n\nEvent takes place in the Jan Van Dyke Courtyard at the Coleman Building (School of Dance).
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/10-year-anniversary-jan-van-dyke/
LOCATION:Coleman Building\, 1408 Walker Ave\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:School of Dance
ORGANIZER;CN="School of Dance":MAILTO:dance@uncg.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T213000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250810T213934Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T184830Z
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SUMMARY:Aaron Goldberg
DESCRIPTION:featuring Garrett Arellano\, Chad Eby\, Brevan Hampden\, and Thomas Heflin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://youtube.com/live/n8l7Cs68C00?feature=share\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\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/aaron-goldberg/
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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-26/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T210000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250812T181253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T023349Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250911T181844Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-25/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T213000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
CREATED:20250731T142239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T164955Z
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SUMMARY:Jazz Ensembles I and II: All Blues
DESCRIPTION:The Miles Davis Jazz Studies program begin their 2025-26 season at The Crown with “All Blues!” This concert celebrates the blues in all its forms – from the vocal prowess of Aretha Franklin to the energetic complexity of John Coltrane. Jazz Ensembles I and II will set your soul on fire in this very special concert. Get your tickets now\, because they ALWAYS sell out! \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\nTicketPriceAdult$16.20Seniors$10.20Military$10.20Students$10.20Ticket prices include a $3.00 processing fee and applicable sales tax.\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/jazz-ensembles-i-and-ii-all-blues/
LOCATION:The Crown at the Carolina Theatre\, 310 S Greene St\, Greensboro\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T033000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250924T160000
DTSTAMP:20260413T181727
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LAST-MODIFIED:20250911T181848Z
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SUMMARY:A Decade of Darkness
DESCRIPTION:Photographer MJ Sharp is a documentary artist based in Durham\, North Carolina. She was a visiting Fulbright Scholar at the University of Exeter\, UK\, for the 2021/2022 academic year pursuing the art/science collaboration Our Disappearing Darkness and Recreating True Night  with nocturnal ecologist Dr. Kevin Gaston.  \n\n\n\nTo learn more about MJ Sharp visit: https://mjsharp.com/
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/a-decade-of-darkness/2025-09-24/
LOCATION:Gatewood Studio Arts Center\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, NC 27412\, USA\, 527 Highland Ave\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Art
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