College of Visual and Performing Arts

Present Continuous
2026-04-02 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Percussion Ensemble
2026-04-07 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Jazz Ensemble II ∙ Directions: Electric Miles
2026-04-07 19:30 - 21:30 | The Crown at the Carolina Theatre, 310 S Greene St, Greensboro, 27401, United States
The Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program celebrates Miles Davis in his centennial year! Jazz Ensemble II presents “Directions: Electric Miles,” a program of Mr. Davis’ electric music from the years spanning 1968–91, in all-new arrangements! Davis’ trailblazing spirit made an indelible mark on the history of American music, and the Jazz Studies program dedicates their spring 2026 semester to his musical legacy.

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

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

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) – Performance

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Jazz Studies

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Tuba-Euphonium Studio Recital
2026-04-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
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Oboe Studio Recital
2026-04-08 19:30 - 21:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Clarinet Studio Recital
2026-04-13 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Double Bass Studio Recital
2026-04-14 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Piano Studio First and Second Year Recital
2026-04-14 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

TubaBand
2026-04-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Piano Studio Junior, Senior, and Graduate Recital
2026-04-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Ninon Kirchman, trumpet
2026-04-20 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Studio Voice Recital
2026-04-20 17:30 - 19:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Symphonic Band: American Salute
2026-04-21 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
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Jonathan Caldwell, conductorJaden Brown, graduate conductor

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MORTON GOULDAmerican Salute (1943)

ELENA SPECHTUntitled Commission (2026)consortium premiere

CHARLES IVESOld Home Days (1954)

MARY LOU WILLIAMSHistory

WILLIAM SCHUMANNew England Triptych (1956)

Be Glad Then, AmericaWhen Jesus WeptChester

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

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

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

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Concert Band
2026-04-22 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
Patty Saunders, conductorCat Keen Hock, clarinetMolly Allman, graduate conductorJaden Brown, graduate conductor

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REENA ESMAILChamak

JULIE GIROUXFields of Gold

NATHAN DAUGHTREYTwitch

CARLOS SIMONReflections

ROSSANO GALANTEAurora Borealis

CAROL BRITTIN CHAMBERSKalos Eidos

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Dr. Catherine Keen Hock exemplifies the innovative spirit of the contemporary classical musician. Living in Greensboro, North Carolina, Cat (as she is called by her friends) performs and teaches throughout the southeastern United States. Cat is an avid supporter of new music, especially chamber music, and frequently collaborates with local composers and new music ensembles. Cat is a founding member of the award-winning reed ensemble Quintet Sirocco, formed in 2010 by fellow graduate students at UNC Greensboro in an effort to continue advancing this exciting new genre of chamber music. As an ensemble, Quintet Sirocco’s mission encompasses commissioning and performing new music, creating innovative performance experiences for diverse audiences, and presenting educational performances throughout North Carolina. In 2007, Cat was a founding member of the Obsidian Clarinet Quartet, premiering two original compositions at the 2008 conference for the International Clarinet Association, ClarinetFest, in Kansas City. Cat is a member of the Piedmont Wind Symphony, the bass clarinetist for the Fayetteville Symphony and Salisbury Symphony Orchestra, plays clarinet/bass clarinet with WireTap New Music Ensemble (Durham, NC), and serves on the woodwind faculty at the Music Academy of North Carolina. Cat also enjoys sharing her love of music history as program essayist for the Eastern Music Festival.

Cat completed a Doctor of Musical Arts degree (DMA) in clarinet performance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2012 where she was a graduate teaching assistant for the clarinet studio and jazz studies program. Her degree includes a cognate in jazz studies, and she also completed a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Historical Musicology during her doctoral studies. Cat’s dissertation, “The Pivotal Role of Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time in the Establishment of the Clarinet-Piano Quartet Genre” reflects her passion for contemporary chamber music and examines the historical and socio-economic factors that have contributed to its current prominence within the classical music culture. While at UNCG, she was a member of the Wind Ensemble (performing at CBDNA in Austin, Texas in 2009), University Symphony Orchestra, Casella Sinfonietta and Jazz Ensemble II. Cat also earned a MM in Clarinet Performance from UNCG in 2007 and a BA with Honors in Music Performance with a minor in International Studies from Wake Forest University in 2005. At Wake Forest, Cat was a William L. Poteat Scholar, winner of the Concerto Competition and Giles-Harris Competition for Performance, and a drum major for the Spirit of the Old Gold and Black Marching Band. Also while at Wake Forest, Cat spent a magical semester in Venice, Italy, where she studied at the Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello and traveled Europe experiencing performances by the world’s leading orchestras and opera companies. She studied clarinet with Kelly Burke, Anthony Taylor, Edwin Riley, Eileen Young and Michael Waddell.

In recent years, Cat has discovered a love of North Carolina’s state tree, the long leaf pine, after planting several acres of seedlings with her younger brother on their family farm in Four Oaks. When she isn’t back home on the farm, Cat enjoys attending sporting events, exploring the tastes of North Carolina’s craft breweries with her husband Noah (a professional violist), and experiencing a view of the world through the eyes of her brilliantly curious daughter, Clara.

UNCG Bands
The UNCG Bands are devoted to the performance, study, and advancement of wind band music at the highest artistic level. Recognized as one of the nation’s premier collegiate band programs, the UNCG Bands maintain an active and distinguished record of excellence through performances, recordings, tours, and appearances at major conventions.

Through exemplary organization, training, and presentation, the UNCG Bands offer exceptional musical experiences for our members and share outstanding performances throughout the year. Together, we enrich the cultural life, spirit, and character of UNCG.

The UNCG Bands also proudly support music education across North Carolina and throughout the region by providing leadership, mentorship, and sponsorship to secondary school band programs and other musical organizations.

UNCG Bands

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Wind Ensemble
2026-04-23 19:30 - 21:00 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
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Jonathan Caldwell, conductorRyan Reynolds, bassoon

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JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACHPassacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582transcribed by Donald Hunsberger

IGOR STRAVINSKYSymphonies of Wind Instruments (1947 version)

EDWIN FRANKO GOLDMANThe Chimes of Liberty (1922)

LUKE ELLARDThe Seer (2017)

OMAR THOMAS Come Sunday (2018)

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Ryan Reynolds

Dr. Ryan Reynolds is Assistant Professor of Bassoon and bassoonist of the award-winning Akropolis Reed Quintet. An award-winning chamber musician, Dr. Reynolds has won prizes at six national chamber music competitions, including the Gold Medal at the 2014 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. He tours internationally as a member of Akropolis and has released five studio albums with the ensemble. The latest of these albums, Hymns for Private Use, was released in October 2022 on Bright Shiny Things, and debuted at #8 on the Billboard Traditional Classical Chart. In 2018, his collaboration with legendary clarinetist David Shifrin on the studio recording of a new chamber music version of Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto was released on Delos Records and nominated for an International Classical Music Award.

Dr. Reynolds has performed with orchestras throughout the United States including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, and Savannah Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. An educator, Reynolds has served on the summer faculties of the Renova Music Festival and the Akropolis Chamber Music Institute. He has given masterclasses and lectures in Germany, Spain, the United Arab Emirates, and at many top American universities, including Yale University, the University of Texas-Austin, the University of Michigan, and Northwestern University. Reynolds is also an in-demand adjudicator and has served as a judge or panelist for projects and organizations including the International Double Reed Society, the Barlow Endowment, Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the Calefax International Composers Competition, NOLA Chamber Music Competition, and many collegiate concerto competitions.

Dr. Reynolds contributes to the International Double Reed Society as the Lead Bassoon Recordings Reviewer for the quarterly journal The Double Reed, and as Chair of the IDRS Commissioning Sub-Committee where he leads the Society’s commissioning grant and composer competition programs. Reynolds is also an arranger and composer, and his works are performed by students and professionals around the world.

A native of Michigan, Dr. Reynolds received his Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from the University of Michigan, and received his Doctor of Music degree from Florida State University. His primary teachers include Eric Stomberg, Jeffrey Lyman, and Jeff Keesecker.

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About the Wind Ensemble

The UNCG Wind Ensemble is the premier wind band of the UNCG School of Music, uniting fifty outstanding musicians from across the United States and around the world. Its members—ranging from first‑year undergraduates to master’s and doctoral students in performance and music education—are selected through a highly competitive audition process. Ensemble musicians regularly earn top solo and chamber awards, competitive scholarships and fellowships, and professional positions in orchestras, military bands, teaching, and arts leadership. Current students represent seventeen states, Slovenia, and Hong Kong.

For decades, the ensemble has built a distinguished record of artistic excellence, with acclaimed performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Lincoln Center, and leading venues throughout the eastern United States. Its catalog of more than twenty commercial recordings has received national recognition and helped position UNCG as a leader in wind band performance, commissioning, and recording.

The Wind Ensemble has been featured at major national and regional conferences of the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), National Band Association (NBA), American Bandmasters Association (ABA), and Music Educators National Conference (MENC). The ensemble has also collaborated with prominent composers and performers, including Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Karel Husa and other influential figures in the field.

Recent highlights include performances at the Music Center at Strathmore; a joint concert with the United States Army Band “Pershing’s Own”; a twelve‑day international tour through the Czech Republic, Austria, and Italy, culminating in a featured performance at Prague’s renowned Dvořák Hall; and a tour of the Southern United States that concluded with an appearance at the national conference of the College Band Directors National Association.

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UNCG Bands
The UNCG Bands are devoted to the performance, study, and advancement of wind band music at the highest artistic level. Recognized as one of the nation’s premier collegiate band programs, the UNCG Bands maintain an active and distinguished record of excellence through performances, recordings, tours, and appearances at major conventions.

Through exemplary organization, training, and presentation, the UNCG Bands offer exceptional musical experiences for our members and share outstanding performances throughout the year. Together, we enrich the cultural life, spirit, and character of UNCG.

The UNCG Bands also proudly support music education across North Carolina and throughout the region by providing leadership, mentorship, and sponsorship to secondary school band programs and other musical organizations.

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John Clayton and Jazz Ensemble I
2026-04-24 19:30 - 21:30 | UNCG Auditorium, 408 Tate Street, Greensboro, NC, 27412, United States
Bassist, Composer, Arranger and Producer, John Clayton is a busy man. He is a Grammy© winner with nine additional nominations and has written and/or recorded with artists such as Milt Jackson, Diana Krall, Paul McCartney, Regina Carter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Gladys Knight, Queen Latifah, McCoy Tyner, YoYo Ma, and Charles Aznavour, to name only a few.

John was the principal bassist in the Amsterdam Philharmonic Orchestra (The Netherlands) from 1980-1984. In 1986, John co-founded the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra and rekindled The Clayton Brothers Quintet. In addition to his individual clinics and workshops, he also directs the educational components of Centrum, The Port Townsend Jazz Festival, and the Vail Jazz Workshop.

It is John’s arrangement of the “Star Spangled Banner” that helped propel Whitney Houston in her 1990 performance at the Super Bowl (the recording went platinum). His recordings with the Clayton Brothers, the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Milt Jackson, Monty Alexander, Count Basie and others are plentiful. John feels “I’ve been guided by a village of musicians who helped me understand the humility that goes along with playing music at the highest level you can. Ray Brown used to tell me to ‘Learn how to play the bass!!’ Just take care of the music and it will take care of you.”

Robinson Family Visiting Jazz Artists

A residency made possible by the Robinson Family Fund, established by Ward Robinson (’19 PBC Jazz, ’10 MPH) and Pamela Pittman, is bringing two jazz luminaries to UNCG’s School of Music this year. Pianist Christian Sands and bassist John Clayton will come to Greensboro for residencies with students and concerts which will be open to the public.

Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program

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

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

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) – Performance

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Jazz Studies

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Jordan Owen, conductor
2026-04-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Old Time Ensemble
2026-04-27 17:30 - 19:00 | Organ Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Saxophone Studio Recital
2026-04-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States

Sinfonia
2026-04-29 19:30 - 21:00 | Tew Recital Hall, 100 McIver St, Greensboro, 27412, United States
Scott Glasser, 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.

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Spartan Jazz Collective ∙ Milestones: A Miles Davis Centennial Concert
2026-05-07 19:30 - 21:30 | The Crown at the Carolina Theatre, 310 S Greene St, Greensboro, 27401, United States
The Spartan Jazz Collective, a collaborative faculty/student septet, closes out our semester-long celebration of Miles Davis’ centennial year with 9 all-new arrangements of Davis’ most compelling original music.

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

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

Bachelor of Music (B.M.) – Performance

Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Jazz Studies

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School of Music Degree Ceremony
2026-05-08 15:00 - 17:00 | First Baptist Church, 1000 W Friendly Ave, Greensboro, North Carolina, 27401, United States
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The School of Music Degree Ceremony honors the accomplishments of our graduating students as they complete their academic and artistic journey at UNCG. The event features remarks, performances, and individual recognition of each graduate. Families, friends, and the School of Music community are invited to join in celebrating our newest alumni!
