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SUMMARY:Alejandro Rutty\, electric bass
DESCRIPTION:Download Program\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nComposer and bassist Alejandro Rutty is best-known for his distinctive mix of South American styles\, lyrical melodies\, meticulous rhythmic detail\, and exotic textures. His recent output includes solos\, duos\, trios and quartets for extended-range electric bass\, which he performs by himself or with other bassists.  \n\n\n\nRutty’s compositions and arrangements have been performed by the Minnesota Symphony Orchestra\, Boston Modern Orchestra Project\, Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra\, National Symphony Orchestra of Argentina\, National Symphony Orchestra of Brazil\, Montevideo Philharmonic\, Porto Alegre Symphony Orchestra and numerous chamber ensembles. Recordings of his music have been released by Navona\, Capstone\, Albany\, Arizona University Recordings\, and other labels.   \n\n\n\nWhy Bass? II is a release with original music for a solo bass\, no overdubs. The recording is available on all streaming platforms.  \n\n\n\nLearn More about the Why Bass? project: www.alejandrorutty.com 
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/alejandro-rutty-electric-bass/
LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:School of Music
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SUMMARY:Sam Ely\, percussion
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URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/sam-ely-percussion/
LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:School of Music
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SUMMARY:Poulenc's 'Dialogues of the Carmelites'
DESCRIPTION:Poulenc’s THE DIALOGUES of the CARMELITES is based on the true-life Martyrs of Compiègne\, who were executed by guillotine on July 17\, 1794\, just ten days before the end of the French Revolution Reign of Terror. The sixteen sisters who died that day exhibited extraordinary faith and paid the ultimate price and did not compromise when faced with great persecution. \n\n\n\nPoulenc’s riveting and haunting opera will move you as few operas can. With a cast of ninety singers combining with the UNCG Symphony Orchestra\, this is a production not to be missed. \n\n\n\n\n\nTicketPriceAdult$10.00Students (All)$5.00Ticket prices do not include processing fee.\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\nOpera Theatre\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\nJoin Our Email List
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/poulencs-dialogues-of-the-carmelites/
LOCATION:Huggins Auditorium (Greensboro College)\, 815 W Market St\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Wind Ensemble (CBDNA National Conference)
DESCRIPTION:College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA) National Conference \n\n\n\nProgram\n\n\n\nJonathan Caldwell\, conductorLindsay Kesselman\, soprano \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDAI (’15 MM)Saṃsāric Dance \n\n\n\nCERRONE Darkening\, Then Brightening \n\n\n\nGOTKOVSKY Symphonie pour orchestre d’harmonie \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\nConcert Livestream\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\nJoin Our Email List\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Soloist\n\n\n\n\nLindsay Kesselman is a twice GRAMMY-nominated soprano known for her warm\, collaborative spirit and investment in personal\, intimate communication with audiences. She regularly collaborates with orchestras\, wind symphonies\, chamber ensembles\, opera/theater companies\, and new music ensembles across the United States\, often premiering\, touring and recording new works written for her by living composers. She is a passionate advocate for contemporary music\, and has commissioned/premiered over 100 works to date. Recent and upcoming highlights include frequent performances of Darkening\, then Brightening by Christopher Cerrone across the country\, a tour culminating at National CBDNA with the UNC Greensboro Wind Ensemble\, premieres of wind transcriptions of Caroline Shaw’s Is a Rose and Maria Schneider’s Winter Morning Walks\, Pierrot Lunaire with Ensemble ATL\, Energy in All Directions by Kenneth Frazelle with Sandbox Percussion at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center\, the role of Anna in Kurt Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins with the Charlotte Symphony\, the role of Ada Lovelace in a new opera\, Galaxies in Her Eyes by Mark Lanz Weiser and Amy Punt\, Astronautica: Voices of Women in Space with Voices of Ascension\, ongoing performances of works written for Kesselman by John Mackey with orchestras and wind symphonies across the country\, the John Corigliano 80th birthday celebration at National Sawdust (2018)\, Quixote (Amy Beth Kirsten and Mark DeChiazza) with Peak Performances at Montclair State University (2017)\, a leading role in Louis Andriessen’s opera Theatre of the World with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Dutch National Opera and an international tour of Einstein on the Beach with the Philip Glass Ensemble (2012-2015). She is featured on several recent recordings: David Biedenbender’s all we are given we cannot hold (2023\, Blue Griffin)\, Chris Cerrone’s opera In a Grove (2023\, In a Circle Records)\, Caroline Shaw’s Is a Rose (2023\, Blue Griffin)\, Chris Cerrone’s The Arching Path (2021\, In a Circle Records)\, Russell Hartenberger’s Requiem for Percussion and Voices (2019\, Nexus Records)\, Chris Cerrone’s The Pieces That Fall to Earth with Wild Up (2019\, New Amsterdam Records)\, Mathew Rosenblum’s Lament/Witches’ Sabbath with the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble (2018\, New Focus Recordings)\, Louis Andriessen’s Theatre of the World with the Los Angeles Philharmonic (2017\, Nonesuch)\, and Jon Magnussen’s Twinge with HAVEN (2016\, Blue Griffin). Kesselman has been the resident soprano of the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble for 13 seasons\, and Haven\, Kesselman’s trio with Kimberly Cole Luevano\, clarinet and Midori Koga\, piano (www.haventrio.com) actively commissions and tours throughout North America. Haven is the recipient of a 2021 Barlow Endowment for Music Composition award with composer David Biedenbender and a 2021 Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Grant with composer Ivette Herryman Rodríguez. She is a dedicated teacher and serves as Assistant Professor of Voice and Choral Music at UNC Greensboro. There she maintains an active voice studio and she conducts the UNCG Treble Ensemble. Kesselman also co-directs the Heretic’s Guide to Musicianship: A Score Study and Interpretation Workshop with Kevin Noe. A frequent guest clinician at colleges and universities across the United States\, Kesselman specializes in voice teaching\, leadership\, entrepreneurship\, musicianship\, young composer mentoring\, chamber music\, audience development\, programming\, interdisciplinary collaboration\, harnessing vulnerability in performance\, and community engagement. \n\n\n\nKesselman holds degrees in voice performance and music education from Rice University and Michigan State University. She is represented by Trudy Chan at Black Tea Music and lives in Charlotte\, NC with her husband Kevin Noe and son Rowan. More information can be found at www.lindsaykesselman.com. \n\n\n\n\nAbout the Wind Ensemble\n\n\n\n\nThe UNCG Wind Ensemble is a highly select concert band of fifty performers majoring in music at the UNCG School of Music. Performers in the current Wind Ensemble are drawn from sixteen states\, Slovenia\, and Hong Kong. The ensemble has enjoyed a distinguished record of performance throughout its history. In January 1992\, the UNCG Wind Ensemble performed “A Tribute to John Philip Sousa” to a capacity crowd of 2\,700 at the Concert Hall of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington\, D.C. Twice\, the Wind Ensemble earned critical acclaim from The Washington Post following concerts in the nation’s capital. The Wind Ensemble has performed throughout the eastern United States in recent years including the first-ever performance\, in 1987\, by a North Carolina collegiate ensemble in Lincoln Center\, New York City. The Wind Ensemble performed that same year in West Virginia\, Virginia\, Pennsylvania\, and Washington\, D.C. The Wind Ensemble has recorded nineteen commercially-available albums which have received widespread praise.
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/wind-ensemble-cbdna-national-conference/
LOCATION:Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU\, 2900 W Lowden St\, Fort Worth\, Texas\, 76109\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Poulenc's 'Dialogues of the Carmelites'
DESCRIPTION:Poulenc’s THE DIALOGUES of the CARMELITES is based on the true-life Martyrs of Compiègne\, who were executed by guillotine on July 17\, 1794\, just ten days before the end of the French Revolution Reign of Terror. The sixteen sisters who died that day exhibited extraordinary faith and paid the ultimate price and did not compromise when faced with great persecution. \n\n\n\nPoulenc’s riveting and haunting opera will move you as few operas can. With a cast of ninety singers combining with the UNCG Symphony Orchestra\, this is a production not to be missed. \n\n\n\n\n\nTicketPriceAdult$10.00Students (All)$5.00Ticket prices do not include processing fee.\n\n\n\n\nPurchase Tickets\n\n\n\nDownload Program\n\n\n\nOpera Theatre\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe importance of philanthropy has never been greater. Please consider a gift to the School of Music to support our mission and ensure the future of music at UNCG. \n\n\n\n\nJoin Our Email List
URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/poulencs-dialogues-of-the-carmelites-2/
LOCATION:Huggins Auditorium (Greensboro College)\, 815 W Market St\, Greensboro\, North Carolina\, 27401\, United States
CATEGORIES:College of Visual and Performing Arts,School of Music
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SUMMARY:Nicholas Skaggs\, organ
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URL:https://vpa.uncg.edu/single-event/nicholas-skaggs-organ/
LOCATION:Organ Hall\, 100 McIver St\, Greensboro\, 27412\, United States
CATEGORIES:School of Music
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