PIPPIN
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Book by Roger O. Hirson Sept. 27-28 at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 29 at 2:00 p.m. Oct. 2-4 at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 5 at 1:00 p.m. (UNCG Backstage Production) and 7:30 p.m. Location: Taylor Theatre, 406 Tate St. Age Rating: PG-13 for mature content Run Time: Approx. 2.5 hours including […]
College of Visual and Performing Arts offers summer experiences for youth!
The Schools of Art, Dance, Music and Theatre within the College of Visual and Performing Arts are offering several summer experiences–long-time staples and new opportunities–in all disciplines: Art, Dance, Music and Theatre. Appropriate for school-aged children and, in some cases, adults, these experiences connect the College to our surrounding community and the region with developmental […]
Anna Celenza Interdisciplinary Lectures in the Arts
The College of Visual and Performing Arts at UNCG is very pleased to announce the inaugural Anna Celenza Interdisciplinary Lectures in the Arts. Made possible through the generosity of Dr. Anna H. Celenza, who holds undergraduate degrees in both music and visual arts from UNCG, these lectures are intended to provide the opportunity for students […]
Spotlight on: Dr. Aaron Allen and Ecomusicology
In light of his most recent success in presenting the conference keynote presentation in Finland, we talked to Dr. Allen to get his take on the work he is doing, and his experience in Sibelius’s homeland… What? – First ever Finnish ecomusicology conference Where? – University of Turku – Turku, Finland When? – […]
Historical Keyboard Society of North America recognizes UNCG attendees
Robin Morace (DMA Piano Perf, Cert. Early Keyboard Perf. – student of Dr. Willis) and Stephanie Schmidt (DMA Piano Perf, Cert. Early Keyboard Perf. – student of Dr. Willis & Dr. Salmon) represented UNCG in the Annual Meeting of the Historical Society of North America held this past May (2015) at McGill University in Montreal. This […]
GUEST LECTURE: Dr. Cora Palfy
Guest lecturer to present at UNCG SMTD on Thursday, November 19, 2015. “Humanizing Agents, Humanizing Music: Social Affordances and the Practice of Agential Narrative” Cora Palfy holds a Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy in Music Theory with a specialization in Music Cognition from Northwestern University, where she specialized in narrativity, musical agency, […]
Alumni Samee Griffith (DMA piano ’15) receiving outstanding praise for new music studio
This has been an exciting year for Samee Griffith(DMA, 2015). She and her husband Aaron Mood (who got his MM in piano performance from UNCG a few years ago) opened the Star City Music Studios in Miamisburg OH which has been getting local attention. On April 3rd, 2015, Samee gave her final DMA at Wright […]
UNCG Percussion Ensemble wins International Percussion Ensemble Competition
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Percussion Ensemble has been named a winner in the Percussive Arts Society’s (PAS) International Percussion Ensemble Competition. Annually, three university percussion ensembles are selected through a call-for-tapes competition, and the UNCG Percussion Ensemble was selected for one of these coveted positions. In the last four years, ensembles from […]
Prof. Gavin Douglas Published Online Bibliography of Music and Buddhism
Prof. Gavin Douglas recently published an annotated bibliography on “Buddhist Music” as part of the Oxford Bibliographies series. “Developed cooperatively with scholars and librarians worldwide, Oxford Bibliographies offers exclusive, authoritatvie research guides. Combining the best features of an annotated bibliography and a high-level encyclopedia, this cutting-edge resource guides researchers to the best available scholarship […]
Dr. Hartmann, Professor of Voice to sing with Piedmont Opera and UNCG Alumnus Robert Overman
Donald Hartmann will be singing the role of Monterone in Piedmont Opera‘s upcoming production of “Rigoletto.” Bob Overman will be singing the title role. Both Donald and Bob studied voice with the late Charles Lynam. This will be the first production these two singers have shared the opera stage since singing in a UNCG […]