Scott Glasser, conductorSharneshia Joyner, guest conductorSamuel Hollar, guest conductorCaleb L’Heureux, bass clarinetCasper Masiarek, piano Program SAMUEL HOLLARDescent for Bass Clarinet, Piano, and String Orchestraworld premiere SHARNESHIA JOYNERAd InfinitumUnited States premiere REINHOLD GLIERERussian Sailors Dance RICHARD WAGNEROverture to Rienzi SOON HEE NEWBOLD Alpha and Omega
The Sinfonia presents “Folk Tunes and Folk Tales,” a program examining folk traditions through diverse musical lenses. Led by Scott Glasser with graduate conductors Jennifer Aikey and Jordan Owen, the concert features works by Biber, Fletcher, Mosier, and a traditional Korean setting.
The UNCG School of Music Student Artist Competition provides an annual forum for exceptional student performers to audition for the opportunity to appear in concert with the Symphony Orchestra or the Wind Ensemble. The competition final round is free and open to the public.
The UNCG Symphony Orchestra welcomes Mongolian horsehead fiddle virtuoso Suyahan, guest composer Hexigetu (Wenze), and Student Artist Competition first prize winner Siana Wong for a program featuring music by Weber, Sibelius, and Brahms. The concert also includes the world premiere of a new work by Hexigetu (Wenze), blending classical tradition with contemporary artistry.
Scott Glasser, conductor Program
Scott Glasser, conductor Program
The Symphony Orchestra is joined by Prof. Marjorie Bagley and Dr. Scott Rawls for a program featuring a premiere by faculty composer Mark Engebretson, Mozart’s grand “Sinfonia Concertante,”and Tchaikovsky’s fearless Fourth Symphony.
The Symphony Orchestra and Student Artist Competition third prize winner Cro Trenczer present an evocative program featuring Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Capriccio espagnol,” the Haydn Cello Concerto, and Respighi’s stately tone poem, “Pines of Rome.”
The Casella Sinfonietta presents a faculty-student side-by-side concert of works by Steve Reich, Maria Schneider, and Aaron Copland, with video of Martha Graham’s original choreography for ‘Appalachian Spring.’
The Symphony Orchestra performs an exciting program bookended by Leonard Bernstein’s dazzling Overture to “Candide” and Stravinsky’s monumental suite from “The Firebird.” Dr. Steven Stusek joins the orchestra for a performance of Debussy’s evocative “Rhapsodie for saxophone and orchestra.”
