UNCG Auditorium
The UNCG Auditorium is a 1,642 seat proscenium-style theatre. The building was completed in 1927 with seating for 2,288. In 2008, UNCG auditorium underwent a $19 million dollar renovation which added improved acoustics, more leg room for patrons, and a double-lift orchestra pit. The hall is used for musical productions, operas, symphonies, ensembles, University Concert and Lecture Series, faculty and guest dance performances, and various other performing arts events.
UNCG Auditorium is located on the corner of Spring Garden and Tate Street. UNCG Auditorium is handicapped accessible and also features hearing-assistance listening devices.
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Parking
Parking is available in unreserved spaces in the Tate Street Parking Lot between Spring Garden and Lee Streets. Please do not park in spaces reserved for the Weatherspoon Art Museum. For weekday, daytime shows, parking is also available off of Tate Street and surrounding streets.
August 2022
Winston Duke
Winston Duke made his feature film debut in Black Panther, the highest-grossing film of 2018, as well as the third-highest-grossing film ever in the United States. Duke played the fan-favorite character M’Baku. The role earned him his first NAACP nomination for Breakout of the Year. Duke reprised his role as M’Baku in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: End Game. Duke most recently starred alongside Mark Wahlberg in Peter Berg’s Netflix crime drama Spencer Confidential. His other film credits include Jordan…
Find out more »September 2022
Collage
The UNCG School of Music is proud to present our 15th annual performance of Collage at 7:30 PM on September 17, 2022! Collage is captivating and totally unique, featuring an incredible range of performers presenting one riveting work after another. Join School of Music students and many of our world-class faculty members for this non-stop evening of amazing performances. It’s not to be missed!
Find out more »Symphony Orchestra
Rotem Weinberg, conductor
OKOYE: Voices Shouting Out
BEETHOVEN: Egmont Overture
COLERIDGE-TAYLOR: Hiawatha Overture
MAYER: Faust Overture
LISZT: Les préludes, S.97
Symphonic Band • Erika Boysen, flute
Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
Erika Boysen, flute
WILSON: Shortcut Home
SPECHT: Embers to Ash
CUONG: Heart on Fire (consortium premiere)
YOUNG: Concerto for Flute and Wind Ensemble
HOLST: Suite No. 2 in F for Military Band, op. 28, no. 2
University Band • Garrett Klein, trumpet
Kristin Arp, conductor
Garrett Klein, trumpet
SHAPIRO: Tight Squeeze
COLGRASS: Old Churches
BIEDENBENDER: Melodious Thunk
BENNETT: Rose Variations
DAY: Shimmering Sunlight
MILBURN: American Hymnsong Suite
Wind Ensemble • Annie Jeng, piano
Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
Annie Jeng, piano
CHEN: Energetically from Dragon Rhyme
WAGNER: Trauermusik
LANG: cheating, lying, stealing
MESSIAEN: La ville d'en-haut
WILLIAMS: Star Wars Trilogy (trans. Hunsberger)
October 2022
Joshua Bell
With a career spanning almost four decades, GRAMMY® Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated artists of his era. Having performed with virtually every major orchestra in the world, Bell continues to maintain engagements as soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, conductor, and Music Director of the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Bell's highlights in the 2021–22 season include leading the Academy of St Martin in the Fields at the 2021 BBC Proms, throughout Europe, and the…
Find out more »Urban Bush Women
Urban Bush Women (UBW) burst onto the dance scene in 1984 with bold, demanding, and exciting works which brought under-told stories to life through the art and vision of its award-winning Founder, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. The Company weaves contemporary dance, music, and text with the history, culture, and spiritual traditions of the African Diaspora under the artistic direction of Chanon Judson and Samantha Speis. Off the concert stage, UBW has developed an extensive community engagement program, BOLD (Builders, Organizers,…
Find out more »November 2022
Symphonic Band • Ashley Barret, oboe
Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
Erika Boysen, flute
SOUSA: The Black Horse Troop
ZARE: Neowise
FRANÇAIX: L'horloge de flore
OKOYE: Grayce and Sickle
GAILBRAITH: Danza de los duendes
Wind Ensemble • Andy Hudson, clarinet
Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
Andy Hudson, clarinet
Darren Lin, guest conductor
Omar Thomas, guest composer
HIGDON: Fanfare Ritmico
GRADONE: From the Sky Far Whispers (world premiere)
SCHWANTNER: From a Dark Millennium
THOMAS: The Low-Down Brown Get-Down (consortium premiere)
University Band • Abigail Pack, horn
Kristin Arp, conductor
Abigail Pack, horn
BOYSEN: Kirkpatrick Fanfare
BALMAGES: Pele
HOSHINA: Fu Mon
WITTROCK: Lord Tullamore
BLACKSHAW: Lessons from Mother Earth
BERGMAN: Dream Machine
January 2023
Indigo Girls with the Greensboro Symphony
Twenty years after they began releasing records as the Indigo Girls, Amy Ray and Emily Saliers have politely declined the opportunity to slow down with age. With a legacy of releases and countless U.S. and international tours behind them, the Indigo Girls have forged their own way in the music business. Selling over 14 million records, they are still going strong. Amy & Emily are the only duo with top 40 titles on the Billboard 200 in the '80s, '90s,…
Find out more »February 2023
Wind Ensemble • Eric Willie, timpani
33rd Annual Carolina Band Festival and Conductors Conference
Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
Eric Willie, timpani
Patricia Cornett, guest conductor
Andrea Brown, guest conductor
Scott Teeple, guest conductor
DAY: Dancing Fire
BACH: Fervent is My Longing, BWV 727 and Fugue in G minor, BWV 578
DOOLEY: Point Blank
DAUGHERTY: Raise the Roof
TUTTLE: The Time Traveler
Symphonic and University Bands • Michael Burns, bassoon
RESERVE TICKETSDOWNLOAD PROGRAMPROGRAM NOTES AND BIOSVIEW ON CPVA LIVE SYMPHONIC BAND Jonathan Caldwell, conductor Michael Burns, bassoon ARCHER Fanfare politeia STARK Augenblick BURNS Two Aotearoa Sketches COPLEY Dope THOMAS A Mother of a Revolution! Tickets are required to attend any concert or recital in person. Patrons must sit in their assigned seat.Face coverings that cover the nose and mouth are strongly encouraged, but not required, while inside the performance hall. Hailed for his “exquisite artistry,” “stunning interpretations” and “flawless…
Find out more »April 2023
Symphonic Band • Anthony Taylor, clarinet
Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
Anthony Taylor, clarinet
HUSA: Smetana Fanfare
GOTŌ: Fêtes lointains
BASSI: Fantasia da Concerto sopra motivi dell’opera
GRAINGER: Lincolnshire Posy
Wind Ensemble • Garrett Klein, trumpet
Jonathan Caldwell, conductor
Garrett Klein, trumpet
BALLARD: Ocotillo Festival Overture
CHANG: Sunan Dances
HUDSON: The Hopes and Dreams of Flightless Birds (world premiere)
ZHOU: Seeker's Scherzo
HUSA: Music for Prague 1968