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January 2020
Guest Artists Recital: Keith Koons, clarinet, and Steven Chicurel-Stein, piano
Guest artists Keith Koons, clarinet, and pianist Steve Chicurel-Stein with UNC Music clarinet professor Donald L. Oehler performing music for clarinet and piano. Richard Rodney Bennet | Crosstalk for two clarinets in B-flat, 1966 William O. Smith | Five Pieces for Solo Clarinet, 1973 Louis Cahuzac | Cantilène pour Clarinette en Si b et Piano Gary Schocker | Sonata for Two Clarinets and Piano, 1966 Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Konzertstücke No. 2 für zwei Klarinetten und Klavier, Op. 114, 1833 A…
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Pruett Lecture: Dr. Nina Eidsheim
“Not Composition, Nor Improvisation, but Ankhrasmation: Wadada Leo Smith’s Musical and Philosophical Contribution” Over the past fifty years, Wadada Leo Smith (b. Mississippi, 1941) has developed an original musical-philosophical language he calls Ankhrasmation, which may be described as consisting of multidimensional visual symbols that are read as scores and considered works of art. His invention represents an original synthesis of graphic notation-based composition and ritual music in several traditions, European and American art music, and blues, and may usefully be…
Find out more »Carmen Inside Out
Soprano Kirstin Chávez and pianist Qiao Zheng Goh present Carmen Inside Out. Kirstin Chávez began her professional operatic career in 1999 after having completed a Bachelor of Music degree at New Mexico State University, a Master of Music degree and Performer’s Certificate at the Eastman School of Music, and two years of young artist programs with the Brevard Music Center, the Orlando Opera, and the Santa Fe Opera. Since 1999, Kirstin has performed numerous opera roles and countless concerts in…
Find out more »Guest Lecture: Dr. T. Carlis Roberts
Dr. T. Carlis Roberts, University of California at Berkeley
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Carolina Wind Quintet with Molly Morkoski, piano
The Carolina Wind Quintet performs the music of Poulenc with pianist Molly Morkoski (UNC Music Alumna). Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 students/UNC faculty and staff. Tickets available at the door.
Find out more »Lecture Recital: Madama Europa, the first Jewish Opera Singer
Featuring Jeanne Fischer, soprano, with Brent Wissick, cello. This lecture-recital is part of the NC HIP (Historically-Informed Performances) Festival with Mallarmé players.
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First Fridays Concert
Bring your lunch, take a seat, and enjoy some beautiful music in a great space! Performers TBA
Find out more »Guest Artists Recital: Pedro Maia, violin, and Christina Lai, piano
Violinist Pedro Maia and UNC alumna Christina Lai, piano, present underperformed works, including Szymanowski's Mythes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZmUnri7spg&feature=youtu.be&t=36
Find out more »Guest Lecture: Rachel Beckles Willson (SOAS)
Rachel Beckles Willson (SOAS) presents Asylum-Seeking, Song-Writing, and the Mobile Phone among Young Africans in Sicily. Arguments about immigration developed in Europe since 2015 have frequently engaged with the mobile phone. But while this small object’s capacity to facilitate people’s movement through space is now clear, its role in musical processes, particularly in the same communities of people on the move, is more rarely discussed. Prof. Beckles Willson’s interest is in thinking about the phone in both fields - movement…
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UNC Wind Ensemble and UNC Symphony Band
UNC Wind Ensemble, directed by Evan Feldman, and UNC Symphony Band, directed by Erin Cooper Featuring the North Carolina premiere of Peter Van Zandt Lane's Echo Chambers, for winds and electronics. Tickets are $10 general admission, $5 students and UNC faculty/staff. Please note: Memorial Hall ticket purchases (online, by phone, and at the box office) incur a $2 processing fee per ticket. This fee does not apply to UNC student tickets. Tickets available at the door and in advance.…
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