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Events Saturday, September 12, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, September 13, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 15, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 17, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, September 24, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 26, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, September 29-October 1, Various Times On the Horizon Saturday, October 3, 3:30 p.m. Monday, October 5, 5:30 p.m. Monday, October 5, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 6 , 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 7, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, October 8 , 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, October 9-11, Various Times Wednesday-Thursday, October 14-15 , 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 18, 3:30 p.m. Monday-Wednesday, October 26-28, Various Times Tuesday, October 27, 7:30 p.m. Are You Current? Have you updated your alumni biography for the School of Music? For your convenience we now offer an online update submission form at www.uncg.edu/mus/update. We love hearing from you, so please be sure to keep us posted! New Address? We always strive to keep our database current so that our supporters are able to receive important announcements and exclusive invitations. If you have moved within the last year and would like to remain in our database, please email your former and new address to music@uncg.edu with "Address Change Request" in the subject line. |
August 2009 E-Newsletter School of Music Prepares for Collage and Sousa The School of Music is gearing up for two big celebrations in the coming months. The Collage Concert returns this year to kick off the performance season on Saturday, September 12, 2009. The concert, which features more than ten faculty and student ensembles, will be at 7:30 p.m. at Aycock Auditorium. Collage will include performances by the Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, University Chorale and Chamber Singers, Gate City Camerata, Jazz Ensemble, Old Time Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Opera Theatre, Casella Sinfonietta, Composition Students, EastWind Ensemble, Faculty Jazz Combo, Piano Faculty, Voice Faculty and the McIver String Quartet. The music will flow seamlessly through each half of the concert, supported by special lighting. Ticket prices are $10 general, $6 seniors, $4 students, and $3 UNCG. A discount is available for groups of 10 or more. For group tickets, call Kevin Geraldi at (336) 334-5299. Until August 24th, tickets are only available online through the UNCG Box Office at http://boxoffice.uncg.edu. After August 24th, you can purchase tickets by calling (336) 334-4849, ordering online or visiting the Box Office locations at the School of Music Box or Elliott University Center. Be sure to save the date for the Wind Ensemble's performance of "A Tribute to John Philip Sousa," scheduled for Wednesday-Thursday, October 14-15, 2009. The concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Aycock Auditorium. Tickets go on sale September 1st, and are $15 adults, $12 seniors, $8 students. A discount is also available for groups of 10 or more. Welcome New Faculty Marjorie Bagley, associate professor of violin, made her Lincoln Center concerto debut in 1997 with the Little Orchestra Society after beginning her performing career at the age of nine in her home state of North Carolina with the Asheville, Winston-Salem, and North Carolina Symphonies. Having graduated from the Manhattan School of Music in the first class of Pinchas Zukerman, she is active as a recitalist, chamber musician, and teacher. Marjorie has also performed as soloist with the Utah Symphony, Idaho Falls Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, the University of Michigan Symphony, and the Washington Square Music Series. As first violinist and founding member of the Arcata String Quartet, Marjorie performed in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie, London’s Wigmore Hall, and across Western Europe and the United States. She is also an active proponent for new music and has premiered works by Paul Chihara, David Noon, Nils Vigeland, and Judith Shatin. She is the Co-Director of the Juniper Chamber Music Festival in Logan, Utah, which is becoming one of the most elite chamber music festivals in the nation. Ms. Bagley has been on the faculty of Ohio University, Utah State University, and the International Music Academy in Pilsen, Ms. Bagley has also taught at the Brevard Music Center, the Perlman Music Program, the Kinhaven Music School, and the Manhattan School of Music Preparatory Program. Kristopher Keeton, assistant professor of percussion, previously served on the faculties of Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Richmond, Trinity International University and the Eastern Music Festival. Keeton, a member of the Percussive Arts Society (PAS) Keyboard Committee, is active as a soloist and as a member of the Sympatico Percussion Group. He is a former member of the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, and Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps. Keeton’s performing credits also include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW Ensemble, Eighth Blackbird contemporary ensemble, Virginia Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, Chicagoland Pops Orchestra and Nashville Chamber Orchestra. Keeton made his Carnegie Hall debut in March 2008, performing as featured soloist with the VCU Wind Ensemble. He is a candidate for the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree at the Northwestern University School of Music, where he received a Master’s degree in Percussion Performance and Literature. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Percussion Performance from Western Kentucky University. He is a Yamaha Performing Artist and an artist/educator for Innovative Percussion and Zildjian. Summer/Fall 2009 Fortissimo Online The latest edition of the Fortissimo, the School of Music magazine, will soon be available online at http://www.uncg.edu/mus/fortissimo. Do you have an honor or award to share? Submit it online at http://www.uncg.edu/mus/update. |
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